Final Results

Maine Forest National Pro Rally Results
 
CONTACT:  ANDY SCHUPACK (207) 369-0000
 
    CANADIAN RALLY BROTHERS WIN FINAL SUBARU RALLY
 
RUMFORD, MAINE -- THE 1992 MAINE FOREST RALLY - THE FINAL
ROUND OF THE SUBARU PRO RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP - IS HISTORY, AND
THE FINAL RESULTS PROVE THAT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN MOTOR
RACING.
 
WITH LESS THAN TWO STAGES TO GO, PAUL CHOINIERE, OF
BURLINGTON, VT, WHO LEAD THE ENTIRE RALLY WITH LEADS OF ONE
TO TWO MINUTES, LOST HIS ENGINE IN HIS AUDI QUATTRO AND WAS
FORCED TO RETIRE.
 
CHOINIERE, WHO HAD ALREADY CLINCHED THE 1992 SUBARU PRO RALLY
CHAMPIONSHIP, WAS ONE MINUTE AHEAD OF AUDI QUATTRO TEAM OF
FRANK AND DAN SPRONGL WHEN PAUL HIT A ROCK, PUNCTURING THE
OIL PAN AND CAUSING HIM TO DNF ON THE LAST STAGE.
 
SO THE VICTORY GOES TO THE SPRONGLS, FROM WOODBRIDGE, ONT.
WHO HAVE RUN VERY STRONGLY ALL YEAR IN CANADA, AND WERE
LEADING A RALLY IN MINNESOTA IN AUGUST WHEN THEY CRASHED.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS THEIR FIRST U.S. VICTORY IN PRO RALLY
COMPETITION, FRANK SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE FAMOUS
MT.  WASHINGTON CLIMB TO THE CLOUDS HILLCLIMB WHILE WINNING
THAT EVENT THIS PAST JUNE.
 
SECOND OVERALL WAS THE OGUNQUIT TEAM OF CARL MERRILL AND JON
WICKENS - THEIR BEST FINISH EVER IN A NATIONAL PRO RALLY - IN
A MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE.
 
TIM O'NEIL AND TOM BURGESS FINISHED A STRONG SECOND HALF OF
THE SEASON BY FINISHING THIRD OVERALL IN HIS MITSUBISHI
GALANT AND GRABBING SECOND PLACE OVERALL IN THE FINAL POINT
STANDINGS AND FIRST IN PRODUCTION GT.
 
 
BRUNO KREIBICH AND JEFF BECKER, FROM QUEENS, NY, IN AN AUDI
QUATTRO, SECOND PLACE FINISHERS A YEAR AGO, WERE FOURTH THIS
YEAR.
 
CANADIAN PRODUCTION GT CHAMPIONS TOM MCGEER AND TRISH SPARROW
FROM BRAMPTON, ONT, FINISHED A FINE FIFTH OVERALL AND SECOND
IN PRODUCTION GT, WITH THE MAZDA 323GTX OF RUSS HUGHES AND
JOHN MACARTHUR SIXTH.
 
OTHER CLASS WINNERS INCLUDED CHAD DIMARCO AND ERICK HAUGE
(SEVENTH OVERALL - FIRST IN GROUP A - AND FIRST IN GROUP A
FOR THE YEAR END POINTS); BOB ELLIOTT AND THIERRY MENEGOZ IN
A VW GTI (WINNERS OF THE PRODUCTION CLASS); AND GARY AND JUDI
GOOCH WON THE RALLY TRUCK CLASS IN THEIR TOYOTA PICKUP.
 
IN ALL, 28 CARS FINISHED THE RALLY, WHICH RAN IN VERY
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF HEAVY SNOW.
 
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