1997 Laughlin Challenge Stock Mini

Steve Williams & the LASD Ford Ranger took top honors at the 97 Laughlin Challenge, despite some hot persuit by Leo Brown in the Family / Board Ford Ranger. Williams and Brown have diced it out all season, with Williams gaining slightly on his already narrow points lead with the Laughlin win. Greg Foutz , while having lost points to the two leaders, is well within striking distance for the title, and with the Baja race being wildly unpredictable as always, it wouldn't be wise to count him out of the action just yet.

The Laughlin course proved to be rough on the Stock Minis, as Both Williams and Browm survived 8 of the 10 laps befort mechanical difficulties ended their race prematurely. Greg Foutz (3rd - 1:52:09) dropped out after 6 laps, Mark Turner (4th - 2:11:50) after 5, and Rob Reinerston (5th - 0:58:00) after only 3.

While Turnrer isnt a factor in the top 5 slots, Reinerston is. With his 5th place finish, Reinerston moved into 4th position in the 97 points chase, with the absence of John Kearney, but is too far behind the leaders to challenge for the top 3 positions.

Position	Name	Laps	Time
1st	Steve Williams	8	02:27:57
2nd	Leo Brown	8	02:29:48
3rd	Greg Fouts	6	01:52:07
4th	Mark Turner	5	02:11:50
5th	Rob Reinertson	3	00:58:02

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