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Round 5 SCCA ProRally Championship
July 28-29, 2000

SCCA Press Releases




For immediate release   21 July 2000

MEDIA ALERT

SCCA ProRally Championship - Maine Forest

DENVER, CO:  Fifth round (of nine) for the 2000 season.  A record 115 SCCA 
and FIA Performance Rally cars are slated to start the Maine Forest SCCA 
ProRally; competing on fast but rocky dirt and gravel lumber roads of the 
Mead Paper Company, International Paper Company and Seven Islands Land 
Company in western Maine, near the New Hampshire border.  This event is 
sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America. 

When & Where:
July 28-29, 2000; Rumford, ME; approximately 75 miles (115 kilometers) north 
of Portland, ME.

Headquarters Hotel - Friday/Saturday Press Room;  
Event and Media registration 
Linnell Motel,  986 Prospect Ave (Just off US Route 2 West),  Rumford, ME 
04276 
Hotel main phone: 207.364.4511          
additional Hotel information:  www.linnellmotel.com
¨   Press registration will be in the Pavilion, adjacent to the hotel 
property.
¨   Press operations will be in the Conference Center, behind the main hotel 
building.

Schedule: (subject to change)
Thursday, 27 July, 2000 
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM  Entrant and Media registration at Linnell Motel Pavilion
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM  Scrutineering - AutoTech Service Center - east of Linnell 
Motel, Rt 2
    
Friday, 28 July, 2000   
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM   Entrant and Media registration at Linnell Motel Pavilion 
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM   Scrutineering - Rumford Town Garage - west of Linnell 
Motel, Rt 2
9:45 AM - 11:30 AM  Press Stage - caravan departs at 9:45 sharp -  Linnell 
Motel  
2:00 PM Parc Expose - downtown Rumford  corner of Portand and Congress streets
3:40 PM Start of Maine Forest ProRally Leg One
8:00 PM Approximate first car arrival - Finish of Leg One - Linnell Motel
8:30 PM Entrant and worker party - credentialed Press & VIP invited - Linnell 
Motel* 
10:00 PM    Unofficial Leg One scores posted - Linnell Motel

Saturday, June 03, 2000 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM   Press Room open, Late Press Registration 
8:30 AM Restart of Maine Forest Rally - Leg Two - Thurston Lot - west of 
Linnell
12:00 noon  Lunch Break and Service - Oquossoc
6:00 PM Approximate first car arrival - Finish of Leg Two - Downtown Rumford
7:00 PM-8:00 PM Special Rumford In-Town Stage*
9:00 PM Banquet - American Legion Hall - Rumford*
10:30 PM    Final results posting; Awards and Prize Giving -American Legion - 
Rumford
* Recommended time for media interviews.

Friday Press Stage Details
An informal opportunity for members of the working press to meet with the 
stars of SCCA ProRally, and see the cars contesting the SCCA ProRally 
Manufacturers' Championship.  This is an excellent photo opportunity.  A 
press caravan will depart from the Linnell Motel at 9:45 AM Sharp for the 
press stage location.  There will be two press/VIP vans available on first 
come/first served basis.  All attending Press must be Credentialed prior to 
leaving for the stage.  

Please understand that this is a closed press stage, presented exclusively 
for registered members of the Press, Supporting Manufacturers 
representatives, Series Championship, specific team sponsors and VIP's.  
Rides in the rally cars are not guaranteed, and will be handled purely on a 
request basis with manufacturer teams and drivers.
 
SCCA ProRally Championship - Maine Forest  Selected entries  
(driver/co-driver):
ˇ   1999 Production Drivers Champion, and overall winners of the 2000 Rim of 
the World and Susquehannock Trail events, Karl Scheible and Russ Hughes, FIA 
Gr N 98 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V.
ˇ   1999 Overall Manufacturer, Driver & Co-Driver Champions Noel Lawler & 
Charles Bradley; SCCA Open Class 2000 Hyundai Tiburon 
ˇ   2000 Sno*Drift & OregonTrail ProRally overall winners Paul Choinere & 
Jeff Becker; SCCA Open Class 2000 Hyundai Tiburon 
ˇ   Canadian Performance Rally stars Frank and Dan Sprongl, 1993 Ford Escort 
Cosworth - 2000 season; USA debut for the team, and their first without their 
Audi Quattro coupe in many years.
ˇ   Lon Peterson, with co driver Bill Gutzman, and Jonathan Ryther, all from 
California, will debut two identically prepared Open Class 2000 Subaru 
Impreza Turbos in SCCA ProRally competition.
ˇ   1999 Rim of the World overall winners Garen & Doc Shrader; 1997 
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
ˇ   1999 Group 5 Driver and Co-Driver Champions Henry and Cindy Krolikowski - 
98 Subaru Impreza WRX-STi
ˇ   1998 Group 5 Driver Champion Ralph Kosmides with Ken Cassidy; 1996 Toyota 
Supra turbo 

Additional news interest:
ˇ   The Maine Forest ProRally features one of the few spectator tarmac stages 
in the country, this one running through the center of historic downtown 
Rumford.  The stage is also the final stage of the event, and brings some of 
the largest spectator crowds of any USA based rally.
ˇ   The Manufacturers' Championship continues at a wide open pace, with the 
2nd consecutive overall victory of Karl Scheible's Group N Mitsubishi Lancer 
V at June's Susquehannock Trail placing Mitsubishi in a even points heat with 
perennial favorite Hyundai.  Subaru, with a total of eleven Subaru Imprezas 
entered in three different classes, (a record number of entries for that 
manufacturer) is certain to build on their points, putting them within 
striking distance of either Hyundai or Mitsubishi. 
ˇ   Perry King, television star and a SCCA road racing veteran; will be 
trying SCCA Performance Rally for the first time, driving Hyundai's 
Production class Tiburon.

Event Rank:
This rally is a full points SCCA ProRally Championship event.  Drivers earn 
points towards the national championship, and supporting manufacturers 
(Hyundai, Toyota, Subaru and Mitsubishi) earn points towards overall and 
class Manufacturers' Championships.

Press Credentials:
Event Press/Photo credentials will be available at registration on Thursday 
evening, Friday and Saturday morning.  Access to press-only photo areas and 
to Friday morning's Press Stage will require a press pass.  Credentials are 
available only to members of the working press.  Identification required. 

Visuals, Interviews & Media information:
During the event, action photography will be possible from spectator and 
select press-only viewing areas along the rally course.  Drivers, co-drivers 
and crew will be accessible throughout the event, including the press stage, 
and the Friday afternoon 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 ProRally Championship Marketing and Media Manager
    Pre-event:  303.779.6622;  303.694-3654 Fax (USA Country Code: 1)
    Press Room:  207.369.0403    26-30 July only
    direct inquiry Email: werace4u@aol.com
    Time zone at event: Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 5 hours)

ˇ   SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org/
ˇ   SCCA Maine Forest ProRally: http://www.rallyracingnews.com/maine/

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For immediate release   28 July 2000

Start Order & Late Breaking News:
SCCA ProRally Championship - Maine Forest

Rumford Maine:  A USA-record of 115 cars are entered in the Maine Forest SCCA 
ProRally Championship event.  All four Championship manufacturers (Hyundai, 
Toyota, Subaru and Mitsubishi) are represented, featuring the hugely 
successful Hyundai Tiburons and Elantras, 6 Mitsubishi Lancers, and the debut 
of several new Subaru Imprezas, in both FIA Group N and SCCA specification 
categories.  

The two-day event will be held on privately held lumber company roads in the 
area west of Rumford.  The Rally starts Friday afternoon, 28 July at 3:00 PM 
EST.

Selected late entries, news  (driver/co-driver):
ˇ   Garen and Floyd "Doc" Shrader's Flash Market sponsored Mitsubishi Lancer 
Evo IV has a new co-driver - Mike Fennell of Jamaica.  No stranger to 
Performance Rally, Fennell was the 1998 Overall Co-Driver Champion with 
fellow Jamaican David Summerbell, also in a Lancer Evo.  Garen's father - 
"Doc" will be assuming the role of team manager, as the team prepares to make 
the leap to a full-time national championship effort in 2001.  Adding Fennell 
to the team is "the final key" says Garen, who credits his father with 
"really helping with the steep learning curve to run with the series leaders."
ˇ   One of the more unusual entries is that of Heikki Salmen, an FIA World 
Rally driver from Finland, who is flying in his FIA Gr A Mercedes C200 just 
for this event.  A 25-year veteran of the sport, Salmen is making his US 
performance rally debut this weekend.  Also adding to the international 
flavor of the event is the late addition of a Russian entry.  The 
Prokofjeva/Grichetchkine team, driving a VW Golf equipped with Russian rally 
tires, will be running for Production class honors.  
ˇ   Current Canadian performance rally points leader Tom McGeer is making his 
first SCCA ProRally start of the season, in his championship leading Subaru 
Impreza WRX.  Along for the ride is US rally veteran Mark Williams, who also 
serves as his co-driver north of the border.
ˇ   The weather, which is always a factor in performance rally, has been 
exceptionally wet, with flood warnings posted for much of the northeast.  The 
rain slowed tonight, and the forecast is for a gradual drying off through 
Saturday afternoon with partly cloudy skies - certainly effective in keeping 
the dust down, at least for the first stages of the event.
ˇ   Entrants for this event came from 27 states and the District of Colombia, 
3 provinces of Canada, and several overseas countries, makes this one of the 
most nationally diverse fields ever.
ˇ   The start order, due to the huge size of the field, has been condensed 
down to the top 50 teams for this release.  The complete listing, with up to 
the minute updates, is available at the Maine Forest website address shown 
below.

Contact:    Kurt Spitzner - SCCA Pro Rally Championship Marketing and Media 
Manager
                direct inquiry Email: werace4u@aol.com
                    Time zone at-event: Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 5 hours)
Press room phone:  207.369.0403    26-30 July only

Web sites:
ˇ   SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org/
ˇ   SCCA Maine Forest ProRally: 
http://www.rallyracingnews.com/maine/index.html

Information regarding the start order list:
Car # = number on vehicle.  Car # under 200 are ProRally entries.  Car # over 
200 are generally ClubRally (regional) entrants.  Class = Open, FIA A & N - 
fastest; are cars with considerable modifications;  P (Production) - slowest; 
are cars very near to showroom stock configuration.  G5 - two wheel drive 
high HP cars;  G2 - two wheel drive lower horsepower cars;  PGT - high 
horsepower production (stock) cars.
 

Maine Forest SCCA ProRally Championship Round #5                       28 
July, 2000
Start Order (subject to revision)
start   Car#    Seed    Class   Driver  Co-driver   year    Car
1   1   FIA Open    Noel Lawler Charlie Bradley 00  Hyundai Tiburon
2   2   FIA Open    Paul Choiniere  Jeff Becker 00  Hyundai Tiburon
3   8   FIA Open    Frank Sprongl   Dan Sprongl 93  Ford Escort Cosworth
4   4   1   Open    Garen Shrader   Michael Fennell 95  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
5   3   1   Open    Jon Kemp    Gail McGuire    84  Audi 4000 quattro
6   179 1   Open    Tom McGeer  Mark Williams   96  Subaru Impreza WRX
7   52  1   Open    Doug Shepherd   Peter Gladysz   92  Mitsubishi Eclipse
8   975 1   Open    Heikki Salmen   Constantine Mantopoulos 96  Mercedes C220
9   61  1   FIA-N   Karl Scheible   Russ Hughes 98  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V
10  6   1   FIA-N   Henry Krolikowski   Cindy Krolikowski   95  Subaru WRXSTI
11  12  1   PGT     Steve Gingras   Bill Westrick   91  Eagle Talon
12  5   1   Gr 5    Ralph Kosmides  Ken Cassidy 96  Toyota Supra turbo
13  142 1   Gr 5    Jon Nichols Mick Koch   95  VW Golf GTi
14  40  2   Open    Bruno Kreibich  Rod Hendricksen 83  Audi Coupe quattro
15  116 2   Open    Thomas Lawless  Brendan Lawless 91  Mitsubishi Eclipse
16  123 2   FIA-N   Vicente Frontinan   Nicholas Pessoa 98  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V
17  962 2   Open    Keith Townsend  Ian McEwen  97  Mitshubishi Lancer Evo IV
18  304 2   Open    Lon Peterson    Bill Gutzman    00  Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
19  20  2   Open    George Plsek    Renn Phillips   90  Audi Quattro 90
20  115 2   FIA-N   Seamus Burke    Frank Cunningham    97  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
21  985 2   Open    Steve Barnes    Melanie Kelly   87  Audi 5000 Quattro
22  168 2   PGT     Celsus Donnelly Paul Donnelly   90  Eagle Talon tsi
23  9   2   PGT     Lauchlin O'Sullivan Tba 94  Mitsubishi Eclipse
24  162 2   PGT     Patrick Richard Ben Bradley 98  Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
25  71  2   Gr 5    Bryan Hourt Tom Tighe   97  Honda Civic
26  83  2   Gr 5    Mark Utecht Brenda Corneliusen  86  Dodge Omni GLH turbo
27  82  2   Gr 5    Mike Hurst  Rob Bohn    94  Dodge Shadow 
28  945 2   Gr 5    Rick Davis  Marc Goldfarb   95  BMW 318 ti
29  180 2   Gr 2    Chris Havas Eric Tremblay   95  VW Golf
30  108 2   Gr 2    Gerald Sweet    Stuart Spark    74  Saab 99 EMS
31  99  3   Open    Sakis Hadjiminas    Brian Maxwell   95  Subaru Impreza Turbo
32  986 3   Open    Demitri Andreou Ron Norton  90  Audi quattro
33  175 3   Open    Alex Erisoty    Ben Greisler    89  Audi 90 quattro
34  64  3   Open    Sylvester Stepniewski   Adam Pelc   87  Audi 4000 quattro
35  29  3   Open    Dean Fry    Greg Usavage    90  Subaru Legacy
36  27  3   PGT     Greg Healey John Macleod    97  Subaru Impreza 
37  188 3   Gr 5    Andrew Havas    Tba 79  Mazda RX -7
38  166 3   Gr 5    John Daubenmier Stanley Rosen   88  Chevrolet S10
39  38  3   Gr 5    Lesley Suddard  Tba 87  Dodge Charger
40  73  3   Gr 2    Nicholas Robinson   Carl Lindquist  97  Honda Civic
41  351 3   Gr 2    Jay Streets Bill Feyling    85  Toyota Corolla
42  972 3   P       Elizabeth Campbell  Karen Houghton  91  VW Golf Gti
43  76  4   Prod    Ted Mendham Lise Mendham    91  Nissan Sentra SE-R
44  11  4   Open    Ivan Orisek Olga Orisek 84  Audi 4000 quattro
45  126 4   Open    Arthur Wojcik   Charles Cox 90  Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
46  398 4   Open    Kurosh Jahromi  Tony Lumino 89  Ford Escort Cosworth
47  185 4   Open    Jon Bogert  Daphne Bogert   88  Toyota Celica all trac
48  565 4   FIA-N   Russell Hodges  Jimmy Brandt    95  Subaru Impreza WRX-STI
49  950 4   PGT     Shane Mitchell  Damien Hynds    92  Eagle Talon
50  992 4   PGT     Bruce Perry Philip Barnes   90  Eagle Talon

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For immediate release   28 July 2000

SCCA ProRally Championship - Round #5 - Maine Forest
Leg One Results, Key Notes 

Hyundai, Subaru and Mitsubishi 1,2,3, more of each in Top Ten

Rumford, Maine; -- At 3:00 PM Eastern Time this the largest field to ever 
start an SCCA ProRally Championship event began the 12th running of the SCCA 
Maine Forest ProRally.  The start time was 30 minutes earlier than originally 
scheduled, to accommodate the huge field.

Key Notes & Quotes:
¨   At the Friday morning Press Stage, actor and road racer Perry King gave 
his 2000 Hyundai Tiburon its first test, and came away with big smiles.  "I 
need to forget everything I know about road racing" commented King, "and 
remind myself that when I feel things that aren't familiar, to know that the 
car will pull me through."  While this is King's first performance rally, the 
actor does have considerable track experience, holding SCCA and CART licenses 
since the mid 80's.
¨   Patrick Richard, perhaps earning the title of 'the hardest working man in 
Performance Rally" - running full rally schedules in both the US and Canada, 
got off to a bad start here in Maine - losing the transmission on his Subaru 
Impreza during the morning's press stage.  A new transmission was found, but 
the team couldn't get it installed in time for the start, so Richard got a 
tow across the start line by Lauchlin O'Sullivan to earn his 2 starting 
points.  Getting O'Sullivan to offer the tow was a bit of payback - Richard 
stopped on-stage during April's Rim of the World event to offer a 
high-centered O'Sullivan a tow.  Lauchlin accepted, but the time it took to 
get the car off the berm cost Patrick a class win at that event.  
¨   Noel Lawler, the defending 1999 Champion is finally having a good day, 
holding a slight edge over Canadian points leader Tom McGeer.  Pleased with 
the Cargotec/Snap-on Tools Hyundai's performance, Noel admitted to finding a 
few rocks, but that it wasn't slowing him down:  "It's been a long time, but 
we're up on the field, and it feels very good."  McGeer's strong 2nd place 
finish puts Subaru in its highest position of the season, and with 2 
additional Subarus in the top10, its strongest manufacturer showing of the 
year.
¨   The addition of Michael Fennell to the co-driver's seat on the Shrader's 
Flash Market Mitsubishi Lancer team is already paying dividends, with Garen 
Shrader holding a comfortable 5th place.  "Like many of us, we hit a rock and 
bent a rim, but we really are keeping it a little conservative to make sure 
we are there at the end" noted Garen;  It's really starting to come together, 
and we're finding that rhythm."    
¨   Special Stage 3 was, unquestionably, the roughest stage yet seen in 2000 
season, with nearly every top team at the service having to check alignments, 
replace bent control arms and rims, and deal with more punctures after this 
single stage than has been seen all season.  
¨   With the top 10 teams all within a 2 minute spread, and the next 15 cars 
less than a minute and a half behind, the competition is fierce, and the 
stage is set for a long and brutal day of competition tomorrow.
¨   Leg two of the Maine Forest ProRally begins at 8:30 AM, and concludes 
with the now traditional fan favorite "Downtown Street Stage" in the center 
of the Rumford business district at dusk tomorrow evening.

 
SCCAŽ Maine Forest ProRally Championship Round #5               28 July, 2000

Leg One Top 25 Finishing Order 
start   Finish  Car#    Time    Class   Driver  Co-driver   year    Car
1   1   1   19:53   Open    Noel Lawler Charles Bradley 00  Hyundai Tiburon
6   2   179 19:93   Open    Tom McGeer  Mark Williams   96  Subaru Impreza WRX
17  3   962 20:22   Open    Keith Townsend  Ian McEwen  97  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
2   4   2   20:34   Open    Paul Choiniere  Jeff Becker 00  Hyundai Tiburon
4   5   4   20:92   Open    Garen Shrader   Michael Fennell 95  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
9   6   61  21:01   FIA-N   Karl Scheible   Russ Hughes 98  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V
20  7   115 21:01   FIA-N   Seamus Burke    Frank Cunningham    98  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V
18  8   304 21:50   Open    Lon Peterson    Bill Gutzman    00  Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
10  9   6   21:53   FIA-N   Henry Krolikowski   Cindy Krolikowski   95  Subaru Impreza WRX-STI
5   10  3   21:67   Open    Jon Kemp    Gail McGuire    84  Audi 4000 quattro
16  11  123 21:91   FIA-N   Vicente Frontinan   Nicholas Pessoa 98  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V
34  12  64  21:96   Open    Sylvester Stepniewski   Adam Pelc   87  Audi 4000 quattro
22  13  168 22:00   GT 	    Celsus Donnelly Paul Donnelly   90  Eagle Talon Tsi
25  14  71  22:12   G5      Bryan Hourt Tom Tighe   97  Honda Civic
26  15  83  22:25   G5      Mark Utecht Brenda Corneliusen  86  Dodge Omni GLH turbo
64  16  104 22:25   GT      Martin Donnelly Gavin Coyle 90  Eagle Talon
37  17  188 22:25   G5      Andrew Havas    Malcom Swann    79  Mazda RX -7
7   18  52  22:26   Open    Doug Shepard    Ralph Beckman   00  Hyundai Elantra
41  19  51  22:40   G2      Jay Streets Bill Feyling    85  Toyota Corolla
48  20  565 22:43   FIA-N   Russell Hodges  Jimmy Brandt    95  Subaru Impreza WRX-STI
49  21  950 22:43   PGT     Shane Mitchell  Damien Hynds    92  Eagle Talon
72  22  74  22:50   Open    Ramana Lagemann Bill Washburn   91  Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
33  23  175 22:52   Open    Alex Erisoty    Ben Greisler    89  Audi 90 quattro
62  24  971 22:53   GT      Brendan Cunningham  Paul McClean    90  Eagle Talon
38  25  166 22:70   G5      John Daubenmier Stanley Rosen   88  Chevrolet S-10

*complete results will be posted on the Maine Forest website: SCCA Maine 
Forest ProRally: http://www.rallyracingnews.com/maine/index.html


SCCAŽ Maine Forest ProRallysm Championship Round #5           28 July, 2000
Confirmed Leg One Retirements

Car #   Drivers Name    Co-Drivers Name Class   Year    Make    stage   
Retirement cause (unofficial)
162 Patrick Richard Ben Bradley GT  98  Subaru  N/A transmission
937 Patrick Farrell Shane McAleer   Open    91  Mitsubishi  SS2 Turbo
965 Oliver Muldoon  Damian McAleer  GT  91  Eagle   SS2 Head Gasket
379 Jonathan Ryther Nick Taylor Open    00  Subaru  SS2 Accident
8   Frank Sprongl   Dan Sprongl Open    93  Ford    SS2 Oil Pan
180 Chris Havas     Eric Tremblay   Gr 2    95  VW  SS2 Halfshaft
12  Steve Gingras   Bill Westrick   GT  91  Eagle   SS3 Transmission
110 Mark Nelson     John Dillon FIA-N   97  Mitsubishi  SS  Accident
575 Jeremy Butts    Kurt Winkelmann Gr5 88  Ford    SS4 Oil pressure
951 Jose Vicente    Eduardo Besada  Open    88  VW  SS4 Fuel
901 Gerry Brinkman  Wil Sekella Open    87  Audi    SS4 Tire puncture


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For immediate release   29 July 2000

SCCA ProRally Championship - Round #5 - Maine Forest
Hyundai Strikes Back with 2 Podium Finishes 

Rumford, Maine:  The SCCA Maine Forest ProRally came to an exciting and 
controversial conclusion in the streets of downtown Rumford, with the top 10 
filled with manufacturer championship cars from across North America.  Paul 
Choiniere, the 7-time SCCA Overall Champion, swapped the lead with teammate 
Noel Lawler early in the day, and drove his Tiburon to the closest finish of 
the season, with a margin of only 12 seconds over Canadian Championship 
points leader Tom McGeer.  Visiting the SCCA ProRally Championship Series for 
the first time in three years, McGeer was always in the hunt, and, based on 
stage times, would have earned Subaru its first podium finish of the season.  
Noel Lawler, running on 3 cylinders for most of the day, and using his lead 
advantage from Leg One, held onto his place on the podium, 1 minute and 48 
seconds behind McGeer.
   
Key Notes:
¨   The controversy over the finish positions centers around the McGeer 
entry, which was protested by a team outside of the original top three for an 
illegal service infraction.  As this release went to press, the matter had 
been sent to SCCA National appeals court, but the Official Results will show 
the top three as Choinere,Lawler and Scheible.
¨   The weather continued to throw challenges to all the entrants, with 
continuous changes from dry to torrential downpours throughout the day.  The 
occasional hard rains turned some of the stages into quagmires or, as was the 
case in yesterdays brutal SS3, rocky, tire and suspension abusing torture 
tracks as the dirt normally covering the rocks was washed away.  The tire 
puncture count on Friday alone was at least 35, with the number continuing to 
climb today.  Seeing crewmembers searching for spares was commonplace as 
teams ran out of their own supplies.
¨   After yesterday's brilliant run, it looked like Noel Lawler's dismal 
season had finally come to an end.  The morning stages started well enough, 
but his Open class Tiburon developed engine problems during SS6, finally 
losing a cylinder on the way to the lunch-time service.  With team orders to 
continue, the crew deactivated the fuel injector to the affected cylinder, 
the defending National Champion soldiered on, ultimately earning a crucial 
championship points earning 3rd place.
¨   Hyundai's #967 Production Class entry with veteran actor but first-time 
performance rally pilot Perry King came to an abrupt end about half-way 
through SS6, when he wedged his Tiburon between two trees, puncturing the 
radiator in the process.  Actual body damage to the car is minimal, and the 
Driver and Co-Driver are fine, but the loss of coolant ended their day.
¨   Close battles were the order of the day in several classes, with Group 5 
and Production classes being particularly hard fought.  Mark Utecht, in what 
is already being regarded as the drive of his career, placed his time honored 
Dodge Omni in the top 10, with a significant 2.5 minute David and Goliath 
style victory over Ralph Kosmides in his 1998 Championship winning Toyota 
Supra Turbo.  Kosmides, also in a death-match with longtime nemesis Rick 
Davis and his BMW M3 powered 318 compact, capturing 2nd place in Group 5 by 
less than 12 seconds.
¨   A 9 second Production class margin of victory between ultimate winner Ted 
and Lise Mendham and challenger Dennis and Claire Chizma was due in part to 
some Good Samaritan work by the Chizmas, who used their restored vintage 1973 
Porsche 911 to tug fellow Californian Jay Streets out of a ditch in SS9.  
Said Claire "There's a reason why we run in the SCCA - it's the people - we 
know any number of entrants that would do, and have done, the same for us, 
anywhere in the country."
¨   With strong finishes by all the manufacturers, Hyundai's slim points lead 
over Mitsubishi is reduced from a mere 7 points to just 5; while Mitsubishi's 
lead of 3 points over Subaru grows to 6 - maintaining a virtual 3-way tie 
heading into the final four events of the season.  Should the results appeal 
be approved, Mitsubishi's lead over Subaru would be reduced to just 1 point.

SCCAŽ Maine Forest ProRally Championship Round #5                     29 
July, 2000

Official Finishing Order - Top 25  (full results available at event website)

start   Finish  Car#    Seed    Class   Driver  Co-driver   year    Car Time 
(Hr:Mn.sec)
2   1   2   FIA Open    Paul Choiniere  Jeff Becker 00  Hyundai Tiburon 1:27:52
1   2   1   FIA Open    Noel Lawler Charles Bradley 00  Hyundai Tiburon 1:29:51
9   3   61  1   FIA-N   Karl Scheible   Russ Hughes 98  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V   1:31:31
4   4   4   1   Open    Garen Shrader   Michael Fennell 97  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI  1:31:34
7   5   52  1   Open    Doug Shepherd   Ralph Beckman   00  Hyundai Elantra 1:32:12
20  6   115 2   FIA-N   Seamus Burke    Frank Cunningham    98  Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI   1:32:50
10  7   6   1   FIA-N   Henry Krolikowski   Cindy Krolikowski   95  Subaru WRX Sti 1:34:02
26  8   83  2   Gr 5    Mark Utecht Brenda Corneliusen  86  Dodge Omni turbo    1:35:32
40  9   73  3   Gr 2    Nicholas Robinson   Carl Lindquist  97  Honda Civic 1:36:28
22  10  168 2   PGT 	Celsus Donnelly Paul Donnelly   90  Eagle Talon Tsi 1:36:29
62  11  971 5   PGT 	Brendan Cunningham  Paul McClean    90  Eagle Talon Tsi 1:37:38
6   12  179 1   Open    Tom McGeer  Mark Williams   96  Subaru Impreza WRX  1:38:04
13  13  142 1   Gr 5    Jon Nichols Mike Koch   95  VW Golf Gti 1:38:13
12  14  5   1   Gr 5    Ralph Kosmides  Ken Cassidy 96  Toyota Supra    1:38:23
46  15  398 4   Open    Kurosh Jahromi  Tony Lumino 89  Ford Escort Cosworth    1:38:34
28  16  945 2   Gr 5    Rick Davis  Marc Goldfarb   95  BMW 318 Compact 1:38:35
58  17  981 5   Open    Paul Tingaud    Ian Forgays 86  Audi 4000 quattro   1:40:02
50  18  992 4   PGT 	Bruce Perry Phillip Barnes  90  Eagle Talon 1:40:40
48  19  565 4   FIA-N   Russell Hodges  Jimmy Brandt    95  Subaru Impreza WRX 1:41:03
54  20  199 5   Gr 2    Michael White   Michael Ronan   80  SAAB 99 GLI 1:43:14
61  21  97  5   PGT 	Paul Dubinsky   Yvon Dubinsky   92  Eagle Talon 1:43:42
43  22  76  4   P   	Ted Mendham Lise Mendham    91  Nissan Sentra   1:44:08
55  23  165 4   P   	Dennis Chizma   Claire Chizma   73  Porsche 911 1:44:17
35  24  29  3   Open    Dean Fry    Greg Usavage    90  Subaru Legacy   1:45:04
36  25  27  3   PGT 	Greg Healey John McCleod    97  Subaru Impreza  1:46:19

Confirmed Leg One Retirements  (partial listing)
Car #   Drivers Name    Co-Drivers Name Class   Year    Make    stage   
Retirement cause (unofficial)
162 Patrick Richard Ben Bradley GT  98  Subaru  N/A transmission
937 Patrick Farrell Shane McAleer   Open    91  Mitsubishi  SS2 Turbo
965 Oliver Muldoon  Damian McAleer  GT  91  Eagle   SS2 Head Gasket
379 Jonathan Ryther Nick Taylor Open    00  Subaru  SS2 Accident
8   Frank Sprongl   Dan Sprongl Open    93  Ford    SS2 Radiator
180 Chris Havas	    Eric Tremblay   Gr 2    95  VW  SS2 Halfshaft
12  Steve Gingras   Bill Westrick   GT  91  Eagle   SS3 Transmission
8   Lauchlin O'Sullivan Paula Gibeault  GT  94  Mitsubishi  SS3 Accident
110 Mark Nelson     John Dillon FIA-N   97  Mitsubishi  SS3 Suspension
575 Jeremy Butts    Kurt Winkelmann Gr5 88  Ford    SS4 Oil pressure
951 Jose Vicente    Eduardo Besada  Open    88  VW  SS4 Fuel
901 Gerry Brinkman  Wil Sekella Open    87  Audi    SS4 Tire puncture
946 Fergal Shovelin Naomi Darcy P   87  Toyota  SS4 Accident
2Gr 5
Confirmed Leg Two Retirements   (partial listing)                   
Car #   Drivers Name    Co-Drivers Name Class   Year    Make    stage   
Retirement cause (unofficial)
175 Alex Erisoty    Ben Greisler    Open    89  Audi    DNS Transmission
3   John Kemp   Gail McGuire    Open    84  Audi    DNS Engine
99  Sakis Hadjiminas    Brian Maxwell   Open    85  Subaru  DNS unknown
188 Andrew Havas    Malcom Swann    G5  79  Mazda   SS5 Engine
71  Bryan Hourt Tom Tighe   G5  97  Honda   SS8 Electrical, fuel pump
20  George Plsek    Renn Phillips   Open    90  Audi    SS  Mechanical
975 Heikki Salmen   Const. Mantopoulos  Gr 5    96  MB  SS8 Accident
967 Perry King  Bob Martin  P   00  Hyundai SS6 Accident, Radiator
913 Janus Jastrzebski   Kazimierz Pudelek   GT  95  Subaru  SS8 mechanical

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