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Volume 25 -Number 7 July 2008 Editor John Calvin Associate Editor Judy Smith Editorial Assistant Bekki Wikel Controller John Calvin Marketing Pat Caplan Circulation Vance Scott Contributors Scott Bottomley J. Preston Bradshaw Jim Culp Mike Del Col Nicole Del Col Steve Hilton Victor Gazca Martin Holmes Rod Koch Byrle Moore Steve Ruddick Maurice Selden Darryl Smith Tony Tellier Trackside Photo Art Director Larry Worsham 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 8750-1732) 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. No part of this publication may be reproduced without wrinen permission from the publisher. Periodical Posrage paid at Chatsworth, CA 91311 and at additional 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., snapshot of the Month ... It was April or May, 1982, for the life of me I can't remember where we were racing, but there was a wedding, let us know who got married, when and · where for a crisp $25 Dusty Times check. DUSTY TIMES will feature pictures of similar "fi.tnnies" or woes on this page each month. Send us your snapshot of something comic or some disaster for consideration. DUSTY TIMES will pay $10 for the picture used. If you wish the photo returned, enclose a stamped, self.addressed envelope. Only black & white prints, up to 8xl0 will be considered. In This Issue ••• FEATURES CORR At Pomona by Judy Smith ................................................................. 8 Rally Of Jordan by Martin Holmes .................................................................. 16 MDR Mojave 250 by Steve Ruddick ................................................................. 20 CRS Seed 9 Rally by Lynnette Allison ......................................................... 24 SNORE Caliente 250 by]. Preston Bradshaw ................................................ 26 CORR at Primm by Judy Smith ....................................................................... 36 MDR Ridgecrest 200 by J Preston Bradshaw .................................................. 42 Australia's Donald 500 by Steve Hilton .......................................................... 45 DEPARTMENTS Happenings ................................................................................................. 5 Trail Notes ................................................................................................... 6 Baja Pits by Sr. Chupacabra ........................................................................ 48 Bf Goodrich News .................................................................................... 49 BlueRibbon Coalition .............................................................................. 50 California Assn Of 4WD Clubs ............................................................... 51 ORBA News .............................................................................................. 51 Good Stuff Directory ............................................................................... 52 Classified Ads ........................................................................................... 58 Index To Advertisers ................................................................................ 59 ON THE COVER A great Class 1 win for T.J. Flores at the SNORE Caliente 250, he took the overall as well, seen here at speed in his LVDC racer. Photo by Track.side Photo Rob MacCachren had a great weekend at the CORR Pomona bash, he took the win both days in Pro 2, seen here leading the pack in his Menzies Motorsports Nissan Photo by Track.side Photo Visit Our Website at Dustytimes.com cSubscribe 7oda_y lo DUSTY TIMES THE FASTEST GROWING OFF ROAD MONTHLY IN THE COUNTRYII □· 1 year -$25.00 □ 2 years -$40.00 □ 3 years -$55.00 (to subscribe online go to www.dustytimes.com) □ NEW □ RENEWAL 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 $30.00 US n Overseas subscription rates upon request Dusty Times July 2008 Page 3

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WHIPLASH OFF R OAD RACING -Coverage begins on Torque.TV's Motorsport Channel, including all classe of the Vulture Mine Season Opener. "This TV racing coverage is anything but 'typical,' says Jay McKinley, Director of Whiplash Motor Sports, "Whiplash' staff and I were on the edge of our chairs while previewing this film ... and we put on the event!" Whiplash has been a corner stone of Off Road Racing in the desert South West for nearly 25 years, offering a 10 race series for first time racers and ea oned professionals to compete in everything from 50cc ATV to Dirt Bikes, to Trophy Trucks. "Drivers compete against each other but also against the grueling desert environment," says Jesse Raiford, Torque.TV's CEO, "We chose Breakpoint Media to cover the event because they give viewers a real feel for the demands of desert racing and capture the stories of the men and women behind the wheel." The Vulture Mine area, located some 50 miles North West of Phoenix, hosts the first Whiplash Off Road Racing event of the 2008 season. Once a prosperous Gold Mine and booming community of the late 1800's, Vulture Mine is the namesake for one the regions toughest and most popular off road events. The race takes place on Public lands that surround the privately owned mine. SKYJACKER -Skyjacker Suspensions has announced sponsorship of the Lucas Oil World Series of Off-Roa.cl Racing's (WSORR) upcoming "Tour 2008" season. The sponsorship includes the position as "Official Shock and Suspension" of Crandon International Off-Road Racing the "Indy 500" of o"ff-road racing tracks now in its 39th season. Skyjacker is a long-time sponsor of short course off-road racing and fields a trio of championship drivers. In addition, the popular Skyjacker "Shock of the Race", a special segment on every WSORR TV episode on SPEED Channel, continues this coming season. Widely known as "The Bear of Suspensions", Skyjacker manufacturers a full line of the highest quality suspension products. Skyjacker offers a huge range of lift heights and levels of performance for most Chevrolet\GMC, Dodge, Ford, Jeep and Toyota vehicles. Skyjacker markets its products under trade names such as Rock Ready®, Softride®, Flex Series® and Hydro & Nitro Shocks. The company has achieved a level of excellence that is unmatched in motor sports winning Championships in. many forms of off-road racing. "The off-road audience is obviously a key market for us and the exposure we receive through both the outstanding SPEED TV coverage and at World Series venues like Crandon Raceway allows us to continue to prosper as a-company," ·said Lee McGuire, marketing director, Skyjacker Suspensions. We have found it is the real deal at Crandon and WSORR and that is why we are active with this explosive Series," she said. This season, Skyjacker added yet another champion racer to its stable with Carl Renezeder, (Newport Beach, Calif.) sporting Skyjacker colors. Renezeder and Taylor are multiple winners of WSORR Cup races held at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway each year such as the BorgWarner Shootout and the Forest County Potawatomi Chairmanis Cup. Taylor is also the reigning PRO 2WD "World Champion". MACCACHREN LEADS 2 CLASSES IN CORR -Menzies Motorsports, las Vegas' newest and brightest star motorsports team, is leading the point standings in three of the four classes it competes in this year after the first four rounds of the 16-race 2008 Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR) short-course se·ries. Rob MacCachren, who leads the all-Las Vegas six-driver, seven-vehicle team with 66 career CORR class race wins, is at the top of the leaderboard in both the Pro-2 and the Pro Buggy divisions while teammate Bryan Free.man has been untouchable in leading the Single Buggy class so far in 2008. Winning three of the four races so far in both of his classes, MacCachren has 392 points in Pro-2 in the the No. 21 Rock Star Ford F-150 while in Pro Buggy, where he was second in his only non-win during Round 4, he has 408 points in the No. 92_1 BFG Tires Honda-powered AlumiCraft open wheel desert race car. Freeman, a third-generation desert racer, is undefeated after four races in Single Buggy, with 424 points in the No. 307 Nevada Off-Road Buggy Fraley-VW. He has also been the fastest qualifier in all four races so far in 2008. Rounds 3 and 4, held last weekend at the impressive 9,000-seat Las Vegas International Off-Road Raceway behind Terrible's Buffalo Bills Resort and Casino in Primm, Nev., will be televised on a delayed basis over the next few weeks. MacCachren and Freeman's Menzies Motorsports teammates, who are also all from Las Vegas, and their current position in the 2008 CORR points are: Bruce Fraley (11th, Pro Lite, No. 12 MSD Ford Ranger), Bryce Menzies, team owner Steve Menzies' son who sat out Round 4 with a neck injury (24th, Pro Lite, No. 7 Fox Shox Ford Ranger), Larry Job (6th, Pro Buggy, No. 907 MasterCraft AlumiCraft-Honda) and Brock Krahenbuhl, Steve Menzies' son-in-law who has two third place finishes so far this year (6th, Single Buggy, No. 312 KMC Fraley). Of the team, MacCachren has more than 20 Page 6 D&.T PROMOTIONS DAVE VA DEREN 2405 BAKER AVE. EVERETT, WA 98201 (206) 339-9079 (All events at Hannigan race track, Bellingham, WA or Thurston County ORV Park, Olympia, WA) DAKAR RALLY DARREN SKILTON BAJA AllTOMOTIVE ADVENTURES 455 E. 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Enterprises Inc. (All Races ar WheeUng in the County 900 Acres) 15529 )ONES ROAD GRAND LEDGE, ML 48837 Omo OFF RoADERS INc. (517) 627-6200 1427 GOSHEN HILLS ROAD S.E. Motorcycles, Quad.s, A TVs and Pilots only NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO 44663 MAORA )IM KENDEL (216) 339-4674 MID-AMERICA All races held at Harrison OFF RoAD AssocIATION County Fairgrounds. Cadiz, Ohio P.O. Box 664 GREENUP, IL 62428 ONTARIO OFF ROAD (217) 962-1318 RACERS AssOCIATION E-MAIL: maora@peako.us RICK TICHBOURNE, PUBLIC RELATIONS <www.mao(aracing.com> (519)-681-4l92(H)/(519) 457-2913(W) MDR PRODUCTIONS Oun.Aw SEVEN PICKUP 1853 PARKWAY DRIVE 9269 UMMELMAN SovrH EL MoNTE, CA 91733 ST. LOUIS, MO 63123 626-44 2-93 20/ FAX626-579-6051 (314) 631-8140/Fax: ((314) 631-1921 CalJfomJ,a Clumpi.oiu.bip Seri.ea June 28, 2008 P~CE MOTOR SPORTS MDR400 U.S. Off Road Clumpi.o,u.bip Lucerne Valley 495 N. COMMONS DRIVE Double Points AURORA, IL 60504 August 16, 2008 (630) 566-6100 California 200 <www.usoff.road.com> Lucerne Valley PENNSYLVANIA SHORT CoURSE Nighr Race September 27, 2008 RACING Lucerne 250 SMITHTON HOLE RACEWAY Lucerne Valley "B" 313 SKYLINE DRIVE November 8, 2008 SMITHTON, PA. 15479 Stoddard 250 MIKE GEISER 330-683-6263 Barstow "B" www.smithtonhole.com Superstition Clumpi.oiu.bip Seri.ea Short Course Offroad Racing December 31, 2008 All Races At Smiihton Hole Racewai Bud Light Dash Poo!sPEAK M.O.R.E. P.O. Box 6962 ..J MoJA VE OFF RoAD RACING COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80934 ENTHuSIASTS (719) 685-4400 P.O. Box 1231 PINE BARRENS ROUGH RIDERS BARSTOW, CA 92312 OFF RoAD RAcING 760-253-4453 CHATSWORTH, NJ . moreracing@earthlink.net MOREKARTEK (856) 875-7591 Off Road Gold Cup Series PRo 1600 SHOOTOUT July 18-20, 2008 COREY GOIN September 12-1-4, 2008 559-647-6132 December 5-7, 2008 GOINRACIN@HOTMAIL.COM MSBA PRoTRuCK MlcmGAN SPORT BuGGY 14402 BoND COURT AssOCIATION EL CAJON, CA 92021 DAVE BARRET 619-390-6252 6363 NIGHTINGALE DR. FUNT, ML 48506 PuRE ENERGY PROMOTIONS (810) 730-9221 P.O. Box 50 MoroWF.ST WINTER 1'RIALs SFJUFS RICKETTS, IA 51460 (712) 679-2221 BILL MARKHAM (909) 860-1857 RALLY .AMERICA NATIONAL <www.ITStrials.com> CIIAMPIONSIUP SERIFS All events ar Perris Raceway 2008 Rally America National (At Reed Valley with a school) Champioo.sbip Seriee Schedule July 11-12 (tentative) NATIONAL Mun RACING AssN. 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SAN ThF.Go SHORT COURSE WINTERNATIONALS A New Series by Snowbird Off Road Racing Pro Trucks, Desert Trucks, Buggies, Pilots, Tough Truck <www.snowbirdracing.com> (858) 571-5088 SAN DIEoo OFF RoAD ExPosmoN (888) 836 7918 SCCA RoADRALLY P.O. Box 19400 TOPEKA, KS 66619 800-770-2055 <www.scca.org> SFX MOTORSPORTS GROUP 495 N. CoMMONS DRJVE, Sum 200 AURORA, IL 60504 (630) 566-0100/(630) 556-6180 Fax SCORE SCORE INTERNATIONAL 23961 CRAITSMAN Ro., Sum A CAIABASAS, CA 91302 (818) 225-8402/FAX: (818) 225-8102 <www.score-international.com> July 17-19, 2008• SCORE Las Vegas Terrible's Cup IV* Las Vegas Motor Speedway September ~. 2008 13th SCORE Terrible's Primm 300 Primm, Nevada November 19-22, 2008 41stTecateSCORE Baja 1000 Baja California, Mexico * select classes, closed-course event SNORE SourHERN NEVADA OFF RoAD ENrnusIASTS P.O. Box 270516 LAS VEGAS, NV 89127 702-452-4522 www.Snoreracing.net October 3-S, 2008 SNORE 250 November 14-16, 2008 SONS ()p TlluNnER 4WHEELERS RACE DIVISION KEITH STEWART (714) 522-1899 SOUTHEASTERN OFF RoAD CHALi.ENGE STEVE RULE (800) 313-5621 OR((770) 963-0252 Mike Moore -(224) 272-5400 SPEED SPORTS ExP0 MEGA PRODUC110NS 3129 S. HAC!ENC\<\ BLVD. #322 HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA 91745 (626) 961-6522 SCTA Sot.JTHERN CALIFORNIA TIMING ASSOCIATION & BoNNEVILLE NATIONALS, INc. P.O. Box 10 OROS!, CA 93647 (559) 528-6279 (559) 528-9749 FAX <www.SCTA-BNI.org> SourHERN SHORT CoURsE OFF RoAD RACING AssN. 4305 WOOTLARK DRIVE TAMPA FL 33624 (813) 962-2857 (All Races at Eastbay Raceway, Tampa, FL) SUPER SERIES (PTY) Lm. P.O. Box 706 TovsFoR ToTS (619) 252-1197 /(619) 252-3093 UNADILLA VALLEY SPORTS CENTER P.O. Box 5119 EDMESTON, NY 13335 (606) 965-8784/FAX: (606) 905-8784 <www.unadillamx.com> VORRA VALLEY OFF ROAD RACING AsSOCIATION (775) 224-1327 www.vorra.com All events for the VORRA 2008 season hat-e currently been cancelled. Check their website, abo,•e, for additional information, if any. July 19-20, 2008 Fallon 200 Fallon, NV August 30-Sept 1, 2008 Yerington 250 Yerington, NY Dusty Times Trall Notes ... years of short-course or stadium-style off-road racing experience, but the rest of the group are either total rookie or close to it. Bryce Menzies and Fraley finished one-two in Single Buggy last year, but this is the first year that either of them has driven a race truck and this is the first full season for Job, Freeman and Krahenbul in this type of racing. "Steve Menzies is applying all of his business acumen to Menzies Motorsports and the result is our entire team is in position each race to be extremely competitive," said MacCachren, who is now in Mexico pre-running for next weekend's 40'h Tecate SCORE Baja 500 desert race where he will split driving with team owner Mark Post in the No. 1 Rockstar/ Makita Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck. "Steve Menzies has created a very friendly, but intensely serious, work environment and while he certainly has opinions, he is a great listener and a n extremely quick learner. All of these characteristics can't be bought with money and they are the really keys to the success Menzies Motorsports is having this year." "The CORR Series is like post-seas·on play in the NBA or the NFL you just keep battling against the best short-course off-road racers in the world every time the whistle blows or the ball is snapped. If you blink, you just got passed by three guys." Menzies Motorsports is based out of a state-of-the-art 31,000-square foot race shop in southwest Las Vegas and the new team also has a test facility with a one-mile track southeast of Las Vegas which is laid out nearly identically to course at the Las Vegas International Off-Road Raceway in Primm, Nev. Kroyer Racing Engines of Las Vegas builds the Ford truck engines and the Honda Pro Buggy motors for Menzies Motorsports while Southern California's FAT Performance builds the VW Single Buggy engines. Menzies Motorsports, owned by prominent Las Vegas contractor Steve Menzies, is making a major impact despite being only in its second season of existence and first year with more than two drivers. October 4-S, 2008 Prairie City, CA October 25-26, 2008 Prairie City, CA VICENTE GUERRERO OFFRoADCuJB PROFO. 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INSURGENTES ESTE 21280 MEXICALI, BC, MX (686) 564 6653 info@zrpromo.com June 28, 2006 Alvisa Night Race #4 Motorcycle & Quad Race September 6, 2008 Cocodrilos Poker Run Family Ride October 12, 2008 ZR Grand Prix #5 Motorcycle & Quad Race November 30, 2008 ZR Gran Prix De Campeones #6 Motorcycle & Quad Race List your toming events in DUSTY TIMES free. It is the only way some fans know about your event, if they don't happen to be on your club mailing list. Don't call, but mail your 2008 schedules as soon as possible for listing in this column; it could bring you some extra entries! Mail your race or rally schedule to: I H 20761 Plummer St., Chatsworth, CA 91311-5003 July 2008 FORD -Ford is helping thousands of customers save time and keep their hands clean at the fuel pump. The Easy Fuel capless fuel-filler system is a Ford-exclusive feature that uses an integrated spring-loaded flapper door to eliminate the need for a fuel tank screw cap. That means no more fumbling to remove and tighten the cap and less fuel odor on customers' hands or gloves when they're at the pump. These are just two of the reasons behind Ford's decision to offer Easy Fuel as standard equipment across the Ford, Lincoln and Mercury product lineups. WSORR SEASON OPENER -World Series Of Off road Racing opened their '08 season in Wheatlands with two rounds of racing. Carl Renezeder took the Pro 4WD win both days, Carl also took the win in Pro 2WD both rounds, Jeff Kincaid won both rounds in Pro Lite, Gary Nierop and Tim Lemons each took a win in Super Buggy, Dan Baudoux and Ben Wandahsega each won a round in Super Truck, Craig Metz and Dan Beauchamp each took a round in Stock Truck, Jim Ridderbush and David Demaego each won in Formula 4x4, Terry Fitzgerald and Mark Steinhardt each won in 1600 Buggy and Jeff Virnig and Mike Vanden Heuvel each took a round in 1600 Light Buggy. A full report and lots of pictures in next months issue of Dusty Times. VORRA -We just heard from the new owner/promoter of VORRA and we are happy to relate to you that they are back in business again. The new honch o is Wes Harbor and he assures us that they are up and racing as we speak. Hopefully, we'll have more details for you in the next issue of Dusty Times. M.O.R.E. ORAF SOO -MORE held their 500 mile race in the Lucerne Valley on May 24th, it was nine laps of a course a bit more than 50 miles in length. There were 138 entries, a pretty good turnout for a looooong race. Class 1 went to Alex Gonzalez, Jim Kalp won the Trophy Challenge, Steve Griffith took Class 5, Brad Cope was the Class 5/1600 winner, Justin Rash took Class 9, Scott Gailey won Class 10, Gavin Drake took Class 11, Dan Foltz took Class 7B, Joe Westhoff took the ½-1600 win, Barry Karakas took Class 7, Rob Ledsinger took the Ultra Truck win, Tyler Fox won Class 7 A and Shawn Walters won Class 7B. A full story and loads of pictures in neJEt month's issue of Dusty Times. CORONADO SPEED FESTIVAL • San Diego is frantically preparing for the rush of racing and automobile fans that a re expected to attend th is year's 11 'h annual Coronado Speed Festival, which is part of Fleet Week San Diego. This event is once again expected to bring tremendous exposure to San Diego, plus attract thousands of people and dollars to the region. In face last year the Coronado Speed Festival attracted over 20,000 spectators, which increased attendance by 15% and this year will prove to be bigger and better than ever before, drawing in car enthusiasts from all over the world. Additionally, according to from Entrepreneur.com Fleet Week organizers estimate the Fleet Week events generate a total economic impact of $10 million for the region. This unique opportunity will allow you to: Watch over 200 of the world's most exclusive and pedigreed machines race around the track. Step back in time to enjoy auto racing's rich history with tours of the racecar pits and interviews with drivers. See a multitude of current Navy jets and helicopters, special boats and hovercrafts, as well as vintage aircrafts, with the chance to step aboard these massive and historical machines. The Coronado Speed Festival offers something for the whole family to enjoy, so race on down to Naval Air Station, North Island on September 27-28 for the premier.racing event of the season. Advance purchase general admission tickets are available on the Fleet Week Website (www.fleetweeksandiego.org) -$25 one day and $30 for both days. Tickets will also be available at the venue ($30 for one day and $40 for both days). Children 12 and under are free with paid adult admission. VORRA YERINGTON 300 -In spite of a recent change in management, ( see VORRA above) the VORRA Yerington race went off well. The race was well attended and everyone had a chilly but fun time. Rob Parsons was the Class 1 winner, Patrick Timmons took the Class 10 win, and the overall, Chris Gray was the Class 8 winner, Vince Viola took the Class 1600 win, Mike Koenig/Troy Robinson took the win in Clas 7 and Scott Wooden took the Semi-Pro win. A full story , and pictures in next months issue of Dusty Times. FINAL FLAG -We just learned that Jim Dwyer lost his long battle with cancer. Jim raced with Jim Dizney, Bob Richardson and Dave Richardson. Jim won Class 9 in the 1983 Frontier 500 with Dizney and had a long love of off road racing. He was on the cover of the first issue of Dusty Times 25 years ago. Services were held in El Cajon on June 12. All who knew Jim will miss him much. Page 7

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RW:Wiil co■rs SEASON OPENER . ■accachren·s The Big Winner BY ]UDY SMITH PHOTOS: TRACKS/DE PHOTO Carl Renezeder had a great weekend at Pomona, he won both rounds and leads the points, seen here in his Pro 4 Ford. Pomona, CA: The Champion-tened out and re-dug several Another change is that the ship Off Road Racing (CORR) times. Not only that, but they've UTV and Trophy Kart events, season opener at Pomona was a an agreement in place that allows which were each run by their good weekend for Rob CORR to build the course and own association, now come un-MacCachren who managed to win race the off road cars for five der the banner of CORR, and four times, in two classes. Driv- years. Part of the deal required run with CORR rules. ing a new Pro 2 Ford and a Pro that the track and grandstands, Still another new thing, an-Buggy (the new name for the old which line the eastern side of the noying to some, but understand-Super Buggy class), MacCachren track and face west, would be able, is that CORR is now re-fought off tough challenges in aligned the way they are. That is quiring big 22 inch numbers on both classes to finish the week-perhaps, a bit unfortunate, be-the sides of the trucks. While this end with a perfect record. cause it means full sun for the may interfere with the distribu-Once again, CORR has laid spectators after about 11 o'clock tion of sponsors' logos, it does out an off road short course in in the morning. make it easier to identify the the parking lot at the Pomona For this year the cost of rac-trucks from a distance. CORR Fairgrounds. By d_igging a big ing with CORR has gone up. Jim has said that because they will be hole in one place and piling the Baldwin, the CEO of the organi-shown live on TV several times excavated dirt in another, and zation, says he tripled the entry this year, they want the numbers leaving a long section in pave- fees. That did cause some com- big so that the folks watching at ment, they created a three-quar-plaining, particularly among home will be able to identify ter of a mile long track. It took those who thought they'd found them easily, much as they do with two weeks to build the track, an affordable way to go racing. NASCAR cars. The people de-which is a long oblong that runs The payback doesn't go as deep signing the artwork on the sides north and south, and it looks a anymore, paying only the first of the trucks haven't quite ab-bit like a paper clip with moguls three places. In addition there sorbed this fact yet, and some of and a hole. The hole, which is also are other expenses. If a team the new and bigger numbers are Turn 4, is the only right hander brings in a UTV to ferry people so artsy that they can't be read (the inside turn on the paper the long distance between pits anyway. clip), and when someone stalls and drivers' meetings and the Amidst all the changes, one down inside it can't be seen from like, they must pay a fee of $100. thing remained constant. The the grandstands. This is, at least in part, a way to "mandatory yellow flag" midway The good news about the reduce the number of UTVs through the race was still in ef-track, from CORR's point of view roaring around the pit area. feet. The CORR people believe anyway, is that the Fairplex folks Folks who use scooters or small it makes the race "more excit-gave them permission to leave the motorcycles for transportation ing" when they do this, because course in place for the entire sea-are assessed a fee of$50 for each it allows the trucks or cars to son. So it doesn't have to be flat- vehicle. close up. Rob MacCachren, seen here leading the flight, was the big winner both days in Pro 2 in his really good looking Ford. This first weekend was one of those when the television folks were there to film the action live. The Saturday Pro 2 event was the one chosen by NBC TV to show live this weekend, and the amount of coordination and planning it took to get it mov-ing right on time was astonish-ing. Happily, this was one of those events that went off as planned, and all was apparently well in TV land. One slight difficulty with hav-ing the race in Pomona, right in among the quiet residences as it were, is that there are strict noise laws in effect. As a result, the trucks were not allowed on the track on Friday night to practice and qualify as they do at most venues. The Single Bug-gies and Pro Buggies were given permission, but the trucks had to wait for Saturday morning to qualify. That crowds the schedule a bit for the pit folk, who then have to get them ready to race the same day. But the spectators like it. The long front straight in front of the grandstands is paved, as is Turn 1, to the left, then a short straight and Turn 2, another left-hander. The pave-ment ends abruptly as the cars exit Turn 2. The staging area for the start is on the pavement, but as the trucks and cars come in from the pits they cross the end of Turn 5, which is dirt and well watered, so they bring mud onto the pavement, which quickly dries and turns to dust. In be-tween events there was a street sweeper sweeping the pavement, but it was almost a lost cause, because the next line up of ve-hicles tracked in mud all over again. The CORR folks put an additive into the dirt that is sup-posed to hold down the dust, and it probably does, but so far no one has found anything that really works well in that respect. Saturday's Pro 2 Main event started at about 12:40, some-how working within the limits of NBC's needs. There were 21 trucks on the track, some sport-ing new paint jobs, new color schemes and new sponsors. Rob MacCachren had a new Ford and a new sponsor, while Ricky Johnson was driving the Ford that MacCachren did well in last year. Five of them were Rook-ies, and one of those was Jeremy McGrath. John Greaves was lined up last in his Toyota be-cause he'd rolled during the practice/qualifying, and thus, didn't qualify. They gave them two pace laps before the rolling start. MacCachren got the hole shot, and they all made it through the first turn except Rodrigo Ampudia, who exited the course with a defu net rear suspension, after a hard hit broke a rear arm. Surprisingly, it was dusty. The CORR people had watered, but it had been too early, and in the unexpect-edly hot sun it had pretty much dried up by the time the race • started. Behind MacCachren it was Carl Renezeder in his new Ford, then the whole pack, ex-cluding Greaves, who limped off with suspension problems. Mark Shoaff, a desert racer new to this, stalled briefly in the big hole, and then the mandatory yellow flag came out. Evan Evans pulled his Chevy into the Hot Pits when he discovered he couldn't shift, and they waved the green flag. Evans is still driv-ing his old truck, but has a new one in the works. Scott Taylor is driving a new truck, and is still "sortin' it out." The newly created Pro Spec Division win went to Kevin Davis both rounds, he's seen here flying his Chevy to the checkers. Marty Hart looks like he's losing here, he won Pro Lite on Saturday, Sunday was a disaster for Marty and his Ford. Now it was MacCachren, Ricky Johnson, Renezeder, Todd LeDuc in a Ford, and Jerry Whelchel. MacCachren and Johnson had a two-man battle going and everyone else dropped back. They fought for the remaining laps, with MacCachren in front and Johnson second. But each lap Johnson would close up on MacCachren as they existed the hole, and get closer until they ran into the moguls, a series of five bumps leading into Turn 5. MacCachren's truck handled marginally better through them and he'd pull away again. In Turn 3, a high banked left-hander off the "table top mesa" at the back, MacCachren took the high line each time, and Johnson went low. Johnson would gain a few feet, but as they exited the turn MacCachren would have the speed to go back into the lead. Page a July 2008 Dusty Times

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I. Regis Harrington took the UTV win on Saturday, he finished well Rick Huseman took a fourth and a second place in the two Carl Renezeder, this time in the Pro 2 category, was credited back in 20th place when the second round ran on Sunday. weekend Pro 4 rounds, seen here at speed, staying in front. with a third and a second place at Pomona, here nicely airborne. ltwasagreatbattle.lntheend, intheside.ltwasahorrendous fourth as Johnson's truck beanotherclassorpartofone punchedattheendofTurn2. MacCachren held his lead and crash, and the red flag came slowed drastically. They ran in of the existing ones. For this John Beyer developed some took the win. Johnson took sec-out. It took a while to get them that order for another couple weekend, their results were rela-problem and slowed down, and ond and Renezeder was a dis-cleared away, partly because the of laps, and then Whelchel got tive to one another, although a truck stalled in Turn 1. By tant third. During his podium fuel cell in Ampudia's truck was past Le Due. they were on the track with the about the sixth lap the two lead-interview, Renezeder mused that trying to fall out, and the By now the course was very Pro 2 trucks. At the end of each ers were passing lapped cars. he might change his tire groove course workers were handling it dusty, and it was nearly impos-of their heats it was Davis, Hoek Then they threw the mandatory for Sunday's race. gingerly, trying to prevent that sible for spectators to see what and Cotham. They're also earn-full course yellow. Sunday's Pro 2 event was from happening. The officials was happening in Turn 5, the ing points as Pro Spec trucks. On the restart it was still third on the pro_gram, and announced that since they'd turn at the start of the pavement Saturday's second event was Naughton and Ampudia, and a started with 24 trucks. The first had the long red flag, there straightaway. As they emerged the Pro Lite trucks, with 26 of couple laps later Ampudia took turn was really dusty, but every-would be no mandatory yellow from the dust on the last lap it them on the track. When they over the lead, passing Naughton one made it through cleanly, in this event. was clear that MacCachren still waved the green flag one truck on the front straight. Naughton with Rob MacCachren in the On the restart it was led, Renezeder was second, and stalled near the end of the line-poured on the steam and by the lead, Todd LeDuc second and MacCachren leading, and then Whelchel was third. LeDuc was up and he gathered up three or start of the next lap he was back Ricky Johnson in third place. LeDuc, Johnson, Renezeder and fourth and McGrath made the four others, which brought out in the lead. But at the end of the Renezeder was fourth. On the Whelchel in a pack behind him. fifth. So it was a perfect week- a full course yellow, then a red front straight he slowed and second lap they stayed in the Someone was parked at the side end for MacCachren in his new flag and a restart. When they pulled off the track, with a bro-same order, and Mark Jenkins of the table top, between Turns Pro 2 truck, and he's set the bar restarted one truck had a right ken clutch. Ampudia was now in rolled over and landed on his 2 and 3, and then Greaves high for the rest of the season. front flat and another had al-the lead, but Hart was coming side next to the moguls. Things parked at Turn 5. Meanwhile, Running with the Pro 2 ready lost his hood and front up fast and working hard. Hart looked the same through Lap 3, MacCachren built a good lead, trucks, but not in the hunt for fender. On the restart, Robert was pushing Ampudia hard, but and then on the beginning of and it was still LeDuc in second, points, were three new trucks, Naughton, last year's cham-Ampudia was holding his lead. the sixth lap, as they ran the but Renezeder had moved up to spec trucks, driven by Kevin pion, went into the lead, with Then, near the end of the final pavement in front of the grand-third, Johnson was fourth and Davis, Ross Hoek and Brian Rodrigo Ampudia hot on his lap as they rounded the last stands, Ampudia took a little Whelchel fifth. On the 11th lap Cotham. These will be all alike, heels. Marty Hart ran third, turn, not 50 feet from the check-nudge that sent him sideways, Renezeder got by LeDuc after a similar in concept to the desert looking very fast also. 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Chad Hord took a third and a first place finish in the two Pro Lite Greg George took a second place finish both days in Pro Buggy, A second and a third place finish in Single Buggy for the weekend races, he's seen here pushing his Ford to the limit. he's second in points with a long season still ahead. went to Curt Geer, he's seen here in front of the crowd. togiveAmpudiatherightofway. Astheywentthroughthemoguls Turn 5 through the finish line seal gave up and the fluid entries has been spectacular, That slowed him just enough that each lap it was clear to see that glued together, banging body-caught fire. It was still Huseman and probably bodes well for the Hart went by and took the win. Hart's truck worked better in work, but with Hord's nose just in front, but now Renezeder had future of a variety of kinds of Ampudia was second, and Chad that section than Naughton's. He far enough in front to give him passed Douglas, and Douglas short course racing. Trophy Hord, in a Mazda, finished third picked up time there each lap. the win. So Hord had a third was working hard to try to get Karts show up at various desert and Todd Cuffaro, one of the They ran that way for quite a and a first, Hart had a first and back around him. But he didn't races all around Southern Cali-rookies, was fourth. while, as others developed prob-a 27th, and Naughton had a get it done. On the last lap fornia and Nevada, and UTVs The problem with the lapper lems. Aaron Daugherty pulled 17th and a second. Hord fin-Renezeder caught up to have races at other venues also. was one CORR had tried to pre-out, and David Reyes parked off ished the weekend with the Huseman and they passed and For this weekend, the UTV vent by explaining very clearly to to the side. points lead. re-passed each other, but then events were won by Regis the newcomers that they are sup-By the fifth lap Hart had a Saturday's Pro 4 race was the Renezeder got inside Huseman Harrington on Saturday and posed to be alert and aware of good lead, with Hord a fair dis-third event, with Renezeder and in Turn 5 (the last turn before Robert VanBeekum on Sunday. where the lead vehicles are, so tance in front of Naughton. Scott Douglas taking off side by the finish line) and beat him to They ran on the same track as they won't get in the way. It Then, Hart tangled with Leroy side. Renezeder got the inside the checkered flag. Huseman the CORR trucks and buggies couldn't be easy -out of the 26 Loerwald in Turn 5, and Hord line. Then Ed Herbst got turned was a very close second, and and are looking pretty fast these cars that started this event, 15 moved into the lead, with around and hit in Turn 2. It was Douglas was third, with Steve days. are considered Rookies, so they Naughton second. They ran that a hard hit and broke an upper Barlow in fourth. In the Trophy Karts Trent outnumber the veterans. way for another three laps, until arm, putting him out: During the intermission from Williams won both days in Kart Sunday'sProLiteracewasthe thefullcourseyellow.Underthe Renezederkeptbuildinghis the big trucks and cars, there Jr. 1, to go home with 200 finale of the weekend, with 28 yellow they black-flagged lead, while Douglas was occu-were Trophy Kart races. There points. In Kart Jr. 2 the Satur-trucks lined up. They had a fairly Loerwald for hitting Hart and pied defending himself from are two classes of Trophy Karts: day winner was Geoffrey Cooley neat start, clean through the first sent him to the penalty box. Greaves. On the seventh lap Kart Jr. and Kart Modified. and on Sunday it was Taylor turn, and only one spin-out, Chuck Dempsey went into the Greaves got past him in the mo-There are so many of the Kart Snyder, their first female win-Casey Currie, in Turn 2. When Hot Pits. Hart was now running guls, and then they threw the Jr. entries that they get split into ner. They're tied for points at they came around at the end of slowly. Naughton passed Hord mandatory yellow, which turned two heats. Totaled up it 187 each, having each finished the first lap the lead was in the in the moguls on about the 14th into two yellow laps. On the re-amounts to 76 Karts out there fourth on the other day. In the hands of Marty Hart, with Rob-lap, and went on to take the start it was Renezeder, Greaves, racing. In addition, there are 26 modified Karts the weekend ert Naughton second, Chad white flat. But between Turn 3 Douglas and Steve Barlow, but of the UTVs. In the big truck winner was Connor Hart on Hord third, and Rodrigo and Turn 4, Hord build up a then Huseman passed him as classes the total entry was 67, both days, giving him a better Ampudia fourth. This time head of steam and re-passed something seemed to go wrong and there were 61 in the buggy weekend than his dad. Ampudia spun in Turn 1, but Naughton. They finished the lap with Barlow's truck. They went classes. For the statistically in-The Pro Buggies were the he got going again without help, neck and neck, and went from around in the same order for dined, that means there were fourth event on Saturday's "The Original" Foldable Land Anchor DON'T GET STUCK WITHOUT THEM! Learning to Weld For !rail repairs & ARC. 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The lar to the desert Class 10 cars. surprisingly sedate), and then growth in the Kart and UTV Out of the field of 31, 18 of Josh Baldwin, his body panels in shreds and a flat right rear tire. Sunday's Pro 4 race was fourth on the schedule, with 14 trucks. Travis Coyne was a no show because of "mechanical is-sues." The start was made more exciting by the sight of Ed Herbst bouncing on his nose a couple of times. It didn't seem to hurt his truck or him, how-ever, because he settled down and went on. Daugherty broke early, and Rick Huseman went into the lead, with Greaves chas-ing him and Scott Douglas look-ing at Greaves' bumper. On about the second lap Mike Jenkins pulled into the pits, and didn't come back. Huseman, meanwhile, was building his lead, and Greaves and Douglas were just fo llowing along. On the fifth lap Curt LeDuc started to smoke, and Baldwin was looking slow. They were begin-ning to be kind of strung out, with no one able to catch the guy in front of him. By Lap 8 they threw the full course yel-low. Adrian Cenn:i went into the Hot pit, and never came back out. It was still Huseman, Dou-glas and Renezeder, with Greaves in fourth. After the restart, LeDuc's truck suddenly had flame as well as smoke by a rear corner, and he pulled off, as corner workers applied their fire extinguishers. It seems his brakes had got so hot that a rear July 2008 No surprise here, Rob MacCachren took the Pro Buggy win both days, he's seen here on his way to the gold medal. Bryan Freeman, no stranger to first place finishes, grabs a little air on his way to Single Buggy wins both days. Dusty Times

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Brent Axup took a second and a third place finish in the two heats Robert VanBeekum, UTV contestant, finished 14th on Saturday but at Pomona, he's seen here in his Modified Kart. came back on Sunday to take the class win, seen here at speed. In Kart Jr. 1, JT West was credited with a third and a second place finish for the weekend, he's seen here headin' for the flag. Not the best weekend for Jerry Whelchel, he finished fifth and Rodrigo Ampudia drove his Pappas & Beer Nissan to a second and Larry Foddrill drove to a pair of third place finishes in Pro Buggy, third in Pro 2 at Pomona, but he is third in points. a third place in Pro Lite, he sits second in points in class. he's seen here at speed on his way to the checkered flag. them were labeled as "rookies". his hand in, playing in the desert they pulled, but nothing worked. New Zealand, where he was their tory yellow flag flew, but some-Of those 18, at least seven or eight and dunes. He was a Mickey Th-Then they attached a tow strap to stadium champion for two years, how they missed MacCachren, had experience racing in other ompson racer and ran the SODA on·e, and pulled them both, still en-to race in the U.S. who knew he should be in front, venues or other classes. (pre-CORR) series also. The start tangled, as far to the side as they Meanwhile, MacCachren and run around at speed and take the MacCachren was the fast quali- was a clean one, but a bit back in could. It meant a yellow flag at the George were battling for the lead. correct position. (This meant he fier in this class, and was therefore the pack Aaron Hawley and Scott corner leading onto the pavement By the fifth lap they were catch-did one extra lap.) In the mean-on the front row, next to Greg Peterson got their front ends en- for many, many laps. Somewhere ing the lapped cars. On the sev-time Hawley and Peterson were George, in a new Funco with a tangled, and they couldn't sepa-along the way Malcolm Pointon's enth lap as the corner workers freed up, and joined the fray. On Hondamotor.Georgehasn'traced rate.Cornerworkerstriedvarious fuelfiltercameunscrewedandfell struggled with Hawley and the restart it was MacCachren, formally in 12 years, but has kept things. They lifted, they pushed, off, ending his race. He came from Peterson, the full course manda-Continued next page Dusty Times July 2008 Page 11

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Seventh on Saturday, second place on Sunday, Rino Navara sits Parker Grabowski looks a wee bit precarious here, he took a fifth Tommy LaHood finished second and eighth in the UTV Division at Pomona, that gave him the points lead in the UTV Division. third in points in the Single Buggy Division. and a second place finish in the Kart Modified Division. Trevor Doherty took a fifth and a third place finish in Kart Jr 1 at In the Pro 2 races, Todd LeDuc took home a pair of fourth place It was a pair of sixth place finishes in Pro Lite for Bryce Menzies, he's seen here in his Nissan headin' for home. Pomona but that puts him third in points in the class. finishes, Todd is tied for third place in points. George and Vic Bruckmann in third, but then Bruckmann, try-ing to pass some "new guys", rolled over up at the top of Turn 3, and ended up on his side. Larry Foddrill moved into third place. From that point on they stayed close, but George We carJY a 'lull selection ol': couldn't quite get MacCachren, and Foddrill couldn't get George. They finished in order. MacCachren, obviously having enjoyed the battle with George, described him as "a real old school racer." Except for the two who were so disastrously en-tangled, and should have been WELD-ON•TABS Wl!LD-ON•IIUNGS tEIMS & ROD BND9 in the lead pack, it was a good, close race, lots of fun to watch. The Sunday Pro Buggy event was second on the program, with 27 cars. As they rounded the first turn, Larry Job spun out and was way back by the time he got going again, and in the meantime, Foddrill had got the SACa Ol(ltoad «il.l SHOEI ~,--IE E 3054 .S: VALLEY .,-EMf" BLVD. LA.S VEGA.s;. NI'-1119102 TEL: .7DZ-BTl-49, I FAX: :,oz-ar ,-.szz, . . . . . :¥ SIL P■IG AVAIi ARE - -Page 12 July 2008 lead in Turn 3 by going high, but then MacCachren got him back in the next turn. Then it was MacCachren, Foddrill, and a tight pack consisting of George, Dale Dondel and Doug Fortin. That was a five-pack of off road talent! Someone stalled in the hole and brought out a local yellow, but everyone got around him alright. On the third lap it was MacCachren, Foddrill, George, Fortin and Dondel. One car had been parked backwards in Turn 1, but was towed away, and then someone parked in Turn 2 for a while. MacCachren continued to lead, and George was slowly closing on Foddrill. By the sixth lap he was around him and look-ing at MacCachren's rear bumper. His motor was scream-ing as he tried to catch up. On the eighth lap they threw the full course yellow, and then things went askew again. Somehow Foddrill got out of order, and they had to stop the field to try to straighten things out. To the spectators it looked as if they never did get it quite right. On the restart someone spun in Turn 2, blocked it up and col-lected some other cars, among them, Job, who'd been working hard to catch up since his first Connor Hart drove, or flew to victory both rounds in the Kart Modified Division, he's seen here on his way to the checkers. Trent Williams took the Kart Jr. 1 win both rounds at Pomona, he's seen here on his way to 1st on the podium. Dusty Times

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-t ••• • '01 friend Larry Job had a fourth place finish and a 10th place A pair of fifth place finishes in Single Buggy for Rick Boyer, he's Dan Kelly finished 13th and second in the UTV races, he had a lot finish in Pro Buggy, Larry is fourth in points. fourth in point standings in his class. of fun and he sits third in points in his class. lap spin. He was driving handi- ish third. Anthony Verdonne, MacCachren next time. since he was able to reach the no problems. The pavement at capped, with no brakes. Vic Bruckman Ii., and Todd On Saturday the Single Bug-pedals, in Class 1600 and Pro the end of that turn apparently A lap later they threw an-Arthur in John Cooley's car gies were last on the program, Trucks particularly, was not got a coating of pebbles and dirt other yellow, and at that point were all towed away. So with 27 cars. Fifteen out of the looking like a rookie at all al-kicked up by the cars as they hit it was MacCachren, George Dale MacCachren was two for two for 27 were characterized as "rook-though he later said he'd been the dirt part of the course, and Dondel and Foddrill. They now the weekend in this class, and ies", although at least six of "very, very nervous" and not at it must have been very slippery, had a green, white, checker situ-George and Foddrill were also those were experienced desert all sure he'd be able to do well. because cars went sideways there ation. MacCachren stayed in two for two in second and third. racers. And it was a "rookie" The start was clean, and only again and again. front, George finished second George went home determined who jumped to the front. Bryan one unfortunate spin out at the Freeman started to develop and Foddrill moved up to fin-to find a way to catch Freeman, who's raced desert end of the second turn, causing Continued next page Jeff Kincaid was a bit off the winning pace in Pro lite, he took a Chris Boyer passes Cissy Baldwin on his way to a brace of sixth pair of fifth place finishes in his Potowatomi Toyota. place finishes in Single Buggy, he's fifth in points in class. Dusty Times July 2008 Brock Heger finished seventh and fifth in the rounds but he is still fourth in points in Kart Jr 1, seen here at takeoff. Page 13

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a good lead early on, with Sean Kennedy chasing him. They be-came a bit strung out quickly, and by the fifth lap were catch-ing lapped cars. They threw the full course yellow, and Rick Gutierrez found himself parked on the berm in Turn 5, and an-other car was parked right be-hind him. On the restart, with Freeman still in front, Doug Renfro got sideways in Turn 5, but got himself going again. By now Freeman had built quite a lead and Curt Geer was firm in second place, with Brock Kraenbuhl in third. Billy McCool, who said he was too low geared for this course, lost a couple of laps when he lost a wheel, and Brandon Catello's car was barely moving. At the finish it was Freeman, Geer and Kraenbuhl. After the Saturday racing was ove·r, CORR officials had the course maintenance team re-move the final mogul, which had made it very hard for the cars to get all four wheels on the ground before entering Turn 5. It had been the cause of several incidents, and it was hoped things would go better in the turn on Sunday. Sunday's morning started with practice and qualifying again, which gives the spectators something to watch if they've ar-rived early. Then the first event was the Single Buggy race, this time with 26 cars starting. Some-thing went wrong with Robert Lansing's car and he was towed off before the start. Once again, Freeman went into the early Dusty Times lead, with Kennedy in second and Geer third. Freeman got a big gap between himself and sec-ond place and Kennedy dropped back, and then rolled over in Turn 5, landing on his side. At about the same time a couple of cars were parked on Turn 3, one facing backwards and one high-centered on the berm, both had to be towed off. A couple of laps later they threw the full course yellow, with Freeman a long way in front of Cory Boyer. They were already dealing with lapped cars. After the restart, Ryan Schank rolled over at the start of the moguls, and on the fol-lowing lap someone went off Turn 2 upside down. Mean-while, Freeman moved steadily on, but now Rino Navara had passed Boyer for second, but Boyer was pushing hard, trying to catch him back up. And then suddenly, he was upside down in Turn 3. Now it was Freeman, Navara, Geer, and Kyle Quinn in a new McCool chassis, lead-ing the pack to the finish. That made Freeman two for two, a good start on the season for a rookie. It was an exciting and enter-taining weekend of racing. There are seven more weekends to come, a couple in Las Vegas in May and October, two more in Pomona, in June and August, and three in Chula Vista in July, September and December. There will be many more oppor-tunities for excitement and en-tertainment as the CORR sea-son progresses. ~ .... Large e n Fabrication Parts In Stocki Diego El Cajon Escondido El Centro Temecula 7916 Balboa Ave. 818.Nl.7792 426 N. Marshall Ave. 2646 Auto Park Wly 2298 Merrill Center Dr 26901 Jlfffflon Ave. t19M2M89 780.748.3193 780.362.2888 Coming 2008 shop online: 'INN1.offroadwarehouse com July 2008 Page 15

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lJ\J2C: 28™ RALLY JORDAN Nlrvanen-Fard Win BY MARTIN HOLMES PHOTOS: MAURICE SELDEN Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen drove their Ford Focus RS to victory in Jordan, seen here speeding to the finish line. It wasn't boring! Everyone who went to Jordan for the rally was un-sure how it would really turn out, but five different leaders in three dif-ferent types of car -that was some-thing special. Mikko Hirvonen, the eventual winner in this rallying game of musical chairs, took the lead in the Drivers' Championship while BP Ford Abu Dhabi pulled ahead in the series for Manufacturers. Sebastien Loeb suffered a road accident, ironi-cally meeting head-on one of his old rally cars, and still ended up with one extra point for Citroen Total. Round 5 of the 2008 World Rally Championship took teams into a completely new geographical region. Following last year's Rally Ireland, Jordan was the second new venue for the FIA World Rally Championship in six months. In earlier times, new events seemed to come along only once every two years or so! This was the 30th nation to run a rally in the World Series, it was the first such event in the Middle East and the first such event in an Arab country since 1976. One of the problems faced was the definition of the event. Was Jor-dan officially a "long haul" or a "Eu-ropean" rally? On this rested these-lection of support equipment which teams had to bring. The everlasting tension in Israel forced teams to bring their equipment through the Red Sea and up to the Jordanian port of Aqaba, the longest route and a lot more expensive than bringing it di-rectly across Israel, but less problem-atical. When the safest routing for the equipment was worked out, the event was eventually defined to be a semi-long haul event, long haul in transportation arrangements but Eu-ropean in style of equipment, so visu-ally the service park looked like a normal European event. This was because the equipment has to be taken all the way to Sardinia after-wards. rx <•oo, 654-7223 CA l310J 539-2266 Page 16 July. 2008 Sebastien Ogier and Julian Ingrassia took the win in JWRC in their Citroen C2, they finished 1 1th overall as well. The nature of the stages was spe-cial. All of them were run on gravel roads, but several stretches of route were purpose-built for the rally and the surfaces were coated with salty sludge taken from the nearby Dead Sea, which when dried out created a remarkably hard surface. There were also some late changes to the event's organisation, meaning elaborately agreed plans had to be made all over again. The good thing was that sev-eral experienced rally people from Finland were recruited, so the sport-ing side of the event promised to go smoothly which it did. Unexpected factors concerned the extent to which the air around the Dead Sea area would soak up the heat in the middle of the day. In the days before the event the thermometers went up to 45C or so, but cooled down at the time of the actual rally. This prom-ised to be the first really hot rally a lot of the JWRC drivers would ever have experienced, certainly hotter than the Acropolis has been. Then there was the uncertainty about the effect of the negative elevation of the stages. First impression from the teams was that this was not as signifi-cant as going up to 3000 metres above sea level in Mexico. This was a coun-try where no pre-event testing was per-mitted. It was the same for everyone and gradually setups which suited the conditions were found. Not since 2003 had a World Rally Car been run in the country. The elevation of the stages varied from Minus 400 metres around the Dead Sea, up to nearly 700 metres on the first day. Stages fell into two quite distinct cat-egories, flat stages around the Dead Sea and hilly stages inland. The in-land stages had a three dimensional style, to a far greater degree than the up and down stages in Finland. Here the stages felt more like a ride in a theme park! The character of the countryside made this event a heaven for photographers, so long as they did not object to the lack of green-ery! All six WRC teams were present though none of the registered drivers had competed here before, which created a true level playing field. The only World Rally Car driver who knew the rally was Khalid Al Qassi mi in the non-championship BP Ford Abu Dhabi car, and he had only driven Group N cars here. "Level play-ing field?" That was very much the theory behind the construction of the Service Park alongside the Dead Sea, which only two weeks before the event was held had been part of a local mountain, while some 40% of the special stage route had until a year or two earlier had been goat tracks through the hills or not even tracks at all! A total of 55 cars were entered, including 16 of the 18 registered en-tries in the JWRC series, of which this was the second out of seven rounds. It was a rare opportunity for local enthusiasts to see and hear not only the World Rally Cars, but also the normally-aspirated cars run by JWRC competitors. This was the first appearance for many competitors in this year's series. There were no fewer than six Clio R3 cars, while KNAF driver Hans Weijs made the world championship debut of the C2 R2 Max. Incidentally, it was the first time cars running under the new Group R rules outnumbered the Super 1600 brigade in the JWRC. One dis-appointing factor was that only two drivers qualifying for the Rookies category were on the start line, the Italian Francesco Fanari who was also the only Rookie in Mexico, and Weijs. Considerable interest was created by the pre-event announcement that beleaguered FIA President Max Mosley would be attending the event by special invitation of the brother of the King, Prince Feisal, who was working with the organisation. Also present was Mohammed Bin Sulayem, the former driver and now President of the UAE Motorsport Federation, who has spoken openly in support of Mosley. Munchi's team patron Luis Perez Companc had to return home to Argentina urgently on business and his team had to ap-Daniel Sordo and Marc Marti, seen here in their Citroen C4, were the silver medal winners in the arid Jordanian desert. Dusty Times ·

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Gianluigi Galli and Giovanni Bernacchini drove their Ford Focus to Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikka Anttila drove to a seventh overall · It was a first off the podium finish for Henning Solberg and Cato an eighth place finish in Jordan, seen here kickin' up the dust. finish in Jordan, seen here in their Ford Focus RS. Menkerud in their Ford Focus RS, they're seen here at speed. ply to the rally stewards for consent Loeb had the worst of the conditions, Petter, however, was in deep trouble with overheating brakes on Stage 2-to be installed twice. He then went for last year's Feista Champion Barry going off the road momentarily in fifth place with a fire which was and it was Ogier who was in the lead. off the road, hit a rock and had to Clark, who was already coming to 1.5km afterthe start of the first stage, caused by a failed front shock ab-Ogier then suffered a fuel problem stop and change a flat tyre. Michal the rally as one ofVillagra's mechan- then spinning a half kilometre after sorber. They stopped on Stage 6 in and fell back to second, ending the Kosciuszko stopped with crankshaft ics, to take over driving car number the start of the second! Second car order to extinguish the fire but the morning loop 18.5 seconds behind sensor failure. Bettega (who had two 10. Clark duly arrived at the Dead was Mikko Hirvonen, who had a wiring loom had been damaged and Sandell. Third and fourth were the spins) was up to third with Gallagher, Sea headquarters in time to drive the lucky moment on Stage 2 when he this in turn had caused the car to get two official Suzukis, both drivers re-an excellent fourth in his S1600 and FocusWRContheShakedown.His wentofftheroadandavoidedallthe stuckingear.Alotoftimewaslost porting unhappy handling. Jan close behind him was Gilles co-driver was the Argentine Jose Diaz, damaging stones. Third car through making their way to the finish of the Molder "We damaged the car in Schammel in his Clio R3, despite a who was given the impossible task of was Chris Atkinson, who had a lot stage where the team withdrew the Shakedown and had an ignition badly overheating engine. Sixth and reading notes in Spanish and speak-of oversteering and was unable to car. Another disappointing retire- problem which prevented us setting seventh were the two Dutch team ing them out in English! Already top push. Going well on the first loop of ment for Petter. After Stage 6 up the car as we would have wanted", drivers, but Abbring collapsed from drivers had indicated that this was four stages was Petter Solberg, equal Atkinson's damper problems re-while Alex Bettega was fifth despite heat exhaustion on arrival back at going to be an event where accuracy fastest on Stage 1 with Dani Sordo, curred and he struggled along in the damaging the steering arm and going service. Milos Komljenovic went off of pacenote instruction was going to but fell back to fourth as the usual fifth place vacated by his teammate. carefully for half of the morning's the road. Niegel stopped after he be critical. One JWRC competitor shock absorber troubles started up On Stage 7 Gianluigi Galli was in stages. Andrea Cortinovis retired for went off the road while driving with failed to arrive with their car, this was again. Sordo, running sixth, took the trouble. He had spun backwards and the day with damaged rear suspen- a flat tyre. He hit a r9ck which the Lithuanian Vilius Rozukas, who lead in his own right on Stage 2 and damaged the rear differential and oil sion, and many other drivers includ- wrecked the suspension. arrived to plead his cause with the was 13.8 seconds ahead at the mid- cooler which caused the differential ing Niegel, Schammel and Abbring Day 2 stewards. It didn't go well for him... day service. Many drivers admitted to overheat and fail so he was out for had brake problems. Kevin Abbring 8 Stages, gravel- 109.87kms. Shaun Gallagher nearly missed the to spins. Sordo had done one over- the rest of the day. Going well now in was struggling in the heat, he had bro-This was going to be a day of ex-boat, due to the transporter bring- shoot, Federico Villagra went off and sixth place was Aava, while fellow C4 ken both ankles in November and citement. Dani Sordo started off ing his car breaking down en route reversed back, Matthew Wilson slid driver, Conrad Rautenbach, reached spent one week in a double plaster. first car on the road and lost time to the port, but eventually all was off at a perilous spot and again re-the end of Stage 8 in ninth place but This was not a good event for the less on the dirty surfaces and immedi-well, and his nice red car was re-versed back. Henning Solberg was stopped on the road section to ser- than perfectly fit drivers ... Francesco ately Sebastien Loeb got into the painted in the green and purple delayed by intercom troubles. Urmo vice with clutch failure. Barry Clark Fanari gave up at the midday halt lead. Jari-Matti Lacvala went off the colours of Irish Tourism when it ar-Aava had three spins and Khalid Al was still going "Now we are doing the because he had lost third gear. Ogier road on the second stage in similar rived in Jordan. Qassimi lost time when the launch same stages again I have got a bit more had trouble at service when the fuel circumstances to Hirvonen's Day 1 Shakedown was over a very short control failed at the start of Stage 2. confident", but Al Qassimi was slowed problem was found to be a faulty adventures, and was extremely lucky and typical stage close to the Service Jari-Matti Latvala was second, sur- with a variety of warning lights flash- fuel pump, which on a C2 S 1600 is a to lose only seconds. Then came the Park and six drivers were within a prised at his position after assuming ing in his face. Was Sebastien Ogier far from convenient item to change. event on the access road up to, and half second of the fastest time. The he had been going too cautiously. just plain lucky in Mexico, or did we He only got going one minute inside then back from, Stage 11. Loeb had temperatures were high, around 40 Loeb survived the first group of stages have a new superstar on our hands? his maximum lateness time, the delay just finished the stage and had passed degrees at the service park. in third place, in front of Petter Patrik Sandell was the fastestJWRC caused not only by the pump being the point where the access to the There was a ceremonial start on Solberg. There was trouble for both driver on the first stage but lost time extremely inaccessible, but it having Continued next page the Thursday evening held on the the Suzukis. On Stage 1 Per-Gunnar shores of the Dead Sea where the Andersson went off the road and got temperatures began to subside in the stuck in a sand trap. Spectators even-early evening. The cars passed in re-tually got him back on the road again, verse order, the first of which was due but too late for him to carry on that to have been a Mitsubishi of an Iraqi day, but the team made plans for him driver but his car had mechanical • to restart on the Saturday. Then Toni trouble during Shakedown and in- Gardemeister hit a rock which broke stead the crew walked over the start the sump, he lost the oil and dam-ramp. Their car carried a bold state- aged the engine and was out for the ment stating "No for Terror in Iraq." rest of the rally. Day 1 The afternoon stages were repeats 8 Stages, gravel- 115.18kms. of the first loop with a lot less loose Friday was cloudy with a little gravel but with more rocks. Hirvonen breeze so the sharpness of the sun "The lines were very narrow, stray was missing, but still the temperatures outside them and you were immedi-were in the high 30s. Overnight the ately sliding." Teammate Latvala stewards had given permission for the seemed to be sliding in any case, judg-JWRC cars to be allowed to use 32 ing by the way his, and only his, rear rather than 24 tyres, and the condi- tyres were wearing thin. Loeb was tions predictably did no favours for speedipg up and passed Latvala into the cars running first on the road. second and the two BP Fords fin-Championship leader Sebastien ished the day third and fourth. 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Matthew Wilson and Scott Martin drove their Ford Focus RS to a Federico Villagra and George Companc finished sixth overall in Toni Gardemeister and Tomi Tuominen had major engine problems fifth place finish in Jordan, they're seen here getting all wet. Jordan, seen here hustling their Ford Focus RS to the finish. in their Suzuki SX4, seen here before their dnf. stage start was, in the stretch where drainage ditch. The car then rolled The first two were shortish, the ond fastest only beating Sordo by carefully, worried about the accu-oncoming cars were expected. They off the road and he was out. A new third, which was also run as the fi-2.3 seconds, Hirvonen's lead with racy of some of his notes. Gallagher had only travelled some 300 metres car having to be prepared urgently nal stage, was 41 km long. No won-three stages to go at only 7. 7 sec- was in third, having mentally de-in to the danger area when he col-for him to use in the next event, der the Ford team took so much onds. Fourth place Henning Solberg cided to forget worrying about his lided head on with the private C4 Sardinia. trouble arranging the running or- was happy. Wilson punctured but transmission and astonishing him-WRC of Conrad Rautenbach, on InJWRC, Sandell started the day der! Although Hirvonen made best kept his fifth place in front of self by getting a category fastest time his way up to the stage start. Hap-with a lead of lm21.7s over Molder, time Latvala went into the lead on Villagra, who had a spin and was on Stage 18. Abbring retired with pily there were no injuries, but both but the morning started badly. "I Stage 17, despite hitting a large rock seventh fastest. Al Qassimi hit a huge engine failure while his teammate of the cars looked sorry for them-had two spins, the battery was not that was in the road. He continued rock and damaged a wheel but luck- Weijs was going carefully having selves. Sordo regained the lead on charging and I had a slow puncture", nervously on in Stage 18 with a bro- ily the tyre held up. Suzuki's hopes had two punctures in as many Stage 12, just holding off Latvala, commented Sandell. Molder, mean-ken transverse support link which ended when Andersson first had a stages. On Stage 20 Molder went while Hirvonen, who was holding while, was also in the wars. On the then caused the rear left suspension puncture and then went off the off the road and retired so third place, was slowed by handling road section up to the start of Stage to fail. He got to the end of the stage, road. Aava was out, with damage Gallagher was up to second. Weijs trouble, "The car has been sliding 9 the differential broke and he stag-dropped a minute and fell to third. from suspension caused by an im- was the leading rookie driver but all the time, we even damaged a gered through the four morning Hirvonen took the rally lead, three pact. Al Qassimi lost a lot of time retired on the final stage with alter-wheel on Stage 9." In fourth was stages in one wheel drive, miracu-changes in the lead in three stages! on the final stage when he had two nator failure, which meant only Atkinson who started the day hope- lously holding second place but now Latvala set-to on the road section to flat tyres and needed to change them. nine Juniors reached the finish, in-fully, but before long the same old over two minutes behind. Ogier was Stage 19 to try and tie the suspen- Latvala had fallen back, now down eluding the Italian Fanari who, for damper problem had struck, and streaking along and by Stage 12 had sion back with ratchet straps, losing to ninth, but on the final stage got the second time, was the only then Petter Solberg, who had re- passed the Clio R3 of Bettega into 50 seconds more time in control ahead of Galli and the two incidents Rookie to qualify as a finisher. started under SupeRally rules and third place. Gallagher was morose, penalties. This, however, failed and meant the young Finn was to finish In Group N, Abdullah Al who was driving further back, had believing his gearbox was about to he drove through Stage 19 with the in seventh overall. Qassimi from Sharjah, half-the attachment from the damper to fail and explaining he had no spare, rear wheel at a 20 degree angle to In JWRC the leader Sandell brother to the Abu Dhabi driver, the reservoir explode open. Up to but by midday he was still there in the normal, and dropped another ended his run on the first stage of Khalid, won after gaining the lead fifth place now was Urmo Aava in third. Komljenovic went off the ten minutes falling to eighth overall. the day when he retired with dam-on the final stage when Suhail Al the second remaining private C4 road again, this time losing a wheel. Sordo kept his nerve running first aged suspension. This let the cau-Maktoum's Subaru had electrical WRC. Various drivers including Schammel had a lot of overheating car on the gravelly surfaces. Loeb was tious Ogier into the lead with trouble and would not fire up be-Henning Solberg and Federico trouble with the radiator and had fastest on Stage 19, Hirvonen sec- Molder, in second place, also going fore Stage 21. lA/2C: Villagrahadbrakeproblems. toresorttotoppingupwiththe 26th Rally Jordan (HKJ) Dead Sea 25/27.04.2008 WCR round 5 JWRC round 2 The afternoon started off with crew's supply of bottled water. Niegel wc points Latvala and Hirvonen both pass-had a puncture. Weijs had fuel ing Sordo, who dropped to third. pump failure and electrical troubles Latvala being the third leader in as while Abbring was still battling on many stages. Sordo continued to and was now seventh. Fanari retired fight on but was unhappy with the for a second time. Sandell had a bad gravel that still remained on the sur-afternoon with the engine forever faces. Atkinson found his suspen-trying to misfire and seemed to be sion was better on absolutely clear losing power all the way. Molder surfaces as well. Henning (happily dropped back when the car stopped now with properly working brakes in a water crossing which let Ogier, for the first time all rally), had a whose tactics was to go slowly and spin on Stage 15. All the while it see what happened, up to second. was the calm before the storm. Re- Kosciuszko ended a horrible event member the time when reverse seed-with some form of engine trouble. ingwas introduced in order to stop His team were not sure of these-drivers playing around by incurring quence of events in which the engine time penalties in order to secure a failed and Kosciuszko had to retire, less disadvantageous restarting or-and then on the final stage Bettega der? Those times were back again. had engine failure due to a damaged "Before the rally we calculated that crankshaft belt, which in turn was the only thing we must NEVER do damaged by a piece of aluminum was to allow our drivers to restart which had broken away from a the final legs in first place in the failed engine mounting. Gallagher, order, unless we were really well despite his pessimism, was still going clear of the opposition", explained and was now fourth. Schammel still Malcolm Wilson, BP Ford team had overheating. Weijs punctured Principal. After Stage 15 Latvala and stopped to change the wheel. led Hirvonen by 4.6 seconds, Fanari disappeared with engine Sordo was a further 6.5 behind trouble. Abbring was still coura-Ford's tactical experts calculated geously going and by the end of the how much slower they would have day was lying sixth in the category. to cover the final stage of the day in Stefano Albertini, on only his sec-order to force the first-running ond gravel rally anll fifth rally in all, Sordo to stay first-runner on the was eighth. Sunday. There were three mid-stage Day 3 split time clocks and after the third 6 Stages, gravel - 134.24kms. split Hirvonen was only 1.5 seconds The Citroen of Sebastien Loeb slower than Sordo with Latvala 2.3 was back in order in not much more quicker! The moment Sordo than an hour and he restarted the crossed the flying finish the team final day in 21st place, tenth Makes' made their calculations and advised entry. Conrad Rautenbach was also their drivers. Both of them slowed in action again, letting it be known right down and the helpless Sordo that he -really had not been in any found he was back leading the event hurry at the time of his collision with again, 8.5 seconds ahead of Latvala the World Champion. One rather and 10.4 in front of Hirvonen. imagines the incident could have Some drivers were past caring. Petter been a moment of inattention by slid wide on the exit of a bend on the other party. Today there was a Stage 16 and the tail fell into a group of three stages, tackled twice. Page 18 WR WD JC 1 (3) Mikko HIRVONEN/Jarmo Lehtinen FIN Ford Focus RS WRC EU07SSZ (GB) 4h.02m.47.9s. 10 10 2 (2) Daniel SORDO/Marc Marti E Citroen C4 WRC 734EGZ78 (F) 4h.04m.03.6s. 8 8 3 (6) Chris ATKINSON/Stephane Prevot AOS/B KT57SRT (GB) 4h.07m.47.4s. 6 6 4 (8) Henning SOLBERG/Cato Menkerud N EU07SUO (GB) 4h.10m.23.7s. 5 5 5 (16) Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin GB EA07RGZ (GB) 4h.13m.29.6s. 4 6 (9) Federico VILLAGRA/Jorge Perez Companc RS WRC EU07STX (GB) 4h.14m.10.ls. 4 7 (4) Jari-Matti LATVALA/Miikka Anttila RS WRC EU07SUF (GB) 4h.15m.03.5s. 3 8 (7) Gianluigi GALLI/Giovanni Bernacchini RS WRC lES (GB) 4h.15m.12.3s. (2) Subaru Impreza WRC Ford Focus RS WRC Ford Focus RS WRC RA 3 FIN 2 I 2 Ford Focus Ford Focus Ford Focus 1 9 (14) Khalid Al Qassimi/Michael Orr UAE/GB Ford Focus RS WRC EA07PXN (GB) 4h.21m.53.6s. 10 (1) Sebastien LOEB/Daniel Elena F/MC 738EGZ78 (F) 4h.26m.26.0s. (5) 1 11 (42) Sebastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia Sl600 JWRC 7214NE52 (F) 4h.29m.57.8s.+ Citroen C4 WRC F Citroen C2 10 12 (10) Barry CLARK/Jose Diaz GB/RA Ford Focus RS WRC EU07SSX (GB) 4h.34m.07.ls. 13 (46) Shaun Gallagher/Paul Kiely IRL JWRC 9147NE52 (F) 4h.34m.57.9s. 14 (47) Gilles Schammel/Renaud Jamoul L/B JWRC 538AVZ34 (F) 4h.37m.29.4s. 15 (64) Abdullah Al Qassimi/Fred Gocentas Lancer Evo N 605 (SHJ,UAE) 4h.37m.33.3s.# 22 (43) Florian Niegel/Andre Kachel D JWRC HP-SP78 (D) 4h.50m.17.4s. (2) 23 (39) Stefano Albertini/Piercarlo Capolongo Clio R3 JWRC DF333TV (I) 4h.50m.58.6s. 24 (37) Simone Bertolotti/Daniele Vernuccio Clio R3 JWRC DB944XP (I) 4h.5lm.14.ls. 26 (1&) Conrad Rautenbach/David Senior ZW/GB 735DYN78 (F) 4h.54m.04.3s. (7) Citroen C2 Sl600 8 Renault Clio R3 6 UAE/LT Mitsubishi Suzuki Swift S1600 5 I I Renault 4 Renault 3 Citroen C4 WRC 27 (34) Andrea Cortinovis/Giancarla Guzzi I Renault Clio Sl600 JWRC DA262VR (I) 4h.58m.45.ls. (5) 2 29 (40) Milos Komljenovic/Aleksandar Jeremie SCG Renault Clio R3 JWRC BG772742 (SCG) 5h.36m.31.2s. (10) 1 31 (38) Francesco Fanari/Massimilliano Bosi I Citroen C2 R2 JWRC B16MTN (R) 5h.42m.36.0s. (10) 54 (15 JWRC) starters. 33 (9 JWRC) finishers. +JWRC winner. # GROUP N winner. MANUFACTURERS' REGISTERED DRIVER. (Missed stages or road sections) Winner's average speed over stages 88.78kph. July 2008 Dusty Times

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Salvador Cervantes was just a wee bit off the winning pace at Steve Fuhring had a pretty good race, he took second place Court Legare had to settle for the bronze medal this time, finished the Mojave 250, ho took home the silver medal in Class 3. honors in the Class 1450 battle, he's seen here nicely in flight. third in the Class 1450 scuffle at the MOR Mojave 250. skies. Breezy all day, but T-shirt starters, one DNF, two finishers. 0:53:02. Terry Wyrembeck won starters, two finishers. Jim won Fast Lap Honors on Lap 1 weather in the Mojave Desert of Alexa Bilek got it done the fastest Second Place in car# 1297, com- Sizelove led the class the whole at mph in O: 5 8: 2 5. Scott soCal. Perfect open desert, off in 4:37:38 at 40.0 mph in car pleting the required laps in way from green to checkered flags Zimmerman won Second Place in road racing conditions! #1218, to win First Place in class 5:08:59 at 35.9 mph. in car #1321. Sizelove got it done class in car #1310 with an elapsed It's the MDR Mojave 250, on for the day. Bilek won Fast Lap CLASS 1300: in 4:57:32 at 37.3 mph to win time of 7:02:59 at 26.2 mph. Course B, in Barstow, CA. Honors on Lap 2 at mph in Five laps. Two entries, two First Place in class. Sizelove also CLASS 300: Thirty-six miles, clockwise, with 16 major course changes, eight RX crossings, three Checkpoints, and some "extremely rough terrain" along the way. Ten classes. Forty-one entered; 32 started, 18 fin-ished. It was brutal. Mile Bilek won First Place Overall in car # 156 in 4:56: 13 at 45.0 mph. Classes 1, 8, 1400 and 1600 did the full six 36 mile laps. Classes 12 and 1300 did five laps, for 180 miles of fun. Classes 300, 900 and 1450 raced for four laps of fun for 144 miles. MM22/ RX6 to MM29 at CHK3 was especially nasty. So - climb in, buckle up, hold on; here comes the Green flag! It's: Race Time! CLASS 1: Six laps. One entry, one starter, one finisher,. The solo spot in Class 1 was all Mike Bilek in car #156. Bilek led the class from start to finish, and finished in First Place in class for the day; as well as First Overall. Bilek com-pleted the course in 4:56: 13 at 45.0 mph, and also won Fast Lap Honors on Lap 2 at mph, in 0:45:03. Smokin! CLASS 8: Six laps. One entry, one starter, one finisher. Dean Schlingman followed suit in truck #832, winning First Place in class, and Second Overall for the day. Schlingman took 6: 10:58 to com-plete his six laps, at 35.9 mph. #832 won Fast Lap Honors too, at mph on Lap 3, in 0:59: 18. CLASS 1400: Six laps. Six entries, five start-ers, one DNS, four DNFs, one finisher. Jeromy Burnitz got it done in 7:10:29 at 30.9 mph in truck# 1403 to win First Place in class, and Third Overall for die day. Burnitz burned up the course on Lap 3 to win Fast Lap Honors in 0:44:06 at mph (also the fastest Fast Lap of the da:y), but paid the price on Lap 5 with a nearly three hour lap time. Fast-est or slower, Burnitz still got it done and finished the race in a field where many didn't. CLASS 1600: Six laps. Three entries, three starters, two DNFs, one finisher. Ricky Mondragon motored around the track in car #1613 to complete his five laps in 7:49:02 at 28.4 mph, to win First Place in lass on this race day; as well as Fourth Overall. Fast Lap Honors went to Paul Kurz in car #1678 on Lap 1 at mph in 0:46:57. Kurz was leading the class through the end of Lap 3 when he was TKO' d, ending his race day. CLASS 1200: Five laps. Three entries, three Dusty Times July 2008 Page 21

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Morgan Wilson finished first off the podium in the Class race, he's seen here just at takeoff, headin' for the flag. 1450 Terry Wyrembeck gave it his all but he had to settle for second Scott Zimmerman was just a bit off the pace in Class 1300 until the very long last lap, he did collect the silver medal for his efforts. Four laps. Two entries, two starters, two finishers. It was a close race in class with a lot _of back-and-forth between Gerardo Barragan in car #304 and Salva-dor Cervantes in #348. Barragan won Fast Lap Honors on Lap 4 in 1: 12:08 at mph, and went on to finish in First Place in.5:28:31 at 27.0 mph. Salvador Cervantes drove a steady pace all day in car #348 to win Second Place in class, but was off the pace by just over 40 min-utes behind Barragan at the end of the race. Cervantes still com-pleted the required four laps in 6:09:03 at 24.1 mph. CLASS 1450: Four laps. Twenty entries, 14 starters, seven DNFs, six DNS, seven finishers. Craig Reynolds lead the way from start to finish in truck # 1456, and finished in First Place in 3:21:49 at 44.0 mph. Reynolds also had the fastest lap in class on Lap 1 in 0:45:25 at mph. Reynolds won by a 1-hour pace in Class 1200, he's seen here at 'touchdown. The Class 1400 win went to Jeromy Burnitz, he averaged 40 miles per hour in his neat looking truck, seen here at speed. margin-of-victory ahead of the Second Place winner -Steve Fuhring in truck #1464. Fuhring completed the required laps in 4:21:04 at 34.0 mph. Court Legare made it a somewhat closer race in truck #1493 by winning Third Place in class just 0: 17:45 behind #1464. Legare completed the required laps in 4:38:09 at 31.9 mph, for the win. Morgan Wilson got it done in 5:21:35 at 2 7.6 mph in truck #1472 for the Fourth Place win in class. Craig Gay won Fifth Place in class in truck # 1488, KING Ricky Mondragon made it look easy, he took the Class 1600 win with ease as all of his competition dropped by the wayside. completing the course in 6:27:29 at 22.9 mph. Andrew Prince was the Sixth Place winner in class in truck # 1486. Prince did it in 7:23:40 at 20.0 mph. Karl Wong was only 0: 1:22 off the pace be-hind Prince in #1486 at the checkered flag finish. Wong had CJJBEAR We carry a full line of V~ ~~ ~ OFFRrHTING an elapsed time of 7:25:02 at 20.0 mph. It was a day of fun in the warm soCal sun; especially for those who finished. Thirty-six miles of fun in the desert dirt an·d sun. It was brutal, It's Barstow, after all. IJ!lB,.! OFF-ROfiD RACING SHOCl(S FILTERMAa~ ~t1fif2 Page 22 July 2008 Dusty Times

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,;~ SEED 9 RALLY •.-2aaa CRS Cha-.plonshlp Rally Doug Chernis and Craig McNair finished 1st overall, 1st CRS Open 4WD, sen here in their Subaru WRX. Organizer: Scott Bottomley, teamsthemselvesffiFtheirhighspeec.t' appropriatelynamedGoldStrikeHotel Goodsprings, Nevada. travels unaware of these significant Ne-and Casino in Jean, Nevada. With most California Rally Series, Coefficient 2 vada lands. Goodsprings was named for competition stages within 15 milesofhead-Rally. the numerous natural springs used by quarters, the short transits easily led to Goodsprings, NV-February 23, the early Amasazi and Piute Indians, thechallengingstages,andwithonly114 2008-California Rally Series 2008 first though they were not historically identi- total miles of desert driving it proved to rally of the year opened with 19 very fied until the 1830' s when the first cara- be a great rally to shake out entrants' cars competitive teams in four classes ready vans traveled this route, later to be called for upcoming 2008 year. for desert rally action over the winding the Old Spanish Trail. Within a few de-Seed 9 Rally opened with a new stage paths, backroaqsanddrylakebedcoun- cades, important lead mines began in ofmorethaneightmiles, Ivanhoe. The try areas around southern Nevada's his-Potosi full owed by the discovery of gold Open 4WD teams scrambled for fast-to ric Sandy Valley, Jean, and inseverallargeKeystonegoldmines,and est times over the course as Chernis/ Goodsprings areas. Today's travelers the YellCMT Pine Mining District by 1882. MacNair, WRXSTi, earned a fast8:47 along Interstate 15 and even the rally Seed 9 headquartered this year at the time, though only seconds ahead of chal-Page 24 IG0-433◄524 www.fuelsafe.com Fuel Safe, 250 SE Timber Ave, Redmond OR July 2008 Chuck Wilson and Keith Rudolph drove their good looking Nissan Pickup to first in Group 5, first in CRS 5. lengers Scott/Taylor in their WRX STi and Hoeck/O'Hanlon in an EVO VII. These three teams consistently set the rally pace, alternating the top three stage finishing positions throughout the day. Group 2 team Doganis/ Smith in a well prepared Nissan Senrra SE-R nabbed a respectable fourth, narrowly edging out three GT teams. Skilton/ Schlingman in a Jeep Cherokee, rookie team Hudspeth/Hudspeth in an Eagle Talon and Welker/ Sambrano in their Subaru lmpreza ended the run with times within seconds of each other and a great GT start. Group S's Wilson/ Rudolph in their Nissan pickup nabbed up a first-in-class on that stage, a great beginning for new co-driver l(eith Rudolph. Stages 2 and 3, Hidden Valley I and 11 were reversed 5.3-mile runs near the Jean dry lake bed. Finishing times were very consistent for both runs and all teams scored within 50 seconds of each others' time. With the Rally America ruling in effect regarding excessive speed, this rule resulted ina three-way tie forfirstat3:45 amongst the top open drivers: Chemis/ MacNair, Scott/Taylor, and Hoeck/ O'Hanlon after the FIRST two runs. · CRS-5 Morris/Masche in a white V-8 Chevy Camara clad with desert racing wheels and tires took fourth in both runs, narrowly edging out CRS-2 Brown/ Branton-Housley and Doganis/ Smith. George Doganis is a multi-year SCCA Solo national champion running his project Nissan rally car. His experience was evident in his driving style and result-ing faster times in overall competition. By Stage 4, Double or Nothing, it became apparent that experience and vehicle preparation would become de-ciding factors in the overall results. Rally 4WD teams continued their winning ways, with scarce seconds between first and third place. As the event's largest group, GT teams Skilton/Schlingman, Hudspeth/Hudspeth, Welker/ Sambrano, Zapata/ Arellano and Hoffman/Miller raced the course as wolf. packs of energy and momentum as driv-ers attacked hard over the _final three stages, maintaining clooe finishing results. GT honors went to Shawn and Jen-nifer Hudspeth, earning a first place fin-ish in their first-ever rally competition. Chuck Wilson with neophyte co-driver Keith Rudolph competed for the first time as a CRS-5 class team driver in his Nissan pickup. Chuck earned his rally-spurs with third overall CRS-2 in 2007, and his experience came through, earn-ing him his first-ever class win. NickTay-lorwas back in the driver's seat after more than six years, returning for his first com-petition in his 4WD project car. T earn-ing with co-driver Robert Olchawa, en-Second Overall, 2nd in CRS Open 4WD went to Wolfie Hoeck and Piers O'Hanlon in their Mitsubishi Evo VII. It was a great run for Clive Skilton and Dean Schlingmann, they drove their Jeep Cherokee to 2nd in PGT, 2nd in CRS GT. Dusty Times

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George Doganis and Tom Smith drove their Nissan Sentra SE-R Juan Andrada and Ricky De La Cuesta drove their Toyota Corolla Down from Colorado, Jeremy Brown and S. Branton Housley drove their to a 1st place finish in GP2, 1st in CRS-2, fast as always. to 2nd in Group 5, 2nd in CRS-5, seen here at speed. Toyota MR2 to a second place in Group 2 and second in CRS GP-2. gine problems plagued their debut at Seed the rally's Press-on-Regardless recognition. seconds behind. A broken radiator fan them a last place finish overall. Jeremy great teamwork", says Jamie Gorr, SEED 9 as a melted piston on the final stage John Rea and co-driver Pete Morris were and some front axle damage challenged Brown, arrived rally ready but a long 9 Communications Captain and mem-almost put an end to his competition. hampered with exhaust issues in their Erik Christiansen and Amy Floyd but way from his Colorado home, teamed ber of the las Vegas Radio Amateur Team "engine-uity" allowed him coast to usually reliable classic Datsun 510when they managed a third in class. Eddie with S Branton-Housley and a well pre-Club. "Seed 9 rallying is definitely one theendofthefinalstage,avoidingaDNF the exhaust tubing got pinched and Fiorelli teamed with first-time co-driver pared Toyota MR2. eventthevolunteersthoroughlyenjoyand for the event and insuring a fourth over-choked the engine. They managed to fin-Brent Elzey in VW GTi. Both right side Seed 9 Rally was assisted by the local look forward to. Each year it just gets all in Open class. ish sixth overall. Jen Imai and co-driver tires shredded on the first stage, a rally HAM radio and emergency crew from better. Scott is a pleasure to work with." CRS-2 teams often found themselves Terry Stonecipher experienced a rather error that was, most likely, attributed to Henderson and las Vegas areas. "I've The coefficient rally event was orga-concentrating their effons in justsurviv- harrowing off road run but managed to the co-driver. Both worked together to worked with Scott since almost his first nized by Scott Bottomley and sanctioned ing and making it to the finish, sharing get back on course, with a finish just two get the tires changed, but the lateness gave event and we have learned and developed through Rally-America. CRS Good for them! Shawn and Jennifer Hudspeth drove their Eagle Talon to Jim Morris and Bill Masche were looking for fun but a broken Doug Chernis and Craig McNair show off their hardware, a great 1st in PGT, 1st in CRS GT, seen here headin' for the bam. distributor cap wrote finis to their Chevrolet Camaro. win and a great rally organized by Scott Bottomley. HONDA Power Equipment H:ONi:>A. ENERAYOlll':8 & JFIUMPU UCER & IPECTATIR IIICIUNTI • GENERATORS • TILLERS • OUTBOARD ENGINES • LAWNMOWERS • 'NATERPuMPS Calilornia's Largest Source lor Ronda Power Equipment Parts 8 Inventory IF WE DON T NIIVE 11: NO ONE DOES/ Check Our Website: www.Kawaguchihonda_.com Kawaguchi Honda Corp. 3532 East 3rd St. • Los Angeles, CA 90063 (323)264-3936,264-5858 • FAX(323)264-2136 EU1000i Nothing' s easier. For optimum performance and safety, we recommend you read the owner's manual before operating your Honda Power Equipment. Connection of a generator to house power requires a transfer device to avoid possible injury to power company personnel. Consult a qualified electrician. ©2008 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Dusty Times July 2008 Page 25

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DUSTY TIMl!S CALll!NTI! 250 T .J. Flares Takes Class I And Dve,all PHOTOS: TRACKS/DE PHOTO CJ Hutchins took the Class 10 lead on the second lap and he went on to win the class, he's seen here with the hammer down. TJ Flores led Class 1 all the way, took the Class win and the overall as well in the l VDC car, seen here at speed. It was a glorious weekend high their first of four laps it was T.J. rig it to get to Pit C. Jeff Perkins up in Lincoln County, Nevada, Flores in the lead, Pat Allen was was down a spot into fourth the annual pilgrimage to in second place, he was some place. Caliente where the town and the nine minutes down without Third lap ended and T.J. county always open their hearts power steering, Jeff Perkins ran Flores still led, Kevin Curtis still to the racers and the racers re-third, another three minutes ran second, but he was a long ciprocate in kind. back and Kevin Curtis was in the way back, Will Allen, who was The weather was perfect, fourth spot, having slid into a now driving for Pat Allen re-there were 87 cars and trucks ravine, breaking a tie-rod and mained in third place and Jeff on hand, ready to compete on losing a lap before he got going Perkins had disappeared from the scenic course, through the again. the race. pines and down the long steep Second lap and T.J. Flores Fourth lap, final ;ap and T.J. hill into Caliente and the finish still led the class, Kevin Curtis Flores, with Brian Flores riding line. moved up into the second spot, all the way, sailed down the hill First off the line was the Class he was well behind the leader, to take a nice Class 1 win, re-l cars, there were four of them Pat Allen dropped a spot into porting a bottleneck in the can-but only half would see the third place, his radiator fell off checkered flag. At the end of and it was quite a job to jury-yo n on the las t lap which he was able to push through. Kevin Curtis claimed the second place finisher spot and W ill Allen was nowhere to be seen. There were nine cars entered in the Class 10 fracas and fu lly eight of them would make it to the checkers. At the end of their first lap it was Mike Whichmann showing the way, C .J. Hutchins was in second spot, he was 23 seconds behind the leader, Cortney Whipple was in third place, another minute back, Kyle Woodward, with Patti at his side was close by in fourth and Dave Terrell ran in the fifth spot. Nie Lyon was in sixth place, a bent tie-rod hampering his effort, Todd Bauman ran in seventh, he had to stop to change a flat tire, and Garfield Davies was in eighth place. At the finish of their second of four required ·laps, C.J. Hutchins had moved into the class lead, Cortney Wh0ipple had moved up into second place, Kyle Woodward was up a spot into third place, Todd Bauman was up three spots into fourth place and Mike Whichmann Steve Fuller led Class 12 all the way, he took the gold medal with ease, he's seen here churning through the soft stuff. Page 26 t was a nice win for Fernie Padilla, he took the Class 1600 gold medal home, he's seen here on the narrow mountain course. July 2008 had dropped back to fifth place. Garfield Davies ran in sixth place, Nie Lyon was in sev-enth place, a flat tire cost him some time an d Dave Terrell dropped three spots to eighth place, fighting a faulty fuel pump. Third lap ended an d C.J. Hutchins still led the Class 10 field, Brian Freemal, who was in for Todd Bauman was now in second place, Cortney Whipple dropped a spot into third, Rick Lan ce, who was in for Mike Whichmann was fourth and Kyle Woodward had dropped to fifth place after high centering himself on a big rock, Kevin Lyon was in for N ic Lyon, was running sixth, Garfield Davies was seventh, fighting a flat tire and loose alternator wires and Dean Wheeler, who was in for Dave Terrell hung on in seventh place. Last lap, C .J. Hutchins took the checkered flag, he reported a trouble free run, Brian Fremal was second in, he was nine min-utes off the pace and sick to his stomach, Cortney Whipple took the third spot, Kyle Woodward was first off the podium and Rick Lance was the fifth place finisher, he had two flats to hamper him this lap, Kevin Lyon came in sixth, another flat tire and wondering where his errant roof had flown to, a good day except for the flats and the trees, Garfield Davies finished sev-enth, wit h an other flat tire alo n g t h e way a n d Dean Wheeler claimed eighth place. There were five entered in the C lass 12 conflict and three of them would make all their re-quired laps. At the end of the first lap it was Steve Fuller in the lead, C lay Lenard ran in the second spot, he was almost 10 minutes in arrears, Rod Fiege was in third place, he had rolled his car but the Las Vegas Dis-semination crew was there to get it upright . Frank Baird ran fourth and Jessica Freeman was in fifth place. Second lap ended and Steve Fuller still led the class, he had to replace a throttle spring along the way, Rob Fiege moved up a spot into second place, Clay Lenard dropped a spot to third place, Jessica Freeman was up a spot into fourth and Frank Baird dropped to fifth place. Third lap ended and Steve Fuller still set the pace, he had to replace a bolt on the front end, Rob Fiege still ran second, he had a flat tire to slow h is progress, Clay Lenard dropped to third place and Frank Baird was in fourth. Jessica Freeman Dusty Times

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Mark Murrell was the Stock Bug Class winner, he led both required Todd Bauman shared the .drive with Brian Freemal, they went from Rob Fiege survived a long first lap to take the silver medal in laps and had almost half an hour in hand at the flag. 7th to 2nd and they went home with the silver medal in Class 10. Class 12, he's seen here trying hard to go left. had retired from the fray. per Dyer was in 10th place. in 13th place, he lost some time and a little bit of a roll-over at pack, Kenny Freeman was into Last lap ended and Steve Gerado lribe was first out of fixing a sticky throttle, Ray the top of the hill. Corey Torres second place, he was three min-Fuller took the checkered flag, the top 10, he had to stop and Bokelman was 14th, hampered and Don Wall failed to com-utes behind the leader, Ken reporting a trouble free first tighten a loose c.v. joint, Jay by a flat tire, Sam Chambers plete their first lap. Flippin was in third place, Orio and last laps, Rob Fiege took Shain made it an even dozen, he ran in the 15th spot and Blaine Down the hill at the end of Cox moved up four spots into the silver m edal and Frank had rolled his car and lost a few Conrad was in 16th place, he the second lap and Fernie fourth and Jay Shain was right Baitd was the bronze medal minutes, Brian Collins, Jr. was too having a flat tire to replace Padilla was still leading the Continued next page winner. Clay Len ard fa iled to complete his final lap. Eric Palacio was the only en-trant in C lass 5, but he was never scored o n the first lap. There we re 18 C lass 1600 cars waiting to challenge the Caliente course and two thirds of th em would make it to the checkers. At the end of their first lap it was Fernie Padilla leading the pack, Curt Geer was less than a minute behind the leader, Kenny Freeman came along another 18 seconds in arrears, Jeff Farshler was fo urth in and Dan Bradley was running in fifth place. Ken Flippin was in sixth place, Tom Burns was in seventh spot, O rio Cox III was eighth , Natha n Schweigart ran ninth an d Jas-Dusty Times Monte Tibbets had it easy this race, he drove his Heavy Metal truck to the class win, he's seen here runnin' through the soft stuff. , , ~ .,,.. ... : I .,.._ __a • '111111 L ,.: . :° ~ tures: ,. clearancj{ ate ing box te and rear ■ Front sway bar disconnects ■ Transfer case shi relocation bracket .. . -~ ~-. .• .. . --;; July 2008 Wesley Stephens had a trouble free run, he led Class 15 all the way and had more than an hour in hand at the checkered flag. ~'il~~~:*' ,x, ' ,, ~ , ... ' ~ ~, .... : -~; .. ;.-:: -4..•'" .. ' i. \:~ ' ,· 11 Page 27

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Kenny Freeman drove two laps, son Bryan finished the race, they Alex Koons survived a terribly long first lap, kept on runnin' and Robbie Willis ran laps 1 and 3, Jack Randall had the 2nd lap and ended up in second place, less than six minutes out of the 1600 win. took home second place in the Class 15 race. with their-combined talent they took home second place in Class 9. there in fifth place. Tom Burns Metal trqops. There were only Second lap and Monte he took the checkered flag after was never seen again. was running sixth, Gerado lribe two of them and off they went Tibbets was all alone in class, 5:44:57 on the course. There were four entries in the was up to seventh place, Narhan for their first lap and it was Sheldon Paul was nowhere to be Michael Licari was the only 1500 class and two of them would Schweigart ran eighth, Jasper Monte Tibbets leading the first seen. truck in Class 8, he went out on see the checkered flag. At the end Dyer was up to ninth and Brian lap, Sheldon Paul was in second Monte continued to motor his first lap, turned a 1:39:43, of their first lap it was Wesley Collins, Jr. was in 10th place. place. around for his last two laps and went out on his second lap and Continued next page In 11th place was Ray Bokelman, Sam Chambers ran 12th, Blaine Conrad was 13th and Dan Bradley was in 14th place. Curt Geer and Jeff Farshler were on their respective trailers. Third lap ended and Fernie Padilla continued to lead the class. Bryan Freeman, who was in for dad Kenny Freeman was running in second spot, he was three minutes and change in ar-rears, Jay Shain was third, some nine minutes later, Gerado lribe was up to fourth place and Eddie Frehner, who was in for Orio Cox III ran in the fifth spot, having a flat along the way. Ken Cox, Jr., he was now in for Ken Flippin held down sixth place, he had a flat tire to slow him a bit, Nathan Schweigart now ran in seventh place, Jasper Dyer was in eighth spot, Brian Collins, Jr. was l)inth and Tom Burns was in the 10th spot. Rick Gutierrez, who was in for Ray Bokelman was 11th, had a flat to brighten his day, Sam Chambers made it an even dozen, Dan Bradley was in 13th place and Blaine Conrad was in 14th place. Fourth lap, final lap and Fernie Padilla came in for the checkered flag, Fernie led all the way and he reported a trouble free run, changing a tire at main pit on his third lap. Bryan Free-man was second, he was less than six minutes in arrears, re-porting he had lost first and sec-ond gear along the way. Jay Shain took home the bronze medal, he was having clutch troubles on this lap, Eddie Frehner finished in fourth place, he had a flat to challenge him and Gerado lribe was the fifth place finisher, he played catch-up for three laps and said he had a lot of fun, Ken Cox, Jr. was sixth in, Jasper Dyer came in seventh, he said he wasn't jetted properly, but still had a good day, Brian Collins, Jr. finished eighth, he only had a few test miles on his car be-fore the race, Tom Burns fin-ished ninth and Rick Gutierrez was th-e 10th place finisher. Blaine Conrad finished 11th and Alan McLain, who was in for Sam Chambers was the 12th and final finisher. They were running their brand new Bunderson and reported no problems along the way. Nathan Schweigart and Dan Bradley were unable to complete their last lap. Next up were the Heavy Dusty Times ff & COIIMlflllCATlfJNS SO •· nds Avenu '; '. •· • Santee, CA . . July 2008 Page 29

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Patrick Dailey, Class 5/1600, ran in the second spot all the way, Chester Williams and Dave Smith had a pretty good race, they Briana Bradley ran two laps, brother Derek ran the last lap, they he's seen here showing us how much dirt he can throw. took second place in Class 18, they're seen here in the soft stuff. finished second in Class 13, two minutes out of the class win. Stephens showing the way, Jason Stephens had a very big lead for an easy win, he ran trouble free entry and they too had to run spot, Mark Bass was in third Semmens came along six minutes first place, Jason Semmens was in and wanted to thank LVDC for three laps for a finish. When they place, Kevin Ellis was fourth, this later, Alex Pate was in third place second place a long way back and pitting his car. Alex Koons came started down the hill at the end was his first time racing and driv-with a veeery looong lap and Alex Alex Koons ran third, even fur-in for the second spot and Jason of their first lap it was Brandon ing this car, Ryan Tyler ran fifth Koons was fourth in with an even ther in arrears. Alex Pate was out Semmens failed to complete his Hughes showing the way, Hope and Rick Moran was in sixth looooonger lap. of the race. third lap. Hughes was in the right seat, place. David Crisp and Jim Angel Second lap and Wesley Last lap, Wesley Stephens had There were eight in the Class 9 Robbie Willis ran in the second failed to complete their first lap. Brandon Hughes led Class 9 all the way, he had almost half an hour in hand when he came down the hill for the checkers. Dusty Times -Rulo Solano led Class 5/1600 all the way, he had nine minutes in hand when the checkers flew, seen here throwin' dirt. July 2008 Second lap ended :fod Bran-don Hughes still led the pack, Jack Randall, who was in for Robbie Willis held on in second place, Mark Bass was in third place, Kevin Ellis remained in fourth, he was having throttle cable prob-lems, Ryan Tyler stayed in fifth place and Rick Moran was sixth. Third lap, last lap and Bran-. don Hughes took the flag for a nice win, he had shifter problems all day, Robbie Willis, who was once again driving for Jack Randall took the silver medal, the bronze went to Kevin Ellis, who describes the lap as "nasty" and Rick Moran finished first off the podium. Mark Bass and Ryan Tyler failed to complete their last Continued next page Page 31

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Robby Woolworth had a trouble free run in Class 7, he was just Ed Mahoney was a bit off the winning pace in the Stock Bug a bit off the winning pace, he finished second, 10 minutes back. Class, he finished in second place, seen here in the soft stuff. Cortney Whipple was the third place finisher in the Class 10 race, he did run second for a bit but finished in third place. Jay Shain rolled his first lap but carried on and he secured the Kevin Ellis had a few minor problems in his new car but he drove Joey Hoak ran in third place all race long in the 5/1600 Class, third spot on the podium in Class 1600, seen here at speed. well and took a nice third place finish in the Class 9 conflict. he's seen here churning up the soft stuff on his way to the flag. lap. it was Rulo Solano, with Omar cable, Joey Hoak ran in third and bought some parts at True fighting that throttle cable, Joey There were six in Class 5-1600 Garcia in the right seat leading place, another seven seconds Value in Caliente was the fifth Hoak was the third place finisher, and fully four of them would the class, Patrick Dailey ran sec- back, Mark Clifton ran in fourth place finisher, Guy Savedra was he said his tranny was about gone, complete their three required ond, he was four minutes back place and Ed Ellis, who had car-out of the race. and Bob Gross was the fourth laps. At the end of their first lap and fighting a sticky throttle buretor problems, lost his hood At the end of their second lap and final finisher, he reported his it was still Rulo Solano in the lead, clutch pedal wasn't really work-Patrick Dailey was in second ing. Ed Ellis failed to complete place, he was two minutes behind his lase lap. SPA II.I. BDBBEB II UNIB CUPS [rui]@J[rui]@J Page 32 - -J . -... July 2008 the leader, Joey Hoak was third, Class 18 was next up, there less than two minutes out of sec-were nine entered and seven ond, Bob Gross, who was in for would complete their three laps. Mark Clifton ran fourth and Ed When their first lap ended it was Ellis was fifth in, he got stuck for John Carreon in the lead, Rusty a while in the soft stuff. Ruby was less than two minutes Their third lap ended and it behind in second place, Chester was Rulo Solano taking a nice Williams came along a few min-win, he led all the way had nary a utes later in third, Bob Dziurawiec ' problem all race long, Patrick ran fourth and Alan League was Dailey took second place, still in the fifth spot. Matt Harmon John Carreon had a fairly easy time of it, he led Class 18 all the way, he had almost half an hour in hand when he took the checkers. Jerri Carr shared the driving with Clay Carr, took the lead on the last lap and took the Class 13 win. Dusty Times

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Bob Dziurawiec lost time when he lost a wheel but he soldiered on and took a third place finish in the Class 18 contest. Orio Cox Ill drove the first two Laps, Eddie Frehner the last two, with a few troubles along the way they took 4th in 1600. Mark Clifton and Bob Gross were the drivers, they were the fourth place finishers in Class 5/1600, seen here climbing the hill. ran in sixth place, having some tire problems and Lonan Pies was seventh. Lonan was a good guy, . he towed Jessica Freeman for some miles to Pit A. Thanks Lonan. Cody Freeman and Glen Dicton failed to complete .their first lap. Second lap ended, John Carreon still led the pack, he rolled into a tree but the tree rolled him back upright, Rusty Ruby still ran second, he was now four minutes in arrears, Chester Williams hung on in third place, Alan League moved up into fourth place and Bob Dziurawiec dropped to fifth. John Atkin got in for Lonan Pies at the halfway point and was in sixth place and Matt Harmon was seventh. Third lap, final lap and John Carreon took a nice class win, Chester Williams took the silver, announcing this race was rougher than the Mint 400, Bob Dziurawiec won the bronze, he had lost a wheel early on and that Dusty Times Richard Blunk took the Class 7 win, even went an extra lap for insurance, he had 10 minutes in hand when he took the checkers. was really time expensive, Alan League finished first off the po-dium, he reported a trouble free race and said he had a lot of fun, and John Atkin took fifth place honors. Matt Harmon finished sixth, sans an alternator belt and Rusty Ruby was the seventh car in. It was three laps for the Class 1300 cars, there were four of them entered and two would make it to the finish. Briana Bra-dley led the first lap, Jerri Carr July 2008 Michael Alden had a fun day in Class 1450, he ran second most of the race and he watched them all drop out until only he was left running. followed in second place, Kacey Barlow was third car in and Henry Vasquez was in the fourth spot. Second lap and Briana Brad-ley still led the class, Jerri Carr still ran second, about five min-utes behind the leader, Kacey Barlow was third after a horren-dously long lap. Henry Vasquez was out of the race. Third lap, last lap, Clay Carr got in for Jerri and he managed a Continued next page Page 33

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PL I ASE I DON~T FORGET TO SUPPORT THE ADVERTISERS WHO KEEP DUBliJlilfflBB REPORTING THE OFF ROAD NEWS! Alan League was the fourth place finisher in the Class 18 contest, Gerado tribe was just a bit off the winning pace in the Class 1600 Ken Flippin and Ken Cox Jr. shared the drive, they were the sixth 0he~ sa~id~ h~e~h~ad~ a~g~o~o~d~t1~·m~e~, ~se~e~n~h~e~re~ fig~h~t1~n~g ~th~e~ b~e~rm~ . ~ ~ ~c~on~t~es~t,~h~e~t.~in~is~h~ed~ in~t.~ou~rt~h~p~la~c~e,~s~a~y~in~g~h~e~h~ad~a,g_oo~d~timvea.uie place finishers in the 1600 battle, seen here at speed. I very quick lap for the class win, minutes behind the leader, Brian l'lred 0, It 1111, Vacation rentals available in the exclusive Indian Wells country Club in the sunny Palm Springs area of southern California. Two or three bedrooms, furnished for your complete relaxation, and, if you are a glutton for punishment, play golf on either of two beautiful courses. FYI, wireless internet and long distance phones calls (USA) included. starting at 54,500 in season (January thru. April) or $2,300 per month out of season. Call (760) 345-6124 Page 34 July 2008 reporting no problems all race Trochenski was in third place, long. Derek Bradley was in for sis-Andy Leavitt was fourth and ter Briana and managed to bring Bryan Zeigler was fifth in. the car in for a second place in Second lap ended and Frank spite of broken motor mounts Napoli still led the way, Michael and that was it. Kacey Barlow Alden was second, quite a way failed to finish the final lap. back and Bryan Zeigler was third Class 7 had four trucks en- in. Brian Trochenski and Andy tered and three of them made it Leavitt were out of the race. to the finish line. When theirfirst Third lap ended and one lap ended it was Richard Blunk lonely vehicle came down the hill, leading the way, Ben Williams Michael Alden took the class win, was second, two minutes in ar-with no competition,. Frank rears, Robby Woolworth was Napoli and Bryan Zeigler wee off third in and Travis Bozzono was the scoring charts. fourth truck in. There were six entered in the Second lap ended and Rich-Stock Bug class, they only had to ard Blunk still led the way, get two laps under their belts and Robby Woolworth moved into two of them would do so. At the second place, he was less than end of their .first lap it was Mark three minutes behind the leader Murrell in the lead, in spite ofbe-and Travis Bozzono ran in third ing stuck for a few minutes, Ed place. Ben Williams was out of Mahoney ran in second place, Ri-che race. chard Nichols, Jr. ran in third Third lap ended and Richard place and Derek Krumm was Blunk took a nice win, he even fourth in, he broke a ball joint went an extra lap for insurance, and lost a few hour getting parts just ask him. Robby Woolworth and getting going, Garey Leavitt took the silver medal, reporting and Eric Palacios were out of the no problems all race long, and race. Travis Bozzono took home third Second lap, last lap and when place honors. the smoke cleared it was Mark The Stock/ Full class only had Murrell taking the class win, Ed one entrant, Steve Schwab, but Mahoney came in 11 minutes Steve failed to complete his first later. Richard Nichols and Derek lap. Krumm were on their respective C lass 1450 had three laps to trailers. run, there were five of them en-And so it ended. A fun week-tered but only one of them would end for most, a fabulous week-see the checkered flag. At the end end for some and fo r all, a week-of their first lap it was Frank end in the heartland of Nevada, Napoli in the lead, Michael Alden small towns an d really nice ran in second place, some 40 people. See ya! 6 Dusty Times

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THE PARTNERSHIP FOR JOHNSON VALLEY MAKES PRESENTATION AT THE REQUEST OF THE MARINES REGARDING POSSIBLE BASE EXPANSION INTO JOHNSON VALLEY The Partnership for Johnson Valley, Formed to Represent Outdoor Enthusiasts and Business Interests in the area, Seeks New Members to Help Support Continued Access in Johnson Valley Twentynine Palms, CA -The Partnership For Johnson Valley (PFJV) presented a PowerPoint brief to the Marine staff at the Twentynine Palms Marine Base. The brief was related to the military's proposed expansion into the 185,000 + acres of the Johnson Valley Open Access area currently managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The presentation was part of an ongoing effort by the Partnership to exchange information with the Marines, to show the impact that the proposed expansion would have on the diverse group of stakeholders in the open multiple use area. The affected stakeholders include, but are not limited to: land owners, Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts, geocachers, historical organizations, mineralogists, eques-trian groups, RC plane organizations, the film industry, other business groups, and youth groups. "The Partnership is reaching out to all of the stakeholders that could be impacted by the expansion of the Twentynine Palms Marine Base, "commented Harry Baker, Chairman of. PFJV" The original meeting with the military was orchestrated by Ed Waldheim, a past commissioner of the California OHV Commission, who represented OHV interests in Sacramento for 10 years. At the original meeting a coalition of groups were asked to participate to represent local stakeholders. They were subse-quently invited· back by the military to give a formal presentation of issues discussed. After the second military meeting, the coalition participants agreed to form a Partnership, and establish themselves as a non-profit 501(c) (3) under the California Trail Users Coalition. The nonprofit organization was formed to represent the interests of all affected stakeholders in the Johnson Valley proposed expansion. "Johnson Valley is critical to the film industry because it represents the largest open unrestricted area in California where filmmakers can shoot 360 degree desert scenes. Without Johnson Valley's diversity and ease of use, the Industry will simply leave California to film elsewhere, n said Sheri Davis, Director of the Inland Empire Film Commission. Ms. Davis adds, "Annually, Johnson Valley open-access represents 10, 000 California-based film industry jobs.n The leadership of PFJV has been cooperatively ·working with the military and the affected Stakeholders in an effort to explore alternatives to the proposed land expansion. The Partnership For Johnson Valley, is led by Harry Baker, Chairman with Mark Howlett as Executive Director, and Wayne Nosala as Secretary. To help with these efforts, the Partnership is asking for the support of other interested stakeholders in the area, and is seeking new members to join the Partnership For Johnson Valley. For those interested in assisting this effort, please contact Harry Baker or Mark Howlett at Info@PFJV.org. About The Partnership for Johnson Valley: Our Mission is to unite the many people who enjoy the diverse activities available in the multiple-access area of Johnson Valley. Our charter is to promote responsible recreation and the use of desert resources through conservation and education. The goal of the Partnership is to ensure public open-access to the area in the present, and for the future generations who Live, Work, and Recreate in Johnson Valley. Get on board, help save Johnson Valley Contact Mark R. Howlett Executive Director 818-408-1925 MarkHowlett@PFJV.org Dusty Times July 2008 Page 35

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IIDUND 2 AT PRIMM Not stuff BY ]UDY SMITH Primm, NV: The second round of the Championship Off Road Racing (CORR) series landed on an unexpectedly hot weekend for May, with temperatures above 100 degrees baking the southern Nevada desert. The sun and its accompanying wind created a big headache for the CORR officials, who valiantly fought to keep the course wet enough to hold down the dust, but not so wet that it was slippery for the race cars. That proved to be a tough job. The layout is the same as it was last year, with grandstands running east to west. The course, a double loop, measuring .0954 of a mile, was on the north side of the stands, so spectators didn't ever have to face into the sun. The track had a long straight immediately in front of the stands, then a left turn into a straight with moguls, ending in a tight right hander. After another short straight there was a left hand turn and then a climb up onto a "table top" and a long;flying jump off that into the approach for Turn 4, the big sweeper leading into the front straight. A couple of bumps made the approach to the front straight a bit tricky, as they tended to kick some of the vehicles up onto their noses. CORR puts an additive into the soil, some kind of syrup, which is meant to hold down the dust. But it It was a win on Sunday for Johnny Greaves, he finished 14th on Sunday, he's seen here flying his Toyota to the checkered flag. Ricky Johnson took the Pro 2 win on Saturday, he was 12th on Sunday, he's seen here rushing his Ford to the finish line. Page 36 PHOTOS: TRACKSIDE PHOTO penetrates only the top eight inches, and while it does work, it apparently gets used up, or the grooves cut be-low that top eight inches, and then the dust is back. With a vengeance. This is soil from the area surround-ing Primm, which is more dry lake than anything else, so it's very fine stuff and takes to the air at the slight-Rick Huseman drove his Toyota to a 6th place finish on Saturday, a nice win on Sunday and he leads the Pro 4 points. The weekend actually started on rolling start, as did every class this Friday, with practice. But a fright- weekend. Kyle Quinn and Sean ening accident darkened the mood Kennedy had been on the front line, of the day. While the Pro Lite trucks but Quinn practically stood still, his were qualifying, a tight bunch went tires a bad choice, and not getting through the bumpy straight between any grip. Kennedy went out in front, Turns 1 and 2 together. Bryce and they all got through Turn 1 Menzies was pitched violently into safely, but then Rick Boyer did a big the air, and when his truck came endo in the bumps before Turn 2. down, it landed on Jimmie Whenhelandedhisfrontendwas Stephensen's. Both trucks were broken, so he sat out the rest of the heavily damaged, but, while Menzies race. seemed to be in good shape, Meanwhile, Kennedywenton in Stephensen had injured his lower the front, as Cissy Baldwin's car was back. He was taken to a hospital, towed off, spewing smoke. Andy where he went into surgery in the Anderson was second, but Bryan morning, to fuse a lower vertebra. It Freeman was working hard to get was reported that the surgery went around him. well, and he was expected to make a On lap 5, he zipped past both complete recovery. As it turned out, Kennedy and Anderson up on the Menzies had severe neck pain the table top, and went into the lead. next day, and wasn't at all sure Kennedy and Anderson, who'd al-whether he'd be able to drive. ready passed and repassed one an-Practice and qualifying is almost other, continued their close battle. est opportunity. as entertaining as a race would be. Rick Gutierrez got the black flag for The pits were huge, curling en- Each class is separated into bunches accidentally passing on the yellow, ti rely around the stands and track, of six or eight cars and/ or trucks, but when he dropped back into his and still crowded, having to fit in and each group gets five laps of prac- correct position all was forgiven. It space for about 220 entries, which tice/ qualifying. The racers haven't grew dusty in Turns 2 and 4. includes the UTVs and Karts. Many been exactly happy with the way it's The mandatory full course yel-of the Karts belong to folks who are been organized, saying that the first low -designed to close up the ranks also truck or buggy racers. (For ex-group out on the track gets a very and make the racing "more exciting", ' ample, seven of them could be seen slippery, well watered track that was thrown on lap 7. There'd been parked in the Herbst pit.) But space leads to a lot of spinning out and only one more drop out; Sammy has to be allotted for each entry, and hitting walls and poor qualifying Ehrenberg, another desert racer giv-a 11 their attendant trailers, times. The second group then has a ing short course a try. It was still motorhomes, and personal vehicles, nicely packed track to qualify on. Freeman, Kennedy and Anderson in not to mention the race vehicles. Just (One wonders if mud-packing, as it the front pack, followed by Joe laff getting the pits sorted out must take used to be done at Ascot would help. and Brock Kraenbuhl. Anderson huge organizational skills and infi- It probably depends on the type of was trying hard to get past Kennedy. nite patience. Not to mention diplo- soil being used, but Ascot required Someone went off and upside macy. all the off road racers to do a bunch down at the end of Turn 1, and an-One feature of the CORR events oflaps, all together, after watering, other went off after Turn 2. Free-is that the pit area is always open to going around and around on the man built a long lead while Ander-the spectators, who may wander at course until it was a nice tacky con- son worked on Kennedy. On the will in the roadways between pits, sistency.) Either way, slippery or dry, 11th lap he got by and now Kennedy getting a chance to have a close look they go at it hot and heavy, each try-started trying to get back around at the race cars, and drivers. A pe-ing to get a good time, and then try-him, they changed position occasion-riod is always set aside before racing ing to better that time. Even the Tro- ally, entertaining the spectators, starts for the racers to sign auto- phy Karts and UTYs get to qualify. while Freeman went about his own graphs also. And, at the end of the The actual racing began at about business up at the front. weekend, there are always kids with 12:20 on Saturday, with the Single Nearing the finish, there was pieces of trucks: quarter panels, Buggies (1600s) first to perform. some general bumping in Turn 2 fenders or hoods, looking for the There were 33 of them, which is a that left one stalled for a few mo-driver to autograph them. very full field. They started with a ments. But at the front of the pack ~--=--~~-------= it was Freeman, Kennedy, and Rob MacCachren finished sixth in Pro 2 on Saturday, took the class win on Sunday and he leads the class points with his Ford. July 2008 Anderson. Joe laffhad moved into fourth. A lap later someone went off the end of Turn 1 and landed upside down, and another went off after Turn 2, but the lead group stayed the same. Ultimately, Free-man took the win, with Anderson second and Kennedy third. Those two had entertained the spectators with a good race, switching positions as they vied for second place. Sunday's Single Buggy race was the first event on the schedule again, and they had 33 cars again. The track was beautifully damp, so no cloud of dust blew up on the start. Brock Kraenbuhl took the early lead, while Chad Rayford stalled in Turn 4 and had to be towed out of harm's way. Freeman had moved up to sec-Dusty Times . T

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It was a second and a fourth place finish for Curt LeDuc at Kirk LeDuc's son Kyle, competes against dad, at Primm he Jeremy McGrath drove his Ford to a second and a third place .Primm, he's seen here in his Ford in the heat of battle in Pro 4. captured a seventh and a second place finish in Pro 4. • finish in Pro 2 at Primm, he's seen here in level flight. ond by the second lap and was work-third row, in second place, and times had trouble braking quickly the lead. Now it was MacCachren, George is in his first year racing here, ing to get around his teammate. _Aaron Hawley in third. On the third enough. . Porter, Hawley. In the meantime, so this had come as a complete sur-Quinn was parked off to the side lap there were cars parked on the By the fourth lap 11acCachren George had moved through traffic prise to him. On the fifth lap offi-after Turn 1 with a broken front berm before Turn 2, and also some- was close on Porter as they went off and up to fourth, on a mission, irri- cials black flagged Larry Job who end. Three cars had fallen out by one sideways in the turn. It was a the table top jump, and by the time· tated that his good qualifying time had a loose wheel, and the officials the third lap. And on the third lap difficult tight spot, and they some- they were through Turn 4 he was in had put him into the fifth row. Continued next page Freeman went into the lead, and then Kennedy came up to second on the fourth lap. Kraenbuhl was hanging in there, and was still third. They stayed that way through Lap 5, and then Curt Geer passed Kraenbuhl for third place. By the sixth lap they were dealing with lapped cars, and then Lap 7 was the mandatory yellow flag. They didn't do any watering during this yellow, so it was just one lap long. On the restart they held their positions, but on the next lap Geer pushed a bit too hard before Turn 2, took a side-ways bounce and went over. He dropped back to the very rear of the pack. That moved Kraenbuhl back up to third. A couple of cars got stuck together at the beginning of Turn 2 on the next lap, and stayed there for about three laps while corner wo;kers tried to un-tangle them. Nothing much changed at the front after the ninth lap. Freeman took the win, Kennedy was second, Kraenbuhl was third .and Cory Boyer finished fourth. During his post-race interview Freeman said he'd "Had a great time!" But then, who wouldn't have, with four wins in four races so far for the season. Kennedy said he'd made a couple of adjustments since Saturday. It was, he said, a big battle for second place. Kraenbuhl · was pleased with his third, declaring that "we've been get-ting better every time." He and Free-man are both on the same team as Bryce Menzies, Bruce Fraley, Rob MacCachren and Larry Job. On Saturday the Pro Buggies came out next, and they were sur-prised to learn that the start order for them would not be as they quali-fied, but would be inverted. The top ten would flip flop, so Greg George and Dale Dondel, who'd worked hard to qualify first and second, found themselves starting in the fifth row. This was the "N' Main, with 22 starters. There were 12 more Pro Buggies, those who'd qualified slow-est, who would make up the "B" Main. This was also a surprise, but not as expected as the inversion of the top qualifiers. They'd talked about having A and B Mains at Pomona, but hadn't done it there. In the meanwhile, someone had de-cided that 22 Pro Buggies was a "full field" and the rest would be the B Main. It was a bit hard to under-stand the logic, since they'd started 33 Single Buggies with no apparent difficulties. They had a clean start, everyone getting off well except Doug Fortin who spun at the end of Turn 1 and found himselflast in line. Mike Por-ter took the lead, with Rob MacCachren, who'd started in the Dusty Times July 2008 Page 37

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-· __ _,... Versatile Rob MacCachren drove to the win on Saturday, second place on Sunday, Rob leads the points in Pro Buggy. thought it might come off and spot for all those people in that part bounce into the spectator area. He of the grandstand. But no one had went in and got things fixed, but then ever realized that before. Several cars something else came apart, and he had close calls, but squeezed by him, was out. until a group came around, racing As he started his sixth lap totheendoftheirlap,becausethey'd Malcolm Pointon, who hails from been told by their spotters that the New Zealand, took the bump wrong, mandatory yellow flag lap was or got a little hit, or something, spun about to be started. When they get around and rolled to a stop right this information, typically, everyone up against the front straight wall, tries to get one more positio,n. This almost directly under the flagman's group, racing hard, was four wide, tower. His car stalled and wouldn't with Vic Bruckman on the inside, rest'art. The flagman saw him and squeezed between the wall and the began waving his yellow flag, but in car next to him. He saw the yellow, the distance between the end of and in the next instant, saw Pointon, Turn 4 and where Pointon was but couldn't move far enough left parked, it was tough to get a car to miss him, and there was no way slowed down. No other flagmen on he could have stopped in time. the track saw the incide.nt, nor did Bruckman hit Pointon, mostly in the any of the spotters in the stands, or front of the car, but it was a hard Tony Vanillo, Race Director, who jolt. Both front ends were terminally stands almost at the top of the stands damaged, and, now that flagmen behind the spotters. Where Pointon and everyone else saw what was hap-was parked turns out to be a blind pening, two trucks appeared and Page 38 Greg George took a second and a first place finish in Pro Buggy at Primm, he's seen here in his Pro Buggy. towed them away. It was a difficult spot to flag, but had Vanilla (who has radio communication with the track personnel) seen the parked car, a person with a yellow flag could have been told to run over to the opposite of the track, and forward of the parked car, and that would have helped considerably. What will help, and will undoubtedly be there for the next Primm race, is a light on the wall back near the end of the turn, so that the racers get a little more warning of trouble ahead in that area·. As the race went on, with MacCachren firmly in front, George was trying to make his way up, but on the tenth lap, in Turn 2, he ran into Halliday, who slowed and then pulled out. But George was slowed also; and Hawley moved past into second. A lap later Hawley pulled out at the end ofT urn 1 and George was finally in second. Bu~ he had a long way to go to catch MacCachren. He couldn't get it done. At the finish it was MacCaci)ren, George and Dale Dondel, who'd moved up through the traffic, right along with George. On the podium MacCachren said, "I qualified sev-enth, which gave us an advantage by starting near the front." George, a little less cheerful, said, "I had my work cut out for me. I'm a little tired of looking at that 921..." Dondel said he'd started the race with only seven tearoffs, and they were gone by the second lap, so he'd had a hard time seeing. He's also in his first year racing here. On Saturday there was a Pro Buggy B Main. This was the race for the 12 who, for one reason or an-other, qualified at the end of the list. At the start Brady Helm got the hole shot, and one car spun in Turn 1, stalled and got left behind, while a couple of others got stuck together TTBEADLOCK !:ilMUI-ATED B.L VWBEADLOCK July 2008 l SX 1 2 VW SEAOLOCK NON 8EAOLCJCK S;fa:A.OU:::U:lK NON SEAPLOCI< in Turn 2. Helm stayed in front for another lap, but then Mike Dondel moved into the lead, as Scott Peterson moved steadily up through traffic. Peterson, usually very quick, had engine trouble during qualifying, so he. went and bought a junk yard motor and installed it, and was now hoping it would last. Dondel led for three laps, but then pulled out, his engine in trouble, and Peterson moved into the lead. Chuck Cheek was second now and Jay Halsey ran third. Somewhere along in here an ominous black cloud began to rise up from the front of the hotel. All the spectators could see from the stands was the cloud, and their at-tention was split between the race and the smoke and wondering if it was the hotel, or some poor soul's car. It turned out that"a car was in the process of burning to the ground in the front parking lot. On the eighth lap, the full course yellow was thrown, and when it re-started Peterson kept his lead, but Halsey got past Cheek and into the second spot. They stayed in that or-der the rest of the way. Peterson took the win, followed in by Halsey and · Cheek. On Sunday all the Pro Buggies ran together, with 27 cars on the track at once. They had an inverted start once again, and John Cooley went into the lead. They got cleanly through Turn 1, but had a crash in Turn 2 that left two of them stuck togethet. Corner workers got them apart fairly quickly this time. Mike Porter moved into the lead on the second lap, with Doug Fortin sec-ond and Cooley now third. By the third lap Rob Dusty Times

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Carl Renezeder drove his Ford to a third and a second place finish Dale Dondel shows off his power as he runs to a third and a Mike Porter finished 17th in Pro Buggy on Saturday, he came back with a third place finish on Sunday.•. in Pro 2, he sits second in points in the class. fourth place finish in Pro Buggy, he sits fourth in Class points. MacCachren had moved up from ninth lap, as they slowly moved up Whelchel and Greaves. Only 17 of his fourth-row start to third place, onto the table top, Rodrigo them managed to do all the laps. and Greg George, who'd started in Ampudia had fallen back a bit, so Johnson, who said he'd had the the fifth row, was right behind him. he put on a burst of speed to catch "right tire choice", also said, "I was By Lap 5 they were second and third up. Just as he came up on Taylor's cursing the watering of the truck, but aod it was still Fortin in front. rear bumper Ampudia discovered it played into my hands." Cooley dropped out on the fifth lap. he had no brakes. His truck climbed On Sunday the Pro 2 trucks were On the sixth lap George passed up on Taylor's and flipped over, and the second event, with 24 trucks. MacCachren for second place, and unexpected and puzzling sight dur- Scott Schovajsa's truck had made it was there when the mandatory ye!-ing a yellow flag. But unfortunately, out for the introductions, but then low flag flew. This was a two lap yel-he'd broken one of Taylor's rear it wouldn't start, and had ro be low, and the water trucks came out shocks, and Taylor pulled out on towed away. Once more the start to wet things down. Larry Job had Lap 11. Jeff Geiser, meanwhile, had was inverted, putting Greg Adler to go to the Hot Pit for a tire re-visited the Hot Pits, and lost about and Jeremy McGrath in the front placement. When they went back to ten positions. It was his pulling out line. Evan Evans barely got there in racing Fortin still led, and oflinethatmadeTaylorthedoor-timetomakethestart.Whenthey MacCachren and George continued stop for Ampudia. went off the line, Mike Johnson took to duel behind him. But then on When they green flagged the race a hit in Turn l that turned him the tenth lap Fortin slowed, and again, it was still Renezeder, LeDuc around, but otherwise it was a clean they went by, then George got past and MacCachren. But it was very start. McGrath went into the lead MacCachren in Turn 4 to go into dusty, and the officials decided it was chased by Scott Taylor and Jerry the lead. So it was George, nolongersafe,becausevisibilitywas Whelchel.RobMacCachrenfound MacCachren and Fortin. But Fortin impaired. So they threw the yellow himself nudged off Turn 1, and he dropped to last on the next lap. Now flag again, and for three more laps came back on to the track in about it was George, MacCachren and the trucks paraded around the track 11th place. But by the end of the Aaron Hawley, who'd been work- while the water trucks went to work. lap he'd recovered to fifth. ing his way"up steadily. Rich Ronco On the restart, on Lap 15, it was McGrath looked fast and held lost a wheel at the beginning of the Renezeder, MacCachren and Jeremy on to his lead, with Taylor and front straight, but it did no dam- McGrath. Ricky Johnson was fifth Whelchel working hard behind him. age, and they got him towed off fairly and moving fast. On the 16th lap, This went on for eight laps. Adler quickly. George, MacCachren and as they ca me off Turn 4, pulled out on about the fourth lap, Hawley went on for another couple MacCachren got a little sideways in and Mike Oberg, who'd looked ter-of laps, and then Hawley disap-the wet, then got partly on/ partly rific in practice, was done after six peared on the 13th lap, letting Por-off the course, and as he struggled laps when an oil pump belt broke. termoveuptothird.Theydrovein to maintain control, Johnson, He'dbeendrivingwithapainfully that orderto the finish line. During who'd fought a dry spot, squirted bruised and cut knee, which had his interview George said, "To pull past him and Renezeder, and into been banged when he took a hard ahead of Rob -Ii fe is good!" the lead. He stayed there, with first hit on Saturday. Ricky Johnson, MacCachren said he'd been having Renezeder, and then McGrath work- who'd worked his way up to seventh, "a little trouble shifting- Greg's been ing hard to unseat him. The consen- suddenly dropped back to 10th, as pushing us hard!" Porter declared sus was that the two old moto-cross the yellow flag flew. That was the that he "couldn't ask any more than racers knew how to adjust to chang-eighth lap, and on Lap 9 Taylor to be able to run up with Rob ~nd ing conditions on the track, and dropped out when his oil light came Greg." weren't as messed up by the change· on. That left McGrath, Whelchel Saturday's third event was the from dry to wet as the truck drivers and Renezeder in the lead. Pro 2 trucks, with 28 trucks on the were. Later on, one of the truck regu-This was a three lap yellow, and track. Three of them are actually the lars said, "Y'know, at the end of the when they restarted, it was still new Pro Spec trucks built by Brian race, your mind is set on dry!" (As McGrath, Whelchel and Renezeder Cotham, and they're running for Jim Baldwin later said, when talking and then MacCachren moved up to their own points as they wait for about the decision to water, and spe- third place. Todd LeDuc rolled over more trucks to be built for the class cifically about the "blue groove" the K-rail lining Turn 2 and disap-and come join them. which has been created by the tires peared from sight. He'd been run-The start was inverted for this running over it again and again: ning fifth and closing up. Then group also, going eight deep. When "when it's watered it turns to snot!") Whelchel broke a left front balljoint they took the green flag they At any rate, it was Johnson, and he was done. On Lap 13, bunched up in Turn 1, Scott Taylor McGrath and Renezeder at the fin- MacCachren slid past McGrath to got too high on the berm and slid ish. MacCachren developed a front take the lead. Now it was off the other side, and Steve flat and fell back to sixth behind MacCachren, McGrath and Sourapas was th~ last one to get him-self disentangled. But he wasn't the last truck on the course, because Rick Welch showed up late, hustling to catch up with the stragglers. It was pretty dusty. _ Todd LeDuc had the lead, with John Greaves in second and Carl Renezeder in third. Taylor dropped to about 14th with his off-course excursion, and bits of body panels were flying as many of these guys bounced off the K-rail in Turn 2. On the second lap Greaves spun in Turn 2 and fell back to third, and Renezeder moved into the lead on the fourth lap, with LeDuc second and Rob MacCachren up to third. They ran in that order through the seventh lap, and then Laps 8 and 9 were mandatory yellow laps. On the Dusty Times I • •, Robert Naughton flew his Nissan to a second place finish on Saturday, a really nice win on Sunday, seen here in level flight. July 2008 Jeff Kincaid leaves a trail of flying dirt as he powers his Toyota to a Pro Lite win on Saturday, he finished third on Sunday. Renezeder. But Renezeder was de-termined to get past McGrath. At this point, Ricky Johnson was just driving around, getting as many laps completed as possible. Mark Shoaff was smoking and pulled off course, and Evan Evans had slowed also. On the 17th lap Renezeder finally passed McGrath to take second, but it hadn't been easy. McGrath had fought long and hard to hold him off. On the white flag lap Todd Wyllie had flames under his truck, and he pulled out. The lead trucks stayed in position, and went on to finish: MacCachren, Renezeder and McGrath. Most of the rest of them were in shreds and tatters. McGrath said, during his post-race interview, "When the track got chopped up I got a little bit confused about which line I should take. Hats off to the guys that beat me." He's learning fast. There are three Pro Spec trucks·, the beginnings of a new class, which run at the same time as the Pro 2 trucks, but are scored separately. On Saturday Ross Hoek led the group through the tenth lap, but then Kevin Davis took over the lead for a while. But at the end, Hoek grabbed the lead again, and finished the race in front. On Sunday Brian Cotham led through the sixth lap, and then Davis went in front for Laps 7 through 12, but then Hoek rose to the top, and led to the end. That gave him a good weekend with wins on both days. On Saturday, the Pro Lite race followed the Pro 2 mayhem, and there were 26 starters lined up and rarin' to go. Once again they inverted the top eight starters. 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n the Pro Spec Class, it was Ross Hoek all the way, he drove his Chevy to the Class win both days at Primm. Todd Arthur drove his UTV to a win on Saturday, a second spot on Sunday, he's seen here saving a bit on tire wear. second and third place when the mandatory yellow flag is thrown mid-way through the race, somewhat soft-ening the blow for the driver who's built up a big lead and loses it when the yellow kicks in. The Pro Lites got a good start, with Chad Hord taking the lead, fol-lowed by Rodrigo Ampudia and Jeff Kincaid, who'd taken a year off from CORR, but is back for this season. Kincaid has lost none of his skills in the interim, and was past Ampudia and in second place on the second lap. Chuck Dempsey spun at the en-trance to Turn 2, and was parked sideways for a bit. Aaron Daugherty had trouble with the same turn, and had a brief off course excursion. On the fifth lap everything changed. Hord's truck had begun to overheat, so he slowed drastically. Kincaid moved into the lead with Ampudia holding firm in second and Robert Naughton, last year's champ, in third. Leroy Loerwald parked his truck in Turn 2 and that was the end of his race. Dempsey developed a right rear flat, and at the front it was still Kincaid, Ampudia and Naughton, with Marty Hart now up to fourth and working on finding a way to move up. They threw the mandatory yellow on the seventh lap, and left it there for a total of three laps. By then it was Kincaid, Ampudia and Hart, who'd sneaked past Naughton just before the yellow came out. While they were dawdling around the track, the water trucks were out there wet-ting it down. Dempsey went in for a new tire, and Matt Barney developed a front flat and also went to the Hot Pit. On the restart Shannon Campbell rolled over, but no one hit him. Bobby Altamirano spun be-tween Turns 1 and 2, and David Reyes pulled off and parked in the infield berm. But up at the front it was look-ing normal, with Kincaid, Naughton and Ampudia now in that order. Hart was trying to get around a lapper and up onto Ampudia's bumper, but then he' ran into the wall in Turn 2. Reyes made a risky move and got himself back onto the course, narrowly avoiding a collision, and then, as the puddles dried a bit, things calmed down. Wiring Harnesses Worldwide benchmark manufacturer of ~lcation wiring eyeteme for al motoreport; epplic1!!11;iona Utilizing the flheet.Reychem System 2f5 componente. the lnduetry stenderd for ell profesalonel l"'ecing eanctions. Engineering. ~. end comprehe,nsive teet;ing ~ormed 100% in-house. Complet;e harness eaeambliea end circuit .. · ~ eomponei ,es er-e evalleble eo suit ~ ·budget. MoT.C'er . t'nellti and.Dea ~~-Syatema , . . :.. '. . . • · · 'sequentier1fi..lel ~ ~;, 00m1i'ot ems .bultt .co w~n-~•;;t .. cC ·ar:l:i "'r;,ne,.r.-~nnlilg ~ .''°"'. ';:.,. . , . • . :tems eveileble f or .all ~ ~ pff-road engine peckeges. 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His dad, Rodrigo, cel-ebrated up in the stands, saying it was a big improvement over Pomona where he'd completed only seven laps for the weekend. When the Pro Lite trucks came back on Sunday 'there were only 24 of them, and one of those missing was Bryce Menzies whose neck was still hurting from the accident in Friday's practice. The course was dusty. Chad Hord jumped into the lead, with Ampudia in second and Casey Currie in third. But Currie had Naughton right behind him. Ampudia, Naughton and Currie ran in a tight clump. But when they got to the third lap Hord suddenly slowed and then pulled off. That left the lead in Ampudia's hands with Naughton and Currie chasing him, and Garit Wallace in fourth. Jose Reyes slid off the bank of Turn 2 and then didn't come around again. Ampudia and Naughton were very busy with one another and de-veloped a big lead. It was Currie in third, running pretty much by him-self, and then there was a group, with Wallace, Kincaid and Jeff Huseman fighting for position. Hord was now just drivipg around, staying out of the way of healthy trucks, just getting laps completed. This went on for another couple laps. The course was becoming dusty. The mandatory yellow went up on the seventh lap, and the water trucks came out. This time it was a two lap yellow. Reyes had got the black flag, and wasn't allowed back out on course, because he didn't have a spotter up in the stands. Currie had lost third place to Kincaid just as the yellow flew. So when the green came out again it was Ampudia, Naughton and Kincaid. Currie was fourth and Jeff Huseman was fifth. Naughton and Ampudia ran side by side to Turn 2, and Ampudia got the lead as they exited the turn. But then Naughton went past him in Turn 3, and continued to lead off the table top jump. Now it was Naughton the rest of the way. Three trucks got together in Turn 4, one of them Bruce Fraley. He was finished. Naughton and Ampudia went on, •with Ampudia trying everything he could think of to get past Naughton. He never got it done, and Naughton went on to take the win. Ampudia was second, and Kincaid held on to finish third. During their post race interviews Naughton said, "That was a fun race with Rodrigo, we didn't get into each other ... much." Ampudia agreed with him, and added that he'd had a rear flat at the end. Kincaid said he'd had "an inci-dent" with lapped traffic, and also said he'd been "biding my time-hop-ing that they'd tangle with each other." On Saturday the Pro 4 trucks rumbled onto the track with only 15 entries. Because of the inverted start, Adrian Cenni was in the front row, and he was in rare form. He went into the lead, and there was a lot of banging in the first turn, and by the time they'd gone through Turn 2 Travis Coyne had gone past him into the lead. Rick Huseman spun in Tum 2 and lost 12 positions, a rare error for him. Coyne and Cenni contin-ued to go at it hot and heavy, and by the third lap Cenni was in front, with Coyne second and Scott Douglas running third. Josh Baldwin was out, with a broken transmission. Then suddenly, Cenni, who'd been taking Tum 4 very wide, and using the cush-ion of dirt tossed up against the wall by the trucks, as if it were a banked turn, got a little too wide. His truck's forward motion stopped momen-tarily as he hit something, the truck's front end shot straight up into the air, wheels against the wall and fence and he took off, flying up the fence, into the catch fence, which turned him l,ick down (and to the left) so that as he came to ground he was facing forward on the turn, and damed ifhe didn't land squarely on all four wheels. He never missed a beat, jammed his foot on the throttle and charged down the front straight. The audience was ecstatic! (The Baldwins were predictably horrified. What if that catch fence hadn't held?) Although the wall along the outer edge of that turn was K-rail like all the others, and not meant to be used as a banked turn, it did its job, and it held. But Cenni had been told after doing it earlier, that he was to stop running on the wall. The contractor who'd built the wall hadn't intendecf it to be used that way, never though it would be used that way, and was concerned about it holding up. By now Douglas was up to sec-ond place and then he and Cenni had a good race, side by side going over the small jumps after Turn 2, and Douglas got the better of it, tak-ing over the lead on the fifth lap. Cenni was second, then dropped to sixth, and then went to the Hot Pits. Something had broken. Laps 7 and 8 were the mandatory yellow flag laps, and Tim Herbst also visited the Hot Pits, with a shock reservoir problem. Once going at full speed again, Douglas held on to the lead for an-other couple oflaps, and then John Greaves took over when Douglas de-veloped a fire on the left rear corner of his truck. At about that time, Troy Herbst tipped over onto his side in Turn 2, wheels out and cockpit jammed up against the K-raiL Every-one had been distracted by the Dou-glas fire, and it was a few moments before they saw Troy's predicament. Douglas pulled out and suddenly Herbst was also on fire. They got him upright, and big flames spurted from the air filter which had collected leak-ing fuel while the truck was on its side. Troy couldn't reach his extinguisher from his sideways position, and the flames were fierce enough to melt the tear-offs on his helmet, and singe his fingertips when he tried to reach the extinguisher. His brother, Ed, who was already out of the race, jogged across the track and jumped up to pull Troy from the truck. 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Kevin Davis gets a little carried away here, he went on to take a Sean Kennedy, besmirched with mud, went on to take a third Andy Anderson took a nice second place in Single Buggy on Saturday pair of second place finishes in the Pro Spec Class. and a second place finish in Single Buggy. but he finished waaaay back in the Sunday round. but later developed blisters on his inverted the start order again this Ultimately Huseman took the win forehead, nose and chin, but that time, and Josh Baldwin had made with LeDuc second and Douglas didn't stop him from going racing his way into the lead by the time he third. Curt LeDuc was fourth, an-again. Somewhere in here the track got to Turn 3. Travis Coyne spun • other good finish forthe old man in announcer stated that the course out and dropped way back and on the new truck. Renezeder was a lap workers were looking for Douglas's the second lap Baldwin pulled out, down for this one, and only eight driveshaft. lt had fallen out, and they his truck terminally broken. John trucks managed to get 18 laps in. didn't want it to be kicked up by a Greaves pulled off also, with a bro-The final Saturday event was the fast moving truck when racing re-ken right front corner. Now UTVracewith22carsonthetrack. sumed. There were two full course Renezeder went into the lead, with They used an inverted start for these yellow flag laps while they got all that Rick Huseman second and Douglas folks also, switching the order of the sorted out, and then on Lap 15 they in third. The two in front were hav- top ten qualifiers. Jimmy Benton had were back to racing again. ing a good battle, while Douglas had the lead for a while, and then Robert At that time, the lead belonged to a little ground to make up to catch Van Beekum moved into the front, Greaves, with Huseman, who'd them. By the fourth lap Huseman while Chad George, fast qualifier for worked his way back up, in second, had captured the lead, but the group, moved up from tenth to and Coyne in third. Suddenly, from Renezeder was still right there, trying fifth, and by Lap 2 was already see-the Hot pits, there was a streak of to regain it, and Douglas was close ond. He worked long and hard to orange, and Cenni was back on the behind him now. They ran in this get by Van Beekum, and finally maved track. The audience cheered! But he order for the next eight laps. Mean- into the lead on the fifth lap, which was many laps down, 'tho now run- while, Turn 2 became really dusty, was the mandatory yellow flag. ning midst the front runners. Then and it had developed a hole. Troy George then held his position Kyle LeDuc, who'd been running fifth, and Ed Herbst both had some through the restart. But on the sev-slowed and stopped, out of gas. Then trouble there and spun, but recov-enth lap he blew a belt and was fin-Huseman spun in Turn 2 and was ered quickly. On the seventh lap ished. Then Todd Arthur, who'd last when he got sorted out again. At Renezeder developed a right front been running third, made a good the finish it was Greaves in first and flat, and Steve Barlow pulled out move and put himself into the lead, Curt Le Due second, his best finish so with some problem. Then they threw where he stayed to the finish. Jeffrey far with the new truck, and then the mandatory yellow flag on Lap 8. Spooner was second. Coming back from a distant 22nd place on Saturday, Chad George drove to victory in the UTV Class on Sunday, seen here at speed. Coyne in third. Cenni, despite his The water trucks came out to wet On Sunday the UTVs were again popularity with the crowd, was not down the dust, which was, this time, the final event, and this time there popular with the officials, who had blowing away from the grandstands. were 25 of them. Jimmy Benton led DQ'dhimbeforethecheckeredflag Butitwasstillanissuefortheracers. for the first lap, but then Van fell, for rough driving. He'd appar- Renezeder elected to run on the liner Beek um moved into the lead, and ently been instrumental in the demise and stayed out. So it was Huseman, soon it was Chad George in second of a couple of other trucks. Renezeder and Douglas all over again place. (George is Greg George's nephew.) They ran first and second for four laps, and then George made it past and into the lead. For another three laps Van Beekum tried to get him, while Todd Arthur tried to get around Van Beekum. He finally got that done on the ninth lap. So, at the finish it was George, Arthur and Jeffrey Spooner, who moved into third on the ninth lap. The weekend of racing was all over before nightfall on Sunday. There are no lights so they have to get it done by sunset. Jerry Whelchel thinks they could, and should race at night. He thinks the track wouldn't dry out so quickly, and they wouldn't have to keep watering in the middle of the races. Maybe some day they will have the opportunity to give it a try. From Primm the CORR group moves, grandstands and all, to Pomona and then Chula Vista, and then Pomona and Chula Vista again before returning to Pomona. The fi-nal race of the season will be on De-cember 6 & 7 at Chula Vista. ~ Midway through Saturday Scott at the end of the three lap yellow. By Rehn, the track announcer, had now Douglas had a broken axle and promised that celebrity rapper, was racing in three wheel drive. The Snoop Dawg, who was in Las Vegas water trucks had left the turns dry. with a show, would come out to the Then on the 12th lap Kyle LeDuc track and be given a ride around it. moved up two positions into second Unfortunately for his fans he didn't place, dropping Renezeder to third. arrive while the racing was going on, Douglas then passed Renezeder be-but showed up in the early evening. tween Turns 2 and 3, and on the His kids were given a chance to drive 14th lap. Jerry Daugherty was parked a couple of Trophy Karts, and Curt in Turn 3, and Renezeder was push-LeDuc took Snoop Dawg for a ride ing that flat tire so hard it started to The Most Sought After Fuel in Off-Road Racing Today! around the track. Rehn said that as smoke. • they flew off the table top his screams Huseman continued to lead, with "could be heard clear across the in- LeDuc second, Douglas third and field and up in the stands." He nowCurtLeDucinfourthasthetire brought a crew to film it, so it'll show slowed Renezeder enough that he fi-up on television some time in the fu-nally went into the Hot Pit for a new ture. Stay tuned. one. There'd been so much banging On Sunday when the Pro 4 trucks and shoving going on that it now came back, there were 14 of them looked like a moving salvage yard out and Cenni was not in the mix. They on the track. Joe Granatelli leads Geoff Cooley, Joe went on to win the Kart Jr. 2 race both days at Primm in his good lookin' car. Dusty Times Ask your engine builder about the increased horsepower, torque and cooler operating temperatures offered by VP's Late Model Plus, C12, VP113 and other great fuels. Then you'll know why champions in each of these series choose VP Racing Fuels. 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Mlllf..1_ RIDGECREST 200 Nines Takes Class 1 And The Dve,all BY]. PRESTON BRADSHAW PHOTOS: TRACKS/DE PHOTO Ross Savage was the big winner in the Sportsman Truck Class, he beat 23 other entrants for the gold medal, he's seen here at speed. Once again, in the far reaches of Ridgecrest, California, Mojave Desert Racing put on their Ridgecrest 200 on May 17, 2008. This was the third race in their seven race series for 2008. Class 1 was first off the mark, they had six laps to go to make their race and at the end of their first lap it was Tony Smiley leading the class, Frank Hines came along just three seconds later! Greg Nunley and Mike McGee failed to complete their first lap and way to that sometimes elusive checkered flag. Brian Jeffrey had a good race, he took the Class 1350 win, he's seen here just at one of a million touchdowns during the race. Anthony Veltre failed to start the race. Their second lap ended and now it was Frank Hines in the lead, Tony Smiley was in the second spot, he was three minutes in arrears. Third lap ended, there was no posi-tion change and Hines now led Smiley by a bit over 10 minutes. At the end of their fourth lap Hines still held the lead which was now at 11-minutes and change. Fifth lap ended, Hines still was in the lead, but Smiley really turned it on, he was now just a bit over three min-utes behind the leader, having just set fast lap for the entire race at 38:43. Danny Giannini was the Class 1400 winner, he was second overall in the race, seen here at the moment the front end touched down. DJ Jeffrey was the Class 1600 winner, he was third overall finisher in the race, seen here heading for the checkers. Sixth lap ended and Frank Hines came in for the checkered flag, Tony Smiley took the second spot in Class 1 but he was a long time coming, he had major problems on his last lap, he was 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 Service RONCO PLASTICS, INC. • 714-259-1385 • FAX 714-259-0759 • www.ronco-plastics.com 15022 Parkway Loop, Suite B • Tustin, CA 92780 • CALL, WRITE or FAX us to Receive a Free Catalog VISA ~-------------------------------------------------------~ Page 42 July 2008 Dusty Times '.I

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Tony Smiley took home the silver medal in the Class 1 contest, Craig Reynolds was the second place finisher in the Sportsman Randy Shields set fast lap for Class 1400 but he ran in second he was fifth overall at race end, seen here nicely airborne. Truck Class, seen here at speed early in the race. place all the way, he's seen here hustling along the course. out there for two and three quarter Cameron Sinohui, Court Legare and Fil bin was up to third place, Melissa place, Craig Gay was in ninth place and When their third lap ended it was hours. Jim Bordon did not start the race. Thornton was up a spot into fourth Cheri Allen ran 10th. Andrew still Ross Savage in the lead, Craig Therewas onlyoneentryin Class 3, Second lap ended and it was still and Craig Reynolds dropped to fifth Stephens was 11th and John Alagna Reynolds was up three spots into sec-Gerrado Barragan, he cruised around Ross Savage in the lead, having just set place. Chris Greeley was in the sixth was in 12th place. Garrick Freitas, Tom ond place, Justin Hampton dropped for his four required laps and took fast lap for the class, Justin Hampton spot, Steve Fuhring was up four spots Carr,JeffFogle, Trever Leach and Steven to third place, Adam Filbin was down home the gold medal. was up a spot into second place, Adam into seventh, Chris Freas ran in eighth Fike failed to complete their second lap. Continued next page Class 5 also had only one entrant, ...,....., .... .....,....., .... ..,......,,,,,.."""'"""'"""' ..... ...,.....,...., ...... ,._. .......... ...,.. .......... ...,,, ..... _,_.,... ............. Mike Matlock, but Mike was only able 1% iillml 00 @ ]ft ffi';: to get two laps under his belt, and he was listed as a dnf. Ed Ellis was a singleton entry in Class 5-1600 but he failed to start the race. Steve Rose, he too was a sole en-trant, this time in Class 7 but Steve too failed to start the race. And, still more, Steven Marsee was the only one entered in Class 1250, he took the green flag but failed to com-plete his first lap. There were two entered in Class 1300, but only one of them, Brian Jef-frey would complete his five required laps for the class win. His competition, Joe Micklus failed to start the race. Class 1400 had five entrants ready to go, they had six laps to run to make their race and two of them would see the checkered flag. When their first lap ended it was Danny Giannini with a 13 minute lead over Randy Shields, Mike Bithell was a long third place, he had troubles along the way and had a very long lap. Nick Charlon and Matt Torian failed to complete their first lap. Second lap, Danny Giannini con-tinued to lead the class, Randy Shields still ran second, he was now less than 10 minutes in arrears, setting fast lap for the class along the way and Mike Bithell still ran in the third spot. At the halfway point in their race it was still Danny Giannini in the lead, Randy Shields was still holding on to second place and Mike Bithell was off the scoring charts. There were no position changes on the fourth lap but Randy Shields did have some troubles and slipped a bit further back in second place. Fifth lap ended, Danny Giannini kept up his winning pace, Randy Shields turned another fast lap but he was still well behind. Sixth lap ended and Danny Giannini happily took the checkered flag, Randy Shields took the silver medal and was happy for the finish. The Class 1450 guys were next up, there were 24 of them entered and 10 of them would complete their four re-quired laps. At the end of their first lap it was Ross Savage in the class lead, Craig Reynolds was 30 seconds behind in sec-ond place, Justin Hampton was run-ning in third place, Adam Filbin was in fourth place and Melissa Thornton was in fifth place. John Alagna was in the sixth spot, Trever Leach was lucky sev-enth, in eighth place was Chris Greeley, Tom Carr ran in ninth place and An-drew Stephens was in 10th place. In 11th place was Chris Freas, Steve Fuhring ran 12th, Garrick Freitas was 13tl1 in, Steven Fike was 14th and Allen Cheri was in 15th place. Craig Gay was 216th and Jeff Fogle ran in 17th place. Cameron Reeves, Tom Carr and Jeremy Deakins failed to complete their first lap. Gregg Zumwalt, Sean Kepler, Dusty Times July 2008 Page 43

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It was an eighth place finish in Sportsman Truck Class for Chris Justin Hampton took home the bronze medal in the Sportsman Freas, he was well off the winning pace, seen here at speed. Truck Class, he's seen here at speed on his way to the flag. Steve Fuhring seems to be shy a wee bit of fiberglass, Steve took seventh place honors in the very large Sportsman Truck Class. Melissa Thornton drove to a fourth overall finish in the Sportsman Chris Greeley lost a panel here and there but he was there to Adam Fi/bin was most consistent in his lap times, he drove his Truck race, seen here with the power really on. take a sixth place finish in Sportsman- Truck at Ridgecrest. truck to a fifth place finish in the Sportsman Truck fracas. to fourth place and Melissa Ross Savage taking a very nice win, isher and Andrew Stephens was the Esterlein, the third car, did not start Jeffrey taking the win, unfortunately, Thornton was down a spot into fifth leading the class all race long, Craig 10th and final finisher. the race. after hanging in for so long, Ricky place. Chris Greeley hung on in sixth Reynolds took the silver medal, )us-Last class to start was the 1600 Second lap, Jeffrey still led and Mondragon failed to come around place, Steve Fuhring ran seventh, tin Hampton took the bronze medal, guys, there were only three of them Mondragon held second, now some on his final lap and was scored as a Chris Freas held on in eighth, An- Melissa Thornton was first off the and unfortunately, only one of them 30 minutes behind the leader. dnf. drew Stephens was in ninth place and podium and Adam Filbin was the would take the ever elusive checkered D.J. Jeffrey continued to lead And so it was over, Mojave Cheri Allen was 10th. John Alagna fifth place finisher. In sixth place was flag. At the end of their first lap it through the fifth lap, opening up Desert Racing doing their usual and Craig Gay were on their respec-Chris Greeley, Steve Fuhringfinished was D.J. Jeffrey in the lead, Ricky more time on Mondragon, who was good job and all concerned say-tive trailers. in seventh place, Chris Freas came in Mondragon, having some troubles, definitely off the pace. ing they enjoyed the race. See ya Fourth lap, final lap and it was eighth, Cheri Allen was the ninth fin-was in second place and Jerold Sixth lap ended and it was D.J. at the next one! Mllll,,J_ ~Page 44 ~---~ SHGeK .... .,._.,rECHNOLOGY 714.530.B701 • FAX714..530.B702 12842 JOY STREET, GARDEN GROVE, CA 92840 IN'tNIIV'.lcingshodcs.corn -JuJy 2008 2.5" Bllmplap €''lt!£Q Need coil springs? Call King Shocks! We have custom and produdion coils in stock, and the experience to get you what you need. Call today! Qusty-. Tim~s I I

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I . AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Donald saa TEXT& PHOTOS: STEVE HILTON David Fellows was the overall winner at the Donald 500, he's seen here at speed in his TRD powered Jimco. David Fellows was too strong in this round of the Australian Cham-pionship he won the Prologue and the race outright. The course this year was 500 kilometres in length, with some very long straights which would put added pressure on all engines. 09: 15. 7. Glen Owen in a brand new Nissan turbo powered Jimco was next,. his time for the Prologue was 09: 17.0, Shannon Rentsch in the sec-ond Peter Kittle TRD sponsored Chenowth buggy was next covering the distance in 09:20;0. Matt Hanson driving the VlO BMW pow-ered Porter was next, followed by Prout, Burrows and Bentley. Hunter Rivmasta buggy. In the Sportsman 1300cc, Ron Taylor in his Rivmasta was fastest. The Ex-treme 2WD class Gartner led over Jason Telford in the Chevy powered Holden Rodeo followed by Peter Sibson in the VW Baja. The Produc-tion 4WD class was won as expected by Geoff Pickering in the Mitsubishi Pajero. Colin Hunter driving the Jeep Grand Cherokee Cameron McClelland took a nice win in the Super 1650cc Class, he's seen here at speed, hustlin' towards the finish line. Greg Gartner was first in Extreme 2WD Class in his super great looking 2WD Ford, seen here haulin' freight. per 1650cc buggy was still led his class at the end of the day. At the end of this section of this part of the race Fellows led over Bentley, Hanson, Prout and Phillips, Terry Rose moved up the field to hold down Position 6, followed by Continued next page Friday saw the safety checks and afterwards the spectator could walk through and check out the vehicles which were in a large circle within the showgrounds. A fireworks display ended the night's entertainment. The 15 kilometre Prologue would start Saturday's section of the event with all classes to run for a starting position. David Fellows in the Peter Kittle TRD Jimco set the time to beat in the Pro Buggy class, his time was Splitting the first 18 Pro class bug-gies in Position 8 was Greg Gartner in the very fast extreme 2WD Ford F150, his time was 09:56.9. Tony Fehlhaber's Honda V6 powered Mi-rage was the fastest in the Pro-Lite class and started in Position 20. Su-per 1650cc class was won by Cameron McClelland driving the also as expected, won the Extreme 4WDclass. Seventy-two vehicles would start the first sec-tion of the race, two laps of the course later in the day, trying to sur-vive and finish ready for the run on Sunday. SCORE MECHANICS OF THE YEAR ~~~• Manufacturing and preparing _._3;-::~. !1:f;::-~~== ;t!;.;:i:: Race, The Production 4WD win went to Geoff Pickering, he's seen here on course in his Mitsubishi Pajero, headin' for home. Tony Felhaber drove his V6 Honda powered Mirage to a first place finish in the Prologue, he's seen here at speed. Dusty Times Fellows led the field away from the start line at the Donald showgrounds, af-ter a while the news filtered back that Glen Owen running in second place, was out-of the event with a turbo manifold problem, also out at the 65 kilometre marker was the leading Pro-Lite buggy of Tony Fehlhaber, a torque converter problem with the Mirage. Chapman in the new Cham-pion Chevy Jimco, was also out-with a drive line prob-lem, a shame as this team has put everything into this race. Shan-non Rentsch was putting ·some quick times to-gether but was also out of the event. The McClelland Su-July 2008 ~ Page 45 ..

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.. . Colin Hunter drove his absolutely immaculate Jeep Grand Cherokee to the win in the Extreme 4WD Class. Danny Brown drove his Nissan powered Chenowth to a seventh overall Glen Owen, seen here in his brand new Turbo powered Nissan/ finish at the Donald 500, he's seen here with the hammer down. Jimco was second overall in the Prologue. Burrows, Travis Robinson and Brett Taylor. Justin Watt led the Pro-Lite class with Andrew Mowles second. McClelland led his class. Pickering maintained his lead in the Produc-tion 4WD class but Des Harrington in the Nissan Patrol now was in the lead in the Extreme 4WD Nissan Patrol. The sad story came back to the main pit area that the Everleigh broth- the morning and a one lap dash to take the third position on track. theAcecowas next, then Hanson and ers in the ex-Chapman Jimco had the finish in the afternoon. The Bur- Prout was very quick and was mak-Bentley. Prout had set the fastest time rolled on a very fast straight, and the rows' Jimco did not start today, a ing a lot of time up on the leaders. At over this section but was still behind jawsoflife had to be used on theJimco blown head gasket putting him out the end of the first lap the RoseJimco Fellows overall. Third overall was Eric to get the co-driver out of the vehicle, of the race. crossed the line only to have a Phillips, then Brett Taylor in his he suffered some back injuries, the David Fellows still first on the road drives haft failure putting him out of Aceco. Danny Brown in the ex-vehicle suffered some major damage followed by Bentley, at the 65 the event. Bentley had a flat tire on Rentsch Nissan Chenowth moved his before and after the accident. kilometre checkpoint, Hanson over- this lap losing time changing it. way into Position 5 followed by the Sunday and the competitors had shot the corner allowing Prout, who Fellows finished first, followed Bentley Jlmco. Buddy Crowe in the two sections to complete, two laps in was within metres of him to pass and only 18 seconds by Prout, Phillips in new Champion Jimco was having a ,-----------------------~-"t Brad Prout was sooooo close, he missed the overall win by a Sixth overall position went to Buddy Crowe, he drove his Champion mere 18 seconds, he's seen here at speed on the course. Jimco well and was just a wee bit off the winning pace . -MIL-SPEC CIICIUR CONNECTQIS .::ttclr.ll _., SliRINK BOOTS HR 1JE PaESSrcdVouc.e t'.3i"'t!! Page 46 -I-BRITE LED LIGHTING -AVAUBLE IN 1 INCH AND U/16" DIAMETERS .-11 YIUR CIIIIICE Of RED. au,E, AMBER, OR GREEI July 2008 Hayden Bentley, seen here in his good looking Jimco was the fifth overall finisher, he's seen here with the hammer down. Dusty Times

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Third overall was the Aceco of Eric Phillips,he's seen here in his Brett Taylor, he too in an Aceco, was the fourth overall finisher, A first place finish in the Pro-Lite division went to Andrew Mowles, seen here moving through the rocks. good looking car on his way to a podium finish. he's seen here on his way to the checkered flag. good and steady race setting some 1650cc buggy class. Paul Grant now followed by Prout. There were no good time getting to seventh position, led the Extreme 2WD class followed problems reported and Fellows was Coupland was next, then Neville Tay-by the Chevy Pro-truck of Robert the fastest over the distance, Bret Tay-lor in the rock Star drinks Jimco still Gwynne. Pickering was the leader in !or was next quickest in the Aceco, coming to grips with the ex-Wilson Production 4WD and Hunter then Bentley, Phillips, Prout and Jimco, tenth place was held by Chris moved back to the lead in the Ex-Crowe. Western. treme 4WD class. The overall race result saw Fellows Ben Erceg driving a Southern Only 32 vehicles would start this with the win then Brad Prout sec-Cross Pro-Lite buggy now led the class. last section, a 100 kilometre race to ond, third went to Eric Phillips and McClelland was still leading in Super the finish. Fellows led the rest away Brett Taylor was fourth. The Pro-Lite winner was Andrew Mowles with Ben ro take the Production 4WD class Erceg second. Super 1650cc class win win over the reliable Suzuki Grand and tenth outright went to Cameron Vitara of David Jameson. Colin McClelland. The Sportsman 1300cc Hunter also took the win in the Ex-class winner was Geoff Dow, finish- treme 4WD class, there were no other ing 24th. The Pro-truck of Robert finishers in the class. Gwynne took the win in the Extreme The event at Donald over and all ZWDclass,hewastheonlyonein eyes set now for the next round of his class to finish all sections of the the Championship, the Finke race at race. Pickering maintained his place Alice Springs in June. -Robert Gwynne drove his Pro Truck to a first place finish in the Jeff Dow was the 1300CC Sportsman winner, he finished 24th Neville Taylor was still getting used to the Jimco at Donald, he Extreme 2WD Division, seen here on the way top the checkers. overall, seen here coming out of a right hander. did manage an eighth overall finish in the end. ONGRATULATIONS TO AL{ OUR RA WHO HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT! 2007 SCORE CLASS CHAMPIONS Class 1 Billy Gasper , Class 10 Lobsam Yee Class 12 Tim Noe Class 1/21600 David Caspino Class 5 Luivan Voelker 2007 BAJA 1000 WINNERS Class 11 st -Larry Roeseler, 2nd -Steve Strobel, 4th -Mark McMillin, 5th -Billy Gasper, 6th -Dale Lenk Class 12 1st -Tim Noe, 2nd -Stan Potter Class 8 1st -Glen Greer Class 1/2 1600 2nd -Victor Barreda, 4th -Dan McMillin Class 5 -1st -Drew Belk, 2nd -Luivan Voelker 2007 BITD OVERALL POINTS CHAMPION Chuck Hovey Dusty Times July 2008 Page 47

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r I -I I (()~ [-BA---JA) · BY SR. CHUPACABRA DID YOU SEE THE PINK HUMMER? DID YOU SEE THE PINK HUMMER? DID YOU SEE THE PINK HUM-MER? DID YOU SEE THE PINK HUMMER? at the fes-tivities at the 2008 Baja 500 in Ensenada, Mexico? What a Hit for www. ThePinkH um mer.com who is owned by Julie from Orange County who came to help promote www.Baja4BreastCancer with Chad Barfield who raced a Pink Quad for his lady Mary who has Breast Cancer!!!!! We even saw customers at Denny's get out of their chairs as we Gassed up in Rosarito, Mexico on the way down to the Baja 500! Thank-you Julie from Orange County for the sharing The Internationally known Pink Hummer with us racers and fans. It seems the Pink Hum-mer is the International Friend of Mexico and the United States to help each other with Life's Challenges. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Collectors ...-come Back Pink Hummer. Pictures are all over the Internet with regards to this Huge Gigantic One of A Kind Plushed Out Lifted Pink Hummer from Orange County. We would love it if Julie would bring that Big Pink Hummer back to Ensenada, Mexico for the BAJA 1000 in November 2008. Please contact her and tell her you want www.ThePinkHummer.com to Show up. Also some racers noticed a race bike was logoed with www .1 ayLe n osG a ra ~e. com Now that's Cool for us Rac-ers!! Thanks Jay Leno for be-ing a supporter of motorized sports. Also remember that the Orange County group that is demanding a Denny's be built now in Ensenada, Mexico. Be prepared to see Denny's Grand Slams in this Race Town for the future. The Weatherman continues to broadcast the need for these Grand Slams before you race. The Contingency and Sign-in festivities could not have been better. As we set up our 10 Bajapits May 31, 2008 the event in Ensenada unfolded into a great time for everyone to meet and greet each other. Hands shaken, parts ex-changes, t-shirts by the truck 2, 3,4,5 ,6 & 8 into 1 Merges Double Slip Merge Weld -On Merge Formed Tri-Y's load, water based drinks served , GPS units installed by IRC who has a Great Staff that really helps you get your Race Toy Ready, vendors sell-ing cool stuff, Photos taken of the PINK HUMMMER and Chad's Pink Quad, Video Camera Crews to share Racer talk in Japan and Europe. Sal Fish greeted all to this great Baja Town, We gave him some of our very cool maps of the race to give to the Mayor and his buddies. NBC was on hand to Video Interview Bajapits John, our Starting Line Captain for over 45 min-utes and took a long video of the BAJAPITS MAP. We also got to help Chad Barfield and his Lady Mary who has Cancer to sell man t-s hi rts for www.8aja4BreastCancer.com. We must report to all that support this race that Bike Number 506X was STOLEN from the #120 Mile Marker Race Course while the rider had to vacate the site by He-licopter and leave the bike for someon e t o steal!!!, who thinks this is funny. If the bike is returned to Bajapit's a reward will be issued. This Bike provides YOU the FAN entertainment. So let's get a clue and get the Bike back to Bajapits for the Baja 1000 Race. We will come to Mexico ...-Mandrel Bends 1 .25" -5.00" Collectors Transitions & Megaphones ...-Mild Steel/ 304 & 321 Stainless 11252 Sunco Dr. Rancho Cordova, Ca. 957 42 Page 48 Mild Steel (.049-.065) 304 & 321 SST (.035-.049-.065) 1-888-778-3312 July 2008 to get it, so you don't even have to transport it. Other-wise beware of Chupacabra's revenge on You. What goes around, comes around ........ . Beside Buggies, Truck, Quads and Bikes crashing down embankments in groups of ten per crash, Blown Mo-tors, Split Trannies, Snipers shooting at racers, broken arms, slashed body part, vi-sors ripped off by tree limbs, busted ankles, dry lips, over-heated motors in the 120 de-gree desert heat, sand in your mouth, sewer rivers, drunk fans, the Summit was a night-mare of sharp rocks, miles long dust trails, big rocks, nice Pine Trees, paved roads, lack of Twinkies, Quads stuck in Bushes, A-arms getting twisted, high speed Silt Beds, racing next to the ocean, Great Pit Service by 5 STAR Crews. Many Riders reported that Bajapits Services was like walking into a 5 STAR HO-TEL -WOW!!!!! The Classes and Racer fin-ishers with our Bajapits Sup-port a re as follows at the Baj a 500 in Ensenada June 1st, 2008: SCORE TROPHY TRUCK #35 Robbie Pierce -Fin-ished 6th CLASS 1 UNLIMITED # 120 Brian Parkhouse -Finished 4th CLASS 1/2-1600 # 1602 Adam Pfankuch -Finished 1st #1643 Ray Files -Finished 3rd #1644 Gerardo lribe -Fin-ished 4th # 1606 Cory Boyer -Fin-ished 6th # 1604 Roman Pereyra -Finished 8th # 1649 Juan Gallo -Fin-ished 9th CLASS 5 #501 Kevin Carr -Finished 1st CLASS 5-1600 #552 Ernie Negrete -Fin-ished 3rd #555 Tommy Craft Fin-ished 9th CLASS 7SX #757 Mike Horner -Fin-ished 4th CLASS 10 #1003 Brendan Fikes -Fin-ished 3rd # 1002 Mikey Lawrence -Finished 5th SCORE LITES #1212 Rick St. John -Fin-ished 1st #1215 Lee Banning -Fin-ished 2nd #1206 Perry McNeil -Fin-ished 4th # 1208 Bill Hernquist - Fin-ished 7th CLASS llVW # 1146 Cisco Bio -Finished 2nd PROTRUCKS #235 Jason Voss -Finished 1st #253 Ken Losch -Finished 3rd #250 Gary Magness -Fin-ished 4th STOCK FULL #879 Clyde Stacy -Fin-ished 2nd SPORTSMAN TRUCK #1501 Bob Land -Fin-ished 1st SPORTSMAN BUGGY # 1400 Peter Lang -Fin-ished 1st CLASS 22 MOTORCYCLE #6X Cory Brewer -Fin-ished 5th # l0X Michael Gordon -Finished 6th #l2X Nie Saia -Finished 8th #49X Daniel Allford -Fin-ished 11th #llX Nicholic Blais -Fin-ished 14th CLASS 20 MOTORCYCLE #l52X Larry Perkins -Fin-ished 4th CLASS 21 MOTORCYCLE # l00X Carlos Casas-Fin-ished 1st # 104X Bernard Bohrer -Finished 2nd # 103X Edy Garcia -Fin-ished 3rd CLASS 24 PRO MOTOR-CYCLE # 106A Francisco Servin -Finished 1st # 105A Javier Beltran -Fin-ished 2nd #l04A Ray Fay III -Fin-ished 4th # 103A Benjamin Lopez Jr. -Finished 5th #l14A Jose A. Juarez -Fin-ished 6th # 109A Abraham Romero -Finished 7th. # 11 lA Carlos Mancillas -Finished 9th CLASS 25 PRO MOTOR-CYCLE #4A Javier Robles -Fin-ished 2nd #6A Max Hernandez -Fin-ished 6th #SA Reid Rutherford Finished 7th CLASS 30 MOTORCYCLE #309X Javier Hernandez B. -Finished 4th #311X Jamey Kabisch - Fin-ished 5th #305X Ricardo De La Pena -Finished 6th CLASS 50 MOTORCYCLE #501X Jamie De La Torre -Finished 4th SPORTSMAN MOTOR-CYCLE UNDER 250CC #201X Tony Gurule -Fin-ished 2nd #206X Fred Sobke -Fin-ished 6th #210X Scott Anderson -Finished 7th SPORTSMAN MOTOR-CYCLE OVER 250CC #288X Luis C. Napoles -Finished 4nd #299X Jeff Leonard -Fin-ished Srd #273X Randy Roy -Fin-ished 8th #286X Edward Fields Finished 10th #289X Jorge Carvajal Finished 11th #265X Craig Anstine -Fin-ished 12th #279X Levy Colton -Fin-. ished 14th #298X John Legate -Fin-ished 16th #267X Jason Scherer -Fin-ished 17th #276X Gary Gonzales - Fin-ished 19th #290X Laurent Lazard -Finished 23rd #252X Chad Thorton - fin-ished 26th #280X Ken SOLO Kosiorek -Finished 28th #251X Hiroshi SOLO Hiragana -Finshed 29th SPORTSMAN ATV #53A Julio Gomez -Fin-ished 1st Dusty Times

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#60A Mario Yorba -Fin-ished 2nd #52A Daniel Montano -Finished 6th #56A Ken Lehmann -Fin-ished 7th #62A Robert Ruiz -Fin-ished 8th • #57 A Derek Christina Finished 10th #58A Alan Wahlstrom -Finished 11th In any case of GPS ACCU-RACY on IRC's part, 68% of all entrants finished the Baja 500 Race Event. The ones that finished had to get medi-cal attention for delusional status, back aches, swollen shifter feet, bruised brake feet, carpel tunnel from the twisting of the throttle, dry mouth, and rocks pelted by faster riders. OUCH!!!! those Rocks HURT!!!! . As for the Motorcycle rid-ers, the tires that had 32psi of NITROGEN in them had NO FLATS. This was con-firmed as the 32psi tire pres-sure bikes stopped at Bajapits to get fuel. Who came up. with 32psi of Nitrogen? Some rid-ers told us they would rather bounce off rocks than to get a flat tire with less than 32 psi in tire. We are just glad that Bajapits had 32psi tire pressure racers to support. We will now support any new rider that runs with tires pumped up to 32psi. You will get a thumbs up approval from our Bajapits Captains. We at Baja Pits were fully aware through Radio conver-sations Weatherman reports of Psycho Trophy Truck driv-ers hitting Motorcycle racers. Some came into our pits with NEAR DEATH EXPERI-ENCE CRASHES. These "Hit and Runs" by "I am faster than YOU" drivers will be taken to the "High Council" to warrant charges be placed against the Hooligans that did this awful deed to the in-nocent Motorcycle riders. One Racer Friend who came all the way from Vir-ginia was not a happy racer after being hit by a Trophy Truck twice, the Quad got Busted up and it only takes a few seconds to let us Quad/ Bike Racers move over. For the All Mighty Trophy Truck Racers. Again what goes around, come around. Chupacabra will be watching Trophy Trucks closer now as they need to RACE SAFE or be at the mercy of Chupacabra. It seems Trophy Truck driv-ers are impatient to allow the motorcycle riders to get out of the way .. Again radio con-versation overheard revealed that Krump Industries has a LAZER device that slows the Trophy Trucks to a crawl for 30 seconds while the motor-cycle rider gets out of the way. It's work on as a jam-ming laser beam that slows the trophy truck to a crawl for 30 seconds. The device is mounted on the riders hel-met, pointed to the rear and will sense the Hot Shot Over zealous Trophy Truck Driver coming up from behind. Ac-tivated automatically, the la-ser beam induces Reverse AC Currents to the Trophy Truck Dusty Times and thus the truck slows to a crawl for 30 seconds. That leaves plenty of time for the bike rider to get off the race path. Both Racers can even wave to each other as they tell each other to "Have a nice Day". As this article goes to print, photos of the Hit and Run Trucks are being looked at by the "High Council" Some finishers have already been summoned to the coun-cil for depositions. As we also know the tracking device all races had to have mounted and operational for this race can record any sudden im-pacts. And o n e· o th er V E RY DISTIRBING site that was over heard on the radio was that a huge group in GREEN CLOTHED HUMANS possi-bly blocking the race couse that we think may have been with the SIERRA CLUB. As we have heard, The Sierra Club is backed by political henchmen that think races in the desert are not safe for ........ ... what, I am not sure. Beware of Green Clothed Humans. So as the race year contin-ues and we love our sport, keep it safe for all and let's figure out what happened to that missing truck. Sr Chupacabra also Sr chupacabras /tupa'kab-as/ , from Spanish chupar: to suck , cabra: goat; goat sucker) is a cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Ameri-cas. It is associated more re-cently with sightings of an al-legedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American com-munities. The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drink-ing the blood of livestock, es-pecially goats. Physical de-scriptions of the creature vary. Eyewitness sightings have been claimed as early as 1790 in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported as far north as Maine, and as far south as Chile. It is sup-posedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail. Most biologists and wild-life management officials view the Chupacabra as a well know participant of the Baja races kept a watchful eye on all that entered the San Felipe Baja region to race. -Some locals say this is good luck and some say Chupacabra causes misfor-tunes to some racers, Chupacabra has the ability to read ones mind over a dis-tance father than the race course cover. All and all we all had a great time racing and still want a Denny's built for us Pancake lovers. Since the Grand Slam Breakfast co-in-sides with finishing the Baja Races, We Racers from Or-ange County need our Denny's Carlos Orozco -President of International BAJAPITS and his Rock On, Race On Pit-crews who keep our greatly appreciated Racers Fueled up would like to thank all of Our Sponsor's (Call Carlos if you want to get on the Map of Sponsors) www.Bajpits.com www.myspace.com/bajapits SrChupacabra@yahoo.com BFGoodrich ® Tires Recognizes Black Cat Trail at Superstition Mountain as Part of the 2008 Outstanding Trails El Centro, Calif. -May 10, 2008 -Located on the north-ern side of the sandy hills of Su-perstition Mountain near San Diego, Calif., the Black Cat trail was honored today by BFGoodrich® Tires as one of the 20()8 Outstanding Trails. More than 150 off-road enthusiasts, members of El Centro Chamber of Commerce, and the San Di-ego 4 Wheelers off-road club were in attendance as BFGoodrich Tires presented a grant to the club's president. The grant will be used to preserve the scenic trails and continue con-servation efforts for one of America's picture-perfect areas for off-roading. BFGoodrich Tires, working in conjunction with Tread Lightly!® and United Four Wheel Drive Associations (UFWDA), chose the Black Cat as one of the 2008 Outstanding Trails because of its challenging rock climbs, sandy hills and wild drop-offs. Though it may be quite challenging to the novice off-roader, its steep, rocky hill climb overlooking the Sand Dam does not disappoint and provides a challenge for all who choose to take it on. "With it's rocky obstacles and scenic sandy hills, the Black Cat trail at Superstition Mountain has the perfect combination of leveled obstacles for the skilled off-roader, making it a special choice for the 2008 Outstand-ing Trails program," said Gary Enterline, light truck product manager for BFGoodrich Tires. "As a key stakeholder in the world of off-roading, BFGoodrich Tires is delighted to team up with groups like the San Diego 4 Wheelers to ensure that off-road trails will continue to stay beautiful and safe for future visitors." The San Diego 4 Wheelers is one of the largest and oldest 4WD vehicle clubs in southern California. They are a non-profit, family oriented organiza-tion and support Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) recreation within the spirit of Tread Lightly. The club helps in the maintenance and preservation of existing 4WD OHV opportunities and the creation of new opportuni-ties where possible. The princi-pal function of the club is to pro-mote and participate in safe and responsible off-highway four wheel drive activities and to edu-cate the public on how to prop-erly use and conserve the land. "We are so honored to have Black Cat named as one of the 2008 Outstanding Trails," said Richard Jackson, president of San Diego 4 Wheelers. With its combination qf rock, sand, and steep canyons, Black Cat is just one of many trails that Supersti-tion has to offer. We are so pleased that this grant money can be used for the future of pre-serving Superstition Mountain and its many off-road trails." Launched in 2006, the BFGoodrich Tires Outstanding Trails program is dedicated to the responsible use, and preser-vation of, off-road trails while providing aid in the trails' con-servation efforts. Over the past two years, the Outstanding Trails program has recognized 11 off-road trails in nine states and one in Canada. The program has also given $42,000 in graI).ts to clubs and seen more than 1,700 par-ticipants in trail events. The following additional five trails have also been selected as part of the 2008 BFGoodrich Tires Outstanding Trails pro-gram: Blacktail/Wild Bill OHV Trail located in the Flathead Na-tional Forest of Montana Iron Range OHV Recre-ational Area in Gilbert, Minne-sota Quinn Trail that leads to Quinn Lake in Ottawa, Canada Pritchett Canyon, one of the toughest trails in Moab, Utah Beasley Knob OHV trail lo-cated near Blairsville, Georgia To learn more about these Continued next page red & blue red & blue red & blue --6st $5.99 ~ -645$12.99 n -690$12.99 Tu" ..a st $6.99 -8 45 $13.99 -8 90 $14.99 1· .,...._....,_.,, -10st $9.49 -1045 $16.99 ........,. ____ -10 90$15.99 t -12st$10.99 -1245$21..84 - -1290$21.84 ~ ~m:Ir1[/J§J)lm1§!3 20ft. Lenghts · -6 20ft. $93.40 , -8 20ft. $107.20 -10 20ft. $128.20 -12 20ft. $185.20 High Misalignment Adapters JMXT series Chromoly JMXBT $20.05 JMX10T $26.16 JMX12T $33.25 JMX14T$60.78 JMX16T $76.19 Complete Line of ~ ® New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc. 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trails, visit the Outstanding Trails Web site at www. bf good rich ti res. com/ ou tstand i ngtrails. Both Tread Lightly! And UFWDA are non-profit organi-zation dedicated to responsible and ethical outdoor recreation. BFGoodrich Tires collaborated with these two groups to select the finest off-road trails, and will continue to work with these or-ganizations on restoration and education initiatives. Tread Lightly! Tread Lightly! is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to proactively protect recreation access and opportu-nities. Tread Lightly!'s strategic educational message, along with its training and restoration ini-tiatives are designed to instill an ethic of responsibility in out-door enthusiasts and the indus-tries that serve them. The pro-gram is long-term in scope with a goal to balance the needs of the people who enjoy outdoor recreation with the needs of the environment and it's leading the way to help remedy current and future recreation issues. Tread Lightly! is proud to be recognized by the USDA Forest Service and rts partner actively engaged in collaborating to implement so-lutions to the problem associated with outdoor recreatio n. United Four Wheel Drive Associations (UFWDA) U nited Four Wheel D rive As-sociations is the world's leading representative of all-brand four w heel-drive enthus iasts. UFWDA benefits, developed and tested true over the past 30 years, include four wheel drive safety and awareness education; user eth ics programs such as adopt-a-road, conservation vol-unteer, and volunteer trail pa-trol; assistance with new club for-Page so mation; education seminars to aid four wheelers through com-plex state and federal programs affecting trail access; Internet fo-rums designed to connect mem-bers globally and instanta-neously; and unrestrained mem-ber access to its full-time legisla-tive advocate and nationally-rec-ognized attorney working exclu-sively for four wheel drive enthu-siasts to protect access and pre-vent road and trail closures. For more information on the UFWDA log on to www.ufwda.org or call toll free 1-800-44-UFWDA (800-448-3932). BF Goodrich· ------------r/l'eS OUT ST ANDING .. llS IJff'Cioodrich- 1 'ires Recognizes Blacktail/Wild Bal National Recreation Trail as Part of die 2008 Outstanding Trails Kalispell, Mo nt. -Jun e 9 , 2008 - Located near Blacktail Mountain Ski Area in the area known as "The Island Unit" of the Swan Ranger District on the Flathead National Forest in Northwest Montana, the Black-tail/Wild Bi ll National Recre-ation Trail was honored last weekend by BFGoodrich® Tires as one of the 2008 Outstanding RACE READY PRODUCTS 103 PRESS LANE SUITE 4 CHULA VISTA, CA 91910 Trails. More than 75 off-road enthusiasts and members of the Skyliners Four Wheel Drive club were in attendance as BFGoodrich Tires presented a grant to the club's president. The grant will be used to preserve the trail and continue conservation efforts for one of America's pic-ture-perfect areas for off-roading. BFGoodrich Tires, working in conjunction with Tread Lightly!® and United Four Wheel Drive Associations (UFWDA), chose the Blacktail/Wild Bill National Recreation Trail as one of the 2008 Outstanding Trails be-cause of its varying obstacles and spectacular views. The trail also offers several opportunities for dirt bikes, ATV's, snowmobiles and mountain bike enthusiasts to enjoy the 13-mile journey through the Flathead National Forest. "The Blacktail/Wild Bill Na-tional Recreation Trail is unique in the world of off-roading be-cause it has the perfect combi-nation of obstacles and spec-tacular views making it a special fit for the 2008 Outstanding Trails program," said Joe Mazur, light truck brand category man-ager for BFGoodrich Tires. "We're honored to partner wi th the Skyliners Four Wheel Drive C lub to help in the conservation efforts fo r this amazing off-road trail." The Skyliners Four Wheel Drive Club is a non-profit, fa m-ily o riented o rganizatio n and supports Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) recreatio n with in the spirit of Tread Lightly. The club works in conjunction with other area clubs to assist in the main-tenance and preservation of ex-isting 4W D O HV opportunities and the creation of new oppor-tunities where possible. (619)691-9171 (866) 891-9171 TOLL FREE (619) 691-0803 FAX July 2008 "We are so honored to have the Blacktail/Wild Bill National Recreation Trail named as one of the 2008 Outstanding Trails," said Ivan Carpenter, president of Skyliners Four Wheel Drive Club. "This trail is unique in that it was one of the first trails to become a national recreational trail. Secondly, it is one of the few trails that also offers oppor-tunities for dirt bikes, ATV's, snowmobiles and mountain bikes. We are very pleased that this grant money can be used for the future of preserving this trail for everyone." Launched in 2006, the BFGoodrich Tires Outstanding Trails program is dedicated to the responsible use, and preser-vation of, off-road trails while providing aid in the trails' con-servation efforts. Over the past two years, the Outstanding Trails program has recognized 11 off-road trails in nine tates and one in Canada. The program has also given $42,000 in grants to clubs and seen more than 1,700 par-ticipants in trail events. The following additional five trails have also been selected as part of the 2008 BFGoodrich Tires Outstanding Trails pro-gram: BlackCat Trail located on Superstition Mountain near San Diego, California Iron Range O H V Recre-ational Area in Gilbert, Minne-sota Quinn Trail t h at leads to Quinn Lake in Ottawa, Canada Pritchett Canyo n, one of the toughest trails in Moab, U tah Beasley Knob O HV trail lo-cated near Blairsville, Georgia To learn more about these trails, visit the Outstanding Trails Web site at www. bf~ood rich t i res. com/ ou tstand in~trails. Both Tread Lightly! And UFWDA are non-profit organi-zation dedicated to responsible and ethical outdoor recreation. BFGoodrich Tires collaborated with these two groups to select the finest off-road trails, and will continue to work with these or-ganizations on restoration and education initiatives. Tread Lightly! Tread Lightly! is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to proactively protect recreation access and opportu-nities. Tread Lightly!'s strategic educational message, along with its training and restoration ini-tiatives are designed to instill an ethic of responsibility in out-do0r enthusiasts and the indus-tries that serve them. The pro-gram is long-term in scope with a goal to balance the needs of the people who enjoy outdoor recreation with the needs of the environment and it's leading the way to help remedy current and future recreation issues. Tread Lightly! is proud to be recognized by the USDA Forest Service and its partner actively engaged in collaborating to implement so-lutions to the problem associated with outdoor recreation. United Four Wheel Drive As-sociations (UFWDA) United Four Wheel Drive As-sociations is the world's leading representative of all-brand four wheel-drive enthusiasts. UFWDA benefits, developed and tested true over the past 30 years, include four wheel drive safety and awareness education; user ethics programs such as adopt-a-road, conservation vol-unteer, and volunteer trail pa-trol; assistance with new club for-mation; education seminars to aid four wheelers through com-plex state and federal programs affecting trail access; Internet fo-rums designed to connect mem-bers globally and instanta-neously; and unrestrained mem-ber access to its full-time legisla-tive advocate and nationally-rec-ognized attorney working exclu-sively for four wheel drive enthu-siasts to protect access and pre-vent road and trail closures. For more information on the UFWDA log on to www.ufwda.or~ or call toll free 1-800-44-UFWDA (800-448-3932). BFGoodrich Tires Using motorsports as a prov-ing ground for more than 30 years, BFGoodrich Tires is in-volved in every type of racing, in-cluding oval, sports car, drifting, drag, desert, dirt, rally and ex-treme rock-crawling. BFGoodrich Tires combines technological expertise with vast motorsports experience, deliver-ing a high-performance tire for every type of vehicle. Visit BFGoodrich Tires online at www.bf~oodrichtires.com BRC Testifies Before Senate Committee On Energy & N atural Resources POCATELLO, ID (June 5) -Greg Mumm, Executive Director of the BlueRibbon Coalition, tes-tified today before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natu-ral Resources regarding off-high-way vehicle management on pub-lic lands. In summarizing his written comments at the hearing, Mumm stated that "BRC recognizes the marked growth in the popularity of OHV recreation over the last several decades ... Motorized off-highway vehicles are also used to reach remote areas when taking part in other forms of recre-ational activity such as hunting, fishing, mountain-biking, and hiking ... Virtually every public land user is motorized at some point in their visits to federal lands and it is simply a question of where they depart from their vehicle." "We understand the popular-ity of OHV recreation presents challenges for land managers," Dusty Times

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Mumm continued. "We point to active management for OHV rec-reation as the key to solving those challenges." "BRC urges this committee to support agency efforts to actively manage for OHV recreation. BRC also urges this committee to support fiscal appropriations and other funding mechanisms to help the federal agencies meet their recreation management ob-jectives," Mumm concluded. A number of leaders from other organizations were invited to speak at the hearing. Testimony from all sides of the OHV issue was heard. Ed Moreland, Vice President of Government Relations for the American Motorcyclist Associa-tion, was also on hand to pro-vide testimony to the committee. While it remains incumbent upon the agencies to provide a managed setting for recreation-the users to engage in the debate and help provide resources, edu-cation and expertise-it is the re-sponsibility of Congress to ensure that the agencies have sufficient resources to accomplish their . . ,, m1ss1on. The full text of Greg Mum m's written testimony to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natu-ral Resources is available in PDF format (www.sharetrails.org/ fwd/scenrht). Video of the entire hearing, as well as additional writ-ten testimony and other items, is available on the Senate website (www.sharetrails.org/fwd/sen-ate0605). Recreation Groups Respond To Threats To Motorized Recreation In Southern California Forests Lawsuit SACRAMENTO, CA -The California Association of Four Wheel Drive Clubs led a coalition of recre-ational access groups seeking to enter the latest lawsuit challenging motorized recre-ation in California. The lawsuit was filed by the Cali-fornia Attorney General' s Office on behalf of the Cali-fornia Resources A gency, the California Department Dusty Times of Forestry and Fire Protec-tion and the People of the State of California. It was filed against the U .S. Forest Service's "forest plans" for the Angeles, Los Padres, Clevel~nd and San Bernar-dino National Forests in southern California. The State contends the Forest Plans fail both to comply with various federal laws and to properly "har-monize" the State's input on "roadless area" management with the long-range federal planning vision. The Recreation Groups filed a motion to intervene on May 15th in U.S. District Court for the Northern Dis-trict of California (Case No. C 08-1185-MHP). The groups petitioning the court include the California Asso-ciation of Four Wheel Drive Clubs, American Motorcy-clist Association District 36, California Enduro Riders Association, and the BlueRibbon Coalition,. "Once again, the motor-ized recreation community have little choice but to re-spond to attempts to close treasured access to histori-cal roads in these 'roadle"ss' areas," said Don Spuhler, Cal4 President. "Appar-ently high levels of State leadership are dissatisfied by the prospect that these routes continu e in use de-spite the Clinton Roadless Rule and unprecedented Forest Service travel man-agement efforts. We believe it essential to defend this access and proper under-standing of the forest plan-ning process," Spuhler con-cluded. The Motion to Intervene is presently scheduled to be heard on June 30, 2008. Jason Tolleson With The Specialty Equipment Market Association (Sema) Appointed As The Off-road Business Association's (Orba) Newest Board Member BAKERSFIELD, CA (May 29, 2006) -At the May meet-ing of ORBA's Board of Di-rectors Jason Tolleson, Gov-ernment and Public Affairs Manager for the Specialty Equipment Market Associa-tion (SEMA), was selected to serve on the Board of Direc-tors. Tolleson serves as the director of SEMA's grassroots lobbying pro-gram, the SEMA Action Network, as well as the pri-mary contact for the asso-ciation on land access is-sues. In this role he coordi-nates legislative and regula-tory activities with other in-dustry and end-user OHV organizations. SEMA has been a mem-ber of O RBA since 2004. SEMA and ORBA have simi-lar mission statements, to protect and promote their member businesses, so it seems a natural fit that our two organizations work together. "I welcome this op-portunity ro join with my fellow board members and ORBA staff in advocating on behalf of the off-road in-dustry," said Tolleson. "Through the support of our members, we will con-tinue to engage and educate policymakers on the eco-nomic and political strength of the OHV industry." Tolleson is a graduate of Brigham Young University-Hawaii, where he majored in political science. Upon mov-ing to Washington, D.C., he began work as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill. More recently, he served as a lob-byist representing local gov-ernments and transit agen-cies before joining the SEMA Government Affairs Office in 2004. Fred Wiley, Executive Director of ORBA, stated "We look for-ward to working with Jason and taking advantage of his vast experience." Dusty Times welcomes contributions from all pit teams. Send your stories early so that they may be conisdered for inclusionin our next issue. Mail your tales to: Dusty Times,20761 Plummer S t., Chatsworth, CA 91311-5003 WHY AREN'T YOU A DvsTv TIMEs suBscruBER? It's so much easier to receive Dusty Times in your mailbox each month, getting all the latest news and race and rally reports, written by the best off road Journalists In the business. Don't miss an issue: Subscribe now: 1 Year - 2 Years 3 Years For eig n subscriptions 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years $25.00 $40.00 $55.00 $55.00* $110 .00* $165.00* •u.s. 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Readers are advised to consult appropriate local or state authorities for informa-tion before purchase of any s ec·fc ·t m FOR SALE: CORR Single Buggy . Fully prepped ,new engine, trans ,micro stubs-hubs ,disc brakes ,fr Fox's , powder coat , turn brake ,wheels ,tires and high torque starter .Car has CNC pedals ,polished-lightened 930's ,Fox by pass and heim shifter . $25,000. Or trade for ?? No dune buggies or ex wives ,please 714-632-1240 jgtrans@pacbell.net FOR SALE: Foddrill 12/ 10, 1835 FAT Plenum motor dry sumped w/dual CompuFire, Mendeola sequential 5 speed w/indicator by Dave Folts, CNC, turning brake w/bias adjuster, Lightened 934 CV's, Kings done by Webber-3 front bypass, 5 rear bypass, Mastercraft w/adjustable drivers seat, BTR wheels, w/ beadlock on wheels, Sweet & Howe Diablo rack, Fuel Safe, cell w/ 1 dry brake & 1 regu• lar filler, Lowrance 6500 C GPS, Icom radio & inter• com, Parker Pumper, Score legal, Aluminum light bar, Prepped by PBW. Contact Steve (928) 442-9285 or Jim (480) 894-1286 . FOR SALE: 4130 Chrome A 114 Jimco Chassis, Jimco 3x3 Rear Arms, Weight 10" over ft beam & rack, Wright Big Spindles and 2 ½" over ft arms, Fox Reser-voirs shocks, 20/20 Jhonson Bug Machine Motor, ffeard Seats, Invested over $26,000.00, accepting offers $15,000.00 OBO. (619) 445-3753/(619) 977-3753. FOR SALE ; New 2332cc-Turn Key Engine Blue Printed-Dyno Tested only. Custom built by Pat Downs of CB Performance. 84x94 Universal Super Case, Welded #3 Cylinder, 84mm Forged Chromoly Crankshaft 5.500 Forged Chromoly H-Beam Rods, Forged Chromoly Light Weight Flywheel, Manton Chromoly Push Rods .. 035 wall thickness, 94mm Mahle Piston/ Cylinder kit, #2246 Camshaft 308 duration x 410 lift at cam, 1.1 Ratio Rocker Arms w/swivel feet adjusters, Hardened Rocker Shafts, Billet Distributor lamp, 044 Heads 42 x 37.5 Stainless Steel Valves, Dual Springs, Chromoly Retainers, Stage 1 Kennedy Pressure Plate· w/ 200mm Daycon Disc, Bosch 009 Distributor w/ Bosch Blue Coil, Dual 44 IDF Weber Carb kit with CB Hexbar Linkage, Dog-house Fan Shroud w/high amp Bosch Alternator, 26mm Keyed Oil Pump, Degreed Crank Pul-ley, Chromoly 8mm Head Studs, 94mm Teflon wrist pin buttons, Windage Tubes, Chromoly Straight Cut Cam Gear Assem-bly, 8.5: 1 Compression, and dyno test 195hp on pump gas* $5,500.00 OBO*. 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FOR SALE: Jimco 2 Seat 1600, Score legal, previous Score points champ, Kings just ser-viced by Webber, Fresh FAT dual port, Lightweight hoses, OFT Transmission, OFT rear hubs, serviceable, Kartek shifter, Mastercraft with ad-justable drivers seat, Lightened 930 CV's Fuel Safe w/dry break, Foddrill Beam & Tor-sion housings, New Foddrill front, arms & spindells, Sway-A-Way, Sweet Saco & Howe, Lowrance 480c GPR Icom, Y-8000 and Intercom, Odyssey Battery, Parker Pumper, CNC Willwood, Dual MSD Ignition, BTR rims Yokohama tires, Sis-ter car to Bekki Freeman Wik, Car completer rebuilt by Foddrill 4/06, Spare parts, contact Steve (928) 442-9285 or Jim@ (480) 894-1286. FOR SALE: New 2006 Starcraft 30" pull-trailer with slide out. Sleeps 8, includes microwave, scissor jacks, awning, AM/ FM CD w/ exterior speakers, dual LP tanks and air conditioning, Ask-ing $17,500.00. Located at Desert Trails RV Park in El Centro, CA. Call (760) 352-7275. FOR SALE: 2 Seat C lass 1/1500 Race Car, SCORE Tagged, Race Ready, LSl, S4, King Shocks, Bumps, ProAm Hubs & Brakes, UMP, PWR Cooler, CNC, Howe, Mastercraft, Race Radio & Intercom , Light Bar, 42 Gallon Cell, 37" BFG's, AZ Street legal & Much More. $125,000.00 Spare package, trailer, Prerunner & Etc. Also Available. Call Dan (480) 688-7646 or email at Gun-lt@Cox.net FOR SALE: 1973 Ford F-100 PreRunner Project. Ca-lif. Smog exempt Smallblock 302 Edelbrock Headman 650 cfm, Howe PS, Remote Res, Custom Beams Brack-ets Radius arms, 9" fully trussed National Springs Custom front rear bumpers, Rally lights, Mastercraft, ArtCarr Custom dash Autometer Earls 35 BFG, Spare Smallblock c-6 Ro-tors, big studs Whells new 07 silver paint. Must see. $11,500.00. 858-442-1516 Bryan. FOR SALE: Jimco 2 seat race car, SCORE Tagged, 440 HP LS2, Fortin Wide gear 4 speed , King Shocks, 110W race radio, Avcomm inter-com, IRC m ount and an-tenna, UMI Filters, Pro-Am Hubs, 35 spline axles, 6 Hella HID, driver controlled light bar, 7" GPS, Beard seats, 40 ga l fuel cell, Fresh Prep, spare parts, 8 tires and wheels, pit boxes. Only 23 races total on car, l owner since turn-key built by Jimco. Call Tim @ (626) 893-1976. $99,000.00 OBO. 2006 Jimco Domina-tor,,400 in. LSI-Redline, Mendeola HD 4, 25" front travel, 27" rear travel, size 30 cv's with sliding axle, TT CNC front hubs, TT rear hubs, Beard, Crow, Fuel Safe 80 gallon tank, BTW wheels, Toyo tires, All spares and a possible parts deal, $145,000.00 OBO, Jeff Quinn/ McKenzies, 807 E. Orangethorpe, Anaheim, CA 92801, (714) 815-8466. ~ C:::, Al,-,-,=c:::, ~ ca EE-r -,-c:::, E3 LJ,::::.,::::. c:::, ~-,--,-,-, EE ...A~ ""EE~-rlE3EE~E3 VVl-#C:::, #<EE EE 12 ~ EE 12 C:::, ~ -r I Al ca -,-,-, EE c:::, ,=,= ~C:::,....A ~ Al EE VVE3 I Dusty Times July 2008 FOR SALE: Pre-Runner to Buy. Foddrill 3-4 seat stfeet legal Registered in Texas, LS6 pump gas 400hp, Fortin w/converter, Fox shocks coil over and by-pass, YOO, Howe, WR coolers, 50 gal cell, Mastercraft, BF on JJ wheels, Pro Am hubs and brakes, Roof rack w/light bar, Race radio w/carbon fi-ber head sets, XM radio w/ external speakers, GPS, ODO shows 546 miscarbon fiber dash, windshield, a set of spare tires w/wheels, a set of sand tires w/ wheels, chase box, spare parts, single axle open trailer inc. $119,000.00 Negotiable. Cesar Fuentes (915) 726-3823 a fue n tes@fu en tes 7. com. mx. FOR SALE: 06 Geiser TT new 440 cu Chevy 800 + HP new Turbo 400 Trans, new 3 mem-ber Chrisman Rearend King Shocks, wired by Finish line-2 gps, 2 Flameout, 6 Walker rims on 40" Maxxi·s tires. $250,000.00 FIRM. Call (602) 421-5386. .SELL y_QU~ vehicles, equipment and bits and pieces right here! Dusty Times has the readership you're looking for so fill out the form on the opposite page and get your ad in our next issue. LAND FOR SALE: ACREAGE FOR SALE: 20 Acres of pine trees and Joshua, high up in the Tehachapi Mountains. Nestled within the borders of a huge ranch, locked gates ensure your pri-vacy. Two building pads exist with view of the entire Ante-lope Valley. 70 minutes from the San Fernando Valley. Call Don at 661-268-1644. VACATION RENTAL Vacation Rental in the Exclusive Indian Wells Country Club in the Sunny Palm Springs area of Southern California! 2 or 3 bed-rooms, furnished for your com-plete relaxation and if you are a glutton for punishment, play golf on l or both of the beauti-ful courses. FYI, wireless internet and long distance phone calls (USA) included. Starting at $4,500.00 in season (Jan, Feb, March, April) or $2,300.00 per month not in sea-son. Call (760) 345-6124. INDLl TO ADVb.R. Tl6b.R.6 Baker Precision Racing Products ............. 49 Bil stein .................................................. 19 BORE Ely 200 .......................................... 4 BTR Racing Wheels ................................ 38 Butch's Speed Shop ................................ 22 CODE De La Amistad gran Prix .............. 2 Competition Air Systems ........................ 26 CORR ........................................ Back Cover Fabtech Dirt Logic Shocks ....................... 21 Fox Racing Shox ..................................... 15 Fuel Safe Racing Cells/Custom Works ...... 24 Johnson Valley Partnership ................. 35 Kar Tek Off Road .................................... 37 Kawaguchi Honda .................................. 25 King Shock Technology ........................... 44 McKenzie's Performance Products .......... 32 Mesa Hose ............................................. 51 Mendeola T ransaxles .............................. 14 Mojave Desert Racing California 200 ..... 23 Nevada Off Road Buggy .......................... 12 Off Road Warehouse ............................... 15 Parker Pumper Helmets ......................... 17 PCI Race Radios ....................................... 5 Premium Power Welders ........................ 10 Prowire Motorsport Electrics .................. 46 Pull Pall ................................................. 10 Race Prep Services : ................................ 45 Racer X Motorsports ............................... 29 Race Ready Products .............................. 50 Robby Gordon Off Road ........................... 11 Ronco Plastics ........................................ 42 Sakata Motorsport Electronics ................ 40 SCORE Las Vegas Cup IV ....................... 30 Simpson D3 Restraint ............................ 16 Skyjacker Suspensions ........................... 27 SNORE KC Hilites Midnight Special .... 28 Soltek Light Systems .............................. 47 South Point Casino ................................. 9 Specialty Products Design ....................... 48 Stewart Raceworks .. .... ...... ....... ... ... ... ... 39 Swift Springs ......................................... 33 Team Ford ............................................. 31 T ransaxle Engineering ............................ 20 Vision X Off Road Lighting ....................... 43 VP Racing Fuels . ................. ... .............. ... 41 11eu cam naa,,y cams ..... ,. ..................... 13 Page 59

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