Guys- (and maybe gals), your responses have blown me away! When I was in the middle of it, I guess I didn't realize that others could not do it as well. I kind of thought of it as a quirky hobby that consumed ALL MY TIME AND MONEY. I spent all my time at these races where the REAL stars were the Sport Trucks, Ultra Stocks, and Stadium Buggies. We had great races, but were always second to those guys. I have been going through boxes of old magazines and honestly am floored by how many I have with pictures of my cars and the races we were at. Dirt Wheels, ATV Sports, SCORE News, Dusty Times, 3&4 wheel action, 3 Wheelin, Crash & Burn, ETC. It was very special for me, but your response is special too. I was very lucky to have been part of it.

BTW, that LA race I posted was actually in the early 90's. That second place Briggs car that passed me was Rene Awana. He was employed full time by Natures Recipe to keep their stable of cars in perfect shape. They had a full test track they built right next to the shop. I got to test at it once. It was a great advantage for them. And the winner was some punk named Jimmy Johnson. Yep Mr. NASCAR himself. So I don't feel too bad with my 3rd place finish. Check out this picture and caption.



So I scanned in another mag article. I was hanging around Pro-ATV one day and the mag guys were there and asked me to help out on a photo shoot. "Uh, do you want to thrash a brand new FL350 before the public gets to drive one?" UMMMM, YES! I think that was the ONLY FL350 that I ever drove. Fun day though. Fun reading
https://www.dropbox.com/s/j6buttr3fhv9r ... t.pdf?dl=0

I have some more tidbits to post later after I scan them. Maybe another vid too.