Primm '08

[Blanco]

SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark

August 9, 2008

Round 4 of 2008 SCORE Desert Series
Bill Varnes draws first start in SCORE Trophy-Truck

For next month’s 13th SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300

SCORE’s 35th season continues Sept. 5-7 with nearly 150 entries

Expected in 18 Pro & 2 Sportsman classes for cars and trucks

LOS ANGELES—Noted chassis builder Bill Varnes of Santee, Calif., has drawn the first starting position in the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division in the computerized drawing for start positions for next month’s 13th Annual SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 desert race. Round 4 of the five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series will be held Sept. 5-7 in Primm, Nev.

In a sport where there is no qualifying or open pre-running (in the U.S.), the drawing for start positions has added significance and Varnes’ No. 74 MasterCraft Racing Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck was selected randomly in Friday’s computerized drawing at the SCORE Int’l headquarters in Los Angeles.

The 13th Annual SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 will feature 18 Pro and 2 Sportsman classes for cars and trucks in Primm, located 45 miles south of Las Vegas at the California border. This year’s starting grid is expected to reach nearly vehicles. Late entries will be accepted up until race morning.

For the seventh consecutive year, the race will be split into two groups with the open wheel, slower truck and VW baja bug classes starting at 6 a.m. The faster truck classes, including the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division along with the unlimited Class 1 open-wheel desert race cars, will start at 1 p.m. One vehicle will start every 30 seconds in the elapsed-time race.

The main pits and start/finish area for the 72.0-mile loop course will be located behind Buffalo Bills Resort on the North side of the property. The faster classes will run four laps around the course while the slower ones will be required to run either three or two laps within the seven-hour time limit to become official finishers.

A total of 19 SCORE Trophy-Trucks, were entered in time for the start draw, and the high-tech, 800-horsepower unlimited production trucks will lead the afternoon group into the Southern Nevada desert.

The first vehicle to leave the start line in the morning portion of the event will be Class 10 vehicle driven by the Las Vegas team of Michael Wichmann/Rick Lance, in a Volkswagen-powered Chenowth open-wheel desert race car.

Seven of last year’s 16 class winners have entered so far, including four of last year’s top five overall finishers.

“This should be fun, but I’m glad I know how to move over in the desert,” said Varnes, 61, who owns the Mirage chassis manufacturing company. “These SCORE Trophy-Trucks are incredible racing machines and I am looking forward to being behind the wheel of one in a SCORE race. There are some really fast trucks and Class 1 cars behind me and I will have no problem pulling over for them. But they have to catch me first.”

Varnes’ co-driver for the race will be Dan Fogle, 50, of Palmdale, Calif.

Starting behind the 19 SCORE Trophy-Trucks will be the unlimited Class 1 for open-wheel desert race cars, which also had 19 entries in the start draw. In the first 12 years of the SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300, SCORE Trophy-Trucks have eight Overall race wins while Class 1 has four. SCORE Trophy-Trucks have won five straight overall titles.

Drawing the first starting spot in Class 1 was the All-German Auto team of World Rally Championship veteran Armin Schwarz of Germany and Martin Christensen of Escondido, Calif. in the No. 101 BMW-powered Jimco open-wheel desert race car. Class 1 winners in this year’s Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 in March, the Schwarz/Christensen team is currently fifth in Class 1 season points.

Eric Solorzano, Tijuana, Mexico, has the most class wins in the SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300. Solorzano has won Class 11 in eight of the first 12 years of this race in a VW Sedan. Donald Moss, Sacramento, Calif., is third on the all-time list with five Class 3 wins in a Ford Bronco, including the last four straight years.

Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., returns as the defending overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck winner in the No. 38 G&R Racing Ford F-150 and he drew the 17th starting position in the class.

Behind SCORE Trophy-Truck and Class 1 (19 entries each), the classes with the most entries in time for the drawing were: SCORE Lite (13) and Class 1-2/1600 (12).

The highly-competitive 2008 SCORE Desert Series has 20 racers separated by just 48 points in the Overall standings after the 14th SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, 22nd Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 and 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 desert races.

Among the other racers drawing first starting positions for this race is Adam Pfankuch, Carlsbad, Calif, who will lead Class 1-2/1600 in the No. 1601 1600cc Mirage-VW. Pfankuch, who has won his class twice this season, leads not only his class, but is the 2008 SCORE Overall point leader after the first three races of the season.

Pre-race festivities on Friday, Sept. 5, for the SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300, including tech and contingency and the SCORE Manufacturer’s Midway, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. behind Buffalo Bill’s Resort. The post-race awards celebration will be held at 10 a.m. on Sunday (Sept. 7) in the conference center at Terrible’s Primm Valley Resort.

The 2008 SCORE Desert Series also includes the chase for the $20,000 Volkswagen Point Leader Bonus and the run for the Toyota Milestone Awards for car and truck racers who complete every required mile of the season.

Current SCORE official annual sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, Sunoco Race Fuels -official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock, Volkswagen of America-official vehicle, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-official Mexican auto insurance, Slime-official tire sealant, Red Bull--official energy drink and Bosch Power Tools-official power tool. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Las Vegas Events, Terrible Herbst Inc., Blue C Enthusiast Advertising, Kartek Off-Road, American Suzuki, SignPros, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.

Co-title sponsors for the 13th SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300 are Las Vegas Events and Terrible Herbst Inc.

For more information, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the 2007 SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.

13th Annual SCORE Terribles Primm 300
Sept. 5-7 -- Primm, Nevada

Official Entries-105(as of 8/9/08)
(From 11 States, Canada, Mexico and Germany)

(Starting Order, By Class)

SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (19)

74 Bill Varnes

2 Pete Sohren

16 Cameron Steele

50 Jason McNeil

1 Mark Post

91 Bill McBeath

8 Roger Norman

84 Nick Vanderwey

7 Scott Steinberger

96 Bobby Baldwin

22 Damen Jefferies

97 B.J. Baldwin

85 Todd Wyllie

60 Mike Voudouris

93 Robby Fallers

12 Brian Collins

38 Garron Cadiente

44 Adam Householder

35 Robbie Pierce



CLASS 1 (19)

101 Armin Schwarz

102 Dale Lenk

103 B.J. Richardson

104 Chuck Dempsey

105 Ronny Wilson

106 Steve Sourapas

107 Kory Halopoff

108 Brian Parkhouse

109 Richard Boyle

100 Billy Gasper

111 Terry Householder

112 Harley Letner

113 Guy Peterson

114 Randy Wilson

115 Dale Ebberts

116 Pat Dean

117 Luis Ramirez Jr.

118 Eric Chase

119 Armin Kremer



CLASS 1-2/1600 (12)

1601 Adam Pfankuch

1602 Brian Wilson

1603 Brad Wilson

1604 Cory Boyer

1600 David Caspino

1606 Hiram Duran

1607 Matthew Niles

1608 Hector Garcia

1609 Aaron Hawley

1610 Steven Eugenio

1611 Arturo Velazco

1612 Kevin Smith



CLASS 3 (2)

301 Donald Moss

302 Daniel Wright



CLASS 5 (1)

501 Kevin Carr



CLASS 5/1600 (9)

551 Enrique Zazueta Jr.

552 Alonso Angulo

553 Raul Solano

554 Tommy Craft

555 Trevor Anderson

556 Ernie Negrete

577 Saul Garcia

578 Jose Montoya

579 Marcos Nunez



CLASS 7 (3)

700 Dan Chamlee

701 Brandon Walsh

719 A.J. Rodriguez



CLASS 7SX (3)

741 Heidi Steele

742 Rodd Fantelli

743 Aaron Gomez



CLASS 8 (1)

801 Noah Ostanik



CLASS 10 (9)

1001 Michael Wichmann

1002 Bekki Wik

1003 Tito Robles

1004 Adam Ashcraft

1005 Robert McBeath

1006 Jeremy James

1007 Mark Hutchins

1008 Ken Tapert

1009 Mike Lawrence



SCORE LITES (13)

1201 Daniel Folts

1202 David Callaway

1200 Tom Watson

1204 Perry McNeil

1205 Mike Sandoval

1206 Steve Mamer

1207 Brian Burgess

1208 Mike Williams

1209 Lee Banning

1210 Rick St. John

1211 John Padgett

1212 Bill Hernquist

1213 Gary Johnson



CLASS 11 (1)

1149 Eric Solorzano



STOCK FULL (3)

861 Justin Matney

862 Chad Hall

879 Clyde Stacy



STOCK MINI (2)

760 Rod Hall

779 Steve Kovach



PROTRUCK (1)

233 Max Post



SPT CAR (1)

1400 Peter Lang



SPT TRUCK (6)

1501 Jeff Stowers

1500 Keith Growe

1503 Nick Tonelli

1504 Joe Aguayo

1505 Kyle Caso

1506 Bob Land


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Nice to see we have at least two enteries so far, about 6 or so other class'es only have one. :o

[flyinbronco]

We need 4 or 5 more entries to make it interseting. :D

[Tazz]

We need 4 or 5 more entries to make it interseting. :D

Sign up then :)

[flyinbronco]

Sign up then :)

I hear you.

[bajabum]

you can count us in for primm

[Blanco]

you can count us in for primm

Ok thats 3 so far! :D

I was just talking to my girl about Primm & dont know if I can afford it.
If SAG goes on strike there no way I can afford the hotel. :(

[Yikes]

Ok thats 3 so far! :D

I was just talking to my girl about Primm & dont know if I can afford it.
If SAG goes on strike there no way I can afford the hotel. :(

So just make a day trip of it. It's not that far. I'm planning to go for the day.

[Blanco]

So just make a day trip of it. It's not that far. I'm planning to go for the day.

Maybe... http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/humm_smilie.gif

But like I said, If SAG goes on strike I'll be living on unemployment. :(

[flyinbronco]

So just make a day trip of it. It's not that far. I'm planning to go for the day.

Ill be glad to see you there Brian. I'll be there helping the Moss Brothers again. Give me a shout when you get there. I'm anxious to check out your new work.

I'm glad to see the list of entries growing. Anybody else?

[Broncodawg]

I'll be there with a remote pit supporting WCBA Racing (Tazz) and the Moss Bros if and when they ever need it. :cool: knocking on wood!
Will likely be at Primm pit with a brown 97 F 2fitty and blue ez-up, so stop by and say hey. Come out for the day Blanco.

[ExtremeMotorsports2]

Unfortunately we won't be at Primm this year. Saving money for Baja - :)

[Blanco]

Unfortunately we won't be at Primm this year. Saving money for Baja - :)

Your gonna race the 1000?

[ExtremeMotorsports2]

Yup! Can't wait!

[Blanco]

SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark,

September 1, 2008

NOTE: Late entries will be accepted until race morning (Saturday, Sept. 6).
13th SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300
Round 4 of five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series
September 5-7, 2008 Primm, Nevada

OFFICIAL ENTRIES
(By Class Starting Order—as of 9/1/08)

Pro Cars & Trucks

SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (Unlimited Production Trucks)--
74 Bill Varnes, Santee, Calif., Ford F-150
2 Pete Sohren, Glendale, Ariz., Ford F-150
16 Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif./Rick Geiser, Phoenix, Cadillac Escalade
50 Jason McNeil/Nick Kraus, El Cajon, Calif., Ford F-150
1 Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150
91 Bill McBeath, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
8 Roger Norman, Reno, Nev./Larry Roeseler, Irvine, Calif., Ford F-150
84 Nick Vanderwey, Phoenix/Larry Vanderwey, Litchfield Park, Ariz./Michael Vanderwey, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado
7 Scott Steinberger, Cypress, Calif./Mike Childress, Wrightwood, Calif., Ford F-150
96 Bobby Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
22 Damen Jefferies, Apple Valley, Calif., Chevy Silverado
97 B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
85 Todd Wyllie, New River, Ariz., Chevy Silverado
60 Mike Voudouris, Austin, Texas, Ford F-150
93 Robby Fallers/Bob Fallers, Peoria, Ariz.
12 Brian Collins, Las Vegas/Chuck Hovey, Escondido, Calif., Dodge Ram 1500
38 Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., Ford F-150
44 Adam Householder, Orange, Calif., Chevy Silverado
35 Robbie Pierce, Santee, Calif./Brent Gustin, Seal Beach, Calif., Chevy Silverado
51 Kory Scheeler, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado
39 Ron Whitton, Mesa, Ariz., Ford F-150
89 Rusty Stevens/Chad Quarles, Pampa, Texas, Ford F-150

CLASS 1 (Unlimited single or two-seaters)--
101 Armin Schwarz, Germany/Martin Christensen, Escondido, Calif., Jimco-BMW
102 Dale Lenk, Costa Mesa, Calif./Randy Perry, Santa Ana, Calif./Grant Lenk, Costa Mesa, Calif., Penhall-Chevy
103 B.J. Richardson, Las Vegas, Bunderson-Chevy
104 Chuck Dempsey, Oak Hills, Calif./Raymond Barre, Reno, Nev./Mark Levrett, Sparks, Nev., HMS-Chevy
105 Ronny Wilson, Long Beach, Calif./Sammy Ehrenberg, Las Vegas, Jimco-Chevy
106 Steve Sourapas, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., RPS-Chevy
107 Kory Halopoff, Tatum-Chevy
108 Brian Parkhouse, Bell Gardens, Calif./Tom Ridings, Los Alamitos, Calif. Jimco-Chevy
109 Richard Boyle, Ridgecrest, Calif./Tom Kirkmeyer, Apple Valley, Calif., HMS-Chevy
100 Bill Gasper, Chino Hills, Calif./Dave Gasper, Santa Barbara, Calif., Porter-Chevy
111 Terry Householder, Orange, Calif., Playtech-Chevy
112 Harley Letner, Orange, Calif., Alpha-Chevy
113 Guy Peterson, Arcadia, Calif./Mike Nex, Temecula, Calif., Penhall-Chevy
114 Randy Wilson, Lakewood, Calif./Charlie Gioffredi, Long Beach, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
115 Dale Ebberts, Wilton, Calif./Brad Etter, Villa Park, Calif., Porter-Chevy
116 Pat Dean, Las Vegas, Bunderson-Chevy
117 Luis Ramirez Jr. /Nicolas Ambriz, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Jefferies-Chevy
118 Eric Chase, San Diego/Stuart Chase, Burbank, Calif., Penhall-Chevy
119 Armin Kremer, Germany/Adam Pfankuch, Carlsbad, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
120 Daniel Wingerning, Redondo Beach, Calif./Bill Wingerning, Rolling Hills, Calif., Jimco-Chevy
121 Tim McDonnell, Yorba Linda, Calif./Brian McDonnell, La Habra, Calif., Penhall-Chevy
122 John Herder, Tucson, Ariz., Jimco-Viper
148 Greg Nunley, Tulare, Calif./Derron Dillard, Visalia, Calif., Sandco-Chevy
149 Cam Theriot, Petaluma, Calif./Glenn Harris, Simi Valley, Calif., RPS-Chevy

CLASS 1-2/1600 (VW-powered, single or two-seaters to 1600cc)--
1601 Adam Pfankuch, Carlsbad, Calif., Mirage
1602 Brian Wilson, Long Beach, Calif./Colin Morris, Lakewood, Calif., Jimco
1603 Brad Wilson, Long Beach, Calif./Sammy Ehrenberg, Las Vegas, Jimco
1604 Cory Boyer/Rick Boyer, Bakersfield, Calif./Fernie Padilla, Las Vegas, Lothringer
1600 Dave Caspino, Woodland Hills, Calif./Mike Malloy, Las Vegas, Lothringer
1606 Hiram Duran/Eric Duran/Evan Duran, Tecate, Calif., Neth
1607 Matthew Niles, Los Angeles/Robin Lagui, Stevenson Ranch, Calif., Kreger
1608 Hector Garcia/Roberto Encinas, Chula Vista, Calif./Teodoro Gonzalez, San Diego, Yees
1609 Aaron Hawley, Las Vegas/Bryan Freeman, Henderson, Nev., Seagrove
1610 Steven Eugenio, El Centro, Calif., Fraley
1611 Arturo Velazco, Banning, Calif./Steve Cruz, San Diego/Abel Velazco, Banning, Calif., Porter
1612 Kevin Smith/Brian Smith, La Verne, Calif., Mirage
1613 Armando Avila, Horizon, Texas/Ariel Avalos, El Paso, Texas, Jimco
1649 Brent Parkhouse/Cody Parkhouse, Long Beach, Calif., Mirage

CLASS 3 (Short Wheelbase 4X4)--
301 Donald Moss, Sacramento, Calif./Ken Moss, Marysville, Calif., Ford Bronco
302 Daniel Wright, Rio Vista, Calif./Daniel Field, Fruitland, Idaho/Jeremy Parriott, Moab, Utah, Ford Bronco


CLASS 5 (Unlimited VW Baja Bugs)--
501 Kevin Carr, San Diego

CLASS 5/1600 (1600cc VW Baja Bugs)--
551 Enrique Zazueta Jr./Enrique Zazueta Sr./Edgar Zazueta/Sodgi Zazueta, La Paz, Mexico
552 Alonso Angulo, Ensenada, Mexico
553 Raul Solano/Richard Garavito, Chino, Calif.
554 Tommy Craft, El Cajon, Calif./Ron Craft, Santee, Calif./Reid Rutherford, Montrose, Colo.
555 Trevor Anderson/Mark Anderson, Carlsbad, Calif.
556 Ernie Negrete, San Diego/Oscar Venagas, Rosarito, Mexico/Gabriel Diaz, San Ysidro, Calif.
577 Saul Garcia, Hemet, Calif.
578 Jose Montoya/Adolfo Arambula, Ensenada, Mexico
579 Marcos Nunez/Norberto Rivera, Ensenada, Mexico

CLASS 7 (Open mini trucks)--
700 Dan Chamlee/Tom Chamlee, Carpenteria, Calif., Ford Ranger
701 Brandon Walsh, Encinitas, Calif./Travis Freedman, Salome, Ariz., Toyota Tacoma
702 Jason Rodriguez, Alpine, Calif., Ford Ranger
719 A.J. Rodriguez, Perris, Calif./Paul Sullivan, Riverside, Calif., Ford Ranger

CLASS 7SX (Modified, open mini trucks)--
741 Heidi Steele, San Clemente, Calif./Rene Brugger, San Diego, Ford Ranger
742 Rodd Fantelli, Ramona, Calif., Ford Ranger
743 Aaron Gomez, Fallbrook, Calif./Michael Dwyer, Temecula, Calif., Ford Ranger
759 John Holmes, Olivenhain, Calif./Mark Landersman, Temecula, Calif., Ford Ranger

CLASS 8 (Full-sized two-wheel drive trucks)--
801 Noah Ostanik, Encinitas, Calif., Ford F-150

CLASS 10 (Single or two-seaters to 1650cc)--
1001 Michael Wichmann/Rick Lance, Las Vegas, Chenowth-VW
1002 Bekki Wik/Adam Wik, Las Vegas, Bunderson-Honda
1003 Tito Robles/Arturo Salas, Chula Vista, Calif., Jimco-Honda
1004 Adam Ashcraft, Vista, Calif., AlumiCraft-VW
1005 Robert McBeath/Jessica McBeath, Las Vegas
1006 Jeremy James, Surprise, Ariz./Mike James, Alpine, Calif., Jimco-VW
1007 Mark Hutchins/C.J. Hutchins, Henderson, Nev., Kreger-Honda
1008 Ken Tapert, Henderson, Nev., Tatum-VW
1009 Mike Lawrence, Sunset Beach, Calif./Anthony Lopiccalo, Brea, Calif., Lothringer-VW
1010 Tim Pangborn/James Pangborn, Las Vegas

SCORE LITE (VW-powered, Limited single-1776cc-or two-seaters-1835cc)--
1201 Daniel Folts, Chino, Calif., Seagrove
1202 David Callaway, Menifee, Calif./Scott Mapes, Riverside, Calif., Callaway
1200 Tom Watson, El Centro, Calif./Tim Noe/David Scaroni, San Diego, Prill
1204 Perry McNeal/Alfie Bueno, San Diego, Lothringer
1205 Mike Sandoval, Escondido, Calif., Meco
1206 Steve Mamer, Holtville, Calif./Craig Smith, Brawley, Calif., Raceco
1207 Brian Burgess, Riverside, Calif./Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif., Moulton
1208 Mike Williams, Prescott, Ariz./Blaise Jackson, Fallbrook, Calif., Meco
1209 Lee Banning, Laveen, Ariz./Lee Banning Jr., Litchfield Park, Ariz.
1210 Rick St. John, Encinitas, Calif./Ramsey El Wardani, San Diego/Vic Bruckmann, Lemon Grove, Calif., Duvel
1211 John Padgett/Julie Padgett/Ryan Nikita, Canada, Kreger
1212 Bill Hernquist/Scott Reams, San Diego, Jimco
1248 Jake Jones, Aliso Viejo, Calif./Scot Jones, San Clemente, Calif., Hankbuilt
1249 Ty Godde, Cal City, Calif./Jim Greenway, Ojai, Calif
CLASS 11 (Stock VW Sedans)--
1100 Ramon Fernandez/Thomas Fernandez, Ensenada, Mexico
1101 Mauro Diaz, Covington, Wash./David Sanchez, Hesperia, Calif.
1149 Eric Solorzano, Tijuana, Mexico

STOCK FULL (Stock, Full-sized trucks)--
861 Justin Matney, Bristol, Tenn./Clyde Stacy/Michael Powell, Bristol, Va./William Aylor, Union, Ky., Dodge Ram2500
862 Chad Hall, Reno, Nev., Hummer H3Alpha
860 John Griffin, Mission Viejo, Calif./Jeremy Spirkoff, El Cajon, Calif., Ford F-350
878 Kent Kroeker, Valley Center, Calif./Frank Martwek, San Clemente, Calif., Dodge2500
879 Clyde Stacy/Michael Powell, Bristol, Va./Justin Matney, Bristol, Tenn./Jeremy Maltier, Bristol, Va., Dodge Ram2500

STOCK MINI (Stock, Mini-sized trucks)--
760 Rod Hall, Reno, Nev., Hummer H3
761 Steve Kovach, Tempe, Airz./Chip Carr, Gilbert, Ariz., Ford Ranger

PROTRUCK (Limited Production Trucks)--
235 Jason Voss/Rich Voss, Cupertino, Calif., Ford F-150
233 Max Post, Laguna Beach, Calif., Ford F-150

CLASS 17 (Class 3, Modified Jeeps)--
1749 Scott Watkins, Stockton, Calif./Casey Bount, Danville, Calif., Jeep XJ Cherokee
SPORTSMAN

SPT CAR--
1400 Peter Lang/Terry Cotter/Brian Jellison, Santa Rosa, Calif., Homebuilt-Chevy

SPT TRUCK
1501 Jeff Stowers, Trabucco Canyon, Calif., Chevy Silverado
1500 Keith Growe/Mark Growe, Placentia, Calif., Ford Ranger
1503 Nick Tonelli, Huntington Beach, Calif./Eric Hampton, Lake Forest, Calif., Ford Ranger
1504 Joe Aguayo, San Jacinto, Calif./Jaime Banks, Pala, Calif., Ford F-150
1505 Kyle Caso, Fallbrook, Calif./Dustin Hensley, Menifee, Calif., Ford Ranger
1506 Bob Land, Lake Forest, Calif./Eric Garcia, Indio, Calif./Tom Hanscom, Crystal Lake, Ill., Jeep Cherokee
1507 Gregg Hempel, Las Vegas/Dino Ianucci, Henderson, Nev., GM
1549 Matt Scaroni, Heber, Calif., Chevy Trophy-Lite

[Blanco]

SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark,

September 2, 2008

Saturday in Primm, Nev.
127 entries from 13 States, Mexico, Canada & Germany
Ready for Saturday’s 13th SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300

LIVE online vehicle tracking for Round 5 of six-race
2008 SCORE Desert Series at www.racetheworld.net

LOS ANGELES—Hoping to become the first repeat overall winner in race history, Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., returns as the defending overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck champion for this weekend’s 13th annual SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 desert race. Round 4 of the five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series will be held Saturday in Primm, Nev., 45 miles south of Las Vegas at the Nevada/California border.
The 13th Annual SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 will feature 18 Pro and 2 Sportsman classes for cars and trucks in Primm and this year’s starting grid is expected to reach over 140 vehicles. Entries will be accepted up until race morning.
With two career wins in the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck racing division for high-tech, 800-horsepower, unlimited production trucks, Cadiente will drive the No. 38 GNR Racing Ford F-150 and he will start 17th out of the 22 trucks entered to date in the class.
Eleven of last year’s 16 class winners have entered, including all of last year’s top five and eight of the top 10 overall finishers.
For the seventh consecutive year, the race will be split into two groups with the open wheel, slower truck and VW baja bug classes starting at 6 a.m. on Saturday. The faster truck classes, including the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division along with the unlimited Class 1 open-wheel desert race cars, will start at 1 p.m. One vehicle will start every 30 seconds in the elapsed-time race.
Pre-race festivities on Friday for the SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300, including tech and contingency and the SCORE Manufacturer’s Midway, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. behind Buffalo Bill’s Resort. The post-race awards celebration will be held at 10 a.m. on Sunday in the conference center at Terrible’s Primm Valley Resort.
“We have been developing new elements with our racing program, so our results since last year’s SCORE Primm race haven’t been where we want them to be,” said Cadiente, who won the 2006 Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 on the way to earning 2006 SCORE Rookie of the Year honors. “We have made significant progress and look forward to seeing how far we’ve come in Primm. This will also be the first race for our new team sponsor—Empire Southwest-CAT—and both the GNR No. 38 and the GNR No. 39 SCORE Trophy-Trucks will be looking for spots on the podium.”
The main pits and start/finish area for the 72.0-mile loop course will be located behind Buffalo Bills Resort on the North side of the property. The faster classes will run four laps around the course while the slower ones will be required to run either three or two laps within the seven-hour time limit to become official finishers.
A total of 22 SCORE Trophy-Trucks are entered to date, and the marquee SCORE racing division will lead the afternoon group into the Southern Nevada desert.
Starting behind the 22 SCORE Trophy-Trucks will be the unlimited Class 1 for open-wheel desert race cars, which has 24 entries to date. In the first 12 years of the SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300, SCORE Trophy-Trucks have eight Overall race wins while Class 1 has four. SCORE Trophy-Trucks have won five straight overall titles.
In a sport where there is no qualifying or open pre-running (in the U.S.), the drawing for start positions has added significance and the No. 74 MasterCraft Racing Ford F-150 SCORE Trophy-Truck of Bill Varnes, Santee, Calif., was selected randomly in the computerized drawing at the SCORE Int’l headquarters in Los Angeles last month.
Drawing the first starting spot in Class 1 was the All-German Motorsports team of World Rally Championship veteran Armin Schwarz of Germany and Martin Christensen of Escondido, Calif. in the No. 101 BMW-powered Jimco open-wheel desert race car. Class 1 winners in this year’s Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 in March, the Schwarz/Christensen team is currently fifth in Class 1 season points.
The first vehicle to leave the start line in the morning portion of the event will be the Class 10 vehicle driven by the Las Vegas team of Michael Wichmann/Rick Lance, in a Volkswagen-powered Chenowth open-wheel desert race car.
Las Vegas’ Brian Collins, the 2005 Overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck winner in Primm will start 16th in class, just ahead of Cadiente, in the No. 12 Collins Motorsports Mopar Dodge Ram1500. Splitting the driving with Collins this year will be Chuck Hovey, Escondido, Calif. Collins/Hovey finished third in their first SCORE race together, the 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 this past June in Ensenada, Mexico.
Eric Solorzano, Tijuana, Mexico, has the most class wins in the SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300. Solorzano has won Class 11 in eight of the first 12 years of this race in a VW Sedan. Donald Moss, Sacramento, Calif., is third on the all-time list with five Class 3 wins in a Ford Bronco, including the last four straight years.
Behind SCORE Trophy-Truck (22) and Class 1 (24), the classes with the most entries to date are SCORE Lite and Class 1-2/1600 (14 each).
Among the other racers drawing first starting positions for this race is Adam Pfankuch, Carlsbad, Calif, who will lead Class 1-2/1600 in the No. 1601 1600cc Mirage-VW. Pfankuch, who has won his class twice this season, leads not only his class, but is the 2008 SCORE Overall point leader after the first three races of the season. Pfankuch will be one of several drivers pulling double duty as he is also now a driver as well for the All German Motorsports team and will drive part of the race in Class 1 for driver of record Armin Kremer of Germany.
The talented field in Saturday’s race also features two female drivers of record, who are both among the favorites to win their respective classes.
Bekki Wik of Las Vegas, a two-time SCORE Class 1-2/1600 season point champion, returns to Class 10 where she will start second in class and split driving with her husband Adam Wik, a noted desert racing engine builder. The Wiks will drive their new Honda-powered Bunderson open-wheel desert race car.
Heidi Steele, of San Clemente, Calif., is leading this year’s SCORE point standings in Class 7SX where she has two SCORE race wins this season and will start first in here class in a Ford Ranger. Heidi’s husband Cameron Steele drives the No. 16 Cadillac Escalade SCORE Trophy-Truck and will be the third vehicle off the line in the afternoon portion of the race. Cameron Steele will also drive in the morning portion of the race, splitting time in the SCORE Lite class with Brian Burgess, Riverside, Calif.
The highly-competitive 2008 SCORE Desert Series has 20 racers separated by just 48 points in the Overall standings after the 14th SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge, 22nd Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 and 40th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 desert races.
In the tight point’s race in SCORE Trophy-Truck, 2006 season point champion Las Vegas’ B.J. Baldwin leads and is coming off his seven-second victory over defending series point champion Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas in June’s Tecate SCORE Baja 500.
Baldwin has 211 points in the No. 97 Baldwin Motorsports Chevy Silverado while Post/MacCachren is second with 190 in the No. 1 Riviera Racing Ford F-150. Third in SCORE Trophy-Truck points is Robbie Pierce, Santee, Calif. with 185 points in the No. 35 MasterCraft Racing Chevy Silverado while Collins is fourth with 180.
Fifth with 179 points in the 2008 SCORE Trophy-Truck points is Damen Jefferies, Oak Hills, Calif., in the No. 22 Herman Motorsports Chevy Sivlerado while sixth with 165 points is Reno’s Roger Norman/Larry Roeseler, Irvine, Calif., in the No. 8 Norman Motorsports Chevy Silverado.
In Primm on Saturday, Post/MacCachren will start fifth, Norman/Roeseler seventh, Jefferies 11th, Baldwin 12th, Collins 16th and Pierce 19th.
Live online tracking of all vehicles in the race will be available through International Racing Consultants at the website at www.racetheworld.net.
The 2008 SCORE Desert Series also includes the chase for the $20,000 Volkswagen of America Point Leader Bonus and the run for the Toyota Milestone Awards for car and truck racers who complete every required mile of the season. To date, 16 drivers are still eligible for the Toyota Milestone Awards.
Current SCORE official annual sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, Sunoco Race Fuels -official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock, Volkswagen of America-official vehicle, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-official Mexican auto insurance, Slime-official tire sealant, Red Bull--official energy drink and Bosch Power Tools-official power tool. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Las Vegas Events, Terrible Herbst Inc., Blue C Enthusiast Advertising, Kartek Off-Road, American Suzuki, SignPros, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.
Co-title sponsors for the 13th SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 are Las Vegas Events and Terrible Herbst Inc.
For more information, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the 2007 SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.

SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300
ALL-TIME OVERALL WINNERS

1996--Robby Gordon, Orange, Calif., Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
1997--Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., Jeep Grand Cherokee (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
1998--Ed and Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
1999--Troy Herbst, Las Vegas, Smithbuilt-Ford (Class 1)
2000--Steve Sourapas, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Jimco-Chevy (Class 1)
2001--Troy Herbst, Las Vegas, Smithbuilt-Ford (Class 1)
2002--Mike Julson, Santee, Calif./Bob Lofton, Westmorland, Calif., Jimco-Chevy (Class 1)
2003--Tim Herbst/Ed Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
2004--Alan Pflueger, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
2005--Brian Collins, Las Vegas/Larry Ragland, Cave Creek, Ariz., Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
2006—Bob Shepard, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
2007—Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck)

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Looks like I MIGHT actually show up. http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/humm_smilie.gif

But if I do, I'll be staying with Rodd Fantelli in their 7SX FORD Ranger group.
They just invited me to sleep on the floor of their room for free....

But then again I'm working Thursday & Friday & might be too tired for the drive after work or might be working nights.:rolleyes:

But keep an eye out for me in my Class 3 Cup shirt. http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/7.gif

[Broncodawg]

Will be at Pit B on Knight ranch road. Brown 97 F 2fitty with blue ez up.
Stop by.

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Anyone gonna be tracking this race?

Whats the best site to track our friends on? :confused:

This one dont look too bad. :)
http://racetrackinginternational.com/tracking/?raceID=4

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I'm leaving at 5am. Should be there around 7:30. Planning to meet up with Gunit at the #84TT B pit. I'll have the C3Cup shirt on. My Bronco is fugly fendered and has Broncospeed decals on the side. Flag me down if you see me.

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This one dont look too bad. :)
http://racetrackinginternational.com/tracking/?raceID=4

Does anyone know of a better one than this one above?
I'm not digging it to much. :rolleyes:

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SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark

September 6, 2008

13th SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300
Sept. 6, 2008, Primm, NEV. – 288 Miles (4 laps, 72-mile course)
Round 4 of five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series
Total Starters: 124 Total Finishers: 86 (69.4%)
OFFICIAL FINISHERS

Pro Cars & Trucks
SCORE TROPHY-TRUCK (Unlimited Production Trucks)—1. Roger Norman, Reno, Nev./Larry Roeseler, Irvine, Calif., Ford F-150, 4:50:20 (59.517 mph); 2. Brian Collins, Las Vegas/Chuck Hovey, Escondido, Calif., Dodge Ram 1500, 4:52:08; 3. Ron Whitton, Mesa, Ariz.,/Todd LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., Ford F-150, 5:04:24; 4. Damen Jefferies, Apple Valley, Calif., Chevy Silverado, 5:07:29; 5. Bill McBeath, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado, 5:10:39; 6. Nick Vanderwey, Phoenix/Larry Vanderwey, Litchfield Park, Ariz./Michael Vanderwey, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado, 5:11:11; 7. Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150, 5:12:50; 8. Robbie Pierce, Santee, Calif./Brent Gustin, Seal Beach, Calif., Chevy Silverado, 5:22:12; 9. Adam Householder, Orange, Calif., Chevy Silverado, 5:48:14; 10. B.J. Baldwin, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado, 6:17:58; 11. Mike Voudouris, Austin, Texas, Ford F-150, 6:21:54.
(20 Starters, 11 Finishers)
CLASS 1 (Unlimited single or two-seaters)—1. Armin Schwarz, Germany/Martin Christensen, Escondido, Calif., Jimco-BMW, 4:58:54 (57.81 mph); 2. B.J. Richardson, Las Vegas, Bunderson-Chevy,5:06:10; 3. Dale Lenk, Costa Mesa, Calif./Randy Perry, Santa Ana, Calif./Grant Lenk, Costa Mesa, Calif., Penhall-Chevy, 5:18:00; 4. Brian Parkhouse, Bell Gardens, Calif./Tom Ridings, Los Alamitos, Calif. Jimco-Chevy, 5:26:06; 5. Tim McDonnell, Yorba Linda, Calif./Brian McDonnell, La Habra, Calif., Penhall-Chevy, 5:29:10; 6. Randy Wilson, Lakewood, Calif./Charlie Gioffredi, Long Beach, Calif., Jimco-Chevy, 5:30:27; 7. Daniel Wingerning, Redondo Beach, Calif./Bill Wingerning, Rolling Hills, Calif., Jimco-Chevy, 5:31:46; 113 Guy Peterson, Arcadia, Calif./Mike Nex, Temecula, Calif., Penhall-Chevy, 5:43:13; 9. Steve Sourapas, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., RPS-Chevy, 5:44:36; 10. Ronny Wilson, Long Beach, Calif./Sammy Ehrenberg, Las Vegas, Jimco-Chevy (6:10:56); 11. Chuck Dempsey, Oak Hills, Calif./Raymond Barre, Reno, Nev./Mark Levrett, Sparks, Nev., HMS-Chevy, 6:19:29; 12. Richard Boyle, Ridgecrest, Calif./Tom Kirkmeyer, Apple Valley, Calif., HMS-Chevy, 6:27.33; 13. John Herder, Tucson, Ariz., Jimco-Viper, 6:40:41; 14. Luis Ramirez Jr. /Nicolas Ambriz, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Jefferies-Chevy, 6:54:36; 15.Dale Ebberts, Wilton, Calif./Brad Etter, Villa Park, Calif., Porter-Chevy, 6:56:24.
(24 Starters, 15 Finishers)
CLASS 1-2/1600 (VW-powered, single or two-seaters to 1600cc)—1. Aaron Hawley, Las Vegas/Bryan Freeman, Henderson, Nev., Seagrove, 5:51:40 (49.14 mph); 2. Steven Eugenio, El Centro, Calif., Fraley, 6:00:14;
3. Dave Caspino, Woodland Hills, Calif./Mike Malloy, Las Vegas, Lothringer, 6:01:35; 4. Adam Pfankuch, Carlsbad, Calif., Mirage, 6:05:38; 5. Hiram Duran/Eric Duran/Evan Duran, Tecate, Calif., Neth, 6:06:33; 6. Kevin Smith/Brian Smith, La Verne, Calif., Mirage, 6:08:17; 7. Cory Boyer/Rick Boyer, Bakersfield, Calif./Fernie Padilla, Las Vegas, Lothringer, 6:20:46; 8. Arturo Velazco, Banning, Calif./Steve Cruz, San Diego/Abel Velazco, Banning, Calif., Porter, 6:27:12; 9.Matthew Niles, Los Angeles/Robin Lagui, Stevenson Ranch, Calif., Kreger, 6:34:56;
(14 Starters, 9 Finishers)
CLASS 3 (Short Wheelbase 4X4, 2 laps, 144 miles)—1. Donald Moss, Sacramento, Calif./Ken Moss, Marysville, Calif., Ford Bronco, 4:02:01 (35.70 mph); 2. Daniel Wright, Rio Vista, Calif./Daniel Field, Fruitland, Idaho/Jeremy Parriott, Moab, Utah, Ford Bronco, 5:56:26.
(2 Starters, 2 Finishers
CLASS 5 (Unlimited VW Baja Bugs, 2 laps, 144 miles)—1. Kevin Carr, San Diego, 4:52:12 (44.35 mph).
(1 Starter, 1 Finisher)
CLASS 5/1600 (1600cc VW Baja Bugs, 3 laps, 216 miles)—1. Marcos Nunez/Norberto Rivera, Ensenada, Mexico, 4:59:50 (43.224 mph); 2. Raul Solano/Richard Garavito, Chino, Calif., 5:01:44; 3. Ernie Negrete, San Diego/Oscar Venagas, Rosarito, Mexico/Gabriel Diaz, San Ysidro, Calif.,5:32:50; 4. Jose Montoya/Adolfo Arambula, Ensenada, Mexico,5:40:46; 5. Trevor Anderson/Mark Anderson, Carlsbad, Calif., 5:56:54; 6. Tommy Craft, El Cajon, Calif./Ron Craft, Santee, Calif./Reid Rutherford, Montrose, Colo., 6:12:30; 7.Saul Garcia, Hemet, Calif., 6:34:21.
(8 Starters, 7 Finishers)
CLASS 7 (Open mini trucks, 3 laps, 216miles)—1. Chris Taylor, El Centro, Calif./Josh Quintero, Imperial, Calif., Ford Ranger, 4:41.47 (45.992 mph); 2. Jason Rodriguez, Alpine, Calif., Ford Ranger, 5:04:29; 3. Dan Chamlee/Tom Chamlee, Carpenteria, Calif., Ford Ranger, 6:54:07).
(5 Starters, 3 Finishers)
CLASS 7SX (Modified, open mini trucks )—(3 Laps, 216 miles)—1. John Holmes, Olivenhain, Calif./Mark Landersman, Temecula, Calif., Ford Ranger, 5:33:15 (38.89 mph); 2. Heidi Steele, San Clemente, Calif./Rene Brugger, San Diego, Ford Ranger, 5:49:08; 3. Aaron Gomez, Fallbrook, Calif./Michael Dwyer, Temecula, Calif., Ford Ranger, 6:34:10;4. Rodd Fantelli, Ramona, Calif., Ford Ranger, 6:34:15.
4 Starters, 4 Finishers)
CLASS 10 (Single or two-seaters to 1650cc)—1. Bekki Wik/Adam Wik, Las Vegas, Bunderson-Honda, 5:18:15 (54.30 mph); 2. Adam Ashcraft, Vista, Calif., AlumiCraft-VW, 5:19:47; 3. Mike Lawrence, Sunset Beach, Calif./Anthony Lopiccalo, Brea, Calif., Lothringer-VW, 5:56:59; 4. Michael Wichmann/Rick Lance, Las Vegas, Chenoweth-VW, 6:03:47.
(9 Starters, 4 Finishers)
SCORE LITE (VW-powered, Limited single-1776cc-or two-seaters-1835cc)—1. Perry McNeal/Alfie Bueno, San Diego, Lothringer, 5:43:54 (50.25 mph); 2. Brian Burgess, Riverside, Calif./Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif., Moulton, 5:45:46; 3. Tom Watson, El Centro, Calif./Tim Noe/David Scaroni, San Diego, Prill, 5:47:43; 4. Mike Sandoval, Escondido, Calif., Meco, 5:55:30; 5. Steve Mamer, Holtville, Calif./Craig Smith, Brawley, Calif., Raceco, 5:58:04; 6. David Callaway, Menifee, Calif./Scott Mapes, Riverside, Calif., Callaway, 6:00:38; 1212 Bill Hernquist/Scott Reams, San Diego, Jimco, 6:01:57; 8. Rick St. John, Encinitas, Calif./Ramsey El Wardani, San Diego/Vic Bruckmann, Lemon Grove, Calif., Duvel, 6:21:01; 9. Lee Banning, Laveen, Ariz./Lee Banning Jr., Litchfield Park, Ariz., Foddrill, 6:22:15; 10. Mike Williams, Prescott, Ariz./Blaise Jackson, Fallbrook, Calif., Meco, 6:41:19; 11. Ty Godde, Cal City, Calif./Jim Greenway, Ojai, Calif., Chenoweth, 6:41:32
(14 Starters, 11 Finishers)
CLASS 11 (Stock VW Sedans, 2 laps, 144 miles)—1. Ramon Fernandez/Thomas Fernandez, Ensenada, Mexico, 4:13:25 (34.09 mph); 2. Eric Solorzano, Tijuana, Mexico, 4:59:58; 3. Mauro Diaz, Covington, Wash./David Sanchez, Hesperia, Calif. 6:39:10.
(3 Starters, 3 Finishers)
STOCK FULL (Stock, Full-sized trucks, 2 laps, 144 miles)—1. Kent Kroeker, Valley Center, Calif./Frank Martwek, San Clemente, Calif., Dodge 2500, 3:35:43 (40.05mph); 2. John Griffin, Mission Viejo, Calif./Jeremy Spirkoff, El Cajon, Calif., Ford F-350, 3:36:01; 3. Chad Hall, Reno, Nev., Hummer H3Alpha, 3:44:54; 4. Justin Matney, Bristol, Tenn./Clyde Stacy/Michael Powell, Bristol, Va./William Aylor, Union, Ky., Dodge Ram2500, 4:35:37
5. Clyde Stacy/Michael Powell, Bristol, Va./Justin Matney, Bristol, Tenn./Jeremy Maltier, Bristol, Va., Dodge Ram2500, 5:18:28.
(5 Starters, 5 Finishers).
STOCK MINI (Stock, Mini-sized trucks, 2 laps, 144 miles)—1. Gavin Skilton, Orange, Calif., Honda Ridegline, 3:54:17 (36.88 mph); 2. Steve Kovach, Tempe, Airz./Chip Carr, Gilbert, Ariz., Ford Ranger, 3:55:20; 3. Rod Hall, Reno, Nev./Emily Miller, Crested Butte, Colo., Hummer H3,4:04:22.
(3 Starters, 3 Finishers)
PROTRUCK (Limited Production Trucks, 3 laps, 216 miles)—1. Jason Voss/Rich Voss, Cupertino, Calif., Ford F-150, 4:18:20 (50.17 mph);
(2 Starters, 1 Finisher)
CLASS 17 (Class 3, Modified Jeeps, 2 laps, 144 miles)—1. Scott Watkins, Stockton, Calif./Casey Bount, Danville, Calif., Jeep XJ Cherokee, 5:18:40 (27.11 mph).
(1 Starter, 1 Finisher)

SPORTSMAN
OVERALL SPT CAR--Peter Lang/Terry Cotter/Brian Jellison, Santa Rosa, Calif., Homebuilt-Chevy, 3:38:16 (39.58 mph).
(1 Starter, 1 Finisher)
OVERALL SPT TRUCK—(2 laps, 144 miles)--Matt Scaroni, Heber, Calif., Chevy Trophy-Lite, 3:27:41 (41.60 mph)
(8 Starters, 5 Finishers)

13th SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300
Round 4 of five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series
Saturday, September 5-7, 2008, at Primm, Nevada

TOP OVERALL FINISHERS
1. Roger Norman, Reno, Nev./Larry Roeseler, Irvine, Calif., Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 4 hours, 50 minutes, 20 seconds (59.517 miles per hour)
2. Brian Collins, Las Vegas/Chuck Hovey, Escondido, Calif., Dodge Ram 1500 (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 4:52:08 (59.151 mph)
3. Armin Schwarz, Germany/Martin Christensen, Escondido, Calif., Jimco-BMW (Class 1) 4:58:54 (57.81 mph)
4. Ron Whitton, Mesa, Ariz.,/Todd LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 5:04:24 (56.767 mph)
5. B.J. Richardson, Las Vegas, Bunderson-Chevy (Class 1) 5:06:10 (56.439 mph)
6. Damen Jefferies, Apple Valley, Calif., Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 5:07:29 (56.198 mph)
7. Bill McBeath, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 5:10:39 (55.625 mph)
8. Nick Vanderwey, Phoenix/Larry Vanderwey, Litchfield Park, Ariz./Michael Vanderwey, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 5:11:11 (55.529 mph)
9. Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck), 5:12:50 (55.237 mph)
10. Dale Lenk, Costa Mesa, Calif./Randy Perry, Santa Ana, Calif./Grant Lenk, Costa Mesa, Calif., Penhall-Chevy (Class 1) 5:18:00 (54.339 mph)
11. Bekki Wik/Adam Wik, Las Vegas, Bunderson-Honda (Class 10) 5:18:15 (54.30 mph)
12. Adam Ashcraft, Vista, Calif., AlumiCraft-VW (Class 10), 5:19:47 (54.036 mph)
13. Robbie Pierce, Santee, Calif./Brent Gustin, Seal Beach, Calif., Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck), 5:22:12 (53.631 mph)
14. Brian Parkhouse, Bell Gardens, Calif./Tom Ridings, Los Alamitos, Calif. Jimco-Chevy (Class 1), 5:26:06 (52.989 mph)
15. Tim McDonnell, Yorba Linda, Calif./Brian McDonnell, La Habra, Calif., Penhall-Chevy (Class 1)5:29:10 (52.496 mph)
16. Randy Wilson, Lakewood, Calif./Charlie Gioffredi, Long Beach, Calif., Jimco-Chevy (Class 1) 5:30:27 (52.292 mph)
17. Daniel Wingerning, Redondo Beach, Calif./Bill Wingerning, Rolling Hills, Calif., Jimco-Chevy (Class 1) 5:31:46 (52.084 mph)
18. Guy Peterson, Arcadia, Calif./Mike Nex, Temecula, Calif., Penhall-Chevy (Class 1) 5:43:13 (50.347 mph)
19. Perry McNeal/Alfie Bueno, San Diego, Lothringer (SCORE Lites) 5:43:54 (50.25 mph)
20. Steve Sourapas, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., RPS-Chevy (Class 1)5:44:36 (50.145 mph)
21. Brian Burgess, Riverside, Calif./Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif., Moulton (SCORE Lites) 5:45:46 (49.975 mph)
22. Tom Watson, El Centro, Calif./Tim Noe/David Scaroni, San Diego, Prill (SCORE Lites) 5:47:43 (49.695 mph)
23. Adam Householder, Orange, Calif., Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck)5:48:14 (49.621 mph)
24. Aaron Hawley, Las Vegas/Bryan Freeman, Henderson, Nev., Seagrove (Class 1-2/1600) 5:51:40 (49.14 mph)
25. Mike Sandoval, Escondido, Calif., Meco (SCORE Lites) 5:55:30 (48.607 mph)

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SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark


September 6, 2008

13th annual SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300
Round 4 of five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series September 6, 2008
Primm, Nevada
Post-Race Quotes


SCORE TROPHY TRUCK
8 ROGER NORMAN/LARRY ROESELER, 1st (Roeseler drove first 3 laps; Norman finished) – Norman said: “Not bad for having no brakes. I can’t thank the crew enough. We had no GPS, no brakes and I couldn’t talk with Larry (Roeseler) for the last 50 or 60 miles. I’ve raced in the Pro Stock class, Class 8, Class 10, Class 1, a lot of other things, but not SCORE Trophy-Truck very much. This is only my third race in a fast SCORE Trophy-Truck. I raced a slow one for a while and this is a lot nicer. This race is at the very top of the list for me. We never did get the brake issue worked out and so I was downshifting quite a bit. It doesn’t really help a lot to lose your brakes. I don’t know how we pulled through it, but we did. There were a couple of turns where we were going like 30 miles an hour, but then you’re not trying to go too slow because the race was so tight. It’s probably the toughest thing I’ve ever done because that was a lot of pressure. I can’t believe it. After all of that, I can’t believe it. We lost the brakes about six or seven miles before Pit B on the last lap.”

Roeseler said: “It’s real simple. Before the race, we’ve got Rob MacCachren in front of us, we’ve got B.J. (Baldwin) and then Brian (Collins) behind us and those were the three Trucks we looked after all day. We pulled out a little bit, but then we had brake problems and then Roger had a flat and I thought, ‘OK, here comes Brian.’ He actually had us by about a minute and right at the end we saw him stopped. It was just neck and neck all day.”

12 BRIAN COLLINS, 2ND (drove all 4 laps) – “We were going to put Chuck (Hovey) in at the end. It was a tough decision. We were running close to them and I was tired, but I knew the truck was tired, too. Chuck was fresh, and if we put Chuck in we worried that he might drive a little hard for what was left of the truck. We only had one lap to go. I wish now I had put him in. I got two flat tires and just made mistakes. I’m happy, though, and hopefully Mopar Dodge is happy. Starting back in the 16th position, working through all that traffic, it was a long day. The first two laps we never saw the track. We were still fighting the third lap, but we were happy just to be out of the dust and stuff. I should have backed it down, but everyone was telling me to go. We had the two flats within the last 10 miles. I had one on the third lap. The first two were flawless. We drove hard and we did the best we could do. I’ll take a second any day. The heat doesn’t bother me at all, you just can’t see. You’re charging in zero-zero (visibility), you know.”

39 RON WHITTON/TODD LeDUC, 3rd (LeDuc drove first 2 laps; Whitton finished) – Whitton said: “We didn’t have any problems. It ran smooth all day. I was in the dust the whole day. I never once got out of the dust. That hurt me a lot. The truck was running good suspension wise and everything. It was just flawless.”

22 DAMEN JEFFERIES, 4TH (drove solo) – “It was good. We broke the coil way late, and that was it. It ran good. It’s good, to come to the this race (and finish well.) I know I don’t have the truck for this race. I’m very happy with fourth. I’ll take that all day long. This truck is a buggy; it doesn’t have a rear end in it. In my opinion, I’m second in Class 1.”

91 BILL McBEATH, 5TH (drove solo) – “We had a lot of fun. We did two and a half laps on seven cylinders. We tried to change the plug wire and that wasn’t the problem, it was the coil. We figured it would be better to run at the pace we could run at and just keep them on our tails. Instead of pulling over and putting a new coil pack on we decided to keep going.”

84 NICK WANDERWAY/LARRY VANDERWAY, 6th (Larry drove the first 2 laps; Nick finished) – Nick said: “We were third on the road when we hit the pavement coming in on the third lap and got a flat. I hit a rock back there or something. We lost three positions and then we came in sixth. There was just no passing after that. I almost had Whitton and McBeath on that uphill and ran out of road.”

1 MARK POST/ROB MacCACHREN, 7th (Post started; MacCachren drove final 2 and a half laps) – MacCachren said: “When I got in the truck, as soon as I took off I started getting water on the visor, on my shield. I said, ‘you know what, it’s a long way from Pit C to the finish, about 30 miles or so.’ So I figured it was best for us to stop. We went back to the pit and got everything checked out. We figured something in the engine was leaking water, so we put some engine sealer in there, and it held on really well. It’s a mystery what happened and why it was leaking water. We lost the race because of the water leak. We were still in the points, trying to win the Trophy-Truck points, so we just cruised. It was rough; a lot of rocks, a lot of flat tires.”

CLASS 1
101 ARMIN SCHWARZ/MARTIN CHRISTENSEN, 1st (Schwarz drove the first two laps; Christensen finished) – Christensen said: “Armin did a really good job at the beginning of the race, getting it done and getting us a lead. I cannot thank the All-German Motorsports team enough. The crew was giving me perfect splits the whole day so I knew when to take it easy and keep a good 10-minute gap to the other guys and keep rolling around. It was unbelievable out here. We should have had 10 flats, but we had only one on the course and (co-driver) Bryan Lyttle changed it in one minute and five seconds. That was incredible. We were first at San Felipe, third at the Baja 500 and now first at Primm. We’re hoping it’s going to get us up in points to where we want to be because we’re really, really looking forward to the Baja 1000. That’s hopefully going to be a good one for us.”

103 B.J. RICHARDSON, 2nd (drove solo) – “Man, it was hot out there today. We were points racing today. I got a flat early, on the first lap, and then just kind of said, ‘we’ll see what happens and let the race come to us.’ This should give us a good boost, a good lead in the points. Coming in here with the points lead, we couldn’t get too crazy out there. The car was running hot all day. Now I’ve just got to go down to Baja and drive around – if I don’t do anything stupid, I think I’ll get it (the season points title). This is twice I got second to them (Schwarz and Christensen) this year, but I’m beating them in points so I’ll take it. That was our goal this year, to win the points and we’re in really good shape right now.”

102 DALE LENK/RANDY PERRY, 3RD (Perry started and drove 3 laps; Lenk finished) – Lenk said: “It was a good day.” Perry said: “He’s the car owner, so I figured I want him to have at least some fun. The only problem we basically had was we kept overheating, and when it would overheat it would go into limp mode, and we’d have to shut the engine down and turn it back on. We only had to do that about 40 times. Other than that it was fun. This has been a problem we’ve had on this car more often than not. It’s something we need to work on. We’d have to shut it off and turn it back on. Then we’d have to back off on the power because we had the overheating problem.”

108 BRIAN PARKHOUSE/TOM RIDINGS, 4th (Parkhouse drove the first two laps; Ridings finished) – Ridings said: “We missed on the setup.It was a real rough course and we had no real problems. We just drove it around and had no flats, no anything. This is the fourth race in the car and it just keeps sneaking up there, sneaking up there, sneaking up there. We’ll have our day one of these days real soon. We stopped and fixed the setup … we just missed it and it’s nobody’s fault but mine. We’ve had the car real good here in the past, we just missed it this time. Once we made the adjustments, we just ran right along.”

114 RANDY WILSON, 6th (drove solo) – “We got a flat out there on the last lap and that did us in. We caught up to (fifth-place Tim McDonnell) at one point and he ended up finishing about a flat ahead of me. We caught up to him at one point, but it got real dusty and we just couldn’t make a pass. The first two laps were real dusty and we never got in that clean air that you live for. We did on the third lap, but on the last lap we caught up to (McDonnell) and got caught up in his dust. We were in the dust the first two laps and I just never could get a rhythm going.”

CLASS 1-2/1600
1609 AARON HAWLEY/BRYAN FREEMAN, 1st (Hawley drove the first 2 laps, Freeman the final 2.) Freeman said: “Aaron started and drove the first two laps. We had no problems the first two laps. Our game plan was to go out there and make it around the course the first two laps, get me in the car and then go racing from there. I got in the car and was almost getting ready to pass the first car and I lost the power steering belt. I got that back on and lost about a minute doing that and finally got by them on the last lap and kind of put it in cruise. We started so far back that when we passed the guys physically, I knew I was ahead. So we kind of cruised the last little bit. It was really, really rocky out there, but I’m from here so I knew how it was going to be. Other than the power steering belt, which is kind of a fluke thing, we had no problems.”

1610 STEVE EUGENIO, 2nd (drove all 4 laps) – “The carburetor was cutting out on me a little bit, but that didn’t have all that much to do with it. I had two flats and I rode 30 miles each lap on the flats. Early in the morning dust was a big problem.”

1600 DAVID CASPINO/MIKE MALLOY, 3rd (Caspino drove the first lap and injured his wrist; Malloy drove the final 3.) Malloy said: “Dave thinks he broke his wrist so I got in the car and finished up. We were just trying to catch up. I think we were the sixth or seventh car on the road and we finished third car in. We did everything we could do. I had a ball and I had no real problems with the car. I think we had two flats. We tried to make it interesting.”

1601 ADAM PFANKUCH, 4th (drove all 4 laps) – “I had lots of down time. I’d rather not discuss why, but we had about 20 minutes of down time. We were running about second place all day, but that’s what happens at these short races. A couple of minutes of down time and it’s over.”

CLASS 3
301 DONALD MOSS, 1ST (drove solo) –“It was just really rough out there, but I didn’t have one problem. We stopped three times to change riders, but we had no problems. It was a good run for us. We solved all of our electrical problems that we had in the Vegas-to-Reno so I was happy about that. There were some huge rocks out there because of all the rain; they got washed down into the course. It was a typically rough course.”

CLASS 5
501 KEVIN CARR, 1st (drove all 3 laps) – It was a good trip. No real problems. Lots of rocks. We had one problem. The ignition shut off and we had to stop and figure out what was wrong there. One of the wires had gotten disconnected and we had to find it and reconnect it. It started to heat up a little bit so we took it a little bit easy coming back in, but really no problems. It was a great race. I actually had three co-drivers – Danny Rodriguez, Raoul Gilbert and then my dad, Bob Carr. We were like the school bus picking up kids.

CLASS 5/1600
579 MARCOS NUNEZ, 1st (Nunez drove solo; does not speak English) – “It was a good race for us. I’d like to thank our sponsors. Thank you very much.”

553 RAUL SOLANO, 2nd (drove all 3 laps; does not speak English.) Co-driver Ruben Garcia said: “Raul drove the car. It was a lot of run and a lot of dust. We did what we could and Raul did an awesome job. We were trying to make up time on Marcos Nunez. It’s really exciting when you think about it – you drive 200 miles, pushing so hard and it comes down to a few seconds. That makes it exciting.”

CLASS 7
717 CHRIS TAYLOR/JOSH QUINTERO, 1st (Quintero drove first lap and a half; Taylor finished) – Taylor said: “That was fun. There was no down time at all; no flats, no nothing. Everything was just perfect. That means I’ve got to do the 1000. I hadn’t planned on doing the 1000, but this puts me back in the points, so I’ve got to go. It was a good day; we had fun. We got robbed. Our truck got ripped off last night. All I had was tires and gas. We lost everything; even our E-Z Up. We didn’t have any shade. People were offering us motor oil and help. (Pete Sohren’s team did some engine work for them in Pit C and let them share shade, etc.)”

CLASS 7SX
759 JOHN HOLMES, 1st (Holmes drove final 2 laps; Carl Pitt drove the first 2.) Holmes said: “We had no problems; no flats on our Goodyears and no problems at all. It’s a very rough course, for a limited suspension vehicle. We pushed pretty hard through the rough stuff. I think that’s where we got ahead of them. We took some chances. It was very rough. We took the lead about mile 26 (on the first lap).”

CLASS 10
1002 BEKKI WIK/ADAM WIK, 1st (Bekki drove first 2 laps, Adam the second 2) – Bekki said: “Adam had a flat on this last lap and other than that we had a perfect day. We got out in front. Honestly, after I got around the first car, I started driving kind of hard and I thought, ‘you know what, don’t stop with a flat. It’s too early to be driving hard.’ I backed off and because I was first and I didn’t have any dust, it was easy. I was able to go and didn’t have to make any mistakes, didn’t have to take any chances, and that’s the difference here at Primm. It was awesome. We had an awesome car. You dream of these days. These days don’t come that often. So when you have a day where you don’t have any problems and one flat, at a Primm race, you don’t ask for anything more. It was an awesome course. It was fast, it was rough, it was rocky, it was everything you want in a race. (This was her third race this year, but first SCORE event; also ran Mint 400 and Midnight Special.) I told him (Adam) there’s just a lot of rocks, so don’t take any chances.”

Adam said: “(They had a) passenger-side rear flat about six miles from the finish line up in the rocks. We had to stop and switch it because it was so rocky we were afraid we wouldn’t make it. It took us a little longer than expected, but I think we still got them. We had a great day and the car worked beautiful. It was a good, good day.”

1004 ADAM ASHCRAFT, 2nd (drove all 4 laps) – “I got a flat (and lost about 11 minutes on the first lap) and I was in that wash out there. I kept trying to run my (impact) jack down and it kept sinking into the wash. It was a great race. I just had a couple of rookie mistakes, basically, running in the dust when I shouldn’t have been. I knew there was rocks coming up and I just kept pushing too hard. That’s what caused the flat. Driver error. After that I knew I was on a mission so I
just had to keep my foot planted the whole time. I’ve never been on two wheels so much in my life in a race. (Said it was his fourth race and first finish in the car).

1009 MIKEY LAWRENCE, 3rd (drove all 4 laps) – “Third place? That puts me over 50 points ahead in first. We were running a little hot once it got hotter in the day. We got stuck behind the Bronco and I wasn’t being patient and got stuck for a minute. Aside from that, no flats, nothing. It was flawless. The dust wasn’t too bad, but it’s definitely rocky. You’ve definitely got to pick your lines right, especially down that last canyon. It’s brutal. (Lawrence is 20 years old, in his second year of racing).”

SCORE LITES
1204 PERRY McNEIL, 1st (drove all 4 laps) – “It was a real good day. There were tons of rocks. I feel sorry for the Trophy-Truck drivers. There were no problems at all. I stopped once to get gas and that was it. We started fourth or fifth. I think we took the lead on the last lap.”

1207 BRIAN BURGESS/CAMERONSTEELE, 2nd (Burgess drove first 2 laps, Steele the last 2) – Steele said: “The whole front end is broken. The trailing arm (on left front) sheared off. I drove about 40 miles with the front end torn off. It started drifting on me and I didn’t know what was wrong. I pulled into my pit and asked if I had a flat and everyone said no, it’s good. They just didn’t know the trailing arm was bad. We were about 8 minutes in the lead at Pit C.”

Burgess said: “It was good. I was charging the dust too much on lap 2 and made a boo-boo and popped a tire. It was my mistake. The track was terrible at the start. We came across at the end of the first lap just the way we started, the dust was so bad. When the trailing arm broke, we had a 6½-minute lead.”

1200 TOM WATSON, 3rd (drove last lap; nephew David Scaroni drove the first 3) – Watson said: “I haven’t driven here in a long time. We were down on the third lap for about 15 minutes. I’m not sure what happened, but he was out of the car for a while.”

1205 MIKE SANDOVAL, 5th (drove all 4 laps) – “It was really dusty. It was fun. I had a good time. We had one flat tire and had to get out and change it ourselves. That was kind of a bummer. All the way around, it was good.”

CLASS 11
1100 RAMON FERNANDEZ, 1st (drove both laps) – “No problems. Last year we ran out of gas; we were right behind first place. We start first (today). All we wanted to do was finish to get enough points to defend our championship. I think with this win we have the championship already and all we have to do is start the 1000. The second year in a row (to win the title).It was a fun race. It was a pretty clean race. The course was real tough. We were taking our time and we’d move when the other cars would catch us. But we had no problems.”

STOCK FULL
878 KENT KROEKER, 1st (drove both laps) – “John Griffin and I went back and forth the whole race, hitting each other, smashing our trucks up, passing other people, ramming other people. That’s why we came here. That was great racing. That was the best race I’ve ever had. I’ve never had a better race in my life. It was like Mad Max out there. The first lap was the most heinous lap I’ve ever had. I’ve been racing desert for 25 years and that was the worst I’ve ever had; the dust and going right into the sun. We started all the way in the back and we had to pass four guys to get to where we needed to be. It was a punishing nightmare. This was the greatest desert race of my life. (Kroeker finished the race with a flat right rear tire) “I don’t even know when that happened – I just had it pinned.”

861 JOHN GRIFFIN, 2nd (drove both laps) – “It was the closest racing action ever, for me. We didn’t know they were back there. We were out of radio (contact). All of a sudden they came up behind us, so we had to get on it. We noticed them at probably about mile 50 on the first lap. We passed them again, then they came up behind us again. It was exciting racing. I haven’t seen the bumper (on his truck), but yeah, he did (bump them a few times). We didn’t have any mechanical. No flats. The truck’s good. We’re leaking gasoline, though.”

862 CHAD HALL, 3rd (drove both laps) – “We had no problems at all, we just didn’t have quite enough truck today. We’ll screw a little bit more speed in it and come back next time. My wife, Paige, ran with me today, and she said she’d like to have just a little bit more dirt in her face. She ran Vegas to Reno with me last year and gave me my first win in like 13 tries. So I felt I needed a little good luck and threw her in this hot rod. We couldn’t quite run with Kent and John, but we did good and had a great run. It’s (the truck) sitting here probably just as good as it left the line. We did great (in points). John caught us a little bit, but we’re way out in front, so all we’ve got to do is finish the 1000.”

STOCK MINI
778 GAVIN SKILTON, 1st (drove solo) – “We had zero issues, no flats. Steve Kovach (761) chased me hard all the way to the finish. It was a good, fun race. It was dusty, it was rocky and it was whoopy. I didn’t take the lead until about mile 15 of the second lap and then we held it all the way to the finish. I sat in third the whole first lap. Once I got the lead, Kovach tried really hard to catch me but it was difficult to pass in the dust.“

761 STEVE KOVACH, 2nd (drove solo) -- “This morning it was rough. The dust, you couldn’t see anything. There was no visibility this morning. Then the sun came up and you couldn’t see diddly squat. My team did such an awesome job because we hit it hard every lap and we didn’t have a problem and we stayed right with the Honda team. It was probably the best race I’ve had in 14, 15 races. It was the first time I’ve ever beaten Rod Hall. A race like this, it’s like winning big at the tables in Vegas – it keeps you coming back.”

PROTRUCK
235 JASON VOSS, 1st (drove solo) – “We had a flat tire right after the main pit, right before Pit B, on the second lap. That was it. (told by one of crew members a ball joint was almost gone and said, “It looks like we barely made it.”) It was rough the last lap. It was warm in the truck today. It was one of the warmest races I’ve had in the truck. Traffic wasn’t a problem. We were right behind the Class 1s. The guy before broke right off the line and up a little bit a guy had a flat and that gave some time in the beginning to spread everyone out, and from there we pretty much had no dust the rest of the day. It was a good race.”

[Blanco]

CLASS 3
301 DONALD MOSS, 1ST (drove solo) –“It was just really rough out there, but I didn’t have one problem. We stopped three times to change riders, but we had no problems. It was a good run for us. We solved all of our electrical problems that we had in the Vegas-to-Reno so I was happy about that. There were some huge rocks out there because of all the rain; they got washed down into the course. It was a typically rough course.”

:eek: You drove solo?
Why & for how long?

I guess well here the story later.
But that sorta shocked me?

[Blanco]

SCORE MEDIA CONTACT: Dominic Clark

September 6, 2008

Defeats field of 124 starters
Norman/Roeseler roar to Overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck victory;
Schwarz/Christensen top Class 1 at 13th SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300

Hawley/Freeman, Adam & Bekki Wik, Moss, Nunez also class winners
At Round 4 of the five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series


PRIMM, Nev.—Roger Norman drove the last lap to victory after teammate Larry Roeseler had spotted him a 10-minute lead driving the first three of four laps in the No. 8 Norman Motorsports Ford F-150 race truck, capturing the overall and SCORE Trophy-Truck victory Saturday at the 13th Annual SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 desert race. With Norman earning his first career SCORE Trophy-Truck race win and Roeseler his second, the duo covered the rugged 288-mile race in four hours, 50 minutes and 20 seconds, averaging a ground-pounding 59.52 miles per hour while covering the four laps over the rugged 72-mile desert race course in Primm, Nev., 45 miles south of Las Vegas.
Roeseler, Irvine, Calif., started seventh in the star-studded field of 20 starters in SCORE Trophy-Truck in the elapsed-time race, was second after the first lap, moved ahead on lap 2 and extended it to just over 10 minutes on lap three before turning the wheel over to Norman, the Reno, Nev., businessman who owns the Crystal Bay Casino for the final lap. The victory almost slipped away on the final lap when the brakes went out forcing Norman to drive nearly 50 miles of uncertainty before winning the race by one minute, 48 seconds. Roeseler run consistent laps of 1:09:23, 1:10:19 and 1:11:10 before Norman’s last lap struggle turned into a lap of 1:19:18.
Las Vegas Brian Collins not only closed the gap during the final lap, but actually took the lead by nearly a minute on corrected time before two flats in the final 10 miles put him back into second place at the checkered flag in the No. 12 Collins Motorsports Mopar Dodge Ram1500. Collins finished in4:52:08, averaging 59.15 mph.
Keeping SCORE Trophy-Trucks from sweeping the podium was the All German Motorsports unlimited Class 1 BMW-powered Jimco open-wheel desert race car driven by Germany’s Armin Schwarz and Martin Christensen of Escondido, Calif. With Schwarz starting and driving the first half of the race and Christensen bringing their car across the finish line in 4:58:54, averaging 57.81mph.
It was the second Class 1 win of the year for Schwarz, a former World Rally Championship series star, and Christensen, a veteran SCORE desert racer.
SCORE’s 35th anniversary season continued with 86 survivors out of 124 starters, competing in 17 Pro and 2 Sportsman classes for cars and trucks finishing within the seven-hour time limit in the elapsed-time race.
Round 4 of the five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series, the world’s foremost desert racing series, featured racers from 13 States and four countries racing on a typically rugged Southern Nevada race course under brilliantly sunny skies with a light northerly wind and temperatures in the high 90s.
Fourth overall and third in SCORE Trophy-Truck was the team of Ron Whitton, Mesa, Ariz./Todd LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., who finished in 5:04:24 in the No. 39 GNR Racing Ford F-150.
Completing the top five was Las Vegas’ B.J. Richardson, who was second in Class 1 in the Las Vegas Dissemination Company Bunderson-VW with a time of 5:06:10.
“Not bad for having no brakes,” a very happy Norman said at the finish line. “I can’t thank the crew enough. We had no GPS, no brakes and I couldn’t talk with Larry (Roeseler) for the last 50 or 60 miles. I’ve raced in the Pro Stock class, Class 8, Class 10, Class 1, a lot of other things, but not SCORE Trophy-Truck very much. This is only my third race in a fast SCORE Trophy-Truck. I raced in a slow one for a while and this is a lot nicer. This race is at the very top of the list for me. We never did get the brake issue worked out and so I was downshifting quite a bit. It doesn’t really help a lot to lose your brakes. I don’t know how we pulled through it, but we did. There were a couple of turns where we were going like 30 miles an hour, but then you’re not trying to go too slow because the race was so tight. It’s probably the toughest thing I’ve ever done because that was a lot of pressure. I can’t believe it. After all of that, I can’t believe it. We lost the brakes about six or seven miles before Pit B on the last lap.”
SCORE Trophy-Trucks, the marquee SCORE racing division captured seven of the top 10 finishing positions with Class 1 claiming the other three. SCORE Trophy-Trucks have now won nine overall titles in this race, including the last six straight. Class 1 has won the other four overalls.
“It’s real simple,” said Roeseler, who won Class 1 in this race last year with Troy Herbst. “Before the race, we’ve got Rob MacCachren in front of us, we’ve got B.J. (Baldwin) and then Brian (Collins) behind us and those were the three Trucks we looked after all day. We pulled out a little bit, but then we had brake problems and then Roger had a flat and I thought, ‘OK, here comes Brian.’ He actually had us by about a minute and right at the end we saw him stopped. It was just neck and neck all day.”
The sixth through 10th place overall finishers in Primm were: Damen Jefferies, Apple Valley, Calif. (fourth in SCORE Trophy-Truck, Chevy Silverado), Bill McBeath, Las Vegas (fifth in SCORE Trophy-Truck, Chevy Silverado), Nick Vanderwey, Phoenix (sixth in SCORE Trophy-Truck, Chevy Silverado), Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas (seventh in SCORE Trophy-Truck, Ford F-150) and Dale Lenk, Costa Mesa, Calif./Randy Perry, Santa Anna, Calif., (third in Class 1, Penhall-Chevy).
For the seventh consecutive year, the race was split into two groups with the slower classes running in the morning. The faster classes, including the featured SCORE Trophy-Truck division along with the unlimited Class 1 open-wheel class, raced in the afternoon.
Las Vegas’ Bekki Wik and her husband Adam Wik’s Honda-powered Bunderson was the fastest during the morning section of the race, winning Class 10 in 5:18:15, and they also finished 11th overall in the race. Bekki Wik, a two-time SCORE Class 1-2/1600 season point champion and one of only two female drivers of record in the race, started second physically and led by over 10 minutes after the first lap of 1:17:05 which was the fastest lap of the day in their class. She led at the halfway point when she turned over the driving to her husband, who kept the team in front to the finish.
Winning the Primm race for the sixth time in seven years, including five straight, were brothers Donald Moss, Sacramento, Calif., and Ken Moss, Marysville, Calif., in their sturdy Ford Bronco. The victory was also the 30th class win of their desert racing career, and they remained undefeated this season with their fourth victory of the season.
Las Vegas’ Aaron Hawley and Bryan Freeman split the driving and defeated a 14-car field in a Seagrove-VW in Class 1-2/1600.
In the 14-car SCORE Lite class, Perry McNeal, San Diego, won in a Lothringer-VW.
John Holmes, Olivenhain, Calif., won Class 7SX in a Ford Ranger for the second time in this race. It was also his second win of the 2008 SCORE Desert Series.
Kevin Carr, San Diego drove his VW Baja Bug to the Class 5 win for the second straight year while picking up his third win in four SCORE races this year.
Other class winners included Marcos Nunez, Ensenada, Mexico (Class 5/1600, VW Baja Bug), Chris Taylor, El Centro, Calif./Josh Quintero, Imperial, Calif. (Class 7, Ford Ranger), Kent Kroeker, Valley Center, Calif.(Stock Full, Dodge2500), Gavin Skilton, Orange, Calif., (Stock Mini, Honda Ridgeline) and Ramon Fernandez, Ensenada, Mexico (Class 11, VW Sedan).
The stage is now set for the season-ending 41st anniversary of the legendary Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 desert race to be held November 19-22 in Baja California, Mexico. The world’s most popular desert race will start and finish in Ensenada.
The 2008 SCORE Desert Series also includes the chase for the $20,000 Volkswagen of America Point Leader Bonus and the run for the Toyota Milestone Awards for car and truck racers who complete every required mile of the season. To date, 16 drivers are still eligible for the Toyota Milestone Awards.
Current SCORE official annual sponsors are: BFGoodrich Tires-official tire, Sunoco Race Fuels -official fuel supplier, Bilstein-official shock, Volkswagen of America-official vehicle, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance-official Mexican auto insurance, Slime-official tire sealant, Red Bull--official energy drink and Bosch Power Tools-official power tool. Associate sponsors are: Tecate Beer, Coca-Cola of Mexico, Las Vegas Events, Terrible Herbst Inc., Blue C Enthusiast Advertising, Kartek Off-Road, American Suzuki, SignPros, P.C.I. Race Radios, McKenzie’s Performance Products and Advanced Color Graphics.
Co-title sponsors for the 13th SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300 were Las Vegas Events and Terrible Herbst Inc.
For more information, contact SCORE at its Los Angeles headquarters 818.225.8402 or visit the official website of the 2007 SCORE Desert Series at www.score-international.com.

13th SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300
Round 4 of five-race 2008 SCORE Desert Series
Saturday, September 6, 2008 Primm, Nevada
Total Distance – 288 miles (4 laps, 72-mile course)

TOP OVERALL FINISHERS
1. Roger Norman, Reno, Nev./Larry Roeseler, Irvine, Calif., Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 4 hours, 50 minutes, 20 seconds (59.517 miles per hour)
2. Brian Collins, Las Vegas/Chuck Hovey, Escondido, Calif., Dodge Ram 1500 (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 4:52:08 (59.151 mph)
3. Armin Schwarz, Germany/Martin Christensen, Escondido, Calif., Jimco-BMW (Class 1) 4:58:54 (57.81 mph)
4. Ron Whitton, Mesa, Ariz.,/Todd LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., Ford F-150, (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 5:04:24 (56.767 mph)
5. B.J. Richardson, Las Vegas, Bunderson-Chevy (Class 1) 5:06:10 (56.439 mph)
6. Damen Jefferies, Apple Valley, Calif., Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 5:07:29 (56.198 mph)
7. Bill McBeath, Las Vegas, Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 5:10:39 (55.625 mph)
8. Nick Vanderwey, Phoenix/Larry Vanderwey, Litchfield Park, Ariz./Michael Vanderwey, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 5:11:11 (55.529 mph)
9. Mark Post, Laguna Beach, Calif./Rob MacCachren, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 5:12:50 (55.237 mph)
10. Dale Lenk, Costa Mesa, Calif./Randy Perry, Santa Ana, Calif./Grant Lenk, Costa Mesa, Calif., Penhall-Chevy (Class 1) 5:18:00 (54.339 mph)
11. Bekki Wik/Adam Wik, Las Vegas, Bunderson-Honda (Class 10) 5:18:15 (54.30 mph)
12. Adam Ashcraft, Vista, Calif., AlumiCraft-VW (Class 10) 5:19:47 (54.036 mph)
13. Robbie Pierce, Santee, Calif./Brent Gustin, Seal Beach, Calif., Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 5:22:12 (53.631 mph)
14. Brian Parkhouse, Bell Gardens, Calif./Tom Ridings, Los Alamitos, Calif. Jimco-Chevy (Class 1) 5:26:06 (52.989 mph)
15. Tim McDonnell, Yorba Linda, Calif./Brian McDonnell, La Habra, Calif., Penhall-Chevy (Class 1) 5:29:10 (52.496 mph)
16. Randy Wilson, Lakewood, Calif./Charlie Gioffredi, Long Beach, Calif., Jimco-Chevy (Class 1) 5:30:27 (52.292 mph)
17. Daniel Wingerning, Redondo Beach, Calif./Bill Wingerning, Rolling Hills, Calif., Jimco-Chevy (Class 1) 5:31:46 (52.084 mph)
18. Guy Peterson, Arcadia, Calif./Mike Nex, Temecula, Calif., Penhall-Chevy (Class 1) 5:43:13 (50.347 mph)
19. Perry McNeal/Alfie Bueno, San Diego, Lothringer-VW (SCORE Lite) 5:43:54 (50.25 mph)
20. Steve Sourapas, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., RPS-Chevy (Class 1) 5:44:36 (50.145 mph)
21. Brian Burgess, Riverside, Calif./Cameron Steele, San Clemente, Calif., Moulton-VW (SCORE Lite) 5:45:46 (49.975 mph)
22. Tom Watson, El Centro, Calif./Tim Noe/David Scaroni, San Diego, Prill-VW (SCORE Lite) 5:47:43 (49.695 mph)
23. Adam Householder, Orange, Calif., Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck) 5:48:14 (49.621 mph)
24. Aaron Hawley, Las Vegas/Bryan Freeman, Henderson, Nev., Seagrove (Class 1-2/1600) 5:51:40 (49.14 mph)
25. Mike Sandoval, Escondido, Calif., Meco-VW (SCORE Lite) 5:55:30 (48.607 mph)

SCORE Terrible’s Primm 300
ALL-TIME OVERALL WINNERS
1996--Robby Gordon, Orange, Calif., Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
1997--Curt LeDuc, Cherry Valley, Calif., Jeep Grand Cherokee (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
1998--Ed and Tim Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
1999--Troy Herbst, Las Vegas, Smithbuilt-Ford (Class 1)
2000--Steve Sourapas, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Jimco-Chevy (Class 1)
2001--Troy Herbst, Las Vegas, Smithbuilt-Ford (Class 1)
2002--Mike Julson, Santee, Calif./Bob Lofton, Westmorland, Calif., Jimco-Chevy (Class 1)
2003--Tim Herbst/Ed Herbst, Las Vegas, Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
2004--Alan Pflueger, Honolulu, Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
2005--Brian Collins, Las Vegas/Larry Ragland, Cave Creek, Ariz., Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
2006—Bob Shepard, Phoenix, Chevy Silverado (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
2007—Garron Cadiente, Mesa, Ariz., Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck)
2008—Roger Norman, Reno, Nev./Larry Roeseler, Irvine, Calif., Ford F-150 (SCORE Trophy-Truck)

[straightaxle]

Just a quick update on the results:

We had no problems at all during the race, bringing home win #30, however the dust on lap one was epic. Moss2 had to go to Germany for work, so he was not there. Rick Bagwell (Flyin Bronco), Krista Reilly, and Cliff Sinclair were the riders for the two laps, so we made two stops. The Hall H3 passed us each time we stopped, but we passed them again each time. We followed them for nearly 40 miles on the first lap before we could get through their dust and around them. We stopped on the last lap and pushed car #1200 off a tree. The power was back for this race, after the lack of it at the Vegas to Reno, and the old girl was able to pull 102 mph! I think Flying Bronco actually sucked some seat cushion on that first lap. We found the Super Traps were full of gunk during the prep. By the way, a huge thanks to Ken and Cliff for coming down and helping me prep the truck in the two weeks we had between the races. Dave had his hands full with the grape harvest, and we were able to let him concentrate on that. He did have to rebuild his trailer so Rick could bring his Bronco out for the pre-run on Friday. Ironically Rick's truck flamed out at RM 45 on the pre-run, and we spent about 4 hours getting back to Primm. We think the fuel pump quit. We thought we had it handled, and sent Gunit on his way when he came up on us on the course, unfortunately we did not. Another huge thanks to Cameron Steele for pulling us out to a place where we could get the truck out. He was pre-running with his Super Duty and was not taking it easy. You haven't lived until you have pre-run without power steering, on a 15 foot tow strap behind a Super Duty, at 50+ mph! Thanks to Dan Wright for unloading his racer and coming out to fetch us in the middle of nowhere with his truck and trailer. Another thanks to Daniel for changing out every spare part that Rick had in his tool box, and then coming up with a water bottle and a vacuum line to get the truck moved about 2 miles to the Pit C area where we met the truck and trailer. He even sweet talked the BLM official into using his truck to tow the Bronco onto the trailer.

Dan Wright had a lot more excitement than we did, but his team brought the truck home to a well deserved finish. I'll let him tell his own story, but they did have a couple of flats and I think smacked one of the bigger rocks on the course. This is still essentially a new truck, and it takes a while to work out the bugs, we have been there!

After our troubles on Friday, and a flawless race, our luck ran out again on Sunday on the way home. I was trying to get just one more trip out of my trailer tires, and between the heat and trying to keep up with Rick's new Super Duty, we had a blowout coming down the grade on 58 into Bakersfield. We were able to pump up the spare and bolt it on in about 10 minutes without getting smacked by a semi. About the time we got to Turlock, Rick reported another tire was looking "a little low". Sure enough, the tread was seperated and starting to go down. Thanks AGAIN to Rick for having the quick thought and dialing fingers to call Wal Mart and convince them to keep the tire shop open for a few extra minutes at 7 pm on a Sunday night. We only lost about 30 minutes and $70 on a Brand X tire with that stop.

Over all a pretty good trip, I really had a good time. We always have a great turnout at this race, with 17 friends, family and crew on hand! We also combined forces with Dan Wright's Old Horse crew and worked with them all weekend. With only 124 entries, the Primm staff was not over loaded, and for the most part they were expecting us, and were friendly and helpful. (It has not always been this way!) The next race is the Baja 1000, and Sal Fish mentioned some details at the driver's meeting that I expect will make it a very different and fun race.

[Broncodawg]

That is one scary place to get a blowout. The semis are flying off that hill!:eek:
Glad you got home safe and geat working with you all.

[Tazz]

Hope you don't get board reading, kind of long. Our update.

One step closer is how I would put our weekend. We finished, it has been a while coming. From starting the build on this rig with just a frame 18 months ago, tell now has been a journey. It was our third race and we got to the finish line.
As Don eluded to we had a few issues. One came from totally out of the blue, others to be expected and then our recurring trans heating issue, but none from the suspension. Drivability was great for a 92 inch wheel base rig. I will say that if we hadn’t tested it as hard as we did at SOB two weeks ago and found our week spots it would have been a lot different outcome.

The race started off with the out of the blue issue. We had rerouted the exhaust after the last race to try and get as much heat sources away from the trans as possible. It now runs outside the frame and dumps out to the side just in front of the rear tire. In all of our testing it never posed an issue. Race morning as we are staged behind Don and all of the other rigs, I kept smelling exhaust gas in my helmet.

Most here don’t know, but some do, that I have lung issues. My team is aware of it, between searing them losing 50% of their use 16 years ago and the asthma. They can be a bit tricky at times. Well all of a sudden I was fighting a full blown episode with our own exhaust fumes being pumped in my helmet by the parker pumper setting there at idle for so long. As we set there with about 15 rigs still to go off in front of us. I was out of the helmet and racer, Jeremy and Daniel said I was white as a ghost. Daniel ran to get Russ to get in the rig, as I didn’t know if I was going to be able to get it under control. Jeremy crept the racer forward as I walked along on the co dog side, getting this back in control. We were down to 5 rigs and I was still out of the rig and Russ hadn’t made it yet. We were close enough that Sal could see we only had one in the rig and gave a funny look. It was time to go for broke, and there is nothing better for me than stress and adrenalin. I slammed the helmet on, bailed into the co-dog seat and got the belts on and raised my hands as we pulled up to the flag. I heard Jeremy say are you sure, and said I’ll make it.

We left, with as Jeremy described it, hearing Darth Vader through the intercom. We were off and everything was going good, tell the first hair pin corner. Something puncher the outside of the rear outside tire just as we were in the corner and Jeremy stabbing the throttle to come around. The tire came off the rim and the rim grabbed hard, we were heading over. Jeremy was quick and drove in to the roll real quick and saved it. With me sounding like Vader and 3 miles into the race we changed the first flat. Jeremy treating me like a mother hen, and not wanting me to get worse. We changed the tire while mired in silt to rear axle, on the outside of the corner in a bad spot. Strange happened to be parked there and as he came to check on us had to dive out of the way for the next car as it blew the corner went outside us. With the tire changed we locked in the hubs and got out of the hole.

Everything from there to pit B went fine, other than Jeremy was hesitant. I finally figured out he was spending more time concentrating on the sounds coming out of my helmet. He said, he was worried that at any minute he was going to have to drag me out of the racer and give me mouth to mouth. Trying to figure out how he was going to explain to everyone, how I didn’t make it. Because as he said we may be real good friend, but I’m way to ugly to give mouth to mount to. With his nerves calmed and my breathing under control, the racer was handling the rough terrain well. By pit B it was all about finishing, not catching Don. We didn’t get to Don’s 102, on the blacktop we were running at 50 and I asked Jeremy what was up, he said isn’t it 50mph here. I said no and he then pushed into it. In the straight sand wash we did get it up there though. He had it going 80 and the rig was handling well, I told him I liked the pace but didn’t think the trans would last. It was pegged straight down past 280, other that having to stop because of the trans heating issues and another flat at about RM 66 the lap was a good one.

We turned it over to Daniel and Russ for lap two, I booted up the computer, so I could follow their progress on the IRC tracking site. They had the same issues, heating and at Pit B had the hood pulled to try and get more air flow though. It helped, but they were feeling a lot of heat afterwards coming through the front to them. Russ only had to hit Daniel a couple times on the helmet to keep him under control. At pit C we had a double pit, Daniel had told the pit crew that he want them to dump water on the trans cooler. As he entered the pit he was waved over by the Don’s pit crew and they asked what he needed. He said he thought something was funny as he had just got off the radio. He said water on the cooler and they put some on it. He blew out of there went almost to the other end of the pits, and there was our crew waving him in. So he pulled in there too, they knew what he needed and immediately cooled the trans cooler down. It was the only pit where Don and my crew weren’t side by side in the pits, which is what added a bit to the confusion. I will say that I would rather have two crew looking after us than none.

I can’t say enough or thank Don and his crew enough for the working with us. I had 4 people drop out in the days before the race so we were short on help. They were there at every turn to help, even as Daniel was pulling into Pit C and Don was finishing they stayed until the finish for us. All of his crew is a great bunch of people.

As I was watching the tracker, the rig would come to a stop and I would chalk it to trans cooling. They would be off again. Just before check 4 I saw them stop, again I figured it was trans cooling. I watch it for a while and they were down for what felt like ever. They we on the back side of the mountain and we couldn’t reach them by radio, so while listening on our channel and weatherman, I kept waiting for the call. Then they were moving again, and then they were stopped at Check 4, again it took forever for them to get moving again. I kept waiting for the call figuring they had limped it in to check 4, the call never came. Then they were moving again.

When the race was over, I asked Daniel what happened on the back side. He said well the trans was getting hot and we were looking for wide spot to let it cool and we saw a buggy stopped. I went to go around it, and there was this nice looking gal with halter top on and her race suit down to the waste working on the engine of the buggy. So I figure that would be as good as any place to stop and let the trans cool. As I stopped a guy came out from under the rig and said they had lost the starter. I asked if it could be pull started, he said maybe. So Daniel and Russ jumped out to help them get thing together. Daniel said as he laid under their rig gray taping the starter to the frame. The old guy said to him, you must be single, Daniel said yes. The guy said I figured so, I have my daughter ride co-dog just for that reason. Well it wouldn’t pull start, so Daniel being the chivalrous guy he is, gladly towed them all the way to Check 4. I was glad to here it wasn’t a complete waste of time, he did manage to get a name and give his e-mail address to her.

At check 4 Strange was all over Daniel for towing the buggy to the check point, Daniel asked why he was yelling at him for taking care of the buggy. Strange said you’re wasting time and need to get after it if you’re going to finish in time. Daniel all chivalry gone, because a guy was yelling at him, turn into his normal charming self and told Strange to go F himself. I’ve got 1 hr and 30 minute to make it 18 miles and was off. In the dust just after that, they came on a rig flipped over in the course at speed the guy pointed him to the left. They took it and missed seeing a rock about the size of an engine block, the front cleared it, but it center punched the rear axle. It didn’t stop them, but did slow them quite a bit. Daniel said that, it was still moving well so he just kept going, other than it was getting loose in the rear. They brought it on in, he called me on the radio as they were coming across the bridge and said get ready to jump in and drive it across the finish for your points. I told him you brought it this far, take across yourself. We were going to finish our first race, and that was good enough for me. He brought it across with an 1hr and 5 minute still left on the time limit.

We looked the rig over after and the rock had sheared both centering pins in the rear springs, thanks to the heavy duty u-bolts and plates we use, they held, it had slid the rear back about 2” though and that was what had caused the rear to be loose.

Don glad to hear the trip home was just a blow out and a flat. My guys broke a spring on the trailer just as they were coming into Boise, which caused a blow out and they had a bit of excitement for a few moments. They ratchet strapped the axle up without a tire and limped it on into Boise. Left the racer at his uncle house and made it in about midnight their time. They’re headed back this morning as I type with the other trailer to get the racer.

Wow that was long winded, but it was a great time.

Once again thank all that helped. Greg (broncodawg) thanks for coming and being such a great team member, willing to man Pit B by himself. Your welcome to come with us anytime. To my younger brother Jim, and Brian for manning Pit C and hauling the racer down from Idaho. To Jeremy for worrying about my health, and driving as well as you did while pondering the fact that you may need to give me mouth to mouth. To Daniel and Russ, especially Daniel for actually making a Bronco survive, and keeping his priority straight. It not everyone that can focus so well, after trying to get a date in the middle of a race. To Don and his team, they are great people, and threw a couple of their guys in with Greg to man pit B. They also were there to dump our fuel in at the main pit as we did the driver change. The only people we had were the driver to man the main pit. With all that went down, I came away with one important lesson learned, get to a crowded breakfast early. The waitress might make the mistake of think everyone is together, as there all leaving and hand you the bill for everyone breakfast. LOL. All is good we sorted it out.

Dan

[Blanco]

Great story Dan! http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/16.gif
Did'nt seem very long once you start reading it.

Cant wait to see how much better you do after solving your Tranny cooling issues.

Hey I just thought of something.
Was'nt it also tranny related issues you had last year. http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/6.gif

[Tazz]

Great story Dan!
Hey I just thought of something.
Was'nt it also tranny related issues you had last year. http://www.thewebwheeler.com/forums/images/smilies/6.gif

Mostly driveline issues, these were all solved with a few changes we made and after the testing at SOB changed again. :( Some Trans temp issues, which we thought we had solved, but apprenatly not. It never got over 60 where we were testing, it was over 100 at Primm during the race.

[Blanco]

Was it two years ago then? when you had the tranny line come lose cause a small fire?

[Tazz]

Was it two years ago then? when you had the tranny line come lose cause a small fire?

Oh I was thinking about cooling issues. It was last years Primm where we blew the trans line and caught the rig on fire. I guess in a way that is a cooling issue, but it was handled with a fire extinguisher. Not the preferred way to cool a trans. :)

[Blanco]

it was handled with a fire extinguisher. Not the preferred way to cool a trans. :)

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[flyinbronco]

What an awesome race at Primm. It wasn’t all fun and games for me though. I learned a few things as well.



For several years I’ve been watching Don motor past our camp sites along the many courses in Mexico and each time he would go by I’d say to myself “ I know I can beat those guys”. Yeah right. This was my first race in the truck and Don gave me one heck of a ride. I started with him on the first lap. The sun was just coming up and with the heavy dust visibility was near zero. I did my best for a rookie to call out the corners off the GPS but I really don’t think he needed the help. The guy has radar like a bat or something. No matter how heavy the dust and the glaring sun tried to blind us he just kept hauling the mail. When we reached the short paved section he opened the black beast up for real and I watched the MPH climb. We finally hit a top speed of 102 mph and just to see if I was paying attention he puts the two tires on my side into the dirt around a sweeping right hander. I don’t know about sucking up any cushion Don but I did hold my breath for a couple of seconds for sure. We closed up a lot of ground on Rod Hall in his Hummer but we were back in the dust as the pavement ended. Don kept after it and soon we were on Rod’s tail jockeying for the pass. I layed on the horn as we got closer thinking to myself “This is so cool” as we passed the Hummer at over 80 mph as we were nearing pit B and we didn’t see them again the rest of the first lap. Don is so silky smooth and super fast I learned I have a long way to go in developing those kinds of driving skills.



The other thing I learned is never trailer your pre runner to a race. For the last five years I’ve been driving my Bronco down to Mexico from the Bay area for every race. I’d beat the heck out of it on the course and drive it home again without ever having a problem. The first time I trailer her any where she craps out on me near race mile 47 while on our prerun. We checked the obvious things like plug wires, vacuum lines etc. all seemed OK. While I was changing the fuel filter Dave Moore (Gunit) stopped to check on us and foolishly we sent him on his way. After trying everything Danny from the Old Horse Racing team and I could come up with I see a big super duty coming up the course. It was Cameron Steele and Adam Ashcroft; they stopped to see if we needed help and were gracious enough to tow us to an access road. Now mind you it was no ordinary tow. He was pounding on that super duty pretty hard while dragging us along all with no power steering or power brakes on my end. The whole time I’m hoping he doesn’t stop too fast because I didn’t think we could. We finally reached a side road and Danny called the Old Horse crew to come and fetch us back to town. Danny came up with some serious red neck engineering consisting of an empty water bottle we filled with gas, a few wire ties and a vacuum hose off the intake manifold that allowed us to reach pit C where we loaded up my Bronco onto Dan’s trailer with a little tug from a BLM truck. A big thanks to Dan Wright and the Old Horse crew for getting us back to Primm and for buying breakfast Ha Ha you guys are super. I hope my Bronco and I can work through our trust issues that have developed.



Thanks to Don and the rest of the team for giving me the ride of my life. I’m so grateful to you for allowing me to be a part of such an awesome crew. I’m very proud to call you all my friends and team mates.

[Blanco]

Don is so silky smooth and super fast I learned I have a long way to go in developing those kinds of driving skills.
I've heard Kens driving style is more aggressive than Dons.

After trying everything Danny from the Old Horse Racing team and I could come up with I see a big super duty coming up the course. It was Cameron Steele and Adam Ashcroft; they stopped to see if we needed help and were gracious enough to tow us to an access road. Now mind you it was no ordinary tow. He was pounding on that super duty pretty hard while dragging us along all with no power steering or power brakes on my end. The whole time I’m hoping he doesn’t stop too fast because I didn’t think we could.
Seems sorta messed up if you ask me. :rolleyes:


Danny came up with some serious red neck engineering consisting of an empty water bottle we filled with gas, a few wire ties and a vacuum hose off the intake manifold that allowed us to reach pit C

Please share with us how & what he did, in case any of us could potentially use that same thing that got you moving again.