Sunriser 400 Forest Rally
Chillicothe, Ohio
SCCA Pro Rally Championship

September 24-25, 1977

Official Results


77-NPR-06
Stages: 18 Controls: 39
Total Miles: 345.04
Stage Miles: 93.91
Starters: 50
Finishers: 32
Organizing Region: Ohio Valley
Chairman: Richard D. Paddock

Results courtesy of: Eric Jones

Press Release

FIN.   CAR                                              	SCCA
POS.   NUM. 	DRIVER/CO-DRIVER 	HOMETOWN		REGION     	SCORE   MAKE
 1	46    	Ralph Brooks		Palos Heights, IL	Guest		10,996	Datsun 280Z
	    	Dick Messal		Bolingbrook, IL		Guest

 2	32    	Scott Harvey		Rochester, MI    	Detroit		11,068	Dodge Aspen 4WD  
	    	Randy Graves		State College, PA	Guest

 3	45	James Walker		Ann Arbor, MI		Detroit		11,159	Volvo 142
		Virginia Reese		Ann Arbor, MI		Detroit

 4	 6	Brian Rebney		Saginaw, MI		Saginaw Valley	11,181	Datsun 510
		Tom Bell		Perry, MI		Guest

 5	30	Gary Kowalski 		South Bend, IN		South Bend    	11,404	AMC Hornet
		Richard Gehring		South Bend, IN		Wabash Valley

 6	39	John Chalmers		Findlay, OH		NW Ohio		11,482 	Dodge Colt
		Bill Potvin		Toledo, OH		NW Ohio 

 7	14	Hendrik Blok 		Los Angeles, CA		San Francisco	11,527	Dodge Colt
		Tom Grimshaw		Lewisville, TX		Guest 

 8	17	Guy Light		Bay City, MI		Saginaw Valley 	11,889	AMC Jeep CJ-7
		Gary Christensen	Romeo, MI		Detroit

 9	23	Mark Hardymon		Columbus, OH		Guest 		11,928	Dodge Colt
		Norman Gable		Manchester, IN		Guest

10	37	Jim Flaningan		Baltimore, OH		Guest		11,953 	Datsun 510			
		George Bittner		Columbus, OH		Guest

11	43	Pete Deierlein		Syracuse, NY		Central NY	12,078 	VW Rabbit	
		Frank Beyer		Fayetteville, NY	Central NY

12	 8	Walter Margolis		Avon Lake, OH		NE Ohio 	12,164	Dodge Colt	
		Gary Yoder		Bay Village, OH		NE Ohio

13	54	Bill Maher		Rochester, NY		Guest	 	12,371 	Volvo 142E			
		Don DeRose		Grand Island, NY	Guest

14	28	James Scorse 		Rochester, NY		Guest	 	12,484 	Opel GT	
		Andy Mayfield		Rochester, NY		Finger Lakes 

15	 4	Bill Dodd 		So. Amherst, OH		Guest		12,751 	Ford Capri 2.6	
		Jerry Rosegger		Shaker Heights, OH	Guest

16	21	Robert Townsend		Urbana, IL		Guest 		12,782  Datsun 510			
		Alan Doughty		Palatine, IL		Guest 

17	 1	Phil Linne		Mansfield, OH		Ohio Valley 	13,042 	Datsun 510
		John McCarter		Mansfield, OH		Guest

18	35	Fred Olds		Grosse Point Park, MI	Guest		13,076  Datsun 510	
		Jim Mickle		Utica, MI		Saginaw Valley	

19	16	Rich Schneider		Dix Hills, NY		Guest		13,107  Datsun 510		
		Robert Gomez		Roslyn Heights, NY	New England

20	26	Doug Rigel		Lexington, OH		Guest		13,462  Datsun 510	
		Robert Heckathorn	Lexington, OH		Guest

21	47	Dave Nicholas		Mishawaka, IN		Guest		13,973  Dodge Colt
		Dennis Zmyslo		Elkhart, IN		Guest

22	33	Roger Krieger		Birmingham, MI		Guest		14,037  Opel Manta	
		Clark Bond		Bay City, MI		Saginaw Valley	

23	40	Richard Casey		Silver Spring, MD	WDC		14,041  Saab 96		
		Paul Eckstein		Falls Church, VA	WDC

24	 7	Garrett Harbron		Indianapolis, IN	Indy		14,488  Mazda RX-2
		Clyde Parrott		Columbus, IN		Guest

25	15	Richard Robnett		Troy, MI		Guest		14,569  Opel Manta		
		John Huber		Troy, MI		Guest

26	49	Michael Halley		Hallett, OK		NE Oklahoma	14,696  Chevy Vega 2.3	
		Arthur Horn		Tulsa, OK		NE Oklahoma

27	34	T.J. Culbertson		Redford Twp., MI 	Guest 		14,824  Ford Pinto	
		Randy Gage		Sterling Hts., MI      	Guest

28	59	Jeff Hilleary		Columbus, OH	 	Guest		15,791  Datsun 510			
		Nancy Nowak		Columbus, OH		Guest

29	52	John Doviak		Holcomb, NY		Finger lakes 	15,794  Datsun 510	
		Jim Schwind	 	Rochester, NY  		Guest  

30	56	Seth Tarriff		Red Bank, NJ		Guest		16,514 	AMC Gremlin			
		Ed Brett		Fair Haven, NJ		Guest

31	42	David Hagedorn 		Memphis, TN		Mid-South 	17,297 	Saab 96
		Dr. Floyd Shrader	Memphis, TN		Mid-South

32	57	Tom French		Irving, TX		Guest		17,299 	Saab 96
		James Andress		Dallas, TX 		Guest

DSQ	41	Warren Sumner 		Hamilton, ON 		Guest 		Disqual. Datsun 510
		Alan Mitchell 		Hamilton, ON 		Guest

DNF	24	Paul Bacina 		Allen Park, MI 		Detroit 	DNF	Ford Mustang
		David Kershaw 		Belleville, MI 		Guest 

DNF	12	Barry Gutridge 		Grafton, WI 		Milwaukee 		Datsun 710
		Gene D'Aoust 		Pt. Washington, WI 	Guest

DNF	 5	David Scott Welch 	Willoughby, OH 		NE Ohio			Toyota Celica
		Margery Welch 		Willoughby, OH 		Guest

DNF	 3	Gary Ruiz 		Rolling Hills, CA 	Cal Club 		Porsche Carrera RS
		Stephen Ruiz		Rolling HIlls, CA 	Cal Club

DNF	31	William Burdette 	Columbus, OH 		Guest 			BMW 2002
		Gary Stevens 		Columbus, OH 		Guest

DNF	38	Gary Schipper		Ann Arbor, MI 		Guest 			Volvo 122S
		Joseph C. Andreini, Jr. St. Clair Shores, MI 	Guest

DNF	11	Rich Swenson 		Montclair, NJ 		Guest 			Datsun 240Z
		Rod Hendricksen 	Rahway, NJ 		Guest

DNF	 2 	Johhn Bufffum 		S. Burlington, VT 	New England 		Triumph TR7
		Doug Shepherd 		Southfield, MI 		Guest

DNF	36	George McDermid 	Royal Oak, MI 		Guest 			Datsun Pick-up 1900
		Jim McDonald 		Troy, MI		Guest

DNF	 9	Thomas Tolles 		Chelsea, MI 		Guest 			Volvo 142S
		Jean Rizor 		Ann Arbor, MI 		Guest

DNF	20	John Smiskol 		Glen Ellyn, IL 		Milwaukee 		Datsun 260Z
		Walt Krafft 		Hinsdale, IL 		Saginaw Valley

DNF	13	Gene Henderson 		Pinckney, MI 		Detroit 		Jeep CJ-7
		Ken Pogue 		Berkley, MI 		Guest

DNF	18	Hans Boehm 		Lexington, OH 		Guest 			Datsun 510
		Horst Boehm 		Mansfield, OH 		Guest

DNF	27	Ken Zimmerman 		Riverside, CA 		Cal Club 		Dodge Colt
		Joe Charlton 		Riverside, CA 		Guest

DNF	22	Bede McCall 		Buffalo, NY 		Guest 			Ford Capri 2600
		Eric Keller 		Kenmore, NY 		Guest

DNF	25	Scott Berga 		Framington Hills, MI 	Guest 			BMW 2002
		John Grimshaw 		West Bloomfield, MI 	Guest

DNF	50	Graham Thompson 	Greenwich, CT 		Guest 			Volvo 142S
		Harry Handley 		Westport, CT 		New England


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