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Steve Antoncich (250), and Four-wheel drive class winner
Bob Wiggins (96), battle it out and fastest qualifier Chuck
in the very soft sand river Coye, powers his Baja Boot
bottom of the 2.6 mile Indian through the deep sand of one
Dunes course. of the many switch-back turns.

this kind is the room available for both
spectators and participants. One can
camp on the low bluffs overlooking
the course, safe from racing vehicles,
while the racers get plenty of good
competitive driving without the car to
car contact encountered on the short
track type courses .. It gives the low
budget competitor a chance to com-
pete with the all out racers in his nice
glass bodied bug without getting it
smashed up, unless he does it him-
self.
With a pre-race entry fee of only
$ 1 0 per car and a guaranteed total
purse of $ 2000, this is low pressure,
high return racing. Ron Stebels, who
has been doing quite well on the short
courses, took the main event in his
own VW powered Five Star Racing
Team Special, finishing with a good
margin .
Other off-road racing organizations
have recognized the virtues of a
course like Indian Dunes, and the
National Sand Competition Associa-
tion will host a sand drag meet there
in October, with 2 full days of drag
racing· in the dry river bed.
November 1970