JeepSpeed Newsletter
June, 2005

JeepSpeed would like to welcome these new teams.
Ricky Lee and Bruce Anderson of GoBajaRiding.com who raced with us at the MORE March 19th race. Eric and Mark Heiden who were overall MDR champions 2 years ago now have the old Rubicon Express Pro Car. The Frick Family’s build can be seen at www.TeamPerformanceKites.com. Two cars from Brandon Pioreck and Prep by Jake. Bill Nissley now has Ricardo Ramirez’ car. There are also new cars coming from Jacob Briones, Jonny Rather, John West, and a second car from the LaFortune Team. We look forward to seeing all of these teams at upcoming events.
-Clive Skilton

Race Report
The MORE race at Barstow proved to be the toughest JeepSpeed race ever. We had 19 starters 7 Pro class and 12 Stock class cars. Only one competitor #1795 Jason LaFortune and team mate Kurt completed the entire race inside the time limit of course closure at 5pm. MORE scored the race based on distance traveled by each competitor before Timing Out. Here are the final results.
Pro Class: 1. Mike Barnett, 2. Bruce Anderson, 3. Steve Ghamari, 4. Rick Lee, 5. John Coleman, 6. Chris Amrein
Stock Class: 1. Jason LaFortune 2. Bill Frey 3. Caesar Arias 4. Rex Lair 5. Dave Munsterman 6. Tim Jeffus 7. Jordon O’Connor 8. Giti Gowland 9. Jon Louis 10. Guy Allredge 11. Mike Silverson 12. Victor Almeida
Organizational Announcements

NOTICE - The date for the Plaster City Race has CHANGED from October 15 to October 29th. Please update your calendars

Next Race: Skyjacker JeepSpeed Challenge
At the Nevada 1000 with BITD
July 6-10

If you are thinking of running in the Skyjacker JeepSpeed Challenge at the Best in the Desert Nevada 1000 here is some news that should convince you to be there.

Part of the Skyjacker sponsorship is buying a segment of the TV show just to feature the JeepSpeed contestants in the race. Also we are negotiating with a British production company for our Jeeps to be part of a new Travel Channel show entitled “Kings of the Road”.

Ex Jeep Trophy Truck star Curt LeDuc said to remind our racers that the course out of Tonopah is fairly flat and fast and will not beat up the JeepSpeed cars like Barstow. It only gets used for the Vegas to Reno and one other race. So 4 days there is like 4 hours in Barstow.
With the special low entry fee of $850 from BITD that is just over $200 a day to run the most exciting format you can imagine. You can chase with one truck as everything is close to the highway. A 4 person team with 2 in the race car switching out with 2 in the chase truck could do it.
Remember, each team only gets one hour a night to prep the racecar before taking a time penalty. Clever driving in a JeepSpeed car could beat some of the faster guys who will abuse their equipment.

JeepSpeed has several unfurnished apartments reserved that can house a team in Tonopah. Please contact JeepSpeed at 714-538-8434 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.

Visit WWW. BITD.com to see photos of the race reconnaissance and view the type of trails we will be using

Skyjacker JeepSpeed Open Prize Fund.

TRIPLE JEEPSPEED PAYOUT
The basic $2500 payout will be expanded to $7500 courtesy of Skyjacker Suspensions and BF Goodrich.
We will pay top 3 places in JeepSpeed Stock Class, JeepSpeed Pro Class and JeepSpeed Open Class at $1,500, $800 and $200, which totals $7500.

DOUBLE Best in the Desert payback
Best in the Desert payback fund will be doubled from $100 per entry to $200 per entry in each Class.

CONTINGENCY
There will be contingency prizes to the value of nearly $10,000 from Currie Enterprises, Beard Seats, Valvoline, Full traction, Rubicon Express, T&J Perfromance, King Shocks, KC HiLites, MSD Ignition, American Racing Wheels, K&N Filters,Auto Meter, Optima Batteries, Power Tank air systems, and Mechanix Wear.

TROPHIES
Trophies will be awarded to the first 3 places overall plus first 3 places in each class.

Rule Clarification
Number Plate Location
When the JeepSpeed idea was conceived we looked at the most successful models in motorsport classes and felt that NASCAR and IROC were the best. The cars looked the best and certainly attracted the most sponsorship. The number plate location and other decal requirements were designed to give us a uniformity, which gives us more strength as an organization. Number Plate should be located on the front doors of the race vehicles. Please see the official rules at www.jeepspeed.com for complete details. Other mandatory decals are American Racing Wheels Upper Windshield Banner, BF Goodrich on front fenders and Valvoline on both sides of the car.

JeepSpeed in the Media
Congratulations to Giti Gowland on the continued running of the Valvoline commercial featuring his #1763 JeepSpeed Racer. We have been told that it has been aired on ABC, ESPN, CNN and SPEED.
Way to go Giti!!

Kartek Off Road had an Open House at their shop in Corona. JeepSpeed had a booth there where we talked with many wishful racers. By showing them how affordable JeepSpeed racing can be, we were able to get them to consider racing with us. Thank you to Bob Ganzer for allowing us to bring out his 2004 Stock class championship car to display. Thanks also to Mike Barnett, Bryan Rogers, Steve Ghamari and Bill Nissley for coming out and promoting the sport.

If your race team has any events coming up that you would like JeepSpeed support at, please loet us know and we will try to get some supplies sent out to you.

T-Shirts
The new edition JeepSpeed t-shirts are available to be ordered from Ops. Manager Michelle Nelson.
Price is $15 plus $3 for Shipping and handling. We are not able to accept Credit Card payments yet but that is in the works. Please send check or money order along with your requested size and address to:
JeepSpeed
21825 Sioux Road
Apple Valley, CA 92308

T-shirts will also be available to purchase at contingency at all upcoming races.