Rim of the World
Round 4 of the 2002 SCCA ProRally Championship
Palmdale, California
May 3-4, 2002

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Press Notes


SCCA® ProRally Championship
Round #4 - Rim of the World

Media Alert:

DENVER, CO Fourth round (of ten) for the 2002 season. SCCA Performance Rally cars 
from across North America will compete on demanding ridgetop dirt and gravel fire 
control roads tracing the line of the infamous San Andreas Fault in the Angeles 
National Forest in southern California. Regarded as the toughest rally in the USA, 
it is often compared to the Acropolis Rally in Greece for its relentless, car-pounding 
roads. This event is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA)

When & Where:
May 3-4, 2001; Palmdale, CA; approximately 50 miles (70 kilometers) north of Los Angeles.

Headquarters Hotel & Friday/Saturday Press Room;
Event and Media registration (Friday afternoon):
Holiday Inn - Palmdale, 38630 5th Street West, Palmdale, CA 93551,
661.947.8055 main, press room direct: 661.947.4072
Hotel located at junction of Hwy 14 and Palmdale Blvd
(press registration will be in the main entrant registration area near the rear of the hotel.)

Schedule:
Friday, May 03, 2002 
 8:30 AM - 12:00 Noon   Media press event. See details below 
 1:00 PM -  5:00 PM 	Registration at Holiday Inn 
 1:00 PM -  5:30 PM 	Scrutineering - America's Tire Company, Hwy 14 & Avenue J, Lancaster 
 6:30 PM -  7:00 PM 	Parade Lap - lot adjacent to Holiday Inn, Palmdale 
 7:00 PM sharp 		Official Rally Start with Spectator Stage - lot adjacent to Holiday Inn 
11:55 PM approx 	First car finishes Day One of rally - Holiday Inn, Palmdale 

 
Saturday, May 04, 2002 
 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM 	Fund raising RallySprint event for local charity ($20US donation for rides) 
			Parc Expose runs concurrently with this activity 
 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM 	Autograph session, featuring WRC Subaru driver Petter Solberg 
12:00 Noon sharp 	Official day two Rally Start - Holiday Inn - includes Spectator Stage 
 3:10 PM approx 	Short Service break - Lake Hughes Community Club 
 5:30 PM approx 	Service and dinner break, re-seeding - Lake Hughes Community Club 
 8:00 PM sharp 		Restart day two of rally - night stages - Lake Hughes Community Club 
10:00 PM approx 	First car finishes day two of Rim of the World ProRally - Holiday Inn 
12:00 PM approx 	Provisional ProRally scoring posted - Holiday Inn 
 2:00 AM approx 	Press room closed 

Friday Media Event Details

An excellent opportunity for members of the working press to meet and ride with the stars 
of the SCCA ProRally Championship. Lunch is provided, courtesy of Subaru of America. 
Credential requests for this specific function are handled exclusively by the event 
organizer. Contact Paula Gibeault at 760.375.8704 (voice) 760.384.2640 (fax) or via email 
at: gibeault@ridgecrest.ca.us

Selected entries (driver/co-driver):

Current Overall Drivers Championship points leader David Higgins, 2002 Subaru WRX 
Current Manufacturers Points leaders Mark Higgins and Michael Gibson, Paul Choiniere and 
Jeff Becker, 2003 Hyundai Tiburons
2001 Overall Driver and Manufacturer Champion Mark Lovell with Steve Turvey, 2002 Subaru WRX 
Rhys Millen with Garry Cowan will debut their works backed 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 
Rising SCCA ProRally star Mark Nelson with Charles Bradley, 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 

Additional news interest:

Former SCCA ProRally Driver's Champion Rod Millen returns to the Championship after a 
10-year absence, this time joining with Mitsubishi and son Rhys Millen, forming the first 
three-car works team in recent USA rallying history. Rod has done well here in the past, 
winning the event most recently in 1991, with a 3 and a half minute margin of victory. 

Subaru World Rally Championship driver Petter Solberg will be driving the course-opening 
car, capping off a big weekend for the Japanese manufacturer, celebrating its first, and 
highly successful, year of North American sales of their streetable rally car, the WRX. 

Making their first appearances in the championship for 2002, UK based Richard Tuthill and 
John Bennie will be flying in, driving their US bodied Open Class Mitsubishi Mirage with 
Lancer Evo underpinnings. Also debuting for the 2002 season is 2001 Gr N Champion Karl 
Schieble, with SCCA ProRally veteran Wayne Schieble co-driving. They will be in an Open 
Class 2002 Subaru WRX. 

Event Rank:

This rally is a full points SCCA ProRally Championship event, and has long been a fixture 
of the championship, the 2001 event marks its 19th running. Drivers at this event earn 
points towards the national championship, and supporting manufacturers (Hyundai, Subaru, 
Mitsubishi and Mazda) earn points towards overall and class MFG Championships.

Media information; Credentials, Visuals & Interviews:

Event Press/Photo credentials will be available at registration on Friday afternoon and 
Saturday morning. During the event, credentialed press will be able to shoot action 
photography from restricted areas along the rally course. Credentials are available only 
to properly identified members of the working press. 

Per California National Forest regulations, an 'Adventure Pass' is required to gain access 
to certain areas. The organizer will have a limited supply available for a nominal 
($5.00 US) fee. Be aware that the fire danger in this part of California is exceptionally 
high, and some areas that have been accessible in previous years running of this Event may 
not be this year. Please abide by all National Forestry directives, and use caution and 
common sense when parking cars or smoking.

Drivers, co-drivers and crew will be accessible throughout the event, including the Friday 
morning press event, Friday afternoon's Parade Lap, and Saturday morning's charity event 
and Parc Expose.

Media relations will be able to provide driver and co-driver interviews, event results 
and other information via telephone and Email.

Contact: Kurt Spitzner - SCCA Pro Rally Championship Director
Pre-event: 303.967.9660; 303.694-3654 Fax (USA Country Code: 1)
Mobile: 303.204.0375
Direct inquiry Email: sccaprorally@aol.com
Time zone at event: Pacific Time (GMT - 8 hours)

·SCCA ProRally: www.sccaprorally.org
·SCCA Rim of the World ProRally: www.rimoftheworldrally.com

The SCCA ProRally Championship is presented by Hyundai, Mitsubishi and Subaru, 
and is televised in North America on Speed Channel

Sports Car Club of America, Inc. · 9033 East Easter Place · Englewood CO · 80112
Phone: 303-779-6622 · Fax: 303-694-3654 Web: www.scca.org



Start Order & Late Breaking News:
SCCA ProRally Championship 
Round 4 - Rim of the World

PALMDALE, California   A record starting lineup of 79 performance rally cars 
from North America and the world are slated to begin the two-day Rim of the 
World Rally at 7:00PM Friday evening, following a 30-minute parade of all the 
rally cars at the host hotel.  The rally cars return to Palmdale after 
midnight, and restart the second day of rallying at noon on Saturday, 
following a morning of rally festivities including a charity RallySprint and 
Parc Expose of all the cars entered.

Selected Entries, News  
All three works teams had a rough time at Oregon Trail two weeks ago, and 
have been working hard to get the bugs out of their systems during this short 
break - and Hyundai is most confident that their new car teething problems 
are behind them now.  "The transmission problems we had at Oregon don't seem 
to be nearly as serious as we originally suspected," commented team boss John 
Buffum at the manufacturer's media reception earlier today in Long Beach; 
"but we are going to keep an eye on Rod."  The Rod he is referring to is Rod 
Millen, who will be taking over Rhys Millen's Evo VI - said Buffum: "He will 
be fast here, no question."  

Paul Choiniere, who has had a very challenging start to the season, with 
three mechanical DNF's in three starts, finally got a bit of luck in the 
traditional start order draw for top seed drivers - and will be first on the 
road tomorrow.  With the cars in perfect condition, this may be the break the 
8-time champion has been needing to get his championship chances jumpstarted. 
 

Subaru/Prodrive, now sitting in 3rd place in manufacturers points, needs 
a great weekend as well - and is poised to get it.  Struggling with 
transmission problems of their own, the team has been furiously testing over 
the last several days, and hopes their troubles have been banished from this 
important weekend.  Many eyes will be on them too - as this weekend 
celebrates the first anniversary of the groundbreaking WRX going on sale here 
in the USA.  With huge owner appreciation festivities planned in conjunction 
with the rally, including WRC driver Petter Solberg being flown in for the 
occasion from the UK, this is a crucial weekend for Subaru to do well.

Keeping the works teams on their toes will be three top teams from 2001 
making their season debuts: Richard Tuthill and John Bennie return in their 
Winning Makes prepared Mitsubishi Lancer Evo/Mirage combination car, and 
series veteran Lon Peterson, with John Elkin bring back their surprisingly 
quick Knight Racing automatic transmissioned Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS turbo. 
2001 Group N champion and former Prodrive pilot Karl Scheible makes his debut 
in an all-new 2002 WRX.  

"Stage Notes," which made their USA debut two weeks ago at Oregon Trail 
have gained a stronger following for Rim, with better than 2/3rds of the 
field opting for the books - said one entrant "I really feel blind not using 
them now."  The notes give co-drivers a highly detailed set of route 
instructions to interpret for the driver, earned high praise from skeptics 
and fans alike two weeks ago.  

Weather forecast:  the conditions this weekend are exceedingly dry - no 
rain is in the forecast, nor has there been in sometime, so high levels of 
dust are going to be the norm, not the exception.  This plays well for Paul 
Choiniere, who will benefit as first car on the road.  Typical of this time 
of the year in Palmdale, daytime temps will be a perfect for rally mid to 
upper 60's, with near freezing temperatures in the upper elevations at night.

 
Information regarding the start order list:
Car # = number on vehicle.  Cars with numbers under 200 are Pro entries.  Car 
numbered over 200 are generally ClubRally (regional) entrants, with first 
digit denoting their home division (2,3 = West coast, 5 = Central US, 8,9 
East coast).  
Group = Vehicle category: Open, Gr N - fastest; are cars with considerable 
modifications;  P (Production) - slowest; are cars very near showroom stock 
configuration.  G5 - two wheel drive high HP cars;  G2 - two wheel drive 
lower horsepower cars;  GT - high horsepower production (stock) cars.  
Entry = event entered.  Nat= SCCA ProRally, Club=SCCA ClubRally

Rim of the World - SCCA ProRally Championship Round 4                         
3-4 May, 2002
Top 25 Start Order (subject to revision - complete list available at www.rimoftheworldrally.com )

St  Car# Seed 	Class   Driver Name 	Co-Driver   		Car
 1    6   0   	Open    Paul Choiniere  Jeff Becker 		03 Hyundai Tiburon
 2    1   0   	Open    Mark Lovell 	Steve Turvey    	02 Subaru WRX
 3    5   0   	Open    Mark Higgins    Michael Gibson  	03 Hyundai Tiburon
 4   16  FIA 	Open    David Higgins   Daniel Barritt  	02 Subaru WRX
 5   61   0   	Open    Karl Scheible   Wayne Scheible  	02 Subaru WRX
 6    4   0   	Open    Rod Millen  	Cal Coatsworth  	00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5
 7   13   0   	Open    Richard Tuthill John Bennie 		00 Mitsubishi Mirage
 8    3   1   	Open    Rhys Millen 	Garry Cowan 		01 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5
 9    2   1   	Open    Ramana Lagemann Michael Kidd    	02 Subaru WRX
10  107   1   	Open    Tim Paterson    John Allen  		97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4
11  110   1   	Open    Mark Nelson 	Charles Bradley 	00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
12   32   1   	Open    Paul Eklund 	Scott Huhn  		02 Subaru WRX
13   34   1   	Open    Peter Lahm  	Tony Lumino 		97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4
14   22   1   	Open    Ralph Kosmides  James Brandt    	99 Subaru Impreza WRX-STi
15   52   1   	G5  	Doug Shepherd   Peter Gladysz   	02 Dodge Neon SRT-4
16   37   2   	Open    Tony Chavez 	Eddie Cardenas  	91 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
17   48   2   	Open    Lon Peterson    John Elkin  		00 Subaru Impreza
18  275   2   	Open    Nat T-Stow  	Ben Bradley 		02 Subaru WRX
19   51   2   	G5  	Jay Streets 	Janice Damitio  	83 Volvo 740 turbo
20   28   2   	G2  	Bill Malik  	Christian Edstrom   	93 Volvo 240
21  374   3   	Open    Leon Styles 	John Dillon 		91 Audi quattro S2
22  397   3   	Open    Rui Brazil  	TBA 			91 Audi quattro S2
23  891   3   	Open    Randy Zimmer    Russell Strate Jr   	96 Subaru Impreza
24   88   3   	Open    Doug Havir  	Scott Putnam    	02 Subaru WRX
25  124   3   	N   	Peter Workum    Alex Gelsomino  	00 Subaru Impreza

National Media Contact:     
·   Kurt Spitzner - SCCA ProRally Championship Director
Press room phone: 661.947.4072
At-event mobile: 303.204.0375 (USA Country Code: 1)
E-mail: sccaprorally@aol.com

Web sites:
SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org
SCCA Rim of the World Rally: www.rimoftheworldrally.com

The SCCA name and logo is a registered trademark of the Sports Car Club of 
America, Inc.  ProRally, ClubRally and RallyCross are service marks of the 
SCCA.

The SCCA ProRally Championship is presented by Hyundai, Mitsubishi and 
Subaru, and is televised in North America on SpeedChannel.  Time and date 
listing information available at www.speedtv.com


SCCA® ProRally Championship
Round #4 - Rim of the World

Day One Results and News:

PALMDALE, California 'America's Toughest Rally' took little time asserting its position, 
eliminating one key player on the very first stage, and picking off several others in no 
time at all. Paul Choiniere lead most of the evening, taking good advantage of the clear 
air from his first on the road position, but handed off the lead to teammate Mark Higgins 
when drivetrain problems sidelined the 8-time champion late in the evenings stages.

Key Notes & Quotes:
Paul Choiniere's season has been a tough one, now with four consecutive non-finishes, but 
both he and his Hyundai were showing real signs of their teams commitment to the program - 
winning one stage outright and tying for best time on another. Hyundai's Motorsports 
Manager Toni Honsowetz was clear this morning: "we're not jumping to any conclusions on 
the cause of this failure until we do a full analysis - we've got 4 weeks to get the 
problems solved before STPR (round 5); we will get it sorted." 

Rod Millen's return to SCCA ProRally competition lasted just a few minutes, with the right 
front suspension upright failing on hard cornering on the first stage - a difficult start 
to his rekindled career, but accepted as part of the development process. Rhys Millen, 
soldiering on in his Evo 6.5 (the team made a last minute car swap between Rhys and Rod 
minutes before the rally started), suffered a puncture on SS3, and lost a lot of time to 
the leaders - unofficially now at nearly 24 minutes, a nearly impossible amount of time 
to make up on this highly technical rally, but he must do what he can to ensure the company 
earns at least a few points in the very close manufacturers championship. 

Subaru continues to have rocky goings in this cruel sport, as Mark Lovell rolled his WRX 
in SS4, losing some time, but managing to bring his now well wrinkled car back to the 
mid-evening service for some very hasty bodywork and suspension adjustment. The car still 
mechanically sound, the crack Prodrive crew was able to manage even a few cosmetic repairs 
to the car in the short (about 20 minutes) time they had before he and faithful co-driver 
Steve Turvey roared back off into the darkness.

Ralph Kosmides and Jimmy Brandt had a character building day one, suffering a broken left 
front suspension upright, and losing a cylinder in their Subaru WRX-STi Group N car, but 
having narrowly avoided at time-bar at service, are continuing on after a long night of 
repairs. 

In the overall standings, the works teams are back on top, with Hyundai's Mark Higgin's 
leading by a fairly comfortable 30 seconds over Subaru's Ramana Lagemann, who finished the 
first day 10 seconds ahead of current Driver's Championship points leader David Higgins. 
Mark Lovell, despite his dramatic rollover, holds onto 4th position, less than a minute 
behind the leading Hyundai - a remarkable achievement, and 2001 Gr N champion Karl Scheible's 
first drive in 2002 has him in a comfortable 5th place. 

Independent Drivers to watch in day two include the Canadian duo of Scott and Bob Trinder - 
who started the rally in 32nd position - and now occupy 8th place in the innovative, 
automatic transmissioned Subaru Impreza from the fiercely independent team of Knight Racing. 
John Nelson started his PGT Subaru Impreza 2.5RS in 59th place, and worked all the way up 
to 16th, and series regulars Craig Peeper and Ian Bevan have done similarly in their 
Group N Subaru SRX, gaining 28 positions, now in 14th. 

Day two of the Rim of the World Rally begins tomorrow at with extensive festivities 
including a charity RallySprint, at 9:00 AM from the Holiday Inn Hotel in Palmdale. An 
autograph session, and a Parc Expose of all the rally cars is included. The rally officially 
restarts at noon for a full afternoon and evening of rallying, with cars not returning to 
Palmdale until 10:00 PM. 

Rim of the World - SCCA ProRally Championship - Round 4, 03-04 May, 2002
Top 25 Leg One Finish Order (unofficial). Times are in hours: minutes: seconds


St Fin. Car# 	Time   Seed  Class  Driver		Co-Driver 		Car 
 3  1 	  5	45:22   0    Open   Mark Higgins 	Michael Gibson 		03 Hyundai Tiburon 
 9  2     2 	46:04   1    Open   Ramana Lagemann 	Brian Maxwell 		02 Subaru WRX 
 4  3    16 	46:10  FIA   Open   David Higgins 	Chris Patterson 	02 Subaru WRX 
 2  4     1 	46:14   0    Open   Mark Lovell 	Steve Turvey 		02 Subaru WRX 
 5  5    61 	47:30   0    Open   Karl Scheible 	Wayne Scheible 		00 Subaru Impreza 
11  6   110 	47:57   1    Open   Mark Nelson 	Charles Bradley 	00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 
12  7    32 	51:17   1    Open   Paul Eklund 	Scott Huhn 		02 Subaru WRX 
25  8   124 	52:02   3    N      Peter Workum 	Allesandro Gelsomino 	02 Subaru WRX 
32  8   259 	52:02   4    Open   Scott Trinder 	Bob Trinder 		00 Subaru Impreza 
21 10   374 	52:27   3    Open   Leon Styles 	John Dillon 		92 Audi S2 
26 11   103 	52:37   3    N 	    Wyeth Gubelmann 	Therin Pace 	 	02 Subaru WRX 
24 12    88 	53:29   3    Open   Doug Havir 		Scott Putnam 	   	02 Subaru WRX 
23 13   891 	53:52   3    Open   Randy Zimmer 	David Shindle 		96 Subaru Impreza 
42 14    94 	54:04   5    N 	    Craig Peeper 	Ian Bevan 		02 Subaru WRX 
18 15   275 	54:19   2    Open   Nat T-Stow 		John Elkin 		02 Subaru WRX 
59 16   382 	54:34   5    PGT    John Nelson 	M Samli 		Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 
28 17   207 	54:50   3    G5     David Hintz 	Rick Hintz 		88 Mazda RX-7 turbo 
29 18    90 	54:57   3    G2     Lauchlin O'Sullivan Matt Chester 		02 Mitsubishi Lancer RMR  
31 19    79 	55:02   3    P 	    Jeff Field 		David Weiman 		02 Toyota Celica GTS 
33 20    77 	55:11   4    PGT    Bob Henderson 	John McArthur 		02 Subaru WRX 
43 21   306 	55:35   5    N      Wolfang Hoeck 	Julie Lin 		02 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 
57 22   332 	56:06   5    G2     Michael Masano 	Linda Masano 		88 Toyota Corolla FX16 
30 23    42 	56:26   3    G2     Eric Burmeister 	Eric Adams 		01 Mazda Protégé MP3 
53 24    72 	56:28   5    P 	    John Hamilton 	Josh Westhoven 		02 VW Golf TDi 
46 25   220 	56:29   5    PGT    Bruce Davis 	Claire Chisma 		91 Eagle Talon TSi 

Day One ProRally Retirements - unofficial

St Car#  Seed   Class 	Driver 		Co-Driver 	Mfg 		Stage 	Reason 
 6    4   0 	Open 	Rod Millen 	Cal Coatsworth 	02 Mitsubishi 	SS1 	Suspension 
17   48   2 	Open 	Lon Peterson 	John Elkin 	00 Subaru 	SS2 	Alternator 
    934*   	G2 	David Johansen 	Tom Bier 	86 VW 		SS3   
    107   1 	Open 	Tim Paterson 	John Allen 	97 Mitsubishi 	SS3   
 7   13   0 	Open 	Richard Tuthill John Bennie 	97 Mitsubishi 	SS4 	Electrical 
     37*   	Open 	Tony Chavez 	Eddie Cardenas 	91 Mitsubishi 	SS4   
 1    6   0 	Open 	Paul Choiniere 	Jeff Becker 	03 Hyundai 	SS5 	Undisclosed drivetrain 
     34   1 	Open 	Peter Lahm 	Tony Lumino 	97 Mitsubishi 	SS6   


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The SCCA ProRally Championship is presented by Hyundai, Mitsubishi and Subaru, 
and is televised in North America on Speed Channel

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Phone: 303-779-6622 · Fax: 303-694-3654 Web: www.scca.org




SCCA® ProRally Championship - Round 4 - Rim of the World
Day Two Results and News
David Higgins makes it 3 for 3, Hyundai Extends Lead

PALMDALE, California   Three consecutive wins with three different co-drivers
have marked Independent David Higgins as the man who has clearly set his mind
to conquering the series, but all three works teams are not about to make it
easy.  Hyundai, who have now put most of their early development issues
behind them, dominated this event first with Choiniere, then with Mark
Higgins, but a front suspension problem late in the day put them
insurmountably behind.  Subaru too was in the hunt, despite a big roll-over
with Mark Lovell on day one, also created at time loss that was more than the
team could make up.

Key Notes & Quotes:
As is always the case at Rim, the punishing high-desert environment took
its toll on equipment, with 18 Pro series retirements over the 2-day rally.
Gratefully, only 2001 Overall Champion Mark Lovell's fully functional but
thoroughly wrinkled Subaru WRX looked the worse for wear at the conclusion of
the event, with nearly all retirements coming from equipment failures caused
by the pounding the cars take over the challenging and fiercely dusty Angeles
National Forest roads.  Said Lovell at the finish: "We are lucky to be here,
and despite the less than perfect weekend for us, we really do enjoy this
event, and look forward to being here next year - the (organizing) committee
has made huge strides forward from last year, and the field of cars was truly
impressive."

Visiting Subaru/Prodrive WRC driver Petter Solberg had the opportunity to
experience the Rim of the World roads firsthand, and agreed with what other
visitors to the event have said in the past - that the conditions here are
very similar to the Acropolis and Cypress rallys - two of the toughest and
most challenging rallys in the World Rally Championship.

2001 Group N Champion Karl Scheible, this time rallying in Open class
with father and series veteran Wayne Scheible co-driving had a terrific
welcome back to the Championship, taking the third place podium, and
announcing that he would also be at his home event and Round 5 of the
Championship, Susquehannock Trail, at the end of this month.

The Overall Manufacturer's Championship has taken yet another interesting
turn, with Mitsubishi's DNF of both their Open class entries, forcing them to
give up their 2nd place position to Subaru, but both companys saw Hyundai
pull further away, aided by the resurgent teams solid 2nd place podium
position.  Mitsubishi did have a bit of good luck however, with Lauchlin
O'Sullivans first place finish in Group 2, allowing them to extend their lead
over Eric Burmeister's Mazda by 7 more points.  As the Championship heads
east, to roads that are much better known by the Burmeister Motorsports team,
this bit of points padding could prove to be useful insurance.

The Drivers Championship as the series heads to its mid-year point, is
firmly in the hands of David Higgins, who at (unofficially) 67 points now has
a substantial margin over brother Mark Higgins at 50, and Mark Lovell, at 44.
 Mark Nelson was this weekend's fast riser, earning 10 points, tying him with
Rhys Millen at 25 points.  The Co-Drivers' Championship, by virtue of the
frequent co-driver changes at Subaru and with David Higgins (who has changed
co-drivers for the last three events) is a completely different story.
Hyundai's Michael Gibson in the lead at 50, Subaru's Steve Turvey in second
at 43, and Mitsubishi's Garry Cowan tied with Independent Charles Bradley at
25 for third.

The SCCA ProRally Championship switches coasts for Round 5, heading to
the lush eastern forests in the Endless Mountains of north central
Pennsylvania for the oldest and fastest rally in the series - the
Susquehannock Trail Rally, on June 1.


Rim of the World - SCCA ProRally Championship - Round 4  03-04 May, 2002
Complete Leg Two Finish Order (unofficial) times are in hours: minutes: seconds

St  Fin  Car# 	Time    Seed    Class   Driver 			Co-Driver   		Car
 2   1    16  	2:34:44 FIA 	Open    David Higgins   	Daniel Barritt  	02 Subaru WRX
 3   2     5   	2:35:57  0   	Open    Mark Higgins    	Michael Gibson  	03 Hyundai Tiburon
 5   3    61  	2:43:16  0   	Open    Karl Scheible   	Wayne Scheible  	00 Subaru Impreza
 2   4     1   	2:44:13  0   	Open    Mark Lovell 		Steve Turvey    	02 Subaru WRX
 9   5   110 	2:46:02  1   	Open    Mark Nelson 		Charles Bradley 	00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
11   6    32  	2:51:00  1   	Open    Paul Eklund 		Scott Huhn  		02 Subaru WRX
21   7   374 	2:54:13  3   	Open    Leon Styles 		John Dillon 		91 Audi S2
32   8   259 	2:57:06  4   	Open    Scott Trinder   	Robert Trinder  	00 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
30   9    88  	2:57:28  4  	N   	Doug Havir  		Scott Putnam    	02 Subaru WRX
48  10   369 	3:00:00  5   	PGT 	Brian Scott 		Ed Wahl 		92 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
42  11    94  	3:01:14  5   	N   	Craig Peeper    	Ian Bevan   		02 Subaru WRX
29  12    90  	3:02:01  2   	G2  	Lauchlin O'Sullivan 	Aaron Laeng 		02 Mitsubishi Lancer RMR
31  13    79  	3:05:02  3   	P   	Jeff Field  		Dave Weiman 		02 Toyota Celica GTS
15  14    52  	3:05:29  1   	G5  	Doug Shepherd   	Peter Gladysz   	02 Dodge Neon SRT
20  15    28  	3:07:47  2      G2  	Bill Malik  		Christian Edstrom   	93 Volvo 240
59  16   382 	3:08:07  5   	PGT 	John Nelson 		M Samli 		00 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
45  17    77  	3:09:38  3   	PGT 	Bob Henderson   	John McArthur   	02 Subaru WRX
28  18   207 	3:10:23  3      G5 	David Hintz 		Rick Hintz  		88 Mazda RX-7 turbo
53  19    72  	3:10:39  5   	P   	Jon Hamilton    	Josh Westhoven  	02 VW Golf TDi
30  20    42  	3:10:57  3      G2  	Eric Burmeister 	Eric Adams  		01 Mazda Protégé MP3
14  21    22  	3:11:44  1      N   	Ralph Kosmides  	Jimmy Brandt    	99 Subaru Impreza WRX-STi
46  22   220 	3:12:18  5   	PGT 	Bruce Davis 		Claire Chizma   	91 Eagle Talon TSi
73  23   215 	3:19:38  6   	P   	Jamie Thomas    	John Reed   		93 Subaru Impreza
49  24   377 	3:24:01  6   	PGT 	Sean McKenna    	Neal Kiley  		91 Eagle Talon TSi
47  25   514 	3:35:40  5   	PGT 	Roland McIvor   	Bill Montgomery 	96 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
36  26   357 	4:14:31  4      G2  	Chris Burns 		David Hackett   	92 Eagle Talon

Leading Day One ProRally Retirements - official  03-04 May, 2002

St   Car#    Seed  Class   Driver  		Co-Driver   		Mfg 		Stage 	Reason
 6     4      0    Open    Rod Millen  		Cal Coatsworth  	02  Mitsubishi  SS1	Suspension
17    48      2    Open    Lon Peterson    	John Elkin  		00  Subaru  	SS2 	Alternator
10   107      1    Open    Tim Paterson    	John Allen  		97  Mitsubishi  SS3	Alternator
 7    13      0    Open    Richard Tuthill 	John Bennie 		97  Mitsubishi  SS4	Electrical
16    37*     2    Open    Tony Chavez 		Eddie Cardenas  	91  Mitsubishi  SS4	Alternator
 1     6      0    Open    Paul Choiniere  	Jeff Becker 		03  Hyundai 	SS5 	Driveline
13    34      1    Open    Peter Lahm  		Tony Lumino 		97  Mitsubishi  SS6 	Suspension

Leading Day Two ProRally Retirements - official 03-04 May, 2002

St   Car#   Seed   Class   Driver  		Co-Driver   		Mfg 		Stage	Reason
18   275      2    Open    Nat T-Stow  		Ben Bradley 		02  Subaru  	SS7 	Engine management
 8     3      1    Open    Rhys Millen 		Garry Cowan 		00  Mitsubishi  SS9 	Front differential, motor
 9     2      1    Open    Ramana Lagemann 	Brian Maxwell   	02  Subaru  	SS9 	Engine
19    51      2    G5  	   Jay Streets 		Janice Damitio  	83  Volvo   	SS9 	Rear Axle
26   103      3    N   	   Wyeth Gubelmann 	Therin Pace 		02  Subaru  	SS11    Undisclosed
25   124      3    N   	   Peter Workum    	Alex Gelsomino  	02  Subaru  	SS12	Undisclosed

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