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APRIL 2021 - VOL 39, NO. 7 

MAGAZINE 

FEATURES 

08 | Sherri's Turn 

Parking Precious and Other Off Road Tales coming soon! 

10 | Dirtbits 

Intelligent Active Suspension available now for SXS 

16 | Devil's Canyon 

A successful partnership between the BLM and an off road 

club 

22 | Bike Shop 

Vintage racing is the way to go 

COMPETITION 

60 | SCFTA Flat Track 

Round 2 of the 2021 SCFTA season in Perris CA 

64 | CTA Grand Prix 

ZR Promo group racing in Mexicali B.C. 

72 | AMA District 38 King of the Desert 

Desert racing in Plaster City CA presented by 

Roadrunner MC 

24 | The Endangered Off Roader 

San Diego Off Road Coalition News 

26 | Last Chance Canyon 

San Diego Jeep Club joins forces with JeepnGypsy and Jeep 

Daddy 

30 | Oceano Dunes 

No matter what you've heard or read, the fight isn't over! 

32 | Off Road Kids 

These kids will bring a smile to your face! 

52 | Blast from the Past 

Remembering the 1993 Nevada 400 

46 | 4x4 Coach 

Don't be a fool, stop for fuel! 

56 | Saguaro UTV Fun Fest 

Exploring Arizona with UTV Off Road Adventures 

96 | Dr. DeForest's Off Road Health Tips 

Medicare for all? Let's take a look. 

80 | Slash X Duel in the Desert 

MORE Racing at Slash X Ranch in Barstow CA 

88 | Optima Batteries King of the 

Hammers, Part 2 

More coverage of this famous event by 

writer/photographer Michael Maher 

97-98 | Classifieds 

Free off road photo classifieds 


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COVER Featuring racers at 

the MORE Racing Slash X Duel in 

the Desert, February 20, 2021 in 

Barstow CA (Top) Keith Smith and 

McArthur Motorsports finished 

fourth Class 6100. (Bottom) 

Mario Ledezma finished 16th in 

Class 5/1600 

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CONTENTS 

Joey Smith finished seventh Class 

11 at the MORE Racing Slash X 

Duel in the Desert. 

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Is that funny yet?" I asked the guy-inthe-garage 

late one evening. I had a 

deadline looming and needed to pump 

out a Sherri's Turn column. 

He looked at me with that look. The 

one that made me wonder if I hadn't let 

enough time pass to broach this subject, let 

alone imply that it actually could be funny. 

I remembered back to that awful day 

when he was backing the motorhome into 

the driveway. I could still see the entire 

wall above the garage door pushing in with 

the pressure of the moving motorhome 

against it. I went speechless as I imagined 

that portion of the house caving in. Finally 

I screamed "STOP! STOP!" 

He trusts me. Implicitly. You see, 

there is his problem. I hate, with a capital 

H, giving him directions when it comes to 

driving, moving or parking motorhomes or 

trailers. He says it's my fault and though 

I want to convince myself it's his, it's just 

possible he could be right. 

I know what my hand signals mean. 

He does not. I know what I'm saying 

even when he can't hear me. He does not. 

I'm sure that day I gave him the signal to 

stop, to let him know he was close to the 

house, he was fully in the driveway and 

not sticking out on the street, he needed 

to stop. I know I gave him that signal. He 

does not know that I gave him that signal. 

That's why he kept backing up. At first 

I thought maybe he just wanted to get a 

little closer to the house than I thought he 

should be. Then when he actually made 

contact with the house I realized we had 

different ideas on what is close enough. 

Then when he continued to back up after 

making contact with the house and I saw 

the wood flex I knew that we were Not 

Communicating! 

Once I made that abundantly clear 

with my screaming, he took a split second 

to express his opinion, then he put the 

motorhome in drive and slowly pulled 

forward. I held my breath as the wood over 

the garage door flexed gently back to the 

place where it belonged and thankfully 

stayed intact. 

I don't remember how long we went 

without speaking after that incident. And 

although I had asked him before starting 

on that long ago column if it was funny, 

I'm not sure I ever heard him agree that 

yes it now was funny. But I wrote about it 

anyway. 

That was 20 years ago and I'm happy 

to report that we now have overcome 

all the communication problems when 

it comes to moving the RVs. Our new 

arrangement suits us both just fine. He 

does it all alone and I stay in the house or 

however far away I can get from him while 

he's doing it. 

Over the years the RV parking and 

driving stories as well as stories about 

communicating in general, or should I say 

miscommunicating, have given us plenty 

of material to fill this monthly column and 

I'm told, there are people everywhere who 

relate. I don't mind telling you it makes 

my day when I run into people at off road 

events or through emails who tell me that 

Sherri's Turn is their favorite column in the 

magazine. 

The stories of life and conflict with 

a twist of humor, focusing on the family, 

friends and sport we all love have proven 

to be popular with many readers. 

For 20 years we've had this idea to put 

together a volume of our favorite Sherri's 

Turn columns and it looks like we're finally 

making that happen. 


What you see here is the working 

cover, we may tweak it a bit, or we may 

leave it just as it is, for a book that holds 

about 140 pages of commentary on family 

and the off road life. 

It's a group project and we'd love 

to have readers get involved. We'll need 

volunteers willing to read a free advance 

e-copy of the book in exchange for 

agreeing to post a review on Amazon when 

the book is launched. We're also looking 

for people who'd like to help write the 

introduction. If you're willing to email us 

a sentence or two (or a 

paragraph or 

two) of your 

thoughts on 

Sherri's Turn 

that would be 

most helpful. 

Those who 

contribute to 

the introduction 

will receive a 

printed copy of 

the book when 

it's complete later 

this spring. 

In the 

meantime, we 

have our most 

difficult work 

ahead. 

And that is the guy-in-the-garage and 

I proofing, editing and agreeing on what 

goes in the book and what doesn't. 

"This isn't how this happened," he 

told me about one of the early chapters. 

"I'm sure it happened that way," I told 

him. 

"Do you actually remember this 

happening?" 

"Well, no, but I wrote that 20 years 

ago, how would I remember?" 

"Then I don't think you wrote it 

right," he insisted. 

"I wouldn't have 

written soemthing that 

wasn't true ," I was 

equally insistent. 

His look told me 

he wasn't convinced. 

My look told 

him, it will be 

a miracle if we 

actually complete 

this project. 

But hey, that 

will just be one 

more story to 

tell in a future 

column. E 

Email ssormag@ 

gmail.com or text 

760-336-1512 to 

be a part of the 

project 

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Roy Denner • Harold Soens 

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Dirtbits 

2021 All Terrain 

Concepts 

UTV Legends 

Championship 

Postponed 

Best In The Desert has announced 

that the 2021 All Terrain Concepts 

UTV Legends Championship 

scheduled for March 25-28, 2021 in 

Laughlin, Nevada has been rescheduled to 

September 9-12, 2021. 

The event has been rescheduled due 

to updated COVID-19 policies recently 

implemented by the State of Nevada and 

Clark County. While the announcement is 

extremely disappointing for racers, teams, 

fans and Best In The Desert staff, the 

organization looks forward to holding the 

event come September. 

Racers who are registered for the 

2021 All Terrain Concepts UTV Legends 

Championship will automatically be 

granted entry to the rescheduled event on 

September 9-12, 2021, or can choose to 

have their entry fee reimbursed. 

“Dealing with COVID-19 has 

certainly been challenging over the last 

year with the many new hurdles thrown 

at Best In the Desert. Unfortunately, a 

new one appeared out of nowhere for 

the All Terrain Concepts UTV Legends 

Championship,” commented Best In 

The Desert CEO Daryl Folks. “We 

regret having to make this untimely 

announcement and we apologize to the 

racers, their support crews, sponsors, 

media, the town of Laughlin, and our staff, 

along with all of our volunteers for the 

disappointment and any inconvenience 

this may create. Best In the Desert will 

now refocus all of its efforts and attention 

to our next two events, the upcoming 

Jimco Racing Silver State 300 and Rocky 

Mountain ATV/MC World Hare and Hound 

Championship Presented by GPR.” 

Best In The Desert Race Operations 

Mgr. Jeff Phillips added, “We have been 

working closely with the Laughlin Tourism 

Commission and Laughlin Chamber of 

Commerce to get our event approved, and 

all of us are, quite naturally, disappointed 

to have to make this announcement. The 

permit process required by the State of 

Nevada and Clark County has become a 

bit of a moving target. We were under the 

impression our permit was being approved. 

We deeply apologize for any inconvenience 

this causes our racers, sponsors, and fans 

of Best In The Desert. We will be back in 

September with the All Terrain Concepts 

UTV Legends Championship event and we 

promise to make it even bigger and better.” 

Questions can be directed to Best In 

The Desert through contact methods found 

here: www.bitd.com/contact/. 

The 2021 All Terrain Concepts UTV 

Legends Championship will be open to 

motorcycles, quads, and UTVs and run on 

a 17-mile race course in Laughlin, Nevada 

rescheduled for September 9-12, 2021. 

Intelligent Active 

Suspension 

Systems for 

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Suspension Direct, Inc, (SDi) 

announces the launch of SDi 

E-CLIK, intelligent active suspension 

systems for Sideby-Sides 

(SxS). 

The E-CLIK 

system is the first 

to bring intelligent, 

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to the aftermarket. 

It incorporates 

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technology and 

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“Suspension has always been about 

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SDi. “If you make an improvement in one 

area, you lose something in another. With 

E-CLIK, that problem has been solved.” 

SDi E-CLIK Systems Overview 

Originally released for Jeep JLs & 

JKs in October of 2020, E-CLIK is the 

first and only full proportional active 

suspension system for Jeep owners. Now, 

SDi aims to bring this technology to SxS 

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E-CLIK PRO for SxS ($2,599) 

- 12 independent sensors calculate 

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- Patent-pending E-valve proportional 

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changes. 

- Includes in-cab Touch Screen 

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stiffens the front, then the rear at the 

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• Race – For when you need to 

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• Your SxS setup is as unique as 

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- Requires installation and a shock 

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The included axle straps make it easy 

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The Race That 

Started It All: 

Best In The 

Desert Revives 

the World Hare 

and Hound 

Championship 

Best In The Desert fans, racers, and 

staff are looking forward to this 

coming May with 

tremendous excitement and 

just a taste of nostalgia. A 

Best In The Desert staple, 

the World Hare and Hound 

Championship has been 

revived in the 2021 schedule. 

Originally billed as “One 

Man, One Machine, One 

Desert, One Way,” the 2021 

event will be sponsored by 

Rocky Mountain ATV/MC 

and presented by GPR, and 

is scheduled for May 21-23, 

2021 in Tonopah, Nevada. 

Best In The Desert 

founder Casey Folks first 

organized the World Hare and 

Hound Championship in 1984, 

and it quickly became one of 

the premier events in off-road 

desert racing. It was known 

as an event that tested the best desert 


motorcycle racers in the world. 

Past winners include renowned 

desert legends Dan Smith, Chris 

Crandall, and Garth Sweetland 

among many others. 

The 2021 Rocky 

Mountain ATV/MC World 

Hare and Hound Championship 

Presented by GPR, open to 

motorcycles only, will be run 

point-to-point on a 110+-mile 

course. And while racers will 

have their skills fiercely tested, 

pit crews will have easy access 

to pits as they chase their rider 

during the race. The event will 

see Pro, Expert, Amateurs, 

Family, Ironman, Women’s, and 

Youth Motorcycle Classes. 

“We’ve been working on 

this one for quite a while,” stated 

Best In The Desert co-owner 

Daryl Folks. “This is going to be very 

special. The desert around Tonopah is a 

mixture of decomposed granite, shale, and 

gravel and has a solid base to it. The trails 

are some of the most flowing and technical 

that I’ve ever ridden and make for an ideal 

race course to test everyone’s skills and 

abilities. The winner of this race will have 

earned it.” 

The event has been in the 

development phase for three years with 

the course and location meticulously 

planned. Tonopah, Nevada was selected 

due to its geographically central location 

in the western United States and the fact 

that it provided a neutral race site where 

no rider has home-field 

advantage. To top it off, 

the area hasn’t been 

used for motorcycle 

competition in over 15 

years, and as a result, 

conditions are ideal for 

an old-school hare-andhound 

type race. 

The event is 

expected to draw a large, 

talented pool of off-road 

racers ready to compete, 

not only to be crowned 

as a World Champion but 

Dan Smith, Overall 

Winner of the Inaugural 

World Hare and Hound 

Championship in 1984 

also to compete for some 

significant prize money. 

A guaranteed purse of 

$6,000, in addition to Best 

In The Desert’s normal 

pro payback, will be

awarded to Pro class winners, including a 

$1,000 bonus to the top Woman Expert. 

Best In The Desert is also very 

excited to announce that representatives 

from The Kurt Caselli Foundation will 

be on hand at the event. The Kurt Caselli 

Foundation is noted for the tremendous 

work they are doing on behalf of rider 

safety. They will be offering their Moto 

First Aid Kits on site for a small donation. 

ASA Celebrates 

20 Years Of 

Fighting For Your 

Right To Ride! 

To celebrate the American Sand 

Association's (ASA) 20th 

Anniversary of protecting your right 

to ride at the ISDRA and other recreation 

areas around the USA, the staff and Board 

members have put together this video, 

which highlights the history, successes, and 

personalities of the ASA. 

Please help us share this video 

with your friends, family, and duning 

community! Here is the direct link to 

YouTube: https://youtu.be/PmXMqLVuXxI 

In case anyone needs a reminder, 

here is a highlight of just some of the 

SUCCESSES of the ASA: 

• 40,000 acres reopened at the ISDRA! 

• Dune fees have stayed the same 

throughout the last decade. 

• Our work has served as a responsible 

model for keeping riding areas open 

nationwide. 

THANK YOU To These ASA 20th 

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To this day, our mission of "Unite, 

Inform, and Mobilize" has been at the 

forefront of our efforts to keep the ISDRA, 

along with other sand dune locations 

around the USA, open to all riders from 

all walks of life. We continue to see 

families from all over the world enjoy the 

Glamis dunes, and we'll continue to do our 

part in keeping these dunes open for our 

current generations of riders, along with 

generations thereafter. 

You can expect us to be around for the 

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Devils Canyon 

A successful partnership 

between the BLM and an 

off road club 


By Bo Neece and 

Mark Davenport, 

Tierra Del Sol 

Four Wheel Drive Club 

www.tds4x4.com 

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In the 1800’s there was a canyon 

east of Jacumba CA, (now located 

off of the 8 freeway) called Devils 

Canyon. The canyon ran from the Yuha 

Desert up to Mountain Springs. In the early 

to mid-1800’s, this route was discovered 

and developed by the U.S Army as a 

mule trail to travel to and from the Port of 

San Diego. Over the years, the trail was 

further developed into a toll road for stage 

coaches, freight wagons and finally a main 

thoroughfare for automobiles. In the early 

1900’s a better route was constructed for 

automobiles and the old trail was promptly 

forgotten and fell into a state of serious 

disrepair. 

Fast forward to 2006. A couple of 

wheelers, Vern Britain and Steve Unwin, 

decided to explore and see if the old trail 

could be reopened to off road travel, 

but mother nature had taken its toll on 

her. Thanks to erosion, flash floods and 

landslides, the trail was all but impassable. 

For over three months they toiled, moving 

rocks and trimming brush to make the trail 

accessible. 

Make no mistake, Steve and Vern 

did make the trail passable but only to 

the very experienced, well prepared and 

with very well built rigs. They had all of 

that and more but even so, on their first 

run the group suffered body damage all 

around; several bent and broken tie rods, 

an exploded wheel hub and a broken stub 

shaft. An extreme rock crawling trail was 

born! 

"We tell others 

that in order 

to join us 

on the trail, 

they will need 

to have a 

very casual 

attitude 

towards body 

damage." 


Due to the difficulty of the trail 

the canyon became extremely popular 

overnight. It quickly became the “go to 

trail” for extreme rock crawling in San 

Diego County, so much so that the canyon 

was abruptly closed by the BLM and the 

CA Fish and Wildlife agency in early 2007. 

Not only is Devil’s Canyon an extreme 

rock crawling trail, it’s also home to a very 

large population of protected California 

Big Horn Sheep, hence the CDFW got 

involved in the closure. 

With the closure of the trail, the story 

of Devils Canyon could very well have 

ended there, but through five years of hard 

work from the Tierra Del Sol Four Wheel 

Drive Club along with the cooperation 

of the BLM, CAFG and a small group of 

volunteers, the trail was partially reopened 

in 2012. Today the Canyon is still highly 

regulated by the BLM and in order for you 

to legally run it you must obtain a BLM 

special use permit that takes a minimum of 

six months to reserve. 

The trail is only open one weekend 

(Sat/Sun) every three weeks from 

October-April, is limited to a max of 15 

rigs per day and requires the permittee to 

purchase special use insurance that can 

be challenging and quite costly to obtain. 

Depending on the number of participants, 

the total cost between the permits, special 

use fees and insurance can easily run 

upwards of $700 or more. 

Tierra Del Sol has had 50 or so 

permitted runs through the canyon over the 

last 10 years and as we continuously ran 

the canyon we noticed a slow and steady 

buildup of trash from the 8 freeway that 

runs above. TDS wanted to preserve the 

beauty of the Canyon and help protect the 

sheep population in the area. We wanted to 

give back! 

In early 2020, working through a 

partnership with the El Centro BLM Field 


"The trail 

offers nonstop 

obstacle after 

obstacle 

(think the 

Rubicon on 

steroids) with 

refrigerator 

and VW Bug 

size rocks." 


office, TDS was officially awarded the 

stewardship of the canyon through the 

BLM’s “Adopt a Trail Program.” During 

our first trail cleanup in October 2020, with 

cooperation from the BLM, TDS members, 

guests and volunteers from the San Diego 4 

Wheelers, were able to collect enough trash 

to completely fill a 24’ flatbed trailer! 

Regarding the trail: We tell others 

that in order to join us on trail, they will 

need to have a very casual attitude towards 

body damage. Believe me, this trail has not 

gotten any easier over the years! 

The trail is short at a mere 2 ½ miles 

one way, but it is the real deal, a solid 7.5-8 

rated trail! Traditionally, TDS runs this 

trail round trip, down and then back up 

and normally takes us approximately eight 

hours to complete. BUT, don’t let it fool 

you, as others can attest, it can also take 

12+ hours to run it in one direction! 

The trail offers nonstop obstacle after 

obstacle (think the Rubicon on steroids) 

with refrigerator and VW Bug size rocks, 

big water falls, holes that if you don’t take 

the right line will flop you in a heartbeat 

and very technical, tight, off camber turns. 

Our trail boss Bo Neece summed it up as 

“For buggies, not too challenging but fun, 

for anything else, more challenging, it’s not 

hard all the time but it has its moments.” 

Equipment recommended to successfully 

traverse this trail include a minimum of 

37 inch tires, real lockers front and rear, a 

working winch, full under armor, upgraded 

steering and some spare parts. Mechanical 

breakage is common and body damage is 

almost certain on this trail. Tierra Del Sol 

still runs this trail several times a year so 

if you have what it takes and if your rig 

meets the minimum requirements, please 

reach out to us if you would like to join us 

for a day of wheeling on Devil’s Canyon. 

Thank you Scott Heldstrom, Vern 

Britain, Steve Unwin and Bo Neece for 

contributions to the above. We would also 

like to thank Neil Hamada, Alexia Williams 

and the entire El Centro, BLM Field office 

for your continued support. And lastly we 

would like to give recognition to those 

volunteers who assisted Tierra Del Sol 

in reopening the canyon to OHV use: Bo 

Neece, George Kroop, Marco Schilling, 

Thomas Zale, Vern Britain, John Stewart, 

Bill Bachman, Mark Geletzke, Angela 

Cook, Ed Webster, Dallas Meeks, Jabe 

Beal and Miguel Monroy. 

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www.tds4x4.com 


www.autofab.com 


Bike Shop 

By Clutch Roberts 

Vintage Racing 

After racing and riding my 1995 

Honda CR250 a few times, I 

realized it wasn't what I wanted. 

I really enjoyed racing my friend's 

1970 CZ250 and wanted to get a vintage 

race bike to compete on. I also rode the 

CR250 in the desert 

and think I would be 

happier with a new 

bike there. With the red 

sticker program ending 

I plan to buy a new red 

sticker bike to keep for 

a long time. 

First order of 

business was to sell the 

Honda. After posting, 

I exchanged messages with an interested 

guy. He fixes up older bikes better than 

new and resells them. He gave me his 

Instagram name to see some of his work 

and I was shocked to find out it was David 

Vuillemin, motocross star of the 1990's 

and 2000's. He came to my house, so I 

had to call him the Cobra as soon as he 

walked in (his old racing nickname). Was 

super fun talking to him about bikes and 

life. He consults with Yamaha rider Dylan 

Fernandis and fixes up bikes from his era. 

He bought the bike and I set out 

to find a vintage MX race bike. To be 

eligible for vintage racing, the bike must 

be model year 1974 or older. While I love 

the European bikes, I settled on a 1973 

Yamaha MX360. These are very capable 

and durable racing bikes. Of course I 

bought it cheap and will spend a lot of 

time and money fixing it up. I bought it 

from a guy in Long Beach who had easily 

"I'm now becoming 

over 50 bikes, mostly Yamahas with a few 

Bultacos, Suzukis and Triumphs. Nothing 

newer than 1974 and not one in running 

condition. 

I spent a couple hours looking through 

his stuff and getting tips on old bikes. I'm 

now becoming friends with Bikebuzzard 

on Ebay and helping DC Plastics fund their 

401k account. 

At least the 

MX360 will 

look good! I'm 

glad it shifts 

on the left, 

as my Husky 

400 shifts on 

the right and 

gives me foot 

dyslexia. 

Just to keep my life interesting I am 

also rebuilding the engine on my 1960's 

Triumph 500cc twin. My most recent 

lesson is on sludge traps (Google it) I am 

interested in setting up the Triumph to race 

friends with Bikebuzzard 

on eBay and helping 

DC Plastics fund their 

401k account." 

David Vuillemin on left with Bike Shop author 


with the Old School Scrambles Racing 

Group. These guys use old bikes on tracks 

much smoother than vintage motocross. 

Think mounds instead of jumps. 

Last month I wrote about rigid neck 

braces and how much good they can do. 

A few months ago, I wrote about the big 

vintage race I attended where I spoke to 

old stars, including 125 SX champ Todd 

Dehoop. When I saw Todd on the starting 

line, I remember easily reading his name 

on his jersey's upper back. 

Thinking back, he didn't wear a neck 

brace or hard chest/shoulder pads. I just 

read a report that Todd was badly injured 

in an MX crash in Florida. He broke a 

vertebra in his neck and is in very bad 

shape. Let's pray for Todd and seriously 

think about wearing all the protection we 

can. I always wear a neck brace on tracks 

and after a minute, I forget I have it on. E

www.ruggedradios.com 


Oceano dunes has problems, 

Superstition bombing range border 

is getting a fence, TDS Safari took 

place, Sandstone Canyon has closed and 

grants are out for comment. 

Sandstone Canyon 

Sandstone Canyon is in Anza Borrego 

Desert State Park and heads southwest 

from Fish Creek wash. It is a narrow 

and deep wash that is fun to drive. We 

started hearing reports of it being closed 

and had to dig in and find out what was 

happening. Turns out a state Fish and 

Game commissioner was walking around 

above the end of the canyon looking for big 

horn sheep stuff and she came upon a steel 

post hammered in the ground, some rope, 

a run over ocotillo and a sawed down very 

old ocotillo tree. 

Someone had driven to the end of 

Sandstone Canyon, placed the post and 

winched out of the canyon. She told park 

staff about it and they looked carefully 

at park maps of the area. They found that 

the official trail ends at the spot where the 

new signs have been placed. This is where 

there is the pile of collapsed wall that is 

challenging to drive over. There is some 

confusion because there are signs further 

up the wash that indicate that travel with 

vehicles is ok in there. The park says it was 

a mistake to have allowed travel beyond 

that point. We are talking to the park about 

allowing travel further up. I have seen 

photos of the post and cut tree and they are 

real. 

TDS Desert Safari 

Tierra Del Sol Safari took place, 

though not in the usual way. There was a 

small base tent with shirts for sale behind 

the Jack in the Box in Salton City. There 

were some casual group runs in the desert 

nearby and an online raffle took place. I 

had been contacted the week before by 

OHV commissioner Tom Lemmon about 

he and Senator Brian Jones coming out to 

drive around. The Sunday morning, I met 

with Tom, Brian and fellow Commissioner 

OHV Patricia Urena at Steve's ATV in 

Salton City. Steve allowed the three of 

them to borrow side by sides for a run and 

invited our VP Audrey and myself. We 

went along S22 where we would like to 

have the road designated as combined use, 

then we went up Tectonic Gorge and down 

Tierra Del Sol washes. Audrey drove her 

Jeep and I led with my motorcycle. 

Superstition Bombing Range 

The Superstition open area is getting 

a smooth wire fence on the northeastern 

side soon. There have been a lot of 

incursions into the bombing range and 

that is making trouble with the Navy. The 

Navy plans practice flights in advance. 

Planes are prepared, schedules made and 

pilots readied. They take off and fly to 

the practice area, only to have to abort 

the mission because someone is down 

there driving around where they are not 

supposed to be. This is expensive and 

damages our military's ability to be ready 

to protect us, so please stay out of the 

bombing ranges. 

Oceano Dunes 

Oceano Dunes may have its fate 

decided by the time you read this. It is 

now days before the California Coastal 

Commission meeting to vote on whether 

to allow OHV use to continue there. 


SDORC submitted comments 

to CCC asking for the park to 

remain open. We pointed out the 

large number of visitors who go 

there, the ability of underserved 

communities to rent ATV's and 

enjoy an off-road experience and 

reminded them that State Parks 

does an excellent job managing 

all the resources there. 

We also commented 

on State Parks Public Works 

Plan and noted that there is no 

objective reason to limit capacity 

to 500 per day when it was 1,000 

per day before the pandemic. 

We also pointed out that not 

allowing concessions, like ATV 

rentals is a big mistake and hurts 

underserved communities. 

OHV Grants 

State Parks OHV grants are 

now up for review and comment. 

If you care about how your 

OHV green sticker dollars are 

being spent, this is your time to 

weigh in. https://olga.ohv.parks. 

ca.gov/egrams_ohmvr/user/ 

ReviewProjects.aspx 

SDORC Radio 

You can listen to SDORC 

radio on Sundays at noon on 

KCBQ AM 1170, FM 92.1 and 

online The Answer Radio as well 

as past shows on SDORC.org We 

are looking for radio sponsors, so 

let us know you want to get on 

the air with us. 

SDORC Membership 

SDORC is a membership 

organization, so go to our 

website and join for only $25 

per year and help us keep land 

open for us all to enjoy. 

The threat to close the Oceano SVRA to vehicles is real as shown by this hypocritcal 

protester who is collecting signatures to shut the beach down to vehicles, 

Join San Diego 

Off Road 

Coalition 

to help protect 

off road areas 

www.sdorc. 

org/joinsdorc/ 

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Last Chan 

BY JESSI PUFFENBARGER 

www.sdjc.rocks 


ce Canyon 

What can happen when two great Jeep 

enthusiasts meet? An annual event of course. 

That is what happened when JeepnGypsy and 

Jeep Daddy met the San Diego Jeep Club. With like 

goals and interests, this friendship just continues to 

blossom. This year, while still impacted by Covid, the 

two found a way to make the annual event happen. It 

was decided that a camp out with trail runs of varying 

degrees of difficulty would occur. 

Unfortunately, mother nature had other ideas. 

Naturally, San Diego Jeep Club stepped into action 

and altered the event so that it could still happen, just 

on a modified scale. Instead of multiple runs, there 

would be one run that would highlight the best that the 

area had to offer. Camping would still occur, but with 

high winds anticipated, members without motorhomes 

elected to stay at nearby lodging. 

All participants met at basecamp to air down 

and have a quick drivers meeting before hitting the 

trail. The revised plan was to hit the trail and travel 

to various locations along the way such as a mine, 

camp, and tunnel. The plan would have to be revised 

one more time, but more on that later. Last Chance 

Canyon, here we come. 

Last Chance Canyon is a fun trail surrounded 

by beautiful canyons in the El Paso Mountain range. 



Last Chance Canyon is part of Red Rock 

Canyon State Park and features steep 

canyon walls, challenging rock obstacles, 

and many places to explore and see the 

past. Red Rock Canyon State Park has over 

147 archeological sites and various wildlife 

including desert tortoise, Mohave ground 

squirrel, Prairie Falcons, Golden Eagles, 

and various desert plants. Petroglyphs and 

aboriginal tool stone quarries can also be 

found. 

In the 1860s Red Rock Canyon 

became a travel route for shipments of 

supplies for regional mines especially 

during the 1890s when there was a rush 

to mine placer gold from the dry washes. 

After time, the mining activity died down 

but saw a resurgence during the Great 

Depression. During this period, long-term 

residency near the mines increased. A few 

of the main points of interest in the park 

are Dutch Cleanser Mines, Bickel Camp, 

Holland Camp, Holly Ash Mines, Cudahay 

Camp, and Burro Schmidt Tunnel. Burro 

Schmidt Tunnel was not made by nature, 

but instead by William “Burro” Schmidt 

who spent 38 years digging the half-milelong 

tunnel. 

Once reaching the trailhead, we all 

lined up to enter Last Chance Canyon 

and start on our adventure. As the trail 

progresses, a series of obstacles and loose 

rock come into view. Now the trail starts 

to come to life. The high canyon walls and 

weaving of the trail keep you focused and 

on your toes. 

The first major obstacle that you 

approach is the V-notch. This is an area 

not for the faint of heart. As you drive up 

onto the notch, you have to slowly ride the 

walls bringing your Jeep up high enough 

on the wall to almost walk under it. If not 

careful, the Jeep could slip down the wall 

into the notch, causing damage. There is 

a bypass for this section so if you are not 

comfortable you can continue on the trail. 

As the trail progresses the rocks continue 

to get larger and remain loose making the 

trail change as it is driven. 

The next obstacle you encounter is 

a step-up shelf. There are two lines on 

this shelf depending on the build of the 

vehicle and the skill of the driver. With 

great spotting, a stock vehicle is more than 

capable of getting through one section of 

this obstacle. This trail is not just traversed 

by Jeeps, but also motorcycles and sideby-sides 

so be sure that you do not block 

the trail should you need to stop for any 

reason. 


As we continued down the trail, 

it opened up to a large wash and areas 

marked for wildlife preservation. This 

was the perfect area to stop for a small 

break. Unfortunately, this was also the area 

of our next challenge. We had a vehicle 

breakdown and after working on it for a 

little while, we determined that we would 

be unable to repair it on trail. Tow straps 

were taken out and we started to hook up 

the vehicle in preparation to tow it. San 

Diego Jeep Club's policy is to never leave a 

vehicle on the trail. 

Unfortunately, this caused us to 

modify our trail plan for the day. After 

much discussion, we decided the fastest 

way to get the vehicle off the trail was to 

go past the Dutch Cleanser mine where we 

would be able to tow the Jeep to pavement 

much quicker. The only thing standing in 

our way was Graduation Hill. While this 

is a moderate hill, the added weight of 

a vehicle in tow added a new challenge. 

Getting the vehicle part way up the hill 

we decided to connect a winch to the tow 

vehicle to help it get all the way up and 

over with the extra weight. The convoy 

continued down the trail until reaching the 

Dutch Cleanser Mine where it was decided 

that we would split the group up. A few 

went with the tow vehicle and brought the 

non-running Jeep to the pavement where it 

could be towed. 

The rest of us stayed at the mine 

to explore. It was amazing to see the 

large shafts where the pumice was mined 

to make the abrasive cleanser sold in 

the early 1900s. Once the tow vehicle 

group returned, we continued on the trail 

passing Cudahay Camp. This was a small 

settlement in 1923 that housed on average 

12 men at a time who would mine the 

nearby Pumicite producing over 100 tons 

of pumice a week. The camp was later 

abandoned, but remnants of the concrete 

foundations can still be seen. 

After a fulfilling, but challenging day, 

the San Diego Jeep Club, JeepnGypsy, and 

Jeep Daddy made it back to camp. Some 

members aired up and headed home, while 

others remained to finish the last day of the 

campout. The day ended with a wonderful 

campfire shared by friends who have 

become family. Can’t wait to see what we 

plan for next year’s annual event. E 

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OCEANO DUNES 

BY JARED MACLEOD 

www.oceanodunes.org 

THE FIGHT ISN'T OVER! 

On March 18, 2021 the California 

Coastal Commission voted to end 

the 100 year tradition of allowing 

off road vehicles on the beach at the 

Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation 

Area. 

Background 

Following the California Coastal 

Commission meeting July 2019 in San 

Luis Obispo, State Parks was directed to 

develop a comprehensive Public Works 

Plan and many other key environmental 

documents prior to meeting 

with the Coastal Commission 

again. 

After years of preparation 

and direct coordination with 

the Coastal Commission, 

California State Parks released 

their draft Public Works 

Plan in December 2020. Per 

the deadline, the plan was 

delivered by State Parks 

as promised to the Coastal 

Commission. 

On March 18, 2021 

rather than the Commission 

taking the opportunity to 

discuss and evaluate the 

Oceano Dunes Public Works 

Plan, they chose instead to take 

drastic action against the longstanding 

1982 Coastal Development Permit that 

allowed off road vehicles at Oceano. The 

Commissioners voted on their Staff’s 

recommendation for a 5-Year Phase out 

of OHV and camping at Oceano Dunes 

SVRA, as well as other drastic changes to 

the Park. 

In an effort to appease the California 

Coastal Commission, State Parks had spent 

years implementing painstaking measures 

to assure that the Public Works Plan had 

directly addressed each of the concerns and 

demands. This was done at the expense of 

State Parks, offering no actual benefit to 

the OHV users and campers of the Park, 

but instead included major new reductions 

and restrictions imposed on the Park's 

current operations. 

Prepping for the Big Day 

In the months leading up to the big 

day, Friends of Oceano Dunes board 

members, our attorney and our lobbyist 

Jared and Point Mugu 4x4 President Lance DesBaillets with the 

Counter Protesters 

were all-hands-on-deck working around the 

clock in preparation. 

First, we met privately with California 

Coastal Commission Staffers Dan Karl 

and Kevin Kahn, the masterminds behind 

the staff recommendation and scheme to 

phase out current operations at the Park. 

Next we scheduled separate meetings 

with Commissioner Uranga, California 

Coastal Commission Chair Padilla and 

Vice Chair Brownsey. At each of these 


meetings, Friends of Oceano Dunes 

President Jim Suty presented a slide show 

highlighting the Park’s history, Coastal Act 

compliance and longstanding historical 

use of OHV and camping recreation going 

back over 100 years. Also discussed were 

the successes of our many world class 

environmental and endangered species 

programs (funded by the OHV Trust Fund) 

with insight offered as to how we could 

collaborate together with the Coastal 

Commission and State Parks to further 

improve on these successes. 

It might seem 

odd that Friends of 

Oceano Dunes put 

in the extra time and 

effort to meet with 

the Commissioners 

and Staffers, but we 

believed it was worth a 

shot to engage with our 

opposition and exhaust 

every possibility prior to 

the March 18 meeting. 

What is most alarming 

is that we found out 

later through the Coastal 

Commission's ex parte 

disclosures, that Friends 

of Oceano Dunes was 

the only pro OHV organization to actually 

meet with or attempt to have meetings 

with the Commissioners. Where were the 

others? 

Next, Friends of Oceano Dunes 

decided to join forces with the Pismo 

Chamber of Commerce as well as a local 

advocacy group called Beach Drive Ride, 

United Spinal Association, Rugged Radios, 

Clawson Motorsports, Mitchell Insurance, 

Yo Banana Boy! and other local business

Lin Macleod protesting the Park’s closure 

owners and residents to have the “Access 

4 All Peaceful Demonstration” at Oceano 

Dunes the weekend before the March 18 

meeting. The idea was simple: To protest 

against the March 18 meeting and to bring 

the local community together to take a 

stand against the Coastal Commission’s 

overreach of power and threats to close 

OHV and camping at our SVRA. The 

demonstration was a huge success. 

3 years (closing in 2024). The 

Coastal Commission wants the 

Park closed in 3 years time, with 

zero consideration for the fact 

that it is a state legislated SVRA 

and no regard for the impact this 

will have on the local businesses 

and community. 

The second most 

consequential amendment passed 

was to extend the closure of 

the Pier Avenue entrance to 

July 2022, an extra 12 months, 

rather than the July 2021 

original closure date proposed 

in the Staff recommendation. 

The Commissioners clearly 

could care less about the local 

businesses this will destroy, but 

as they see it, one extra year 

should be plenty of time for the 

businesses to figure things out. 

The Battle Continues 

This fight is far from over! The 

Friends of Oceano Dunes' legal team is 

gearing up and preparing to file another 

lawsuit. The upcoming lawsuits will be 

expensive, and will likely go all the way 

to the Supreme Court. This will ultimately 

come down to funding, and Friends of 

Oceano Dunes needs your support. 

We are IN IT TO WIN IT! 

Keith Smith, Founder/President of 

United Spinal Association Central 

Coast 

To DONATE and help support our 

legal fight against the California 

Coastal Commission, please go to 


The Showdown 

Fast forward to March 18, the 

showdown with the California Coastal 

Commission! This grueling 12 hour 

meeting was the most drawn out dog and 

pony show I have ever seen. We listened 

to hours of one-minute public comments 

from both sides, for a total of 50 pro OHV 

callers, as well as group presentations from 

established organizations. Again, very 

disappointing to see an absence of so many 

of the “key players” for the most pivotal 

decision to date in the fight for Oceano 

Dunes SVRA. 

The biggest result of the meeting 

was the Commissioners’ unanimous vote 

for an amendment to advance their Staff's 

recommended 5-year phase out plan to just 

Karen Suty, Jennifer Rokes, Jim Suty (President & Founder of Friends of 

Oceano Dunes) and Anthony Andre 

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OFF 

ROAD 

KIDS 



Cousins Slater Ketcham (2) and Jacey 

Ketcham (2) riding double on a CRF50. 

- Dave Ketcham, Escondido CA 

turn the page for 

MORE OFF ROAD KIDS! 


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This is all our grandkids in the buggy at Devils Slide 

- Theresa Collett, San Marcos CA 

Here is a picture of my beautiful, spunky and energetic 

5-year-old daughter from Holtville CA, Abrianna Trevino 

enjoying her Sunday at Eagle Mountain Railroad Trestle 

Bridge February 21st on a ride from Mammoth Wash 

- Neftali Trevino, Holtville CA 

Adrian Marin, Preston Sexton, and Wesley Sexton 

all from Borrego in Ocotillo Wells - Rusty Sexton, 

Borrego Springs CA 

Zoey Frampton and Kenzie Poe - Wayne Frampton, 

Lakeside OR 


Brayton and little brother Benny of Borrego in 

Ocotillo Wells - Rusty Sexton, Borrego Springs CA 

MORE OFF ROAD KIDS AHEAD

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Brooke Flores, age 2, Glamis Sand 

Dunes (circa 2003) - Sandy Flores, 

Lakeside CA 

Danielle Harrington, age 7, 

1975, YZ 80, Stone House - Tom 

Harrington, Bonita CA 

Tyler Flores behind the wheel, 

age 3 (circa 2003) - Sandy Flores, 

Lakeside CA 

Blake Easton: "Steering wheel check. Shifter check. 

Now if only I could reach the pedals!" - Travis Eaton, 

Wheatridge CO 

Max (right) & Mason (left) Turvey with a few of their best friends at the Sand Bar in Superstition. 

- Sarah Turvey, El Cajon CA 


Little Lindsey (2 years old) 

getting her 93 YJ ready for the 

next off-road Jeep adventure! 

- Cortney Wright, El Centro CA 

MORE OFF ROAD KIDS AHEAD 


We are 4 generations deep in off-road racing and vintage memorabilia. - Arron Sletten, Indio CA 

Zander tearin’ it up on his quad. 

- Sarah Banuelos, Vista CA 

Brock LaBelle is our little Storm 

Trooper. The Force is strong with 

this one! Pumpkin Patch at Ocotillo 

Wells - Brian LaBelle, Brea CA 


My twin boys, 11-year-old 

Mason and Jared at Table Mesa 

OHV just north of Phoenix, AZ 

- Ed Richardson, San Diego CA

Maisie Maelynn Jones, 5 years old, at LACR. - Mindy Jones, 

Phelan CA 

These are my grandkids with the rock man that they 

discovered in Ocotillo Wells! Joaquin Aray, Oliver Peek 

and Elaina Aray - Proud grandpa Ned Peek, San Diego CA 

Taylin, Gage and Cam Baldwin from Lakeside 

- Rachel Baldwin, Lakeside CA 



This is Hailey at a Parker race. 

Her Dad races a Jeep Scrambler. 

- Darcie Coffland (mother of 

Hailey), Gilbert AZ 


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Dulce Renée Montaño, 

age 13, learning to ride 

LEFT Deegan Saechao, age 3, enjoying the weekend 

on the sand at the Oceano Dunes. - Photo submitted 

by Mom, Megan Saechao 

Summer Kukla photobombing the picture of my truck 

- Jack Reilly, Sagle ID 

My son Paul, 1987ish - Larry Proctor, Jamul CA 



Wyatt, Weston and Waylon at the drag strip in Glamis CA 

New Years Day. - Jeremy Diede, Sonora CA 

Tessa LaBelle is a Rock Star! On the trail at Ocotillo 

Wells - Brian LaBelle, Brea CA 

Papa Stan and Brookelyn out on the Arizona Peace 

Trail. - Bryan Jacobson, Placentia CA 

Our two kids, Callie, 5, and Andrew, 2, enjoying some 

snacks in front of our rzr. We were camped up in 

Ocotillo Wells State Park and rode down south to the 

2nd trestle bridge for the mine train. These two kiddos 

just love taking rzr rides to all the cool spots of 

interest in and out of Ocotillo Wells Sate Park. 

- Kate Robinson, Fallbrook CA 

Camden Mills, 

age 4, Ocotillo 

Wells 

- Lana Mills, 

San Marcos CA 


Hailey and Kenneth love being at any desert. Glamis, 

Superstition, Plaster City, just anything to do 

with the desert and they are happy campers! - Cindy 

Swanguen, Campo CA

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Sadie McPheeters, Avery Ortiz and Lilah McPheeters 

working on their 'dirt tan' at Superstition Mountain, 

2021 - Doug McPheeters, Santee CA 

"Leave the desert here."Aaron Ortiz 'dusting' 

daughter Avery, for the ride home from Superstition. 

March 2021 - Doug McPheeters, Santee CA 

Jameson Mills, age 9, in Ocotillo Wells CA - Lana Mills, 

San Marcos CA 

My twins, plus their older bro Jacob riding near 

home - Ed Richardson, Black Canyon City AZ 

Mason Turvey, 

Shane Savory, 

and Dominic 

Agistino. Best 

friends riding 

out at 

Superstition. 

- Sarah Turvey, 

El Cajon CA 

Henny Harrington and Cody 

Ocheltree, ages 10 and 8 at 

Cahuilla Road, Ocotillo Wells 

- Tom Harrington, Bonita CA 

Chula Vista CA 


Family off-road time is the best time. William Monroe 

at the train trestle near Superstition - Steven Monroe, 

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My son William testing out his new bike from his Uncle 

Bob, owner at San Diego Powerhouse - Chelsea Youngs 

Bexley, 3 months old - Kayla Pfohlman, San 

Diego CA 

Them Sletten Boys. 11 Brothers Motorsports. Start 

them young. - Dennis Sletten, Indio CA 

From left to right: Andrew Fields, Andrea Baczkowski, Troy Fields, Spencer Willhite and Maggie Willhite. 

Photo taken just outside of the town of Ocotillo. Photo by Jess Willhite, Santee CA 


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Christian Mills, age 7 at Fox raceway in Pala, CA - 

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Brendan and Katelyn at Sunset Hill in Glamis - Laura 

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Johnathon Thorpe watering trees with left over water 

before we left Glamis - Raymond Leon, Campo CA 

Hannah, Bailey, Ben and Blaze kicking it at Cal City 

- Marty Eisen, Tarzana CA 

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Fernanda Lopez, 

11 years old, 

enjoys weekend 

riding on her 

Honda TRX250R 

Madeline Vallecorsa, age 6 and James Vallecorsa, 

Upland CA 

Callie learning to ride 

her CRF50. Thumbs up 

coming into camp after 

some laps practicing 

her turning. - Kate 

Robinson, 

Fallbrook CA 

The McPheeters girls enjoying some snack time out at 

Superstition. Photo by Jesse McPheeters, El Cajon CA 

Olivia Freeman and Ava Wik - Ken Freeman, Las 

Vegas NV 


My son, Damian Mills, age 13, at Fox Raceway, 

Pala, CA (left) and his friend Owen Sanders, also 

13 - Lana Mills, San Marcos CA

My grandson Jay, 

practicing driving the 

Bronco. - Richard 

Calahan, Temecula CA 

Tessa and Brock together and NOT FIGHTING… LOL! 

Lots of good family fun to be found off road. 

Somewhere near Silverwood Lake - Brian LaBelle, 

Brea CA 

Jeep kids having a blast before a night run up valley 

of the moon. Jeremiah Bruening (center) and friends 

- Dona Bruening, Oceanside CA 

"Let's roll!” Charlotte Murguia at Superstition. Clinton Greene and Preston Sexton of Julian and 

Thanksgiving 2020 - Doug McPheeters, Santee CA Borrego in Ocotillo Wells - Rusty Sexton, 

Borrego Springs CA 

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Safety 1st! My son Blake with my wife, 

Shannon - Travis Eaton, Wheatridge CO 

Jayden St. Clair (right) 

with his pals at Glen Helen 

Raceway - Kelly St. Clair, 

Big Bear CA 

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Don’t Be A Fool -- 

Stop For Fuel! 

We were well into a four-day 

drive through Death Valley. 

Our trip had taken us across the 

Slate Range of the Inyo Mountains into 

Panamint Valley. From there, we traveled 

through Gohler wash, and up and over 

Mengle Pass into Death Valley. 

By this time our fuel tanks were about 

half empty. Up ahead was Furnace Creek, 

Calif., which I knew had only one gas 

station. We pulled in, only to realize that 

the station was out of gas. 

Our next option was in the community 

of Stovepipe Wells. This town was in the 

right direction, north, but a little out of the 

way. We set off. 

Upon arriving, we discovered that 

the one gas station was closed due to high 

winds. Management feared the canopy 

overhead would blow down. With no 

recourse, we changed our route and drove 

to Beatty, Nev. to fuel up. Needless to say, 

these detours put a crimp in our plans. The 

extra fuel we carried in cans was 

a comfort that we would not run 

out before finding a viable station. 

The extra fuel cans by themselves 

were not sufficient for the rest of 

the trip. 

Get your fuel when you can 

This incident was a stark reminder 

that four-wheeling doesn’t always go 

according to plan. In this case, we had 

difficulty getting fuel. Engine fuel, whether 

gasoline or diesel, is absolutely critical 

for four-wheeling. All drivers know that, 

Beatty Nev. – Have group fuel up before dispersing 

which is why many carry extra fuel in 

portable gas cans. By its nature, our sport 

puts us in remote areas, with long distances 

between small towns, which also have 

limited services. 

Which brings me to Rule #6: Gas 

First! 

Rule #6 means gas is your first 

priority when it is available. Fuel up before 

checking out the convenience store to 

restock the drink supply. Fuel up before 

you check out that dinner for a meal. Fuel 

up before checking into the motel. Fuel up 

before the group disbands for the evening. 

Fueling up in remote areas is 

problematic. Gas stations are few and far 

between. They often offer only one grade 

of gas (87 octane) and diesel fuel. As 

discussed above, a station could be out of 

gas or closed. 

A mechanical breakdown won’t 

necessarily derail a 4WD trip. But a vehicle 

out of fuel is in real trouble. Don’t assume 

that the gas station you’re counting on will 

come through for you. 

Remote 


All vehicles in the group should fuel 

up together 

If you’re the Trail Leader, make a 

point to lead the group into the gas station. 

Ensure everyone tops off their tanks even 

if they need just a few gallons. Those few 

gallons could come in handy later. 

This process is challenging when 

a group splits up. After a long day of 

driving, some drivers may want to visit a 

restaurant or hit the campsite. Some will 

put off fueling up until the next morning. 

It is so easy to forget, once you put it off. 

Encourage everyone to gas first when a

you thought. These and other issues cause 

drivers to use more fuel than planned. 

When you go off-road, remember 

Rule #6: Gas First. And top off your tank 

any chance you get. Because you don’t 

know what issues gas stations along the 

route may face. 

Closed 

station is available. As we’ve 

seen, you can’t always count on 

the gas stations. 

In addition to being out 

of gas (as was the case at 

Furnace Creek), my group once 

encountered a station closed the 

next morning because it had lost 

power. With no power to the 

pumps, there was no way to get 

gas. Those who did not fuel up 

the evening before had to wait 

until mid-day when the power 

was restored. 

Even if drivers are able 

to gas up the next morning, 

that stop will delay the group’s 

departure. Do all you can to 

have them fuel up the night 

before. 

Some drivers skip the pit 

stop because they are carrying 

extra gas. That’s unwise. The 

spare gas – especially the 

final can – is for emergency 

purposes. Perhaps the owner 

won’t need it, but another 

driver could. 

Four-wheelers are a 

versatile, resourceful bunch. 

They know that 4WD trips 

don’t always go according 

to plan. A trail is closed, 

requiring a detour. Campsites 

are full, forcing you to find 

an alternative. A particular 

route may take longer than 

Tom Severin, 4x4 Coach, teaches 4WD 

owners how to confidently and safely use 

their vechicles to the fullest extent in difficult 

terrain and adverse driving conditions. 

Contact him at tom@4x4training.com or visit 

www.4x4training.com to develop or improve 

your driving skill. Copyright 2021, Badlands 

Off-Road Adventures, Inc 

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February 19-21, 2021 

Wenden AZ 

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Along the McMullen Valley runs 

Highway 60 stretching from 

Wickenburg, AZ to Brenda, AZ. In 

this stretch located between the Harcuvar 

and Harquahala mountains, you will find 

the small towns of Salome, 

AZ and Wenden, AZ. 

Both towns are small but 

welcoming to snowbirds, 

travelers and off-road 

enthusiasts year round. This 

area is rich in agriculture, 

farming, old mines, open 

desert views and the best part 

are the miles and miles of 

off-road adventure to be had! 

Fun history for the area 

includes: Salome, AZ getting 

its name from Grace Salome 

Hall who stepped on the hot 

dry desert sand barefoot and 

did a dance. The town motto 

of course is "Where she 

danced." Dick Wick Hall a humorist ran 

the Laughing Gas Station and advertised 

Free Hot Air. Wenden, AZ is the gateway to 

Alamo Lake and in the early 1900's it was 

a supply depot for all of the local mines 

in the area. Wyatt Earp left Tombstone to 

become the first retiree in the early 1880's 

and mined this area. 

With plenty of sunshine to be had, 

you can pick an adventure for the day. 

UTV Offroad Adventures has designed 2 

rides daily that range between 50 - 75ish 

miles. This year were the Palmerita Loop 

and the Harquahala Mine Loop rides. Both 

rides boasting beautiful desert views, mine 

shafts galore, and a stop at the Wayside Inn 

& RV Park for an off the beaten path lunch 

and drinks located a few miles from Alamo 

Lake. Both rides are full of fun, friends, 

adventure and many stories from the local 

guides. 

This UTV event was held February 

19-21, 2021 with everyone 

starting out at locals Christy 

and Clark's homesite located 

up Alamo Lake Road. They 

are the owners and operators 

of C&D Auto Repair located 

in Salome. Their hospitality 

beyond measure allows all of 

us camping and all festivities 

on their properties for the 

event. A huge thanks to them 

for their guidance and the best 

bonfires ever for the nightly 

shenanigan's. The Cornhole 

Tournament, Raffles and 

night time festivities are well 

planned and everyone has an amazing 

time. Many leave with new gear and fond 

memories, not to mention new friends. 

We certainly cannot forget about the 

night ride! The first Friday night, after 

setting up your camp, checking your bags 


for the weekend and gearing up for all the 

fun is the infamous night ride. Always 

a desert night time favorite. Among the 

cactus shadows and moonlight, flashing 

light bars and fun filled music fills the 

desert with a night time party on deserted 

backroads. What a sight to witness and 

be a part of. The desert night air and light 

show gives you a refreshed feeling that this 

weekend is just a beginning to many more 

adventures with friends, family and so 

much fun! 

Food for this event was provided 

by Emalee's Taqueria and I can certainly 

tell you from experience it is simply 

to die for! Breakfast burritos are much 

needed for your energy on the trail rides 

and will fill you up for miles. Their menu 

has authentic Mexican 

food including Elotes, 

Burritos, Quesadillas, 

Nachos and even a Keto 

Menu for those of us that 

have food allergies or 

issues. They are always 

accommodating and the 

food is simply amazing. 

The fun and 

experiences at these 

events cannot be put into words. There are 

not enough thanks for the people behind 

the scenes working endlessly to make 

sure your adventure is one to cherish for a 

lifetime! 

Experience the many trails and 

interesting places Arizona has to offer. 

Adventure awaits at every turn in Arizona 

and UTV Off-road Adventures will help 

you find the experience you are after. For 

information for ALL Arizona upcoming 

UTV events visit utvoffroadadventures. 

com. 

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Flat Track 

Round 2 - march 6, 2021 

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Travis Petton IV 

1st place Pro class 



Zack Earwood, 1st place Open Amateur class 

Kage Tadman, 1st place 85 cc Open , 1st place 85-100 cc 2-Stroke Amateur and first place 250cc Youth Open 

50cc 2 Stk Beg 1. Solomon Stern 2. Ben 

Elkelberger 3. Thomas Chavira 4. Walker 

Lewis 5. Sidney Stern 50cc 4 Stk Beg 1. 

Duke Makarevich 2. Solomon Stern 3. Bryce 

Elkelberger III 4. Doffo 50cc Open 1. Duke 

Makarevich 2. Solomon Stern 3. Bryce 

Elkelberger III 4. Ben Elkelberger 5. Thomas 

Chavira 65-70cc 2 Stk Beg 1. Danny Iha 

65-70cc 2 Stk Nov 1. Jackson Brown 65-70cc 

2 Stk Amateur 1. Colton Shafer 50cc Nov 1. 

Duke Makarevich 85 Open 1. Kage Tadman 2. 

Kensei Matsudaira 3. Colin Petton 4. Jasper 

Heathfield 5. Jackson Brown 85-100cc 2 Stk 

Amateur 1. Kage Tadman 2. Kensei Matsudaira 

3. Colin Petton 85-100cc 2 Stk Nov 1. Colton 

Shafer 2. Jasper Heathfield 85-100cc 2 Stk 

Beg 1. Jackson Brown 250cc Youth Open 1. 

Kage Tadman 85cc 4 Stk Amateur 1. Kensei 

Matsudaira 65-70cc Open 1. Colton Shafer 

2. Jackson Brown Vets +35 Am/Nov 1. Stace 

Richmond 2. Adam Lesley 3. Mike Diffenbaugh 

4. Joseph Boyd 5. Damian Doffo Madd Dog 

Open 4 Stk 1. Conner Hickerson 2. Sierra 

Hickerson 3. Dan Iha 4. Jason Bishop 5. Bill 

Lyons Senior Vets +60 Exp 1. Jon Nunes 2. 

Mike Vital 3. Jeff Apple 4. Sam Cover 5. Travis 

Ward Pull Starts 1. Conner Hickerson 2. Daltin 

Collie 3. Jeff Apple 4. Brody Porst 5. Lane Miller 

Senior Vets +50 Am/Nov 1. Stace Richmond 

2. Mike Diffenbaugh 3. Adam Lesley 4. Mark 

Norman 5. Donny Moore Framer Expert 1. 

Travis Petton 2. Clayton Williams Framers Am/ 

Nov 1. Geneva Howes Super Sen +60 Exp 1. 

Royal Anderson 2. Jim Ottele 3. James Morris 

4. Elliott Iverson 5. John Clayton Super Sen 

+60 Am/Nov 1. Paul Claybaugh 2. Gary Lane 

3. Patrick Hayes 4. Tom Howes 5. Mike Boals 

Premier Senior +70 1. Wayne Warrington 2. 

Robert Marchbanks Vets +35 Exp 1. Jon Nunes 

2. Sam Cover 3. John Clayton 4. Josh Mills 

Bomber Exp 1. Danny Perkins 2. Robbie Crean 

3. Josh Mills Bomber Am/Nov 1. Paul Claybaugh 


2. Robert Marchbank Open Unclassified 1. 

Travis Horn 2. Zack Earwood 3. Daltin Collie 4. 

Stace Richmond 5. Michael Resendez Open 

Expert 1. Travis Petton 2. Conner Hickerson 

3. Andrew Myers 4. Matt Foster Powder Puff 

1. Sierra Hickerson 2. Geneva Howes 3. KC 

Coleman 4. Joey Crabtree 5. Roberta Ewart 

Hooligans 1. Helder Alvernaz 2. Jim Ottele 3. 

Adam Lesley 4. Stace Richmond 5. Daniel Ito 

Open Nov/Beg 1. James Broskey 2. Michael 

Resendez 3. Joseph Boyd 4. Geneva Howes 

5. Joshua Lesley Open Am 1. Zack Earwood 

2. Daltin Collie 3. Conner Hickerson 4. Cole 

Norman 5. Josh Lesley Pro 1. Travis Petton 2. 

Justin Thurman 3. Andre Oches 4. Colt Foster 

5. Nick Garcia 

Danny Perkins, first place Bomber Expert Class 


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Giovani Aviles 

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Luis deNicolas won the Class 50 on his KTM SX250 

Brandon Prieto, first overall at the finish line 

Fernanda Gissel finished fifth in Novice class 

M/C OPEN PRO 1. Brandon Prieto 

(29), Ensenada B.C. QUAD OPEN 

PRO 1.José Luis Meza Vélez 

(22), San Felipe Baja México 2. 

Felipe Vélez (40), San Felipe Baja 

México 3. #Q10 Chris Avalos (20), 

Yuma AZ 4. Marcos Cousiño, San 

Vicente B.C. 5. Jesús Hernández 

(30), Santa Rosalía BC sur OPEN 

EXPERT 1. Manuel Antonio Gómez 

Jr. (17), Tecate B.C. 2. José André 

Enríquez (17), Mexicali B.C. 3. 

Esteban Lujan (24), Tijuana B.C. 4. 

Rubén Lujan (20), Tijuana B.C. 5. 

Robert Rodríguez III, Mexicali B.C. 

QUAD OPEN EXPERTS 1. Nicolás 

Vélez (14), San Felipe B.C. 2. Edgar 

Muñoz (22), Chula Vista CA 3. Omar 

Murillo (21), Tecate B.C. 4. Ery 

Sandoval (21), Brawley Ca. 5. José 

Luis Montoya García (21), Mexicali 

B.C. M/C OPEN +30 1. Francisco 

Septien (44), Ensenada B.C. 2. 

Michel Valenzuela (32), Mexicali 

B.C. 3. Manuel Antonio Gómez 

(35), Tecate B.C. 4. Leonardo 

Crowder Lizárraga (33), Mexicali 

B.C. 5. Adrián Valdez (44), Tijuana 

B.C. QUAD OPEN +40 1. Gilberto 

Pérez (41), Mexicali B.C. Honda 

TRX450R2. Ismael Hernández 

(41), Escondido Ca. 3. Carlos S. 

López Martínez (48), San Felipe 

B.C. 4. Raudel Coronel Ceceña 

(47), Mexicali B.C. 5. Francisco 

Espinoza Ríos (49), Mexicali B.C. 

M/C OPEN NOVICE 1. Hosman 

Márquez Carreón (17), Mexicali B.C. 

2. Ricardo Meza Vélez (17), San 

Felipe B.C. 3. Daniel Meza Vélez (20), 

San Felipe B.C. 4. Marco Avalos 

Jr. (97), San Diego Ca. 5. Giovanni 

Avilés (29), Tijuana B.C. M/C OPEN 

+40 1. Christian Espinoza (44), 

Mexicali B.C. 2. Jesús Navarro 

(47), Mexicali B.C. M/C OPEN +50: 

1. Luis de Nicolás (53), Mexicali 

B.C. 2. Miguel Coria Barajas (56), 

Mexicali B.C. 3. Efraín Nuño (60), 

Mexicali B.C. QUAD OPEN +30 1. 

Jorge Luis Ramírez Jr. (33), Mexicali 

B.C. QUAD OPEN NOVICE 1. 

Dionisio Zavala Ayala (13), Jacume 

2. Eduardo Rojas (17), San Ignacio 

B.C. 3. Yoel Leal (13), Mexicali B.C. 

4. Alfredo Rodríguez 5. Fernanda 

Gissel (19), Mexicali B.C. 

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Andre Enqiruez finished second in the MC Open 

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Brandon Prieto flying near Trump’s wall - Dulcé 

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Edgar Muñoz finished second in the Expert class on 

his TRX450R 

Jesus “Toy” Navarro finished second in the Open +40 

MC class 


Marcos Cousino from San Vicente Baja Mexico rode 

Jose Luis Meza Velez, first Quad 

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Justin Morgan, 1st overall 

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Luke Ware, third Vet Novice, plowing through a deep silt bed 

TOP TEN OVERALL 1. Justin Morgan 

2. Adrian Ortiz 3. Chad Goodsell 4. 

Joshua Sharp 5. Dylan Earle 6. Ryan 

Gustine 7. Robert Youngs 8. Daniel 

Fenton 9. Evan Estrada 10. Kyle Hill 

TOP TEN UTV 1. Justin Cox, Justin 

Herrera 2. Elliott Watson 3. Dustin 

Twamley, Joshua Butler 3. Eric Hartell, 

Sandy Flores 4. Rich Hedgecock, Sean 

McCall 5. Jesse Melrose, Brian Kim 6. 

Jake Cassidy 8. William McNeer, Helena 

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Joe Saelens Vet Am 1. Erik Burnworth 

2. Devin Thornton 3. Ivan Delgadillo 

4. David Valley 5. Nathan Johnson Vet 

Nov 1. Josh Wissehr 2. Nathan Grayelle 

3. Luke Ware 4. Darin Ayala 5. Andrew 

Pappas Open Exp 1. Adrian Ortiz 2. 

Joshua Sharp 3. Daniel Fenton 4. Evan 

Estrada 5. Donald Stanley Open Am 

1. Logan Green 2. Justin Wilson 3. AJ 

Motta 4. Robert Rodriguez 5. David 

Ponce-Dick Open Nov 1. Connor 

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Casey Lizaola, first ATV Vet Am 

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Detlefsen 2. Cole Herbrandson 3. Jesus 

Cabrera 4. Derek Marron 5. Cameron 

Kinnear 250 Exp 1. Chad Goodsell 

2. Dylan Earle 3. Braydin Collie 250 

Am 1. Albaro Ortiz 2. Austin Farley 3. 

Cooper Shira 4. Noah Clevenger 250 

Nov 1. Salvador Paniagua 2. Pedro 

Montes 3. Andrew Hendrix 4. Brenten 

Adams 5. Tyler Clark 200 Nov 1. 

Connor Belew Senior Exp 1. Ryan 

Gustine Senior Am 1. Courtney Ludwin 

2. Darin Smith 3. Chad Prey Sen Nov 

1. Kevin Ciccarelli 2. Donnie Durfee 3. 

Michael Kent 4. Brian 

Morris 5. Joseph Moore 

Super Sen Exp 1. Eric Carnes 2. Art 

Pifer 3. Pete Andrassy 4. Jason Cogbill 

5. Robbie Pippin Sup Sen Am 1. 

Robert Feinstein 2. Dave Green 3. Zac 

Shira 4. David Rinder Sup Sen Nov 1. 

David Doyle 2. Scott Kinnear 3. Davey 

Shapiro 4. Dick Hosmer Masters Exp 

1. Mark Zela Women Exp 1. Liz Karcz 

Women Am 1. Desiree Bates Women 

Nov 1. Brittany Freeman 2. Julie 

Daniels 3. Kristin Baxter 4. Brittany 

Brooks ATV Exp 1. Danny Magdaleno 

2. Chris Avalos 3. Ismael Hernandez 

ABOVE Julie Daniels, second Womens 

Novice BELOW Austin Farley, 

16 years old, first desert race, 15th 

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4. Ricardo Gonzalez 5. Rafael Aros ATV 

Nov 1. Luis Dukes 2. Jake Hickman 

3. Jesus Diaz 4. Anthony Lopez 5. 

Zachary Winkelman ATV Vet Am 1. 

Casey Lizaola 2. Anthony De Mars ATV 

Vet Nov 1. Hector Monroy 2. Steve 

Kerchner ATV Sen Exp 1. Clint Guidry 

ATV Women Nov 1. Lilia Rodriguez 

2. Jessica Engen 3. Chyrisma Ison 4. 

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January 28 - February 6, 2021 

Johnson Valley CA 

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King of 


the Hammers 

Part 2 

#21 Erik Miller, 7th overall finisher in 

the KOH category side by side here 

with #67 Loran Healy who finished 

13th overall in the rugged challenge 



JP Gomez finished second 

overall, nine minutes behind the 

leader with a time of 7 hours, 

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While much of the country was 

caught in a vicious winter 

storm, the weather was 

warm and sunny in Southern California 

as off-road racers and fans flocked to 

the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle 

Area just outside Lucerne Valley for the 

Main Event of the nine day Hammers 

Week, the OPTIMA Batteries King of the 

Hammers Presented by Lasernut itself. 

Eighty-four exotic racers, built to 

withstand the unique combination of 

off-road desert racing and rock climbing 

through some of the roughest terrain 

in the world, started the race, but only 

34 would finish in the allotted 14-hour 

time limit. The first finish was Randy 

Slawson, who completed the three lap, 

190 mile plus course in seven hours, 

one minute and 17.378 seconds in his 

self-built Bomber Fabrication 

buggy. This was the third win 

for Slawson, who also won in 

2013 and 2015, but the first 

for co-driver, navigator and 

cousin Dustin Emick. 

“My year begins and 

ends in February. It's not 

in January, like everybody 

else's,” Slawson explained. 

“This is the only thing that I 

live eat, breathe, sleep, dream 

- King of the Hammers.” For 

his efforts Slawson won not 

only the $65,000 winner's 

check, he also took home a 

Tom Gilpin finished 29th overall in 12 hours 27 minutes, 56.215 seconds. 

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The winner! Randy Slawson finishes first overall for the third time at a King of the Hammers race. 

new Ford Bronco, which isn't even out 

on the market yet. 

Finishing second, only a few 

minutes behind Lawson on the track, 

was JP Gomez, driving a single-seat 

UFO Fabrications buggy. But because 

Gomez was fast qualifier and thus 

started first, while Slawson started 

29th, the official margin of victory was 

just over nine minutes behind Slawson 

Jumps were the least of their problems. 

on time. Gomez's brother Raul finished 

third in another UFO Fabrications car 

to give the family two spots in the top 

three but not the one they wanted. 

Raul scored some brownie points with 

his fellow racers when he stopped his 

own race to help fellow driver Tom 

Wayes after Wayes suffered a violent 

flip. 


Bailey Cole finished fourth for the 

second straight year and the second 

straight day, having also finished 

fourth in the previous day's Everyman 

Challenge. Drift racing star Vaughn 

Gittin Jr. rounded out the top five. 

Some of the early favorites got off 

to a good start but hit bad luck on the 

way. Jason Scherer and Cameron Steele 

shared the early lead but dropped back 

with mechanical issues, with Scherer 

and Wayland Campbell both running 

out of fuel on the course. Scherer’s 

navigator Jason Berger actually ran to 

the main pit to get fuel while fellow 

competitor Andrew McLaughlin pulled 

Campbell into the pit to refuel. Off- 

Road racers are good people. 

Other winners of the week long 

racing festival included Bryce Menzies 

winning the Toyo Tires Desert 

Challenge for desert trucks, Chase 

Caprara took the 4WP Every Man 

Challenge, Trisan Hart was victorious 

in the All Balls King of the Motos 

motorcycle race and Kyle Chaney won 

the Can Am UTV Race. For complete 

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Ford chose King of the Hammers 

to introduce their new Bronco, 

including some Bronco buggies 

in the race. Jason Scherer drove 

this Bronco to a 10th overall 

finish. 

Winch war at the Back Door 

Former champion Wayland 

Campbell ran out of gas on 

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Medicare For All? 

Let's Take a Look 

In the current news and political views, 

there has been a calling by some for 

"Medicare For All." This concept has 

been pushed by many folks including 

Presidential hopeful candidate Bernie 

Sanders and others. 

So, a good friend of mine, Erick 

Lundy of "Lundy Insurance Services" 

did some research on this very topic. I'd 

like to give him credit for this article and 

information first. He did his homework. 

Here is what he found out from his 

research. It's a point of view that has not 

been considered by many people but 

certainly should be! 

The call for "Medicare For All" is 

growing louder everyday. With that in 

mind, I thought I would look at this issue 

from a different perspective, one that 

nobody else seems to talk about. Please 

understand this is simply another point of 

view in the big picture. 

Most would agree that there are many 

things about the current health care system 

here in the USA that could be improved 

upon. Most of us like the fact we can 

choose the medical providers we would 

like to see. Most of us like the choice of 

plans available based on our individual 

needs. On the other hand, the costs are 

high and seem to keep going up. There are 

often many administrative navigational 

roadblocks to deal with as well. These 

issues are both in private and government 

types of health care. 

Now, what if everyone had Medicare? 

Besides the obvious and often discussed 

issues, lets focus on a few specific areas, 

like the cost of paying for inappropriate 

claims, waste, abuse and how this affects 

the overall costs within our current 

Medicare system and 

compare that with the 

current private pay 

health care system. 

Under our 

current private 

health care system, 

insurance carriers 

are driven and 

in fact rewarded, 

to make sure the 

claims they pay 

are appropriate and 

accurate. Insurance 

carriers invest a 

lot of money every 

year putting systems 

and personnel in 

place to make sure they are not paying for 

fraudulent or inappropriate claims. That 

investment pays off as there is very little 

fraud within our private heath insurance 

industry. 

Many of the people speaking out and 

supporting "Medicare For All" bang the 

drum and point to the "obnoxious profits 

and excessive salaries being made by 

these private insurance carriers and their 

executives." I would 

think many of us would 

agree that at least the 

salaries may be an issue. 

Here is the 

part that is a little 

confusing. If you add 

up all the profits of the 

1,100 private health 

insurance carriers who 

reported to the National 

Association of Insurance 

Commissioners (NAIC) 

in 2018, the total profits 

come to around $23.4 

billion. Now add in the 

$1.1 billion in salaries, 

bonuses and stock 

options of the executives of the top 62 

firms in 2018 and you get a rounded-up 

total of about $25 billion. I do not think 

anyone will dispute that $25 billion is a lot 

of money. 

Here is where the difficulty begins 

on this issue. Currently, Medicare covers 

approximately 44 million people or 

about 15% of the USA's population. 

It is widely agreed that there is a huge 

amount of fraud, waste and abuse within 

the current Medicare system. This costs 

the taxpayers and Medicare beneficiaries 

massive amounts of money. In an article 

published by AARP on March 30th, 2018 

titled "Medicare Under Assault From 

Fraudsters", the article points out that in 

2017, fraud amounted to $60 billion! The 

actual amount may be higher or lower, but 

most all can agree that it is very high and 

growing. 

So, in other words, about 15% of 

our population in the USA is costing 

about $60 billion in fraud, waste and 

abuse. This makes the so called and 

often vilified "obnoxious and excessive 

executive income and profits" in the private 

insurance sector ($25 billion) of the USA, 

look pale in comparison! This should 

stand as especially true since the private 

sector insurance covers nearly 50% of our 

population or about 164 million people. 

Think! 

Now we should all ask ourselves 

when considering Medicare For All, if we 

are currently paying about $60 billion in 

fraud, waste and abuse now for about 15% 

under our current Medicare system, what 

would it cost if we had "Medicare For All" 

covering 100% of the USA's population? 

The math comes to about $396 billion in 

fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer money. 

That is on top of the costs to run the entire 

program of current Medicare as we know 

it. 

Those "obnoxious and excessive 

profits and salaries" of the private sector 

companies and executives might not be 

looking so bad once you look at the facts 

at hand from this point of view and as 

presented here in this conversation. Going 

on to look at the differences here between 


private sector and Medicare, perhaps we 

should be looking to the private sector for 

help in solving our own Medicare problems 

and not to just expand government 

sponsored programs that have no historical 

experience in saving taxpayer money. 

Besides the references as cited in 

the coulmn here, there are many more 

you can research yourself online. Here is 

another that supports comments made in 

this article as posted "Fraud and billing 

mistakes cost Medicare — and taxpayers 

— tens of billions last year – Center for 

Public Integrity" (https://publicintegrity. 

org/health/fraud-and-billing-mistakes-costmedicare-and-taxpayers-tens-of-billionslast-year/) 

Dr. Gary DeForest is a San Diego based 

DC located in Mission Valley. He has been 

in practice for over 35 years. He is always 

happy to speak with you about any health 

concern you may have. He can be reached 

at (619) 291-2462. Or, e-mail him at 

deforest192@yahoo.com. Speak to or text the 

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