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N. 0. R. R. A. Sanctions •Buggy and Bike event at Motor P/aygrou;d
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111111 DUIIS fllSI catagory were sparse with only 4 cars
making it to the starting line. How-
ever, regardless of the small entry in
this event, Coye and his Boot could
COMPIIIIIVI IVIII qualifying time for the 2 . 6 mile course
have beaten all comers as he had fast
of 5 .05 minutes.
Racing was hot and heavy all day
with single seat all-out racing bugs,
Shortly after the mid-summer and through 2 water crossings that chopped Beetles, and just plain bug-
opening of the 400 acre motor recre- caught more than a few participants gies, plowing through the sand and
ational park, N. 0 . R. R. A. sanctioned with inadequate ignition waterproof- water, testing their machines and
a highly successful competition event ing . , skills against each other and the
for motorcycles and dune buggies. As if the soft sand stretches were timer's clock.
Because of the great area available not difficult enough, there were a This is the kind of event that gives
for off-road riding or racing, the dune couple of man-made jumps, mounds everyone a chance to see how their
buggies and bikes raced at the same of sand bull-dozed up just high engine sealing and filtering systems
time on separate courses, both in full enough to get a speeding machine in work. We are sure there were more
view of the spectators. trouble, that ca used some tie-rod than a few well sanded engines, and
Forty-two off-road competition breakage . The wise drivers made their' the usual pit activities included every-
buggies and 4-wheel drives showed time on the flat stretches, easing over thing from changing burned out
for the program which provided a full the jumps to save equipment. This clutches to welding up frames. All-in-
day of qualifying, heat racing, special was a course for proper tires and . all, this first sanctioned event at the
4-wheel drive race, semi and main plenty of horsepower, and even the new privately owned Indian Dunes,
events. NORRA's Chief Technical In- ex-Hickey, ex-McQueen Baja Boots, was a low pressure fun operation, very
spector, Elmer Wa ring, laid out a with all their big V-8 power, found similar to the early days of amateur
challenging course for the buggies, the soft stuff a real challenge. Chuck sports car racing, but with cash for
zig-zagging ther;n back and forth Coye won the event for 4-wheel drives the winners . .
across a dry river bed of deep sand in his Boot but the entries in this The nice thing about a course of
14 RT/ Dune Buggy