Ellenville – Monticello – Narrowsburg, New York September 6-8, 2007 Car-by-Car Results
(note: cars are listed in order by car number) number, driver, co-driver, car, (team or sponsor), notes, finish overall & in class 1 Celsus Donnelly/Noel Gallagher Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 (Donnelly Contracting/Gallagher Development) The car was short of power on Friday morning, due to ignition problems; since the team needed points toward the championship, they elected not to retire from the rally, but rather to miss some special stages while the crew replaced components and “remapped” the computer; ran better on Friday evening; missed some additional stages on Saturday 14th overall, 7th Open AWD – USRC 18th overall, 8th AWD – NYRC1 14th overall, 15th AWD – NYRC2 2 Seamus Burke/Eddie Fries Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 (Shamrock Building Systems) Clearly the fastest team on Friday morning; 4th gear failed on Friday afternoon, so they pressed on with the remaining gears, and remained well in command of the rally. 1st overall, 1st Open AWD – USRC 3 Enda McCormack/Bernard Farrell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 Ran well on Friday – car was well set up for pavement; snatched second in the first (of 2) NYRC regionals by 1 second; clutch failed on one of the Saturday mid-day special stages in the Narrowsburg area; also had transmission trouble, so that only gears 1-3 remained 2nd overall, 3rd Open AWD – USRC 2nd overall, 2nd AWD – NYRC1 5th overall, 4th AWD – NYRC2 4 Gerard Coffey/Dave Dooley Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 (Coffey Electrical) Entered only the Friday regional; Coffey said that he was happy with the roads; missed second place in the first NYRC regional event by 1 second. 3rd overall, 3rd AWD – NYRC1 5 Martin Donnelly/Stephen Duffy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo (Eire Concrete) “Soft” brake pedal on Friday afternoon; while the service crew was bleed- ing the brake system at a Friday evening service stop, the brake pedal snapped off, forcing the team to miss some special stages while they built another one; restarted Saturday, and found the special stages very dusty; hit something (a tree?) in the dust. 13th overall, 6th Open AWD – USRC 16th overall, 7th AWD – NYRC1 dnf overall, dnf AWD – NYRC2 6 Martin O'Flynn/Damian Treanor Mitsubishi Eclipse Evo 1 (Borlin Construction) Changed alternator at Friday evening service; hit tree on a Saturday morning special stage when there was “no vision whatsoever” according to O’Flynn 11th overall, 5th Open AWD - USRC 17th overall, 1st Pre-Modern AWD – NYRC1 15th overall, 3rd Pre-Modern AWD – NYRC2 7 Maciej Przybysz/Constantine Mantopoulos Subaru Impreza (Somerset Subaru) Took an easy pace on Friday morning; picked up the pace considerably on Friday afternoon to take a narrow win in the Friday regional event and hold second overall in the national; hit tree on Saturday morning – Przybysz admitted that they were going a little too fast at that point dnf overall, dnf Open AWD - USRC 1st overall, 1st AWD – NYRC1 dnf overall, dnf AWD – NYRC2 8 Cyril Kearney/Dominik Jozwiak Subaru Impreza (Kingdom Associates) Went well on Friday; trouble with the dust on Saturday morning; broken rear differential on Saturday, which the crew changed; won the second (of two) NYRC regional events by 7 seconds. 2nd overall, 2nd Open AWD- USRC 5th overall, 5th AWD – NYRC1 1st overall, 1st AWD – NYRC2 9 Wojciech Okula/Adam Pelc Subaru Impreza WRX (WO Construction) Entered in the Saturday regional only; reported a stiff break pedal at mid- day on Saturday morning; missed the regional win by 7 seconds. 2nd Overall, 2nd AWD – NYRC2 10 Fintan Seeley/Carrie Wilburn Subaru WRX (The Porter House) Went very well considering that this was only Seeley’s fourth rally, and the car was not heavily modified; lost reverse gear three special stages before the end of the day on Friday, but continued without it, and held fourth overall at the overnight stop; had an “encounter” (as Seeley called it) with a tree on Saturday morning, which changed the alignment (specifically camber) on the left rear wheel, but the service crew adjusted it at the service stop on mid-day; clutch and rear differential failure on Saturday afternoon dnf overall, dnf Open AWD – USRC 4th overall, 4th AWD – NYRC1 dnf overall, dnf AWD – NYRC2 11 Arkadiusz Gruszka/Michal Chodan Subaru Impreza N11 (ART Logistics) Found the Friday special stages very fast, but they felt that their performance was improving on every stage; found the Saturday special stages “dusty” but took third in the day’s regional anyway 5th overall, 4th Open AWD – USRC 10th overall, 6th AWD – NYRC1 3rd overall, 3rd AWD – NYRC2 12 Michael Cosgrove/John O'Reilly Mitsubishi Eclipse (Jim Charlton Inc/T&G Relocation/Murtys) Car’s alternator failed on the next-to-last special stage on Friday, the service crew changed it so that they could restart on Saturday; hit a rock on the Davis Lake North special stage (12?), without serious damage; Cosgrove decided to pace himself for a finish 10th overall, 1st Production AWD - USRC 7th overall, 2nd Pre-Modern AWD – NYRC1 8th overall, 1st Pre-Modern AWD – NYRC2 15 Hampton Bridwell/Josh Katinger Ford Focus SVT Slowed on the Friday morning special stages because they had not had time to practice those; still 3rd-placed two-wheel-drive car on Friday; car ran fine on Saturday, but they were unable to catch Listopad (car 17) or Menzo (car 331), so Bridwell and Katinger decided to pace themselves and try to finish well; moved to second in 2WD when Menzo’s hit car trouble 6th overall, 2nd 2WD, 1st Production 2WD - USRC 9th overall, 3rd 2WD – NYRC1 6th overall, 3rd 2WD – NYRC2 17 Rafal Listopad/Amy Feistel VW Golf (Bergen Woodworks) Took the lead in the 2WD category on Friday morning; Feistel said that Listopad was driving a quick, clean event, and that the car was running well; on Saturday the car suffered a broken front motor mount (and bolts which came loose twice), so the service crew strapped the engine in place (it still had the side mounts), and the team decided to try to nurse the car to the finish, which they did without losing the 2WD category lead 4th overall, 1st 2WD category, 1st Open 2WD - USRC 6th overall, 1st 2WD – NYRC1 4th overall, 1st 2WD – NYRC2 18 Mark Lawrence/Robert Maciejski Volkswagen Golf Ignition problems on three special stages on Friday evening, then the engine died on the starting line of the last stage of the day; crew worked on the car at day’s end, but the problem was apparently not repairable dnf overall, dnf 2WD, dnf Open 2WD - USRC 12th overall, 5th 2WD – NYRC1 20 Michael Hall/Dave Stockdill Mitsubishi Mighty Max (pickup) Engine lacked power above 3,000 rpm on Friday, and the team was unable to solve the problem before the end of the rally; transmission leaking oil on Friday evening; hit large rock on Saturday afternoon, which damaged the skid plate, the clutch housing, the co-driver’s door, and a rear spring mount 8th overall, 2nd Open 2WD – USRC 15th overall, 8th 2WD – NYRC1 7th overall, 2nd 2WD – NYRC2 22 Joao Ferreira/Aaron Crescenti Volkswagen Golf GTi Suffered a spin on two of the Friday p.m. special stages; trouble with the intercom system on Friday evening meant that Ferreira had trouble hearing Crescenti; slowed on the last Friday stage because the spot lights were mis-aimed; on Saturday morning, stopped on special stage 17 to render assistance to Cournane/Morand (car 212), then continued in the rally 9th overall, 5th 2WD, 3rd Open 2WD – USRC 14th overall, 7th 2WD – NYRC1 10th overall, 5th 2WD – NYRC2 23 John Domitrovits/Chris Pryslopki Audi Quattro 4000 Entered only in the Saturday regional, as the car was set up for loose-surfaced roads; Domitrovits was running his second rally, and Pryslopki his first; they reported that the car was running well; suffered flat left rear tire on the transit between special stages 25 and 26 9th overall, 2nd Pre-Modern AWD – NYRC2 25 Joseph Burke/Jeremy Wimpey Acura Integra Type R Went off on special stage 1. dnf overall, dnf 2WD, dnf Open 2WD – USRC dnf overall, dnf 2WD – NYRC1 212 Patrick Cournane/Chris Morand Subaru Impreza Engine lacked power in the tight corners on Friday morning; service crew fixed temperature sensor at lunch time, curing the problem; crashed on special stage 17 on Saturday morning dnf overall, dnf 2WD, dnf Production 2WD – USRC 13th overall, 6th 2WD – NYRC1 dnf overall, dnf 2WD – NYRC2 311 Simon Wright/Kieran Wright Ford Focus ZX3 (USUK Racing) Simon Wright commented that the car was “brilliant” on pavement; team admitted to using air conditioning and cruise control in the transit zones; car still running well on Saturday, apart from a banged-up skid plate from the bumps on special stage 18 7th overall, 3rd 2WD, 2nd Production 2WD – USRC 11th overall, 4th 2WD – NYRC1 10th overall, 4th 2WD – NYRC2 331 Jay Menzo/Andrew Robert Mazda 323 (Arcadia Landscapes) Ran well on Friday apart from small oil leak; held a solid second in the 2WD category on Saturday, in only the team’s second rally; hit rock and damaged transmission on Saturday afternoon; missed some special stages, but were able to restart and make it to the finish 12th overall, 6th 2WD, 4th Open 2WD – USRC 8th overall, 2nd 2WD – NYRC1 12th overall, 6th 2WD – NYRC2 Notes: USRC = United States Rally Championship Round NYRC 1 & 2 = New York Rally Championship Rounds (Friday & Saturday, respectively) AWD = all-wheel-drive 2WD = two-wheel-drive dnf = did not finish |