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SCCA ProRally Championship - Maine Forest
DENVER, CO: Sixth round (of ten) for the 2001 season. A record field of
over 120 SCCA and FIA Performance Rally cars, the largest ever assembled
in the history of the Championship; are slated to start the Maine Forest
SCCA ProRally. The rally uses fast but often 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 27-28, 2000; Rumford, ME; approximately 75 miles (115 kilometers) north
of Portland, ME.
Headquarters Hotel - Friday/Saturday Press Room; Friday 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, 26 July
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Early Entrant & Media Registration - Sunday River Ski Resort
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Scrutineering - AutoTech Service Center - east of Linnell Motel, Rt 2
Friday, 27 July
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Entrant & Media Registration at Linnell Motel Pavilion, Rt 2
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Scrutineering - Rumford Town Garage - west of Linnell Motel, Rt 2
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Parc Expose - downtown Rumford - River Street
3:00 PM Start of Maine Forest Rally Leg One - Parade & Spectator Stage
7:20 PM Approximate first car arrival - Finish of Leg One - Linnell Motel
8:00 PM Entrant and worker party - credentialed Press & VIP invited - Linnell Motel*
8:00 PM Unofficial Leg One scores posted - Linnell Motel
Saturday, 28 July
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Press Room open, Late Press Registration - Linnell Motel
10:00 AM Restart of Maine Forest Rally - Leg Two - DOT Lot - Wilsons Mills**
12:00 noon Lunch Break and Service - Oquossoc
5:00 PM Approximate first car arrival - Finish of Leg Two - Sunday River Ski Resort
7:00 PM Cocktails and Buffet - Sunday River Ski Resort
9:00 PM Final results posting; Awards and Prize Giving -Sunday River Ski Resort
*Recommended time for media interviews.
** this is a remote, non-spectator location.
Event Rank:
This rally is a full points SCCA ProRally Championship event. Drivers
earn points towards the national championship, and supporting manufacturers
(Hyundai, Mazda, Subaru and Mitsubishi) earn points towards overall and class
Manufacturers' Championships.
SCCA ProRally Championship - Maine Forest
Selected entries (driver/co-driver):
Overall series points leader Mark Lovell will debut his third new car
of the season, an SCCA Open class specification 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX,
with Steve Turvey co-driving.
1999 Overall Manufacturer, Driver & Co-Driver Champions Noel Lawler
returns with co-driver Charles Bradley; SCCA Open Class 2001 Hyundai Tiburon
2001 Sno*Drift & seven-time Overall SCCA ProRally Driver/Co-Driver
Champions Paul Choiniere & Jeff Becker; SCCA Open Class 2000 Hyundai Tiburon
2000 Gr N Drivers Champion, and 2001 Group N points leaders, Karl
Scheible and Brian Maxwell, FIA Gr N 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX.
A strong contingent of Canadian Performance Rally stars will be at
Maine, highlighted by Frank and Dan Sprongl, in their 1993 Audi S2, plus the
appearance of Subaru of Canada's two-car team of Tom McGeer/Mark Williams
in Open class, and Patrick Richard/Ian McCurdy in Production GT.
The California-based Knight Racing 3-car independent team featuring Lon
Peterson/Bill Gutzman, and Jonathan Ryther/Janice Damitio, and Steve
Gingras/Bill Westrick all in SCCA Open Class 2000 Subaru Impreza Turbos.
1999 Rim of the World overall winner Garen Shrader with 1998 Overall
Co-Driver Champion Michael Fennell; 1998 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
Additional news interest:
The Maine Forest ProRally is substantially revised this year, using a
number of new roads, and no 'out and back' stages, which should improve
the flow of cars considerably. The popular Saturday in-town 'street stage'
has been replaced with a special Friday spectator stage at the Mexico
Recreational Park, which is approximately 3 miles north of Rumford on Rt
17, and will take place immediately following the Parc Expose.
Mitsubishi has confirmed that Rhys Millen, who's championship chances
were stalled by budget issues, is now fully funded to contest all of the
remaining events in 2001 for the automaker. This should come as good
news for Mitsubishi fans in the US, as Millen's new funding is rumored to be
tied to the possible launch of the Evo VII in this country next year.
The SCCA ProRally Overall Drivers Championship points battle is the
deepest and tightest in many years, if ever, with 10 teams having run
every or all-but-one event in the championship season thus far. This event,
however, will likely change the face of the championship points race.
With the absence of Richard Tuthill, Rhys Millen's renewed effort, Mark
Lovell's unproven all-new car, Maine's status as a strong event for champion Paul
Choiniere (six wins at Maine), and consistent podium finisher Seamus
Burke and Frank Cunningham in top form, every stage in this grueling
all-daytime rally will be flat-out sprint rally competition at its most intense
level.
Press Credentials, Visuals, Interviews & Media information:
Event Press/Photo credentials will be available at registration on
Thursday evening and Friday. Access to press-only photo and restricted areas
defined by the event organizer will require a press pass. Credentials are
available only to members of the working press. Identification required.
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 Friday
afternoon Parc Expose and Saturday's Oquossoc Service.
Contact: Kurt Spitzner - SCCA ProRally Championship Director
Pre-event: 303.967.9660; 303.694.3654 Fax (USA Country Code: 1)
direct inquiry Email: kspitzner@scca.org
Time zone at event: Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 5 hours)
SCCA ProRally: www.sccaprorally.org/
SCCA Maine Forest ProRally: www.maineforestrally.com
For immediate release 26 July 2001
Start Order & Late Breaking News:
SCCA ProRally Championship - Maine Forest
A new USA record of 120 cars are entered in the Maine Forest SCCA ProRally,
round #6 in the Championship. All three Championship manufacturers (Hyundai,
Subaru and Mitsubishi) are represented, featuring the hugely successful
Hyundai Tiburons and Elantras, over a dozen Mitsubishi Lancers, and the debut
of several new Subaru Imprezas, in FIA Group N and several SCCA specification
categories. The two-day event will be held on privately owned lumber company
roads in the area west of Rumford. The Rally starts Friday afternoon, 27
July at 3:00 PM EST in downtown Rumford.
Selected late entries, news (driver/co-driver):
Noel Lawler, the 1999 series overall champion reunites this weekend with
long-time co-driver, (and 1999 series co-driver champion) Charles Bradley,
who took some mid-season time off to concentrate on his new business venture
in Atlanta, GA. With that successfully underway, Bradley will be back in the
Hyundai co-drivers seat for the balance of the season.
Maine Forest marks the first time this season that the Canadian Subaru
works team will cross the border, and contest for the overall win against
their American counterparts. Featuring a two-car squad similar to the
Prodrive prepped US team, the Canadians will be entered in the Open class
(McGeer/Williams) and the Production GT class (Richard/McCurdy) Last year,
this duo experienced ultimate thrills and despair, as Richard was sidelined
at the start with transmission woes, and McGeer drove to a 2nd place finish,
only to lose it over a vehicle servicing infraction.
Also experiencing a reunion are Garen Shrader and Michael Fennell, who
drove together for the first time at this event last year, but have had a
challenging 2001 season. Shrader, out since the March Cherokee Trail event,
will be in his SCCA Open Class Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV.
Seamus Burke and Frank Cunningham have a very favorable 2nd car on the
road starting position, and are clearly in contention for a top overall
finish. The only team to stand on the podium at every event of the season,
the duo have steadily been building on their speed all year, and the
reliability of their TAD Motorsports prepared Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI has
been top notch. With the favorable starting position, and Mark Lovell's
completely unproven new Subaru WRX making its debut, this could be Burke's
biggest weekend of the year.
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 Director
direct inquiry Email: kspitzner@scca.org
Time zone at-event: Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 5 hours)
Press room phone: 207.364.4511 extension 169 27-28 July only
Web sites:
SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org/
SCCA Maine Forest ProRally: www.maineforestrally.com
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 Group 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 normally aspirated cars; PGT - high
horsepower all-wheel-drive production (stock) cars.
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.
Maine Forest SCCA ProRally Championship Round #6
26 July, 2001
Top 50 Start Order -subject to revision
(balance of entry list available to view at www.maineforestrally.com)
start Car# Seed Class Driver Co-driver year Car
1 87 F Open Frank Sprongl Dan Sprongl 93 Audi Quattro S2
2 115 0 Open Seamus Burke Frank Cunningham 00 Mitsubishi Evo 6
3 17 F Open Tom McGeer Mark Williams 02 Subaru WRX
4 1 F Open Paul Choiniere Jeff Becker 00 Hyundai Tiburon
5 14 0 Open Mark Lovell Steve Turvey 02 Subaru WRX
6 3 0 Open Noel Lawler Charles Bradley 01 Hyundai Tiburon
7 4 0 Open Garen Schrader Michael Fennell 98 Mitsubishi Evo lV
8 2 0 N Karl Scheible Brian Maxwell 02 Subaru WRX
9 962 1 Open Keith Townsend Ian McEwen 97 Mitsubishi Evo lV
10 5 1 Open Doug Shepherd Pete Gladsz 94 Mitsubishi Eclipse
11 33 1 Open Rhys Millen Josh Jacquot 00 Mitsubishi Evo 6.5
12 116 1 Open Tom Lawless Brian Sharky 97 Mitsubishi Evo lV
13 80 1 Open Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen 84 Audi Quattro
14 50 1 Open Steve Gingras Bill Westrick 00 Subaru Impreza 2.5
15 107 1 Open Tim Paterson Scott Ferguson 97 Mitsubishi Evo lV
16 44 1 N Henry Krolikowski Cindy Krolikowski 00 Subaru WRX STI
17 74 1 N Ramana Lagemann Russ Hughes 99 Subaru WRX STI
18 8 1 PGT Patrick Richard Ian McCurdy 02 Subaru WRX
19 39 1 G5 Carl Jardevall Amity Trowbridge 83 Volvo 740 Turbo
20 71 1 G5 Brian Hourt Drew Ritchie 01 Acura Integra GSR
21 28 1 G2 Bill Malik Christian Edstrom 80 Volvo 240 -withdrawn
22 48 2 Open Lon Peterson Bill Gutzmann 00 Subaru Impreza 2.5
23 904 2 Open John Drislane Declan Hegarty 98 Mitsubishi Evo lV
24 850 2 N Jean Sebastein Besner Jacques Besner 99 Mitsubishi Evo V
25 123 2 N Vicente Frontinan Luis Teixeira 97 Mitsubishi Evo lV
26 90 2 PGT Lauchlin O'Sullivan John Dillon 94 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
27 83 2 PGT Mark Utecht Brenda Lewis 92 Mitsubishi Eclipse
28 188 2 G5 Andrew Havas Melanie Kelley 79 Mazda Rx7
29 63 2 G5 Tad Ohtake Martin Dapot 98 Ford Escort ZX2
30 82 2 G5 Mike Hurst Rob Bohn 93 Ford Mustang
31 903 2 G2 Chris Havas Ben Bradley 94 VW Golf lll
32 986 3 Open Demetrios Andreou Ed Wahl 90 Audi Coupe Quattro
33 891 3 Open Randy Zimmer Russell Strate Jr 96 Subaru Impreza
34 64 3 Open Sylvester Stepniewski Adam Pelc 87 Audi 4000 Quattro
35 72 3 Open Jonathan Ryther Janice Damitio 00 Subaru Impreza 2.5
36 58 3 Open Alec Ellsworth Steve Kaczkowski 97 Mitsubishi Evo lV
37 853 3 Open Pete Pollard Jennifer Cote 91 Toyota Celica GT4
38 957 4 Open Malachy Crawford Mark McAllister 00 Hyundai Elantra
39 928 3 Open Dean Fry Rick Davis 90 Subaru Legacy
40 565 3 N Russell Hodges Jimmy Brandt 95 Subaru Impreza WRX
41 38 3 G5 Lesley Suddard Floyd Shrader Dodge Shelby
42 914 3 N Noel Nash Bernard Farrell 97 Mitsubishi Evo lV
43 76 3 PGT Gail Truess tba 88 Mazda 323 GTX -withdrawn
44 992 3 PGT Bruce Perry Philip Barnes 90 Eagle Talon TSI
45 27 3 PGT Greg Healey John Macleod 97 Subaru Impreza
46 971 3 PGT Brendan Cunningham Paul Mc Clean 90 Eagle TSI
47 55 3 G5 Brian Vinson Richard Beels 97 Toyota Supra
48 166 3 G5 John Daubenmier Stanley Rosen 88 Chevy S10
49 887 3 G5 Mark Bowers Duffy Bowers 87 Mitsubishi Starion
50 862 3 G2 Dan Brosnan David Dooley 91 Nissan Sentra
For immediate release 27 July 2001
SCCA ProRally Championship - Round #6 - Maine ForestLeg One Results, Key
Notes
Mitsubishi and Hyundai share top three positions - McGeer out
Rumford, Maine - Under mostly sunny skies with perfect mid-summer
temperatures, the largest field to ever start an SCCA ProRally Championship
event in the 28-year history of the series began the 13th running of the
Maine Forest Rally this afternoon. The series overall drivers championship
and several class points battles are the closest in years, and the depth of
the field may be the best ever. Today's action started out with a wide-open
˝ mile special stage for the spectators, with an unusual prize for the
fastest driver - a reseeding to be first on the road for the rest of the
afternoon's rallying.
Key Notes & Quotes:
Subaru is having a 'character building' Day One, with a rarely seen fleet
of four nearly identically painted works backed entries (two American, two
Canadian) suffering a broad array of woes, some terminal. Tom McGeer
suffered the worst of it, retiring partway through SS3 with a lower control
arm failure sending him off into the woods. Teammate Patrick Richard slid
into a rock on the same stage, and mangled his right rear suspension, but was
able to continue, and preserve his lead in PGT. Mark Lovell, debuting the US
squads all new Open class car is having some minor teething problems with
turbo boost, and Karl Scheible suffered a violent rear tire puncture in his
Group N car that altered the coachwork considerably - but was able to
continue to the finish, but lost several positions.
In the Mitsubishi and Hyundai camps, Seamus Burke and Frank Cunningham
are having yet another brilliant weekend in their Lancer, leading the charge
over Noel Lawler's Hyundai by a mere 2 hundredths of a second. Rhys Millen,
in his very recently renewed championship bid for Mitsubishi, is having some
minor overheating problems, but is maintaining a good 13th overall position.
Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker, had a good day as well, placing their Hyundai
Tiburon just three tenths of a second behind teammate Lawler and Charles
Bradley. This is the Day One best finish of the season for the Hyundai team.
Over 15 cars have retired from the event at the conclusion of Day One.
The final stage of the days rallying is one of the most grueling of the
season, with many punctures and suspension failures as lead causes of
retirements. The roads for Day Two are considerably smoother, and also
feature some of the longest stages in US rallying - up to 20 miles in length.
A crowd estimated at 2500 witnessed the short half-mile first stage that
was held in the neighboring town of Mexico's recreation field. The course
consisted of dirt and gravel that began in a wooded area before making its
way around two softball fields. This is the first time the course was used,
and replaced the very popular "Rumford Street Stage" that has been presented
for several years.
The top-eight FIA seed drivers were scored by a new state-of-the-art
TAG-Heuer timing equipment with specially developed software used locally by
the U.S. Olympic cross country ski team. The system, which is able to time
to the thousandth of a second, was used here as a preliminary test before its
use in the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.
The Subaru WRX of Patrick Richard is leading the Mitsubishi of Lauchlin
O'Sullivan by .99 of a minute in the Production GT class, despite significant
damage to the right rear suspension incurred partway through SS3. 2000 Maine
Forest Gr 5 winner Mark Utecht is in a solid third place in his Mitsubishi.
In Group 5, California's Carl Jardevall with Washington state's Amity
Trowbridge is tied with Andrew Havas and are in 17th position overall. The
Brian Hourt/Drew Ritchie Acura trails by .28 of a minute.
Chris Havas is leading Group 2 by .35 of a minute over fellow Volkswagen
driver Richard Pilczuk, with Padraig Purcell's unique and quick Vauxhall in
third.
Noted Subaru's Opoen class driver Mark Lovell: "These roads remind me of
the Network Q Rally." Fellow Briton Guy Anderson, making his US performance
rally debut this weekend in fine style, leading the Production class in an
Acura Integra, voiced similar sentiments.
SCCAŽ Maine Forest ProRallysm Championship Round #6 27 July,
2001Leg One Top 25 Finishing Order
start Finish Car# Time Class Driver Co-driver year Car
2 1 115 15:57 Open Seamus Burke Frank Cunningham 00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI6
6 2 3 15:59 Open Noel Lawler Charles Bradley 01 Hyundai Tiburon
4 3 1 15:88 Open Paul Choiniere Jeff Becker 00 Hyundai Tiburon
5 4 14 15:89 Open Mark Lovell Steve Turvey 02 Subaru WRX
1 5 87 15:91 Open Frank Sprongl Dan Sprongl 93 Audi quattro S2
17 6 74 15:93 N Ramana Lagemann Russ Hughes 02 Subaru WRX
18 7 8 16:69 PGT Patrick Richard Ian McCurdy 02 Subaru WRX
8 8 2 16:73 N Karl Scheible Brian Maxwell 02 Subaru WRX
7 9 4 16:73 Open Garen Schrader Michael Fennell 4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
10 10 5 16:75 Open Doug Shepherd Pete Gladysz 94 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
16 11 44 16.81 N Henry Krolikowski Cindy Krolikowski 02 Subaru WRX-sti
13 12 80 16.90 Open Jon Kemp Rod Hendricksen 84 Audi Quattro 4000
11 13 33 17.02 Open Rhys Millen Josh Jacquot 00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5
15 14 107 17.25 Open Tim Paterson Scott Ferguson 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
23 15 904 17.36 Open John Drislane Declan Hegarty 98 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
26 16 90 17.68 PGT Lauchlin O'Sullivan John Dillon 94 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
37 17 853 17.76 Open Pete Pollard Jennifer Cote 91 Toyota Celica All-trac
19 18 39 17.77 G5 Carl Jardevall Amity Trowbridge 83 Volvo 740 Turbo
28 19 188 17.77 G5 Andrew Havas Melanie Kelly 79 Mazda RX7
24 20 850 17.97 N Jean Sebastien Besner Jacques Besner 99 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V
59 21 981 17.97 Open Paul Tingaud Philip Ho 88 Audi quattro S2
42 22 914 17.98 GN Noel Nash Bernard Farrell 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
20 23 71 18.05 G5 Brian Hourt Drew Ritchie 01 Acura Integra
14 24 50 18.11 Open Steve Gingras Bill Westrick 00 Subaru Impreza
27 25 83 18.15 PGT Mark Utecht Brenda Lewis 92 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
*complete results will be posted on the Maine Forest website:
http://www.maineforestrally.com
SCCAŽ Maine Forest ProRallysm Championship Round #6 27 July, 2001
Leg One Retirements (non-confirmed)
Car # Drivers Name Co-Drivers Name Class Year Make stage Retirement cause (unofficial)
933 Serguei Grichetchkine Ksenia Prokofjeva P 92 VW NA Disqualified
78 Peter Workum Claire Chizma PGT 02 Subaru SS1 Accident
876 Tony Birbillis Mario Socratous Gr N 94 Ford SS1 Mechanical
947 William Bacon Alan Grant Gr 2 97 Acura SS1 Engine
180 Chris Havas Eric Tremblay Gr 2 95 VW SS2 Halfshaft
17 Tom McGeer Mark Williams Open 02 Subaru SS3 Suspension
116 Tom Lawless Brian Sharkey Open 97 Mitsubishi SS3 Disqualified
137 Phil Smith Dallas Smith G2 67 MG SS3 Head gasket
48 Lon Peterson Bill Gutzmann Open 00 Subaru
78 Paul Dunn Rebecca Dunn Open 97 Mitsubishi
126 Arthur Wojcik Dominik Jozwiak Open 91 Mitsubishi
173 Patrick Lilly Rory Galligan Gr N 00 Subaru Undisclosed mechanical
514 Roland McIvor Ronan Burke PGT 92 Mitsubishi
938 Scott Kreisler Keith Kreisler Gr 2 86 Nissan
939 Donal Mulleady Damian Treavor Gr 5 93 Ford
942 William Tremmel Peter Coleman P 86 VW
953 John Keaney Barry Smith Open 86 Audi
987 Peter Reilly Ray Felice P 00 Ford
The SCCA ProRally Championship is presented by Hyundai and Subaru
For immediate release 27 July 2001
SCCA ProRally Championship - Round #6 - Maine Forest
Final Results, Key Notes
Burke/Cunningham Finally First - Choiniere back in top form
Rumford, Maine - Enduring sprint race conditions and thick choking dust, one
of the most fiercely contested SCCA ProRally Championship events in the
history of the sport in the US was won today by a most deserving team of
Seamus Burke and Frank Cunningham. Piloting their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
smoothly the entire event, their nearly flawless drive allowed the pair to
seize the lead in SS3 yesterday, allowing them to run clear roads the entire
day, while everyone else had to deal with his dust.
Key Notes & Quotes:
Subaru's difficult Day One didn't get much better early in Day Two, as
the team dealt with a fuel contamination problem in both Karl Scheible's
Group N car and Mark Lovell's brand new Open class car. "Something occurred
between the fuel drums and the fuel tank - and we don't know what it was"
expressed a dismayed Ed Bentley of Prodrive. Art Brown, Technical Operations
Director for Sunoco Race Fuels, the official fuel of the Championship, was
on-site, and is returning to the company's headquarters with several of the
team's clogged fuel filters for analysis. No other team was affected.
Mark Lovell and Steve Turvey made a daring comeback late in the day,
taking advantage of a now perfectly running Impreza, and a unique rule at
this rally that allows entrants to start a special stage late to effectively
create a 'dust minute' with minimal penalty. Lovell took a one-minute
penalty at the start of SS8, and made maximum use of the cleaner air, making
up much more than a minute - posting the fastest stage time of the day and
gaining back several precious positions - and putting the pair into third
place overall.
Hyundai is clearly back in top form after a challenging first half of the
season. Choiniere's Tiburon ran faultlessly throughout the event, his pace
slowed only by the prodigious dust produced by Burke. Noel Lawler and
Charles Bradley nearly earned their first finish of the season, and were
having a brilliant run, winning SS3 outright, until suffering a massive
blowout in SS4 that removed the entire right front fender and damaged their
front suspension. Lawler soldiered on through SS6.
Rhys Millen's Day Two steadily improved, but he remained hampered by
manageable overheating problems that required him to dial the boost back on
his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5. Millen managed a respectable 18th place
overall finish, and remains committed to finishing the season.
Canadian and US Production GT Champion Patrick Richard had an excellent
day, recovering fully from the suspension damage of Day One, finishing 6th
overall and winning the class with a considerable 8 minute margin over his
nearest competitors, Mark Utecht and Brenda Lewis.
In Group 5, California's Carl Jardevall with his rarely seen on the east
coast crowd pleasing "school bus" Volvo 740 narrowly lost to Bryan Hourt's
Acura in one of the closest battles of the day, just 6 hundredths of a second
apart.
Chris Havas led Group 2 from the start in his VW Golf and extended a
massive lead, besting one of the largest classes in the event by nearly six
and a half minutes over fellow VW Golf driver John Rahill.
Guy Anderson's US Rally debut went very well, winning Production class by
a healthy margin as well, and finishing 22nd overall.
The Overall Driver's Championship, by virtue of Burke's 1st place finish,
has become even more tightly wound than before, and Paul Choiniere is back in
the hunt. The unofficial totals are now: Lovell 99, Burke 95, Choiniere 56,
Scheible 52 and Tuthill 41.
The Manufacturers Championship took an interesting turn at Maine Forest,
with Hyundai, despite its best showing in several events, slipping back
another notch to third place in the overall standings. The unofficial
results are: Subaru 99, Mitsubishi 92, and Hyundai 91, making this the
tightest overall manufacturers championship points race in the history of the
championship. In the Group N manufacturers championship, Subaru continues
its runaway success, with Ramana Lagemann's podium finish extending the
company's lead over its global rallying rival Mitsubishi 120 to 45.
SCCAŽ Maine Forest ProRallysm Championship Round #6
28 July, 2001
Top 25 Finishing Order (official)
start Finish Car# Time Class Driver Co-driver year Car
2 1 115 1:28:44 Open Seamus Burke Frank Cunningham 00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
4 2 1 1;30:22 Open Paul Choiniere Jeff Becker 00 Hyundai Tiburon
5 3 14 1:30:29 Open Mark Lovell Steve Turvey 02 Subaru WRX
1 4 87 1:30:57 Open Frank Sprongl Dan Sprongl 93 Audi Quattro S2
17 5 74 1:31:05 N Ramana Lagemann Russ Hughes 02 Subaru WRX
18 6 8 1:31:59 PGT Patrick Richard Ian McCurdy 02 Subaru WRX
7 7 4 1:33:47 Open Garen Schrader Michael Fennell 4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
15 8 107 1:36:59 Open Tim Paterson Scott Ferguson 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
24 9 850 1:37:17 N Jean Sebastien Besner Jacques Besner 99 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V
10 10 5 1:37:22 Open Doug Shepherd Pete Gladysz 94 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
42 11 914 1:37:28 N Noel Nash Bernard Farrell 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
20 12 71 1:37:43 G5 Brian Hourt Drew Ritchie 01 Acura Integra
19 13 39 1:38:23 G5 Carl Jardevall Amity Trowbridge 83 Volvo 740 Turbo
23 14 904 1:38:28 Open John Drislane Declan Hegarty 98 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
25 15 123 1:39:12 N Vincente Frontinan Luis Teixeiraa 97 Mitsubishi Evo IV
27 16 83 1:40:22 PGT Mark Utecht Brenda Lewis 92 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
9 17 962 1:40:33 Open Keith Townsend Ian McEwen 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
11 18 33 1:40:55 Open Rhys Millen Josh Jacquot 00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5
34 19 64 1:41:01 Open Sylvester Stepniewski Adam Pelc 87 Audi 4000 Quattro
31 20 903 1:41:23 G2 Chris Havas Ben Bradley 94 VW Golf III
30 21 82 1:42:23 G5 Mike Hurst Rob Bohn 93 Ford Mustang
54 22 118 1:42:35 Prod Guy Anderson Alex Gelsomino 98 Acura Integra
36 23 58 1:43:53 Open Alec Ellsworth Steve Kaczkowski 97 Mitsubishi Evo IV
45 24 27 1:44:08 PGT Greg Healey John Macleod 97 Subaru Impreza
38 25 190 1:44:14 Open Malachy Crawford Mark Macallister 00 Hyundai Elantra
*complete results will be posted on the Maine Forest website:
http://www.maineforestrally.com
Select Leg One Retirements (confirmed)
Car # Drivers Name Co-Drivers Name Class Year Make stage Retirement cause (unofficial)
78 Peter Workum Claire Chizma PGT 02 Subaru SS1 Accident
48 Lon Peterson Bill Gutzmann Open 00 Subaru SS2 Mechanical
126 Arthur Wojcik Dominik Jozwiak Open 91 Mitsubishi SS2 Mechanical
17 Tom McGeer Mark Williams Open 02 Subaru SS3 Suspension
116 Tom Lawless Brian Sharkey Open 97 Mitsubishi SS3 Disqualified
137 Phil Smith Dallas Smith G2 67 MG SS3 Head gasket
78 Paul Dunn Rebecca Dunn Open 97 Mitsubishi SS3 Mechanical
173 Patrick Lilly Rory Galligan Gr N 00 Subaru SS3 Fuel pump
Select Leg Two Pro Retirements (confirmed)
Car # Drivers Name Co-Drivers Name Class Year Make stage Retirement cause (unofficial)
63 Tad Ohtake Martin Dapot G5 98 Ford SS4 Accident
90 Laughlin O'Sullivan John Dillon PGT 94 Mitsubishi SS4 Clutch
49 Jonathan Ryther Janice Damitio Open 00 Subaru SS4 Mechanical
50 Steve Gingras Bill Westrick Open 00 Subaru SS4 Mechanical
55 Brian Vinson Richard Beels G5 97 Toyota SS4 Mechanical
44 Henry Krolikowski Cindy Krolikowski GN 00 Subaru SS6 Accident -roll-over
3 Noel Lawler Charles Bradley Open 01 Hyundai SS7 Mechanical caused by tire puncture
80 Jon Kemp Rod Hendrickson Open 84 Audi SS7 Transmission linkage
188 Andrew Havas Melanie Kelly G5 79 Mazda SS8 Accident
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