Sunriser 400 Forest Rally
Circleville, Ohio
SCCA Pro Rally Championship

September 8-9, 1979

Official Results * Stages * SCCA Press


Final Results

79-NPR-7
Total Miles: 403.56
Stage Miles: 110
Stages: 26
Starters:  71
Finishers: 40
Organizing Region: Ohio Valley
Chairman: Richard Paddock
												Total
O/A	Car							SCCA Region/	Make of 	Penalty
Pos.	No.	Driver/Co-Driver	Hometown/State		Guest Status	Vehicle		Points 
 1	 5	Rodney Millen		Newport Beach, CA	Cal Club	Ford Escort	13949
		Mark Howard		Newport Beach, CA	Cal Club	

 2	 2	John Buffum		S. Burlington, VT	NER		Triumph	TR8	14062
		Doug Shepherd		Ann Arbor, MI		Detroit	

 3	11	Tom Tolles		Ann Arbor, MI		Finger Lakes	Volvo 142	14812
		Jean Rizor		Ann Arbor, MI		Detroit	

 4	 1	Eric Jones		Columbus, OH		Ohio Valley	Datsun 510	14954
		Roger Sieling		Columbus, OH		Ohio Valley	

 5	 7	Wayne Baldwin		Waldwick, NJ		New England	Volvo 142	15194
		Debra Baldwin		Waldwick, NJ		New England	

 6	15	Mark Hardymon		Columbus, OH		Ohio Valley	Dodge Colt	15574
		Thomas Drake		Columbus, OH		Ohio Valley

 7	 3 	John Smiskol		Crystal Lake, IL 	Milwaukee	Triumph	TR7	15638
		Walt Krafft		Hinsdale, IL		Saginaw Valley

 8	 9	Roy Donison		Gresham, OR		Oregon		Plymouth Arrow	15802
		Doug Foster		Milwaukie, OR		Oregon	

 9	25	Bruno Kreibich		Ridgewood, NY		New York	Porsche Safari	15917
		Scott Hughes		Loveland, OH		Cincinnati	

10	19	Larry Schmidt		Rochester, MI		Detroit		Dodge Colt	16004
		Joe Andreini		St. Clair Shores, MI	Detroit	

11	14	Dave Nicholas		Mishawaka, IN		South Bend	Dodge Colt	16046
		Marv Miller		Bristol, IN		South Bend	

12	20	Dick Turner		Lancaster, TX		Texas		Int Scout II	16351
		Tom Grimshaw		Lewisville, TX		Texas	

13	24	George Beckerman	Mt. Carmel, IL		Southern IN	Dodge Colt	16374
		Doris Beckerman		Mt. Carmel, IL		Southern IN	
 
14	74 	Kris Mellon		Kings Beach, CA		Reno		Plymouth Arrow	16393
		Carolyn Eaton		Ann Arbor, MI		New York	

15	28	Calvin Landau		Coraopolis, PA		New England	Ford Capri	16658
		Karen Landau		Coraopolis, PA		New England	

16	41	Robert Schneider	Sylvania, OH		Northwest Ohio	VW Rabbit	16660
		Michael Puffenberger	Fostoria, OH		Northwest Ohio 

17	35	David Schipper		Ann Arbor, MI		Detroit		Dodge Colt	16791
		James Kloosterman	Cedar Rapids, IA	Detroit	

18	In	Jim Scorse		Rochester, NY		Finger Lakes	Opel GT		16838
		Brian O'Connor		Lewis Run, PA		Guest	

19	47	Robert Wolf		Cleveland, OH		Northeast Ohio	Toyota Celica	16942
		James Sweeney		Cleveland, OH		Northeast Ohio 

20	17	Robert Townsend		Urbana, IL		Central IL	Datsun 510	17311
		Alan Doughty		Barrington, IL		Central IL	

21	53	Ralph Starr		Denver, CO		Colorado	Datsun 510	17341
		Regan Smolkovich	Denver, CO		Colorado	

22	71	David Cady		Buffalo, NY		Western NY	Plymouth Arrow	17384
		Barbara Gardner		Buffalo, NY		Western NY	

23	18	Robert Thiel		Rochester, NY		Finger Lakes	Datsun 510	17653
		Stephen Kittelberger	Rochester, NY		Finger Lakes	

24	44	Robert Schaffner	State College, PA	Central PA	Saab 96 V4	17757
		Greg Mambourg		Lexington, OH		Guest	

25	16	Floyd Shrader		West Memphis, AR	Midsouth	Saab 99GL	17868
		Lawson Smith		Fayetteville, NY	Midsouth	

26	64	R. D. Ostrander		Indianapolis, IN	Guest		Mazda R100	17878
		Don Schlensker		Westfield, IN		Guest

27	63	David Sampson		Chillicothe, OH		Guest		Ford Capri V6	18071
		Byron Senff		Chillicothe, OH		Guest
	
28	54	Tom French		Irving, TX		Texas		Saab 99		18134
		David Fremder		Rowlett, TX		Texas	

29	66	Bill Gwinn		Ashland, KY		Central KY	Dodge Colt	18304
		David Bruce		South Point, OH		Central KY

30	30	Bill Dodd		Amherst, OH		Northeast Ohio 	Ford Capri V6	18400
		Jerry Rosegger		Shaker Hts., OH		Northeast Ohio 	

31	51	Robert McGee		Chillicothe, OH		Guest		VW Dune Buggy	18449
		David Shelton		Chillicothe, OH		Guest		

32	37	John Doviak		Holcomb, NY		Finger Lakes	Datsun RS-510	19224
		Robert Kreger		Rochester, NY		Finger Lakes	

33 	49	Tom Hanlon		Grove, OK		Northeast Okla.	Datsun 510	19996
		Terry Fox		Grove, OK		Guest

34	56	Patrick Nowak		Ann Arbor, MI		Detroit		Ford Capri II	20163
		John Erickson		Roseville, MI		Guest		

35	65	Gary Habernay		Solon, OH		Northeast Ohio	Datsun 510	20484
		Gary Wildman		South Euclid, OH	Northeast Ohio 

36	40	Ken Burt		Hicksville, NY		Metro NY	Datsun 510	20571		
		Kan Greco		Lodi, NJ		North NJ	

37	52	Eric Ford		Dallas, TX		Texas		Corvair Corsa	20924
		Mark Long		Richardson, TX		Texas

38	29	John Soltesz		Oregon, OH		Northwest Ohio	BMW 2002	20990
		Bill Bauman		Toledo, OH		Northwest Ohio
			
39	75	Bruce Ryder		Buffalo, NY		West NY		Renault 5	21421
		Len Picton		West Seneca, NY		Western NY	
			
40	43	Jeffrey McGee		Chillicothe, OH		Guest		VW Type 1 	31397	
		James McCoskey		Chillicothe, OH		Guest

DNF	70	Jeffrey Lebesch		St. Louis, MO		St. Louis	Ford Pinto
		Alexander Gray		St. Louis, MO		St. Louis	

DNF	 4	John Chalmers		Findlay, OH		Northwest Ohio	Dodge Colt
		Bill Potvin		Toledo, OH		Northwest Ohio 

DNF	26	Paul Jaeger		Akron, OH		Northwest Ohio	Ford Pinto
		Gordon Brown		Doylestown, OH		Guest

DNF	60	Larry Ward		Toledo, OH		Northeast Ohio	Datsun 26OZ
		Kent Gardam		Maumee, OH		Northwest Ohio 	

DNF 	72	Joseph Alexander	Blacklick, OH		Guest		Mercedes @50
		Mark Dawley		Gahanna, OH		Guest	

DNF	42	Phil Linne		Mansfield, OH		Ohio Valley	Datsun 510
		Don Zirkle		Mansfield, OH		Guest

DNF	10	Rich Schneider		Dix Hills, NY		New England	Toyota Celica
		Robert Gomez		Roslyn Heights, NY	New England	

DNF	12	Jill Robinson		London, England		Guest		Datsun 510
		Pauline Gullick		Bristol, England	Guest	

DNF	 8	Rick Swenson		Montclair, NJ		Guest		Datsun 240Z
		Scott Ziegler		Wayne, NJ		Guest	

DNF	23	Dave Beck		Springfield, IL		St. Louis	Datsun PL 510
		Lloyd Johnson		Springfield, IL		St. Louis	

DNF	48	Curt Spicer		Saginaw, MI		Saginaw Valley 	Saab 99
		Dennis Rueter		Grand Blanc, MI		Saginaw valley

DNF	67	Tawn Anderson		Reynoldsburg, OH	Guest		Datsun 510
		Eric Anderson		Follansbee, WV		Guest	

DNF	73	Colin Whittingham	Tyler, TX		Guest		Mazda RX-3
		Andy Magnus		Arlington, TX		Guest

DNF	13	Steve Baker		Memphis, TN		Mid-South	Volvo 544
		Tom Parker		Memphis, TN		Mid-South

DNF	 6	James Walker		Ann Arbor, MI		Detroit		Fiat Brava
		Virginia Reese		Ann Arbor, MI		Detroit	

DNF	31	Gerald Stem		Cincinnati, OH		Guest		Opel Rallye
		James Mueller		Cincinnati, OH		Guest

DNF	33	David Welch		Willoughby, OH		Northeast Ohio	Ford Mustang
		Margery Welch		Willoughby, OH		Guest	

DNF	58	M. E. Halley		Stillwater, OK		Guest		Peugeot GLD
		Phillip Schneider	Lexington, KY		Central KY

DNF	68	John Gray		Toledo, OH		Northwest Ohio	Datsun 510
		Bob Armstrong		Perrysburg, OH		Northwest Ohio	

DNF	46	John Fay		Garland, TX		Texas		Chev Chevette
		Kenneth Smith		Bellevue, WA		Guest	

DNF	55	Alexander Liversidge	Burlington, VT		NER		Saab 99
		Linda Wilcox		Burlington, VT		NER

DNF	69	Wilson Hopkins		Indianapolis, IN	Indy		Dodge Colt
		Paul Amos		Carmel, IN		Guest	

DNF	57	Paul Bidwell		Dayton, OH		Western Ohio	VW Rabbit
		Michael Kemper		Dayton, OH		Guest	

DNF	34	Steve Nowicki		New Berlin, WI		Milwaukee	Datsun 510 Turbo
		David Hueppchen		Green Bay, WI		Milwaukee	

DNF	21	Garrett Harbron		Indianapolis, IN	Indy		Plymouth Arrow
		Nick Folger		Dayton, OH		Wester Ohio	

DNF	38	Gerald Kuhs		Milwaukee, WI		Milwaukee	Datsun 510
		James Jurgenson		Milwaukee, WI		Milwaukee	

DNF	59	Bernard Pizarro		Dayton, OH		Indy		Dodge W-200
		Charles Cotterman	Dayton, OH		Guest	

DNF	45	Tom Ottey		Columbus, OH		Ohio Valley	Datsun 510
		Howard Beattie		Columbus, OH		Ohio Valley	

DNS	32	Kenton DeMotte		Imperial, MO		St. Louis	Datsun PL510
		Bill Couch		Dunkirk, IN		Guest	

DNS	50	Ron Docie		Columbus, OH		Ohio Valley	Plymouth Arrow
		Kendall Cranston	Circleville, OH		Ohio Valley	

DNS	62	Jim Leonard		Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma	Chevrolet Vega
		Arthur Horn		Tulsa, OK		Guest	


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