Susquehannock Trail PRO Rally
Round #3 - 1993 Subaru PRO Rally Championship
June 4-6, 1993


Press Notes
by Andy Schupack

Final Results

  
                             MEDIA ALERT

Event:  Susquehannock Trail PRO Rally (STPR) - Round #3 of the 1993
        Subaru PRO Rally Championship.  Race cars from around the
        world will compete at high speeds through the Pennsylvania
        State Forest near Wellsboro, Penn.

When:   Friday - Sunday, June 4 - 6, 1993

        Schedule - Friday

        Noon - 8:00 PM - Registration - Baptist Church, Central and
                         Pearl Streets - Wellsboro.

     9:00 AM - 7:00 PM - Subaru Mobile Traction Center open -
                         Central and Main Street - Wellsboro

     1:00 PM - 8:30 PM - Scrutineering, Tioga County Fairgrounds

               3:00 PM - Begin Special Olympics Rally

        Schedule - Saturday

    8:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Late worker registration - Baptist
                         Church - Wellsboro.

     9:00 AM - 7:00 PM - Subaru Mobile Traction Center open -
                         Central and Main Street - Wellsboro

               9:50 AM - Parc Expose - display of rally cars - at the Green
                         in downtown Wellsboro.

              10:30 AM - First car starts daylight section of STPR.

              11:00 AM - First car reaches Stoney Fork Water Crossing
                         Spectator Point.

               2:00 PM - Rotary Club Chicken Barbeque; St. Paul's Episcopal
                         Church Hot Dog/Soda Booth - On the Green

               3:40 PM - Second Parc Expose around the Green

               4:50 PM - First car leaves for Evening Section of STPR

               5:40 PM - First car leave to start Finger Lakes Divisional
                         Forest Rally.

              12:46 AM - (Sunday AM) First car finishes STPR Rally -
                         downtown Wellsboro.

Where:  Rally headquarters will be at the Penn Wells Hotel, 62 Main
        Street, Wellsboro.  A list of public viewing areas for the
        rally is available from the Penn Wells Hotel, or the
        Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce, Main and Central Street, in
        Wellsboro.

Duration: 139 stage miles, 324 total miles, 12 stages

Rank:      Full National Rally, sanctioned by the Sports Car Club and
           sponsored by Subaru of America, Inc.  Presented by the
           Finger Lakes Region of the Sports Car Club of America,
           with the cooperation of the Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce
           and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
           Resources, Bureau of Forestry.  Sponsored locally by
           Blossburg Beverage and Citizens & Northern Bank.

Expected Top Entries:  Chad DiMarco - '91 STPR and National champion,
       in his Subaru Legacy; Paul Choiniere -defending overall
       national and STPR champion -in his new Audi Quattro S-2 Coupe,
       won last event in Calif.  in May; Bruno Kreibich, '91 Open
       class champion - in an Audi Quattro; Carl Merrill -finished
       second overall in the last '92 event in Maine - in his new 412
       horsepower Ford Escort Cosworth; Tom McGeer, '92 Canadian
       champion, in a Subaru Legacy; Doug Shepherd, former Production
       champion, in a new Eagle Talon; Dick Corley -won his first
       rally ever at last year's Press-on-Regardless in Michigan - in
       a Mitsubishi Eclipse; Jeff Zwart -1990 Open class champion -in
       his All-wheel drive Porsche Carrera 4; Lon Peterson -- amateur
       PRO Rally ace from Victorville in his first season of national
       PRO rally - a new Mitsubishi Eclipse in Production GT; Frank
       Cunningham - bought Tim O'Neil's Production GT championship
       winning car from '92 -in a Mitsubishi Galant; Peter Cunningham
       - Acura Integra -finished 2nd in Production class in '92;
       Vinnie Frontinan, leading Production GT, debuting his Toyota
       Celica GT4; Cal Landau, 1991 Production champ, debuts a new
       Mitsubishi Eclipse; Gary Gooch - 1992 Rally Truck class
       champion - in a new Mitsubishi pick-up.

Visuals: There will be escorts to take photographers and
         video crews onto the course during the daylight part
         of the rally on Saturday.  Anyone requiring supplied
         photos or video should contact Andy Schupack in the
         press room starting June 3.  Rally cars going
         through water, rough terrain, and sliding at high
         speed through tight turns provide exciting visuals.

Media Info:  We will provide phone-ins on event information,
             driver interviews, and results.  We will fax
             stories and agate Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
             We have B-roll available for TV.

             The press room will be located on the second
             floor of the Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce,
             Central and Main Street, downtown Wellsboro.

Contact: Andy Schupack - Subaru PRO Rally Championship
                         media liaison:

                     (717) 724-1926 (direct line - June 4 - 6)
                     (401) 739-5677 (race results after June 6)
                            

                       1993 SUSQUEHANNOCK TRAIL PRO RALLY
                          ENTRY LIST  -   JUNE 4, 1993
Start Car   
Order  # Class Driver/Hometown                     Co-Driver            Car
----- --- ---- --------------------------------    -----------          ----------------
 1     5 Open  Bruno Kreibich/Ridgewood, NY,       John Buffum          Audi Quattro
 2     1 Open  Paul Choiniere/Williston, VT,       Jeff Becker          Audi S-2
 3     4 Gr.A  Chad DiMarco/Huntington Beach, CA   Erick Hauge          Subaru Legacy
 4    13 P-GT  Tom McGeer/Georgetown, Ont.         Trish Sparrow        Subaru Legacy
 5    11 Open  Jeff Zwart/Woody Creek, CO          Tony Sircombe        Porsche Carrera 4
 6     6 Open  Carl Merrill/Ogunquit, ME           Jon Wickens          Escort Cswrth
 7     3 Open  Richard Corley/Burlington, VT       Martin Headland      Mits. Eclipse
 8    14 Open  Doug Shepherd/Plymouth, MI          Pete Gladysz         Eagle Talon
 9    10 P-GT  Vicente Frontinan/Somerville, MA    Frank Arruda         Toyota Celica
 10    9 Prod  Peter Cunningham/Whitefish Bay, WI  Joe Andreini         Acura Integra
 11   12 Open  Henry Joy/Wilmette, IL              Jimmy Brandt         Mitsubishi Eclipse
 12   15 P-GT  Russ Hughes/Avon,NY                 John McArthur        Mazda 323GTX
 13   16 P-GT  Frank Cunningham*/Boston, MA        Charles Bradley      Mitsu. Galant
 14   94 P-GT  Lon Peterson/Victorville, CA        Bill Gutzmann        Mitsu. Eclipse
 15   18 P-GT  Cal Landau/Coraopolis PA            Eric Marcus          Mitsubishi Eclipse
 16   19 P-GT  Steve Gingras/Duluth, MN            Bill Westrick        Mazda 323GTX
 17   20 P-GT  Jim Wilson/Northport, NY            James Wilson         Mitsubishi Galant
 18   21 P-GT  Tom Ottey/Columbus, OH              Yorgi Bittner        Mazda 323GTX
 19   22 Truck Gary Gooch/Union City, CA           Judi Gooch           Mitsubishi Pickup
 20   23 Open  Rick Davis*/West Chester, PA        Ben Greisler         BMW 2002
 21   24 Open  Jon Kemp/Attica, NY                 Gail McGuire         Audi Quattro
 22   25 Open  Bruce Newey*/Atlanta, GA            Kennon Rymer         Mazda RX7
 23   26 Open  Chris Czyzio*/Flushing, MI          Eric Carlson         Plymouth Arrow
 24   27 Open  L. Mark Stone/Somers, NY            Marc Goldfarb        Nissan Violet GTS
 25   77 P-GT  Ivan Orisek*/White Plains NY        Olga Orisek          Mitsu. Eclipse
 26   28 P-GT  Antonio Menendez/Mexico City, Mex.  Juan Goya            Mitsu. Eclipse
 27   29 Prod  Bob Elliott/Rutland, VT             Mark Williams        Volkswagen GTI
 28   30 Truck Greg Healey*/Hartsville, SC         John MacLeod         Dodge Ram 50 PU
 29   31 P-GT  Todd Bawden/Costa Mesa, CA          Cal Coatsworth       Mitsu. Eclipse
 30   93 Prod  Tony Shumaker/Mission Viejo, CA     Liz Shumaker         Mitsu. Eclipse
 31   32 P-GT  Richard Swenson*/Highland Lakes, NJ Rod Hendricksen      Mazda 323
 32   17 Truck Chad Dykes/San Diego, CA            Pat Hanson           Mitsubishi Truck
 33   33 Prod  Dick Casey*/Fairfax Station, VA     Martin Dapot         VW Golf GTI
 34   34 Open  Jacek Kotowski/Lawrenceville, NJ    Marek Bulaj          Dodge Omni GLH
 35   35 Open  Ken Beard/Stewartstown, PA          Jim Miner            Dodge Omni GLH
 36   36 Prod  Lesley Suddard*/Wilmington, DE      Anne Thomas          Dodge Omni GLH
 37   37 P-GT  Jacques Besner/			   Jean-Sebastien Besner
 38   38 Open  Ed Maklenburg/Milford, MI           Barbara Steencken    Olds Omega
 39   39 Open  Dean Fry*/Mohnton, PA               Don  Kennedy         Subaru 4WD Turbo
 40   40 Open  Andy Wos/Clifton, NJ                Don Hogan            Ford Explorer
 41   41 Prod  Peter Watt/Peterborough, Ont.       Jennie MacKenzie     Suzuki Swift
 42   42 Open  Jos. Gumkowski/Buffalo, NY          Gordon Tracz         Ford Escort
 43   43 Open  Carl Fisher/Lyndeboro, NH           Ted Mendham          Dodge Omni GLH
 44   44 Open  Scott Kreisler/Pottstown, PA        John Bonasera        Saab 99
 45   45 Prod  Damon Mayers/Taunton, MA            Stephen Finney       Toyota Corolla
 46   46 Open  Keith Kreisler*/Collegeville, PA    Chris Erney          Saab 900 Turbo
 47   47 Prod  John Lawless*/S. Weymouth, MA       Phil Barnes          Toyota Corolla
 48   48 Open  John Pezzi/Minoa, NY                Gary Jones           Volkswagen Jetta
 49   49 Open  Sylvester Stepniewski/Keansburg, NJ Adam Pelc            VW Scirocco
 50   50 P-GT  Raymund Agcaoili/Edison, NJ         TBA                  Mitsubishi Eclipse
 51   51 P-GT  Craig Sobczak/Marquette, MI         Kevin DeLoughary     Mazda GTX
 52   52 Open  Tom Barker*/Freeport, NY            Gary Urhan           Dodge Omni GLH
 53   53 Open  Gerald Sweet/Oak Ridge, NJ          Stuart Spark         Saab 99
 54   54 P-GT  Antonio Monteiro/Somerville, MA     TBA                  Mitsu. Galant
 55   55 Prod  Mike Risley/Halifax, N.S.           Rick Carroll         Honda CRX SI
 56   56 Open  William Siess/Troy, MI              Judith Siess         Dodge Omni
 57   57 Open  Gerry Brinkman/Freehold, NJ         Robert Barrall       Subaru DL 4WD
 58   58 Open  Brian Pepp*/Marquette, MI           Dean Rushford        Mazda RX7
 59   59 P-GT  Doug Beaulieu/Westport, MA          Doug Beaulieu, Sr.   Mitsu. Eclipse
 60   171 Open Paul Barrows/Rochester, NY          Jason Aroesty        Toyota Corolla
 61   172 Open Filipe Graca/Hillside, NJ           Antonio Paz          VW Golf GTI
 62   173 Open Roland McIvor/Beaver Falls, PA      Ellen Santarcangelo  Mitsu.Ecl
 63   174 Open Richard Paddock/Hilliard, OH        Karen Finnerty       Jeep Cherokee
 64   175 Open John Shirley/Knoxville, TN          Jim Hurley           Triumph TR-8
 65   176 Open John Pizzagalli/S. Burlington, VT   Josh Cantrell        VW GTI
 66   178 Open Kurt Thiel/Rochester, NY            George Thompson      VW GTI

 * Driver entered in Divisional as well as National event


For Immediate Release          Contact:  Andy Schupack
                                         Rally Headquarters Press Room
                                         (717) 724-1926
                                         (June 4 - 6)

        ROCHESTER AREA SUBARU DEALER TO USE PRO RALLY SP0NSORSHIP

        TO SHOW PERFORMANCE AND TRACTION OF SUBARUS IN ALL CONDITIONS


VICTOR, NY -- June 4 -- When Emerson Fittipaldi brought his 200 MPH racer

into victory lane at last weekend's Indy 500, most people were pretty

impressed, but Kitty Van Bortel, owner of Van Bortel Subaru in Victor,

points out that, while Emerson's speed was great, his traction on wet or

slippery pavement would not pass the test of typical Rochester/Southern

Tier driving conditions.


So Van Bortel Subaru has announced its sponsorship of the Sube Sports-Team

Subaru Legacy of Chad DiMarco for the upcoming Subaru PRO Rally

Championship in Wellsboro, Penn., June 4 - 6.  DiMarco's 300 horsepower

Subaru Legacy, which will race through the Pennsylvania State Forests at

more that 120 miles-per-hour, has the all-wheel drive system to give it

high performance with traction.


"In this part of the country, fancy cars with lots of horsepower just

end up on the side of the road or off in a ditch when we get one of those

instant snow or rain storms," said Ms. Bortel, "so, as a Subaru dealer,

we have had great success selling all-wheel drive vehicles which provide

both performance and traction for reliable transportation."

                                   
She explained that, in a  PRO Rally, each team consists of a driver and a

co-driver (or navigator), and the exact course is kept secret until just

before the event.  The cars start at one-minute intervals and race against

the clock over 12 stages which range in length from four to 12 miles.


Speeds of more than 120 miles-per-hour could be reached on long straight-

aways, with the team achieving the fastest combined times winning the

event.


This year's Subaru PRO Rally event in Wellsboro, Penn., which will cover

324 miles including 139 competitive speed stage miles through the

Pennsylvania State Forest, will feature a variety of smooth and twisty

roads from hard-packed to loose gravel for use as the "race course."  The

drivers stay on the existing roads and do not blaze their own trails.  The

roads feature the famous Stoney Creek Water Crossing and views of the

Pennsylvania "Grand Canyon of the East."


Other Subaru PRO Rally events around the country, which pit Audis,

Mitsubishis, Porsches, Fords, Toyotas, Subarus and other top marques

against each other, run in conditions ranging from a Maine blizzard to the

scorching deserts of Arizona.


And the Van Bortel Subaru Legacy, driven by Huntington Beach, Calif.'s Chad

DiMarco, is no ordinary PRO Rally car.  DiMarco, who, along with co-driver

Erick Hauge, has won one overall national championship and three straight
                                
Group A class titles in the past three years.  His turbocharged, 300

horsepower Subaru Legacy will go through the woods this weekend in excess

of 120 miles-per-hour - and stay on the road even if conditions are slick.


Van Bortel Subaru in Victor, a Subaru dealer since 1991, has built a

reputation for being unique because Ms. Van Bortel insists on selling to

everyone for the same price.  Her reputation for quality service and low

prices has earned Van Bortel Subaru the position of ninth largest Subaru

dealer in the country.


"Why should someone pay more or less for a car because they know how to

bargain, or because they paid a couple of dollars to get one of those

dealer invoice guides," she asked.


Besides sponsoring DiMarco's car at the Subaru PRO Rally Championship event

in Wellsboro June 4 - 6, the race car will on display at Van Bortel's

Service Clinic on Saturday, June 12 at the dealership in Victor, from

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM.


Press Notes #1 
Susquehannock Trail PRO Rally, Wellsboro, Penn. 
Round #3 of the Subaru PRO Rally Championship 
June 5, 1993 - 1:00 PM

1.  With so many cars and so many story lines to follow at
    the 17th running of the Susquehannock Trail PRO Rally
    (STPR), we'll get the news going first - as the rally has
    just started - and digress as time allows to get into the
    class-by-class battles.

2.  Although Thursday and Friday were 70 degree, sunny days
    in North Central Pennsylvania, this morning broke cold
    and rainy, with the temperature at 55 degrees and a
    light, but steady rain falling on the 71 starters for the
    event.  With the lack of rain over the last several
    weeks, however, the famous Stony Fork water crossing, the
    end of stage #1, was fairly low early this morning.  Last
    year, rain during the week preceding the rally forced
    closure of that stage because the water was too deep.

3.  Besides the overall 71 starter figure, the number of
    national entries is up from last year (64) and the
    addition of a divisional rally has helped swell the STPR
    entry list to its present size.

4.  We have a report on top times from the end of stage one,
    which ends in the middle of the creek at Stony Fork.
    Somewhere between the start of the rally on the Wellsboro
    Green and the start of stage #1, driver Bruno Kreibich
    and co-driver John Buffum swapped positions, and Buffum
    drove the stage in Bruno's Audi Quattro.  Buffum, who won
    the opening event of the 1993 Subaru PRO Rally
    Championship earlier this year standing in for Paul
    Choiniere while Paul's wife gave birth to their third
    son, is not expected to run the whole rally, but has
    given Bruno the lead after stage #1.

5.  Jeff Zwart/Tony Sircombe Porsche Carrera 4, which
    currently leads the Subaru PRO Rally championship after
    two events, will probably not have the lead at the end of
    this one.  Zwart overcooked the car on a downhill stretch
    of stage #1, going of the road and "banging all four
    corners" of his newly painted Valvoline racer.  Although
    most of the damaged seemed repairable, the team broke a
    half-shaft, and did not have a suitable replacement, so
    the Zwart for forced to retire from the rally.

6.  Also retired is the Production GT entry of Antonio Menendez/
    Juan Goya from Mexico City in their Vermont
    Sports Car-prepared Mitsubishi Eclipse.  Menendez also
    ran off the course on stage #1 and bent the frame of his
    car.  We'll get further details when we talk to the
    driver later on.

7.  Selected times for the front-runners after stage #1:

 Driver/Co-driver     Class    Car                  Time
                                                 (min.1/100)
 Kreibich/Buffum*     Open     Audi Quattro         5.59
 Choiniere/Becker     Open     Audi S-2 Quattro     5.69
 DiMarco/Hauge        Open     Subaru Legacy        5.70
 Corley/Headland      Open     Mitsubishi Eclipse   5.86
 Merrill/Wickens      Open     Ford Escort Cosworth 5.91
 McGeer/Sparrow       P-GT     Subaru Legacy        6.06
 Shepherd/Gladysz     Open     Eagle Talon          6.17

*Buffum drove stage #1

8.  The DiMarco/Hauge Subaru Legacy is now reported to be
    leading the pack at the end of stage #2, but we will
    probably not get official times until the end of stage
    #4, where there will be a reseed (reorder of the cars
    in downtown Wellsboro based on times).

9.  Speaking of DiMarco/Hauge, the team is sponsored this
    weekend by Van Bortel Subaru of Victor (near Rochester)
    New York.  For those of you who live in the Rochester
    area, you might want to head over to Van Bortel's on
    Saturday, June 12, from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, when DiMarco
    and crew chief and car builder Jazz Rathburn will be
    hosting a service clinic.  The National Championship
    Group A Subaru Legacy rally car will be on display, and
    Chad and Jazz will be signing autographs, talking about
    racing and rally, and working with the Van Bortel service
    department to talk to customers about Subaru.  The phone
    number at Van Bortel Subaru is (716) 924-5230 if you need
    further details.

10. The McGeer/Sparrow Subaru Legacy is the defending overall
    Canadian national rally champion.  Tom McGeer, an airline
    pilot from Georgetown, ONT., is running his second
    American rally after finished seventh overall and second
    in class at the Maine Forest Rally in December, 1992.

11. Choiniere's new Audi S-2, which really dominated the Rim
    of the World Rally in Palmdale, CA, three weeks ago, is a
    2.3-liter, 5-cylinder, turbocharged racer producing more
    than 300 horsepower.
                            

Press Notes #2 
Susquehannock Trail PRO Rally, Wellsboro, Penn. 
Round #3 of the Subaru PRO Rally Championship 
June 5, 1993 - 6:00 PM

12.  Unofficial times after four stages show the following top cars:

 Car
  # Class Driver/Hometown                     Co-Driver         Car       Time in min.1/100 min.
 -- ----  ---------------------------------   ---------------   --------  ----------------------
  1 Open* Paul Choiniere/Williston, VT        Jeff Becker       Audi S-2            33.25
  4 Gr.A* Chad DiMarco/Huntington Beach, CA   Erick Hauge       Subaru Legacy       33.32
  6 Open  Carl Merrill/Ogunquit, ME           Jon Wickens       Ford Escort Cswrth  33.74
  3 Open  Richard Corley/Burlington, VT       Martin Headland   Mits. Eclipse       33.86
  5 Open  Bruno Kreibich/Ridgewood, NY        John Buffum       Audi Quattro        34.01
 19 P-GT* Steve Gingras/Duluth, MN            Bill Westrick     Mazda 323GTX        34.44
 14 Open  Doug Shepherd/Plymouth, MI          Pete Gladysz      Eagle Talon         34.53
 13 P-GT  Tom McGeer/Georgetown, Ont.         Trish Sparrow     Subaru Legacy       34.93
 10 P-GT  Vicente Frontinan/Somerville, MA    Frank Arruda      Toyota Celica       35.36
 32 P-GT  Todd Bawden/Costa Mesa, CA          Cal Coatsworth    Mitsu. Eclipse      35.56
 94 P-GT  Lon Peterson/Victorville, CA        Bill Gutzmann     Mitsu. Eclipse      36.06
 27 Open  L. Mark Stone/Somers, NY            Marc Goldfarb     Nissan Violet GTS   36.33
 12 Open  Henry Joy/Wilmette, IL              Jimmy Brandt      Mitsubishi Eclipse  37.07
 88 P-GT  Sakis Hajiminas, Floral Park, NY    Tom Burgess       Mitsu. Eclipse      37.20
 15 P-GT  Russ Hughes/Avon,NY                 John McArthur     Mazda 323GTX        37.23
 18 P-GT  Cal Landau/Coraopolis PA            Eric Marcus       Mitsubishi Eclipse  37.38
 21 P-GT  Tom Ottey/Columbus, OH              Yorgi Bittner     Mazda 323GTX        37.49
 24 Open  Jon Kemp/Attica, NY                 Gail McGuire      Audi Quattro        37.56
 33 P-GT  Richard Swenson*/Highland Lakes, NJ Rod Hendricksen   Mazda 323           38.05
  9 Prod* Peter Cunningham/Whitefish Bay, WI  Joe Andreini      Acura Integra       38.26
 37 Open  Ken Beard/Stewartstown, PA          Jim Miner         Dodge Omni GLH      38.80
 20 P-GT  Jim Wilson/Northport, NY            James Wilson      Mitsubishi Galant   38.90
 93 Prod  Tony Shumaker/Mission Viejo, CA     Liz Shumaker      Mitsu. Eclipse      39.32
 53 P-GT  Craig Sobczak/Marquette, MI         Kevin DeLoughary  Mazda GTX           39.59
 30 Prod  Bob Elliott/Rutland, VT             Mark Williams     Volkswagen GTI      39.66
 17 Truck*Chad Dykes/San Diego, CA            Pat Hanson        Mitsubishi Truck    40.32
 22 Truck Gary Gooch/Union City, CA           Judi Gooch        Mitsubishi Pickup   41.47

 * class leaders

13.  Paul Choiniere, Chad DiMarco, Carl Merrill, and Dick Corley,
     the top four after four stages, all say their cars are running
     well.  For Corley, a rising star in PRO Rally after his first
     win - and the first overall win ever by Mitsubishi at last year's
     POR - there was the surprise announcement that he will be leaving
     the series for the year after this event.  He has sold his car to
     a Mexican team who will rally it South of the Border, and Corley
     and his wife will "go deep sea fishing for the rest of the year."
     The Vermont Sports Car team will continue to prepare the
     Production GT Eclipse for Antonio Menendez.

14.  For the second rally in a row, Frank Cunningham/Charles Bradley in
     their Mitsubishi Eclipse are out the rally early - this time
     electrical problems.
                                     

Press Notes #3 
Susquehannock Trail PRO Rally, Wellsboro, Penn. 
Round #3 of the Subaru PRO Rally Championship 
June 5, 1993 - 11:00 PM

15.  Other DNFs through stage #4:

     --Greg Healy/John MacLeod, Dodge Ram 50 Pickup, crash.
     --Tim Maskus/Doug Trott, Audi Quattro, engine (fixed
       in time for stage five restart - will run divisional).

16.  After warning several drivers (as many as seven between
     Friday and Saturday), the Wellsboro Police handed out a
     speeding citation to the Bob Elliott/Mark Williams VW
     GTI on the transit stage between the Wellsboro service
     and stage five.  It is up to the organizer to assess the
     road point penalties.

17.  The European Rally Car two-car team of Sakis
     Hajiminas/Tom Burgess and Ivan Orisek/Olga Orisek are
     both out of the rally after seven stages.  Sakis'
     Mitsubishi Eclipse suffered massive electrical failure
     due to an alternator problem, while Ivan, trying to
     steer his Eclipse around a slower car that he had
     caught, went over an embankment, did one complete flip,
     and landed in a creek on stage six.  Although the car
     landed on its wheels, the force was enough to cause co-
     driver Olga to loose her glasses "downstream."

18.  The second top-five runner is out of the event.  The
     Carl Merrill/Jon Wickens Ford Escort Cosworth came to
     the start of stage six and was unable to start their
     race car.  The electrical system died completely, and,
     for the second time in two rallies, Merrill was forced
     to drop out.

19.  After nine stages, here are the unofficial times for the
     leaders:

 Driver/Co-driver     Class    Car                 Time
                                                 (min.1/100)
 Choiniere/Becker     Open     Audi S-2 Quattro   109.02
 Kreibich/Buffum*     Open     Audi Quattro       109.83
 DiMarco/Hauge        Gp.A     Subaru Legacy      110.72
 Corley/Headland      Open     Mitsubishi Eclipse 113.50

*Buffum drove stages #1, #6, #7 and #9

20.  A showdown seems to be brewing between DiMarco and the
     Kreibich/Buffum team over the legality of a co-driver
     and driver swapping seats during a rally.  DiMarco says
     that the driver-swapping should mean that neither Bruno
     or Buffum should score any points, and has indicated he
     is ready to protest any results to the contrary.  It is
     not clear whether Rusty Campbell, as SCCA national PRO
     rally series manager, or the pre-appointed protest
     committee, will end up ruling on the issue.

21.  Todd Bawden/Cal Coatsworth Mitsubishi Eclipse, which
     finished fourth overall and first in class at the recent
     Rim of the World rally, is out of this event after
     rolling his vehicle on stage #6.

22.  With Greg Healy out of the Truck class race, it looks
     like someone will finally be able to collect the $2,500
     Mitsubishi contingency money .  In the first two events,
     even though the Guy Light/Dave White GMC Sonoma Pickup
     team was the only non-Mitsubishi entered, they managed
     to win both times and deprive the others of a chance to
     win the money.  Unfortunately for the Gary and Judi
     Gooch team, the Mitsubishi of Chad Dykes/Pat Hanson has
     the upper hand after seven stages as the Goochs started
     stage #5 more than one minute behind, and then lost five
     more minutes on stage #6 changing a flat tire.

23.  The Doug Shepherd/Pete Galdysz Eagle Talon was up as
     high as fifth place until an off-road excursion damaged
     the front end of the car on stage #8.  On the transit
     between #8 and #9, they had a flat tire, and then
     checked into #9 a minute late - all putting them fairly
     far back in the rally.

24.  With the scoring crew out of touch until final results
     time, we have not been able to follow the close
     Production GT or Production battles, but we know that
     Gingras/Westrick, Peterson/Gutzmann, McGeer/Sparrow, and
     Frontinan/Arruda are all still in the hunt in GT.

                           
Press Notes #4 
Susquehannock Trail PRO Rally, Wellsboro, Penn. 
Round #3 of the Subaru PRO Rally Championship 
June 6, 1993 - 3:30 AM

25.  The 17th edition of the Susquehannock Trail PRO Rally is
     officially over, but the final results might be in
     question for some time.  Here's what we do know:

 Driver/Co-driver     Class    Car                 Time
                                                 (min.1/100)
 Choiniere/Becker     Open     Audi S-2 Quattro   140.19
 Kreibich/Buffum*     Open     Audi Quattro       140.72
 DiMarco/Hauge        Gp.A     Subaru Legacy      141.79
 Shepherd/Gladysz     Open     Eagle Talon        143.99

* Buffum drove stages #1, #6, #7, #9, #11 and #12

The rest of the results - based on the slow response we have had all day from
scoring - probably won't be available until well into the morning.

26.  The problem with the Kreibich/Buffum situation persists.
     According to Buffum, it is perfectly acceptable from the
     driver and co-driver to switch as will, and, while it
     might mean that neither earns driver points, the entrant
     still finishes second and entrant behind it
     (DiMarco/Hauge) finishes third with third place driver
     and entrant points.  DiMarco feels that, when Buffum
     took the wheel of Bruno's car on stage #1, he violated
     the rule which states that driver and co-driver cannot
     switch places in order to gain a time advantage for
     their team.  Furthermore, he feels that the car's
     results should not be counted at all, giving him a
     second-place overall finish.

27.  Rusty Campbell, the event organizer as well as the
     series manager, has to separate those two roles in order
     to deal with the problem.  The organizing committee, led
     by co-organizer John Robinson will deal with the
     question first, and make a ruling.  Then Rusty, as the
     series manager, will make a judgement on that ruling.
     Then, if anyone is unhappy, they can file a protest
     through regular channels.

28.  The Tony Shumaker/Liz Shumaker Mitsubishi Eclipse hit a
     tree, went over an embankment, and ended up in a gully
     in the middle of stage #10.  Several hours after the
     rally was finished, the Dave Wolin Team Mitsubishi crew
     was calling a tow trucks to get the car removed.

29.  Dick Corley/Martin Headland, a cinch for fourth place
     overall in their Mitsubishi Eclipse, hit a tree stump at
     high speed, severely damaging the suspension on stage
     #10.  Corley was forced to drop out of the rally.

30.  The Peter Cunningham/Joe Andreini Acura Integra GS-R
     becomes the only entry for the 1993 season to win its
     class in all three rallies - in the Production class.

                          
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                CHOINIERE CONTINUES AUDI WIN STREAK AT STPR

WELLSBORO, Penn. -- June 6 -- The new Audi S-2 Quattro is now three for

three on the Subaru PRO Rally Championship trail as defending champion Paul

Choiniere, from Burlington, VT, and co-driver Jeff Becker bested a field of

71 drivers to win the 17th running of the Susquehannock Trail PRO Rally

(STPR) here.


Choiniere's closest competition came from his step-father - John Buffum --

who was entered as a co-driver and swapped seats at the last minute with

car owner Bruno Kreibich in Kreibich's Audi Quattro.  Buffum and Kreibich

split the driving chores, a violation of PRO Rally rules, and - although

allowed to keep their second place finish at the event, were barred from

collecting championship points in the season standings.  Choiniere/Becker

beat Kreibich/Buffum by 31 seconds.


Third - but collecting second place overall points - was the Van Bortel

Subaru Legacy of three-time Group A champion Chad DiMarco, from Huntington

Beach, Calif., with co-driver Erick Hauge.  DiMarco, who won this event as

well as the overall championship in 1991, finished a little over a minute

behind Buffum, and moves into second place Choiniere in the overall

standings.  The finish also marked his second straight class win in Group A

- where he leads by 27 points.

                                   
Doug Shepherd, an engineer for Chrysler Corporation in Detroit and former

national champion, finished fourth in an Eagle Talon with co-driver Pete

Gladysz despite an off-road shunt and a flat tire late in the event.

In the rally, run on the smooth, but slick roads of the Pennsylvania State

Forest in North Central Pennsylvania, there were no major incidents, but

lots of mechanical breakdowns and bent body parts.  Only 40 of the 71

cars which started the rally actually finished.


Several of the notable DNF's (Did not Finish) included:

--The 400 horsepower Ford Escort Cosworth of Carl Merrill/Jon Wickens from

  Ogunquit, Maine (failed electrical system - stage #6).

--The Porsche Carrera 4 of Jeff Zwart/Tony Sircombe, from Aspen, Colo.

  (crashed and broke a half-shaft - stage #1).

--Dick Corley/Martin Headland, from Burlington, Vermont, in a Mitsubishi

  Eclipse (hit a tree stump and broke the suspension - stage #10).

--Chad Dykes/Pat Hanson, from San Diego, CA, in a Mitsubishi Pickup

  (were leading the class when the truck went off the road).


Other class winners included Tom McGeer/Trish Sparrow, from Georgetown,

Ontario (Canada) - the defending Canadian national champions - in a Subaru

Legacy (fifth overall and the Production GT winners); Peter Cunningham/Joe

Andreini, from Whitefish Bay, Wisc. - third victory in a row for their

Acura Integra (ninth overall and Production class winners); and

Gary Gooch/Judi Gooch from Union City, Calif. - defending Rally Truck class

champions - in a Mitsubishi Pickup (Rally Truck class winners).


How a Subaru PRO Rally event works

Each team consists of a driver and a co-driver (or navigator), and the

exact course is kept secret until just before the event.  The cars start at

one-minute intervals and race against the clock over 12 stages which range

in length from four to 12 miles.  Speeds of more than 100 miles-per-hour

are reached on long straight-aways, with the team achieving the fastest

combined times winning the event.


The year's event, which covered 324 miles including 139 competitive stage

miles through the Pennsylvania State Forest, featured a variety of smooth

and twisty roads from hard-packed to loose gravel.  The route included

famous Stony Fork Creek Water Crossing and views of the Pennsylvania "Grand

Canyon of the East."


The Subaru PRO Rally Championship is a nine-event series sanctioned by the

Sports Car Club of America and sponsored by Subaru of America, Inc.  The

next stop for the Subaru PRO Rally Championship circuit will be Prescott,

Arizona, for the Prescott Forest Rally, July 31 - August 1.

                                   # # #

                    Round #3 - Subaru PRO Rally Championship
                  Susquehannock Trail PRO Rally - Final Results
                                  June 6, 1993

 Car                                                                                Time 
  # Class Driver/Hometown                    Co-Driver          Car           (min.1/100th min.)
 -- ----  ---------------------------------  ---------------    -----------------   ------
  1 Open* Paul Choiniere/Williston, VT       Jeff Becker        Audi S-2            140.19
  5 Open  John Buffum/Burlington, VT         Bruno Kreibich     Audi Quattro        140.72
  4 Gr.A* Chad DiMarco/Huntington Beach, CA  Erick Hauge        Subaru Legacy       141.79
 14 Open  Doug Shepherd/Plymouth, MI         Pete Gladysz       Eagle Talon         145.75
 13 P-GT* Tom McGeer/Georgetown, Ont.        Trish Sparrow      Subaru Legacy       148.43
 10 P-GT  Vicente Frontinan/Somerville, MA   Frank Arruda       Toyota Celica       149.39
 27 Open  L. Mark Stone/Somers, NY           Marc Goldfarb      Nissan Violet GTS   153.84
 12 Open  Henry Joy/Wilmette, IL             Jimmy Brandt       Mitsubishi Eclipse  154.94
  9 Prod* Peter Cunningham/Whitefish Bay, WI Joe Andreini       Acura Integra       157.25
 33 P-GT  Richard Swenson/Highland Lakes, NJ Rod Hendricksen    Mazda 323           158.18
 24 Open  Jon Kemp/Attica, NY                Gail McGuire       Audi Quattro 4000   161.50
 15 P-GT  Russ Hughes/Avon,NY                John McArthur      Mazda 323GTX        161.58
 30 Prod  Bob Elliott/Rutland, VT            Mark Williams      Volkswagen GTI      165.74
 20 P-GT  Jim Wilson/Northport, NY           James Wilson       Mitsubishi Galant   166.59
 45 Open  Carl Fisher/Lyndeboro, NH          Ted Mendham        Dodge Omni GLH      168.43
 47 Prod  Damon Mayers/Taunton, MA           Stephen Finney     Toyota Corolla      176.36
 41 Open  Dean Fry/Mohnton, PA               Don Kennedy        Subaru 4WD Turbo    175.36
 50 Open  John Pezzi/Minoa, NY               Gary Jones         Volkswagen Jetta    175.54
 62 Open  Walter Stone/Gorham, NH            Frank Dore         VW Rabbit           176.58
 22 Truck*Gary Gooch/Union City, CA          Judi Gooch         Mitsubishi Pickup   178.24
 94 P-GT  Lon Peterson/Victorville, CA       Bill Gutzmann      Mitsu. Eclipse      179.50
 28 Open  Brian Pepp/Marquette, MI           Dean Rushford      Mazda RX7           179.56
 55 Open  Gerald Sweet/Oak Ridge, NJ         Stuart Spark       Saab 99             181.83
 39 P-GT  Jacques Besner/Montreal, ONT       Jean Besner        Subaru Legacy       182.66
 40 Open  Ed Maklenburg/Milford, MI          Barbara Steencken  Olds Omega          182.72
 61 P-GT  Doug Beaulieu/Westport, MA         Doug Beaulieu, Sr. Mitsu. Eclipse      188.82
 44 Open  Jos. Gumkowski/Buffalo, NY         Gordon Tracz       Ford Escort         189.18
 43 Prod  Peter Watt/Peterborough, Ont.      Jennie MacKenzie   Suzuki Swift        189.30
 57 Prod  Mike Risley/Halifax, N.S.          Rick Carroll       Honda CRX SI        191.37
 42 Open  Andy Wos/Clifton, NJ               Don Hogan          Ford Explorer       191.56
 49 Prod  John Lawless/S. Weymouth, MA       Phil Barnes        Toyota Corolla      201.14
 58 Open  William Siess/Troy, MI             Judith Siess       Dodge Omni          207.87
 54 Open  Tom Barker/Freeport, NY            Gary Urhan         Dodge Omni GLH      262.86
 35 Prod  Dick Casey/Fairfax Station, VA     Martin Dapot       VW Golf GTI         658.63

 * Indicates class winner


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