Susquehannock Trail Pro Rally
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
SCCA Pro Rally Championship
June 10-11, 1978
Official Results
Final Results
78-NPR-4
Total Miles: 263.25
Stage Miles:
Stages 16
Entrants: 51
Finishers: 26
Organizing Region: Finger Lakes
Chairman: Tom Palmer
FIN. CAR
POS. NUM. DRIVER/CO-DRIVER HOMETOWN SCCA REGION MAKE SCORE
1 1 John Buffum S.Burlington, VT NER Triumph TR-7 16495
Doug Shepherd Southfield, MI Detroit
2 3 Eric Jones Columbus, OH Ohio Valley Datsun 510 17322
Roger Sieling Columbus, OH Ohio Valley
3 4 John Chalmers Findlay, OH NW Ohio Dodge Colt 17739
Bill Potvin Toledo, OH NW Ohio
4 2 John Smiskol Glen Ellyn, IL Milwaukee Datsun 260Z 17809
Walt Krafft Hinsdale, IL Saginaw Valley
5 5 Brian Rebney Saginaw, MI Saginaw Valley Datsun 510 18035
Tom Bell E.Lansing, MI Saginaw Valley
6 8 Rich Swenson Montclair, NJ South Jersey Datsun 240Z 18100
Rod Hendricksen Clinton, NJ South Jersey
7 14 Dan Thiel Rochester, NY Guest Volvo 142S 18360
Andy Mayfield Rochester, NY Finger Lakes
8 13 Graham Thompson Greenwich, CT New York Volvo 142S 18485
Jeff Becker Great Neck, NY New York
9 36 Paul Choiniere S.Burlington, VT NER SAAB 99EMS 18760
Gene Hauman Miller Place, NY Guest
10 25 Tom Hamilton Cleveland, OH NE Ohio SAAB 99EMS 18793
Jim Sweeney Cleveland, OH NE Ohio
11 29 Larry Schmidt Rochester, MN Detroit Dodge Colt 19289
Tom Wreesman Troy, MI Detroit
12 33 Joseph Reilly Kinnelon, NJ Guest Datsun 240Z 19350
Michael Pease Towaco, NJ Guest
13 40 Scotty Welch Willoughby, OH NE Ohio Toyota Celica 19734
Margery Welch Willoughby, OH Guest
14 27 Walter Margolis Avon Lake, OH NE Ohio Dodge Colt 19909
Gary Yoder Bay Village, 0H NE Ohio
15 15 Dick Robnett Troy, MI Guest Opel Manta 20329
John Huber Troy, MI Guest
16 42 A. J. Schmit Fort Lee, NJ N.N.J VW 113 20335
Jim Damerell Bronx, NY
17 34 Ken Frausel Cranston, RI NER Datsun 510 20471
Val Stegemoen Lincoln, RI Guest
18 44 Stephen Obert Hamden, CT NER Datsun 510 20772
Harry Handley Westport, CT NER
19 10 Bill Maher Rochester, NY Finger Lakes Volvo 142 21058
Don DeRose Grand Island, NY Guest
20 45 Anthony Lee Kent, OH Mahoning Val. Chevy Chevette 21127
Bill Lutton Union City, NJ Guest
21 30 William Sinkler W.Kingston, RI NER Datsun 200SX 21603
Frances Tate W.Kingston, RI Guest
22 9 Bruno Kreibich Ridgewood, NY Guest VW Bug 21847
Scott Hughes Loveland, OH Guest
23 11 James Dale Springfield, IL St. Louis Fiat 128 21872
Lloyd Johnson Springfield, IL St. Louis
24 38 John Ricker Foxboro, MA NER Dodge Colt 23429
Chris Ricker Foxboro, MA Guest
25 51 George McDermid Royal Oak, MI Guest Datsun Pick-up 23877
Michael Bell Rochester, MI Guest
26 49 Antonio Estrada Sanchez Scarborough, Ontario Guest Dodge Colt 26038
Gary Webb Mechanic Falls, ME Guest
6 Ralph Brooks Palos Heights, IL Guest Datsun 280Z DNF
Dick Messal Boiling Brook, IL Guest
7 Tom Tolles Chelsea, MI Detroit Volvo 142S DNF
Jean Rizor Ann Arbor, MI Detroit
12 Kim DeMotte Imperial, MO St. Louis Datsun 510 DNF
Carolyn Hall St. Louis, MO St. Louis
16 Fred Olds Grosse Pt Park, MI Guest Datsun 510 DNF
Jim Mickle Utica, MI Saginaw, Det
17 Rich Schneider Dix Hills, NY NER Datsun 510 DNF
Ira Haskell St. James, NY Guest
19 Gary Eaton Ann Arbor, MI Guest VW Bug DNF
Carolyn Eaton Ann Arbor, MI Guest
20 Clyde Gray Buffalo, NY Guest Datsun 510 DNF
Linda Mussachio Glastonbury, CT NER
21 Dick Casey Silver Spring, MD Wash DC SAAB 96 DNF
Clyde Freeman Bowie, MD Guest
23 Seth Tarriff Englishtown, NJ Guest AMC Gremlin DNF
Ed Brett Fair Haven, NJ Guest
24 Jim Scorse Rochester, NY Finger Lakes Opel GT DNF
Brian O'Connor Rochester, NY Guest
26 Dave Nicholas Mishawaka, IN South Bend Dodge Colt DNF
Eril Dunnington Elkhart, IN Guest
28 Roger Krieger Birmingham, MI Detroit Opel Manta DNF
Gary Christensen Romeo, MI Detroit
31 John Doviak Holcomb, NY Finger lakes Datsun 510 DNF
Kim Schwind Rochester, NY Guest
32 Mark Everett White Plains, NY Guest Ford Escort DNF
Wayne Brooks White Plains, NY Guest
35 Steve Nowicki New Berlin, WI Milwaukee Datsun 510 DNF
David Hueppchen Two Rivers, WI Milwaukee
37 Shigeaki Hakusui Mt.Kisco, NY NY VW Scirocco DNF
David Lapham Larchmont, NY NY
39 Mike Folsom Shelburne, VT NER Plymouth Arrow DNF
Rick Folsom Burlington, VT NER
41 Dominic Cimino Somerville, NJ NER Dodge Colt DNF
Art Rubright Flanders, NJ Guest
43 K. Davieson Annis Ashland, MA NER Audi Fox DNF
Douglas Rainville Boston, MA Guest
46 David Entler Quakertown, PA Guest SAAB 99 DNF
Len Picton W. Seneca, NY Guest
48 Ken Zuckerman Framingham, MA Guest Porsche 914 DNF
Paul Goyette Williamsport, PA Guest
50 James Pepper Guilford, CT NER SAAB 99 DNF
Dave Polmon Southbury, CT Guest
18 Pete Deierlein Syracuse, NY Guest VW Rabbit DNS
Frank Beyer Syracuse, NY Guest
22 Richard Dow Providence, RI Guest SAAB 99 DNS
Peter Mulhern W. Bridgewater, MA Guest
47 Jeff Garber Braintree, MA Guest MGB DNS
James Blumenfeld Natick, MA Guest
Stage Times
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SECTION A M N H Y M M L N R I T I O O
I I E I P I I L T R O N H N N T
N N E N A T L O E U A T E T A
CAR# DRIVER/CO-DRIVER E G L G N H E W R N D S R S A L
1 Buffum/Shepherd 649 858 1156 771 1785 612 5831
2 Smiskol/Krafft 707 947 1219 799 1845 695 6212
3 Jones/Sieling 856 1026 1272 830 1282 661 5927
4 Chalmers/Potvin 800 988 1323 833 1308 671 5923
5 Rebney/Bell 748 1010 1333 892 1318 710 6oll
6 Brooks/Messal 775 999 1295 815 1226 653 5763
7 Tolles/Rizor 705 945 1450 DNF
8 Swenson/Hendricksen 692 966 1255 800 1240 662 5615
9 Kreibich/Hughes 799 1038 1358 892 1317 722 3000 9126
10 Maher/DeRose 865 l068 1369 907 1381 741 6331
11 Dale/Johnson 860 1216 1612 1006 1640 810 7144
12 DeMotte/Hall 845 1049 1397 882 1433 722 6328
13 Thompson/Becker 780 1058 1329 884 1362 706 6119
14 Thiel/Mayfield 736 1012 1304 863 1294 600 5899
15 Robnett/Huber 812 1103 1418 908 1399 757 6397
16 Olds/Mickle 850 1125 DNF
17 Schneider/Haskell 819 999 1320 882 1352 727 6099
18 Deierlein/Beyer DNS
19 Eaton/Eaton DNF
20 Gray/Mussachio 830 l060 1370 DNF
21 Casey/Freeman 864 1154 1510 1037 1510 790 6865
22 Dow/Mulhern DNS
23 Tarriff/Brett 1074 1228 1612 1063 1734 855 7566
24 Scorse/O'Connor 1200 DNF
25 Hamilton/Sweeney 800 1070 1361 896 1382 737 6246
26 Nicholas/Dunnington 712 1034 1329 919 1414 736 6144
27 Margolis/Yoder 818 1098 1392 904 1969 761 6942
28 Krieger/Christensen l3l0 1025 1367 897 1762 1336 1000 8697
29 Schmidt/Wreesman 820 1131 1513 916 1385 742 6507
30 Sinkler/Tate 930 1125 1460 968 1492 790 6765
31 Doviak/Schwind 847 1198 1750 DNF
32 Everett/Brooks DNF
33 Reilly/Pease 870 1134 1425 939 1363 753 6484
34 Frausel/Stegemoen 935 1113 1786 973 1520 796 7123
35 Nowicki/Hueppchen 865 1079 1381 904 1386 748 6363
36 Choiniere/Hauman 775 1014 1332 869 1333 696 6019
37 Hakusui/Lapham 805 1071 1364 931 3280 1096 1900 TB 10447
38 Ricker/Ricker 873 1209 1527 1004 1607 834 900 7954
39 Folsom/Folsom 1735 DNF
40 Welch/Welch 1046 1101 1395 948 1458 774 6722
41 Cimino/Rubright 875 1073 1386 928 DNF
42 Schmit/Damerell 885 1141 1473 958 1493 767 6717
43 Annis/Rainville 815 1040 1333 850 1419 706 100 6265
44 Obert/Handley 935 1130 1501 1005 1523 814 100 7008
45 Lee/Lutton 1110 1175 1589 973 1476 772 7095
46 Entler/Picton 980 1071 1390 911 1400 720 6472
47 Garber/Blumenfeld DNS
48 Zuckerman/Goyette DNF
49 Sanchez/Webb 1152 1427 1818 1187 1832 953 8369
50 Pepper/Polmon 790 1009 1270 841 2079 739 6728
51 McDermid/Bell 1015 1350 1575 1042 1632 871 600 8085
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I P O E
B D I W C
O E P P L P P T P
U T W E R R O O O I O
SECTON B L R A L O L H I R I T I O I
D A T I U I A A O D O N H N N N
E I E N T C F W O G A T E T T
CAR# DRIVER/CO-DRIVER R L R E Y K W G T E D S R S B S
1 Buffum/Shepherd 653 560 370 756 1982 4321
2 Smiskol/Krafft 727 604 376 822 2102 4631
3 Jones/Sieling 72o 611 383 854 2091 4659
4 Chalmers/Potvin 720 615 387 843 2222 4787
5 Rebney/Bell 756 669 404 856 2243 4928
6 Brooks/Messal 716 615 381 819 2094 100 4725
7 Tolles/Rizor DNF
8 Swenson/Hendricksen 709 632 383 851 2108 4683
9 Kreibich/Hughes 766 668 446 933 2360 5173
10 Maher/DeRose 793 691 439 1014 2520 1800 7257
11 Dale/Johnson 916 758 490 1052 2687 100 6003
12 DeMotte/Hall 769 679 431 883 3583 6345
13 Thompson/Becker 773 666 418 860 2226 4943
14 Thiel/Mayfield 732 632 397 869 2226 4856
15 Robnett/Huber 778 793 4205 912 2403 1000 6312
16 Olds/Mickle DNF
17 Schneider/Haskell 801 638 DNF
18 Deierlein/Beyer DNS
19 Eaton/Eaton DNF
20 Gray/Mussachio DNF
21 Casey/Freeman 887 754 476 980 2466 5563
22 Dow/Mulhern DNS
23 Tarriff/Brett DNF
24 Scorse/O'Connor DNF
25 Hamilton/Sweeney 768 725 428 944 2326 5191
26 Nicholas/Dunnington 811 684 435 876 2326 500 5632
27 Margolis/Yoder 778 709 440 944 2397 5268
28 Krieger/Christensen DNF
29 Schmidt/Wreesman 808 683 425 952 2416 5284
30 Sinkler/Tate 878 721 465 997 2730 5791
31 Doviak/Schwind DNF
32 Everett/Brooks DNF
33 Reilly/Pease 806 691 413 898 2422 5230
34 Frausel/Stegemoen 854 730 460 988 2418 5450
35 Nowicki/Hueppchen 805 673 444 DNF
36 Choiniere/Hauman 770 670 423 884 2337 5084
37 Hakusui/Lapham DNF
38 Ricker/Ricker 909 797 486 1065 2997 600 6854
39 Folsom/Folsom DNF
40 Welch/Welch 799 683 433 906 2393 5214
41 Cimino/Rubright DNF
42 Schmit/Damerell 854 736 482 979 2438 5489
43 Annis/Rainville 760 623 418 892 9729 TB 12422
44 Obert/Handley 909 781 479 1061 2636 5866
45 Lee/Lutton 863 733 480 959 2390 1000 6425
46 Entler/Picton 799 689 418 924 2359 5189
47 Garber/Blumenfeld DNS
48 Zuckerman/Goyette DNF
49 Sanchez/Webb 1138 941 609 1307 3417 7412
50 Pepper/Polmon 749 632 407 840 2182 100 4910
51 McDermid/Bell 956 779 489 1059 2737 1000 7020
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H S
E D E
P C E C
H B W H A H P P T P
E P S U I A D O O O O I O
SECTON C R L O O C B L F L R I T I O I
D I I U K E S F M L O N H N N N
' C N T A O E A O A T E T T
CAR# DRIVER/CO-DRIVER S K T H & R N E N W D S R S C S
1 Buffum/Shepherd 612 1360 2914 719 738 6343
2 Smiskol/Krafft 645 1510 3220 780 811 6966
3 Jones/Sieling 646 1485 3047 746 812 6736
4 Chalmers/Potvin 663 1535 3215 792 824 7029
5 Rebney/Bell 658 1522 3308 770 838 7096
6 Brooks/Messal 630 1436 DNF
7 Tolles/Rizor DNF
8 Swenson/Hendricksen 635 2378 3115 766 808 100 7802
9 Kreibich/Hughes 725 1639 3439 839 906 7548
10 Maher/DeRose 680 1575 3543 811 861 7470
11 Dale/Johnson 802 1892 4048 960 1023 8725
12 DeMotte/Hall DNF
13 Thompson/Becker 686 1568 3397 816 856 100 7423
14 Thiel/Mayfield 670 1527 3649 821 938 7605
15 Robnett/Huber 710 1716 3524 797 873 7620
16 Olds/Mickle DNF
17 Schneider/Haskell DNF
18 Deierlein/Beyer DNS
19 Eaton/Eaton DNF
20 Gray/Mussachio DNF
21 Casey/Freeman 787 1758 DNF
22 Dow/Mulhern DNS
23 Tarriff/Brett DNF
24 Scorse/O'Connor DNF
25 Hamilton/Sweeney 685 1589 3413 808 861 7356
26 Nicholas/Dunnington DNF
27 Margolis/Yoder 720 1663 3591 822 903 7699
28 Krieger/Christensen DNF
29 Schmidt/Wreesman 712 1644 3492 801 849 7498
30 Sinkler Tate 872 1879 3950 893 953 500 9047
31 Doviak/Schwind DNF
32 Everett/Brooks DNF
33 Reilly/Pease 743 1668 3465 876 884 7636
34 Frausel/Stegemoen 750 1756 3606 869 917 7898
35 Nowicki/Hueppchen DNF
36 Choiniere/Hauman 710 1638 3576 829 904 7657
37 Hakusui/Lapham DNF
38 Ricker/Ricker 798 1865 3926 932 1000 100 8621
39 Folsom/Folsom DNF
40 Welch/Welch 725 1686 3712 808 867 7798
41 Cimino/Rubright DNF
42 Schmit/Damerell 739 1721 3884 847 938 8129
43 Annis/Rainville DNF
44 Obert/Handley 795 1734 3569 853 947 7898
45 Lee/Lutton 725 1636 3476 828 942 7607
46 Entler/Picton 748 1792 DNF
47 Garber/Blumenfeld DNS
48 Zuckerman/Goyette DNF
49 Sanchez/Webb 899 2178 4780 l162 1238 10257
50 Pepper/Polmon 650 DNF
51 McDermid/Bell 775 1812 3875 1258 1052 8772
1 9 7 8 S U S Q U E H A N N 0 C K T R A I L "LAP C H A R T"
+POSITION AT END OF EACH STAGE BY CAR#
+ Al A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5
1 1 1 1 1 8 8 8 8 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 8 7 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 8 8 8 6 3 3 3
3 7 2 8 8 14 1 1 6 6 6 6 6 3 4 4 4
4 2 8 14 6 1 14 14 4 3 4 3 3 4 2 2 2
5 26 26 6* 50 4 4 4* 3 4 3 4 4 14 8 5 5
6 14 14 50* 14 3 3 3* 14 14 14 14 14 2 5 8 8
7 5 5 26 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 5 14 14 14
8 6* 6 5 5 36 36 36 36 36 2 5 5 8 13 13 13
9 36* 4 7 3 17 17 13 17 2 36 13 13 13 36 36 36
10 13 36 4 36 26 13 17 2 13 13 36 36 36 25 25 25
11 50 50 36 26 13 26 2 13 43 26 25 25 25 33 29 29
12 9 17 17 17 43 2 26 26 26 43 50 50 33 29 33 33
13 4* 13 3 43 25 25 25 43 25 12 46 46 29 40 40 40
14 25* 43 13 13 2 43 43 25 12 25 33 33 46 27 27 27
15 37 25 43 25 10 12 12 12 35 33 26 29 4o 42 42 15
16 15 37 25 12 12 10 35 35 46 46 29 40 27 15 15 42
17 43 3 37 10 35 35 15 46 33* 15 40 27 42 34 34 34
18 27 20 20 27 15 15 46 15 15* 29 42 42 21 44 44 44
19 17 12 12 35 33 46 33 33 29 50 27 21 34 45 45 10
20 29 15 10 15 46 33 29 29 10 10 21 34 15 10 10 45
21 20 27 27 41 29 29 10 10 50 40 30 15 44 30 30 30
22 12 10 35 37 40 42 40 40 40 42 34 44 30 11 11 9
23 31 35 15 46 42 40 42 50 42 27 12 30 11 9 9 11
24 16 41 41 33 30 50 50 42 30 30 15 11 10 38 38 38
25 3 29 33 29 50 30 30 30 27 21 44 45 45 51 51 51
26 11 16 46 42 21 21 27 27 21 34 11 10 9 49 49 49
27 21 33 29 30 27 27 21 21 34 44 45 9 38
28 10* 21 42 40 44 44 44 45 44 11 10 38 51
29 35* 42 30 21 45 45 45 44 11 45 9 51 49
30 33 31 21 28 34 34 34 34 45 51 38 49
31 41 34 40 44 11 11 11 11 51 38 51
32 42 46 44 11 28 23 51 51 38 9 49
33 30 30 11 34 23 38 38 38 9 49 43
34 34* 44 28 45 38 51 49 49 49
35 44* 11 31 23 51 49 9 9
36 46 40 34 38 49 28
37 51 45 45 51 37 9
38 40 23 23 49 9 37
39 23 28 49 9
4o 45 51 38
41 49 49 51
42 24 38 9
43 28 9
44 38
45 39
D 19 7 23 12 6
N 32 24 20 28 26 21
F 48 39 16 31 41 37 17 35 43 50 46
DNS - 18, 22, 47 * denotes tie
Index 1978
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