Pahrump Valley Gazette, Thursday, September 25, 1997 7
Out Esmeralda Way " Service
by Carol Sirnes
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The nights are longer and the early morning has a was loaded this year and they tasted great, but the
pleasant, brisk chill to it-a good time for your early birds got most of them, so no homemade jelly this Forum
morning walk. The 15 year-old Concord grapevine fall.
Off road races
Some of you local residents who make your dump runs on
Fridays, found that you couldn't get through last Friday,
September 19, because of all the vehicles parked in the area
due to the off-road races. If you've never watched any of these
events, it's quite exciting. The next time, one of us writers will
get there sooner.
The "Vegas to Reno" race is the longest off-road race in the
United States covering 545 miles of rugged terrain including
sandwashes, lava flow, desert pinion, and altitudes ranging
from 2,000-8,500 feet between mountain passes.
The race course is designed by Casey Folks of Best in the
Desert Racing Association with approval from the Bureau of
Land Management. The course zigzags in and around the
towns of Pahrump, Beatty, Goldfield, Tonopah, Hawthorne
and Falln, Nevada.
John Carlson and Larry Schantz were the pit bosses for this
area. Larry explains they actually start in Jean, Nevada, and
end in Dayton, Nevada. There are twelve pit stops between
Las Vegas and Reno with Goldfield being pitstop number
seven and number eight outside of Tonopah. Pitcrew seven
camped here Friday night then headed north early Saturday
morning.
This was not just for motorcycles, although they did start
the races; then followed buggies, 4-wheel drives, quads and
trucks. Honda entered 18 bikes; KTM, 15 bikes; B.F. Goodrich,
30 vehicles; and more. Three Kawasaki bike teams from
Japan and a Kawasaki bike team from Ontario, Canada
arrived just for this race.
Larry said that some of the bikers would be in Reno by
noon with the other vehicles following. As each driver makes
a pit stop, his support crew refuels the bike or vehicle, changes
tires or whatever is needed, and as he heads on to the next pit,
so does the crew.
The racers have their own EMT's but did need to use the
Esmeralda County Ambulance as three drivers were injured
that day. One driver received a broken collarbone and the
other two received broken or
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fractured ribs and bruises.
John Carlson, Larry
Schantz and the group wish
to thank Deputy Shawn
Carlson who volunteered to
be in charge of the flaggers
and appreciated Deputy
Carlson's help and informa-
tion on the history of Gold-
field.
Major sponsors for the
event were Ford Motor Cor-
poration, B.. Goodrich,
Goodyear Tire, e Sahara
Hotel and Casino, Budweiser,
and Radio Station 96.3
KKLZ. Casey Folks can be
reached at (702) 457-5775 or
by fax, (702) 641-2431. The
world wide web address is
www.bitd.com.
Birthday surprise
On Friday, September 19,
Justice of the Peace Juanita
Colvin, surprised her secre-
tary Sharon Barney with a
beautifully decorated birth-
day carrot cake which was
shared by the employees of
the courthouse.
Dyer resident
killed
Janice Annette Wilson,
36, Dyer, Nev. was walking
southbound on the highway
when struck by a automo-
bile also travelling south-
bound the evening of Sep-
tember 17. She was wearing
dark clothes and had no
identification. Deputy Ken
Elgan and SheriffEd Penson
were on the scene at 7:20
p.m., and pronounced her
dead at that time. She had
been a Dyer resident for a
short time.
Nevada Highway patrol is handling the investigation.
The driver was not cited.
Trucker killed in accident
Steve Edward Showell, 58, died in a single vehicle
accident at Mineral Ridge Resources, Silver Peak, Nev. on
Sept. 16. The Esmeralda County Sheriffs Department was
notified about 9:20 p.m.
Showell was employed by Halstead and Son of Lund,
Nev. subcontractors to Mineral Ridge and had been living
in Ely, Nev.
He is survived by two brothers who live in Idaho.
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