Doo Wop
National PRO Rally
March 18 & 19, 1995
Olympia, Washington

      Nat  Reg
Rank  Cls  Cls  Driver/Co-Driver                Car                 Time

 1     O        Peter Moodie/Michael Fennell    Mazda 323 GTR      1:41:37
 2     O        Carl Merrill/John Bellefleur    Escort Cosworth    1:42:21
 3     O        Rui Brasil/John Elkin           Audi Quattro       1:44:35
 4    PGT       Dale Beard/Richard Simmons      Mazda 323 GTX      1:45:24
 5     O        Henry Joy/Chris Griffin         Mitsu Eclipse      1:46:12
 6    GP2       Mike Whitman/Kevin Linville     Datsun 510         1:49:06
 7    GP2       Dave White/Jimmy Brandt         VW GTi             1:49:17
 8     O        Bill Malik/Roine Andersson      Volvo 242          1:54:28
 9     O        Greg Lund/Lynne Lund            Datsun 510         1:57:20
 10   GP2       Bill Nation/Erik Thompson       Mazda RX-7         1:58:03
 11    O        Ralph Kosmides/Joe Noyes        Ford Escort Mk II  2:04:38
 12   GP2       John Forespring/C. Forespring   Saab 99            2:05:02
 13   PGT       Janice Damitio/Barry Berg       Toyota Celica      2:14:29
DNF   PGT       Jason Priestley/Kevin Caffrey   Toyota Celica      
DNF   GP2       Chad Dykes/Pat Hanson           Toyota Pickup      
DNF   GP2       Matt Sweeney/Lucinda Strub      Toyota Pickup      
DNF   GP2       Sam Bryan/Rob Walden            Saab 900

The Doo Wop 3 & 4 60% National marked the first overall victory in U.S. rallying for the Jamaican team of Peter Moodie and Michael Fennell. Moodie didn't put a wheel wrong all weekend, and the Mazda was spectacular in the Washington woods.

The recently re-shelled Escort Cosworth of Carl Merrill and John Bellefleur finished second overall and in Open class. Merrill was reeling Moodie in on Sunday but an overshot corner and ensuing stall robbed the Maine driver and Ontario co-driver of a possible win.

Californians Rui Brasil and John Elkin had a very productive weekend in the Azores Express Audi Quattro. Besides finishing third overall in the National segment of the rally, the duo finished second in the Doo Wop 3 Divisional and won the Doo Wop 4 Divisional convincingly.

Mike Whitman (from New Mexico) and co-driver Kevin Linville (from Colorado) narrowly edged Californian Dave White (with Jimmy Brandt reading the routebook) in Group 2. The final margin of victory in the class was just 11 seconds. Whitman was as exuberant as ever, pitching his 510 every which way (as some neat in-car video demonstrated). The car stayed on the road and Whitman/Linville were rewarded with sixth overall.