Sullivan County, New York April 7-8, 2006 Car-by-Car Notes
(number) driver (nationality) /co-driver (nationality) car (& team/entrant, if not driver), notes, event, finishing position & class (note – DNF = did not finish, DNS = did not start) (note - entries listed by car number) (1) Tom Lawless (Ireland) Graham Quinn (Ireland) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8, O4/P1 Wrong tire choice (for dry tires) on Friday morning let to a poor time on stage 1, so Lawless spent the rest of the rally making up time; ignition developed a “miss” on Saturday morning, but the service crew changed the plugs, which solved the problem “80%” according to Lawless USRC: 1st overall, 1st O4; ESRC#1: 1st overall, 1s t P1; ESRC#2: 1st overall, 1st P1 (2) Seamus Burke (Ireland) Chrissie Beavis (USA) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo (Shamrock Building Sytems), O4 Smooth performance by the 2005 winner USRC: 2nd overall, 2nd O4 (3) Matt Iorio (USA) Jeremy Wimpey (USA) Subaru Impreza (Paladin Rally), O4 Iorio said that he was driving “conservatively” on Friday, and faster but according to plan on Saturday; he said that he was happy with the way the car was set up; the car was maxing out at “only” 115 mph with the gear ratios installed USRC: 4th overall, 3rd O4 (5) Patrick Farrell (Ireland) Bernard Farrell (Ireland) Subaru Impreza (Farrell Team), O4/P1 Problem with the transmission on Friday USRC: DNF; USRC#1 DNF; ESRC#2, DNS (6) Otis Dimiters (Latvia) Alan Ockwell (Canada) Subaru Impreza WRX STi (NC Rally), Group N/P1 Broken shift on stage 4 Friday USRC: 7th overall, 2nd Group N; ESRC#1: 17th overall, 8th P1; ESRC#2: 3rd overall, 3rd P1 (7) Charlie Donnelly (Ireland) Barry McCann (Ireland) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2, O4/P1 Off at chicane on stage 1 and got stuck; head gasket failure on stage 4 USRC: DNF; ESRC#1: DNF; ESRC#2: DNS (8) David Anton (USA) Robbie Durant (GB) Subaru Impreza WRX STi, Group N Anton’s first all-pavement rally; held back a little on Friday; switched from street tires to slicks on Saturday morning and started going “flat out”; car maxed out at 118 mph. USRC: 3rd overall, 1st Group N (9) Jeremy Drislane (USA) Carl Williamson (UK) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4, O4/P1 Went off the road on Friday while going around a chicane ESRC#1: 2nd overall, 2nd P1; ESRC#2: 2nd overall, 2nd P1 (10) Daniel O’Brien (Ireland) Stephen Duffy (Ireland) Subaru Impreza WRX STi, O4/P1 Crew changed broken anti-roll bar on Saturday morning. USRC: 5th overall, 4th O4; ESCR#1: 6th overall, 5th P1; ESRC#2: 6th overall, 5th P1 (12) Brian Scott (USA) John Dillion (USA) Subaru Impreza WRX STi (Scott Roofing), O4 Driving conservatively on Friday, and found that they also needed to soften the suspension for the conditions; stiffened the suspension again for the Saturday morning stages, which Scott liked. USRC: 6th overall, 5th O4 (13) Darrell Pugh (USA) Jonathan Barnes (USA) Mitsubishi Eclipse, P1 Off the road at a chicane on stage 2, pit a tire into the ditch; Pugh was generally happy with the way the car was set up. ESRC#1: 8th overall, 7th P1; ESRC#2: 8th overall, 7th P1 (14) Maciej Przybysz (Poland) Dominik Jozwiak (Poland) Subaru Impreza (RTI Motorsports), O4/P1 Przybysz said they went flat-out; DNF on Saturday, reason unknown USRC#1: 3rd overall, 3rd P1; USRC#2: DNF (16) Enda McCormack (Ireland) Mark McAllister (Ireland) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6, P1 Went off into a pond on stage 11. ESRC#1: 5th overall, 4th P1; ESRC#2: DNF (17) Gerard Coffey (Ireland) David Dooley (Ireland) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8, O4/P1 Trouble with ignition system on first transit – withdrew from national and Friday ESRC round. Crew fixed ignition and they restarted Saturday. Coffey reported some teething problems on Saturday (since this was the first event since the Winter overhaul) including problems with the turbo’s anti-lag system USRC: DNF; ESRC#1: DNF; ESRC#2: 5th overall, 5th P1 (18) Emilio Arce (Argentina) Sarah Gardescu (USA) Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS (Function First Motorsport), SS Nudged a course marker on stage 1; Arce reported that they were going faster as they learned how to rally on pavement, won their class on Saturday ESRC#1: 9th overall, 2nd SS; ESRC#2, 7th overall, 1st SS (19) Patrick Brennan (Ireland) Sean Moriarty (Ireland) Subaru Impreza WRX STi (Brennan Rally), P1 Brennan reported that the car was “skittish” on some of the off-camber turns on stage 14 ESRC#1: 7th overall, 6th P1; ESRC#2: 4th overall, 4th P1 (20) Martin O’Flynn (Ireland) Bernie Obry (USA) Mitsubishi Eclipse, SS Broken transmission case on stage 14 ESRC#1: 4th overall, 1st SS; ESRC#2: DNF (21) Hampton Bridwell (USA) Joshua Katinger (USA) Toyota Celica Alltrac, SS/P1 Rolled into a ditch on stage 2 USRC: DNF; ESRC#1: DNF; ESRC#2: DNS (23)Andrew Hadjiminas (Greece) Alex Kihurani (USA) Subaru Impreza (Team Eurosportrally), P1 Ran the Saturday portion only; Hadjiminas reported that the car was working well. ESRC#2: 14th overall, 8th P1 (24)Dan Brosnan (Ireland) Paddy McCague (Ireland) Nissan Sentra, M2 Late on Saturday, we asked Brosnan if he had suffered any car trouble, and he replied “not yet” ESRC#1: 12th overall, 2nd M2; ESRC#2: 12th overall, 2nd M2 (25) Colin Bombara (USA) Larry Duva (USA) Dodge Neon (Bombara Motorsports), M2 Low oil pressure 4.2 miles into stage 1 ESRC#1: DNF; ESRC#2: DNS (26) Marcelo Zuleta (Bolivia) Johnny Merida (Bolivia) Subaru Impreza WRX (Toros Motorsports), P1 Some problems with transit penalties on Friday; team generally had a good time ESRC #1: 26th overall, 9th P1; ESRC#2: 26th overall, 9th P1 (27) Donal McGivney (USA) Noel Gallagher (Ireland) Subaru Impreza WRX, SS Got into dirt while cutting a corner on stage 2. ESRC#1:10th overall, 3rd SS; ESRC#2: 10th overall, 3rd SS (29) Michael Cosgrove (Ireland) John O’Reilly (Ireland) Mitsubishi Eclipse, SS Got up to third in class on Friday. ESRC#1: 13th overall, 4th SS, ESRC#2: 19th overall, 4th SS (31) Mark Lawrence (GB) Robert Maciejski (Poland) Volkswagen Golf, O2/M2 Clutch slip on Friday, possibly an engine oil leak getting into clutch housing; crew adjusted clutch and sprayed brake cleaner in clutch housing; won the 2-wheel-drive category by 16 seconds USRC: 8th overall, 1st 2wd, 1st O2; ESRC#1: 11th overall, 1st M2; ESRC#2: 11th overall, 1st M2 (32) Bruce Davis (USA) Jimmy Brandt (USA) Dodge Neon SRT-4, O2 Ran shaved dirt tires rather than pavement tires; leaking some oil late Saturday USRC: 11th overall, 3rd 2wd, 3rd O2 (33) Eric Burmeister (USA) Dave Shindle (USA) Mazda 3 turbo (MazdaSpeed Rallyteam USA), O2 Burmeister led the 2-wheel-drive section of the rally on Friday; at mid-day on Saturday the crew needed more service time than allowed by rules to replace a damaged constant velocity joint boot, and received a penalty, which dropped them to 2nd in the 2wd category; the car’s first finish in its third rally USRC: 10th overall, 2nd 2wd, 2nd O2 (34) Michael Hall (USA) Dave Stockdill (USA) Mitsubishi Mighty Max pickup (Rally Truck Racing), M1 Motor failure on stage 4 ESRC#1: DNF; ESRC#2: DNS (36) Andrew Frick (USA) Simon Wright (GB) Volkswagen Scirocco (USUK Racing), M2 Loose exhaust; but according to Frick “other than that it’s running great” ESRC#1: 14th overall, 3rd M2; ESRC#2: 16th overall, 4th M2 (37) Larry Duane (Ireland) Eamon Sweeney (Ireland) Toyota Corolla, M2 ESRC#1: 24th overall, 5th M2; ESRC#2: 24th overall, 7th M2 (38) Seamus McKiernan (Ireland) Martin Shekleton (Ireland) Eagle Talon AWD, SS ESRC#1: 18th overall, 5th SS; ESRC#2: 9th overall, 2nd SS (39) George Georgakopoulos (USA) Faruq Mays (USA) Subaru Impreza WRX, O4 Found the Saturday stages faster, rougher, and tougher than those on Friday USRC: 10th overall, 6th O4 (40)Per Schroeder (USA) Jason Grahn (USA) Subaru Impreza (“Grassroots Motorsport”), P2 The “Grassroots Motorsport” magazine project car ran trouble-free, and even picked up a class win on Saturday ESRC#1: 16th overall, 2nd P2; ESRC#2: 15th overall, 1st P2 (41) Martin Eagan (Ireland) Tommy Byrne (Ireland) Toyota Corolla Twincam, M2 Ran Saturday only; crew had to bleed the brakes during the last service ESRC#2: 20th overall, 5th M2 (42) Brian Street (South Africa) David Weiman (USA) Toyota Celica (European Rally School/Ivor Wigham), SS/P1 Oil leak from turbo on Friday morning; crew fixed turbo and then Street finished day unofficially; no problems on Saturday USRC: 13th overall, 1st SS; ESRC#1: 20th overall, 6th SS;ESRC#2: 22nd overall, 5th SS (43) Craig Studnicky (USA) Jeffrey Hagan (Canada) Toyota Celica (European Rally School/Ivor Wigham) SS Slid off “slightly” on stage 7, bent left front of body, but only lost about 10 seconds; later suffered driveshaft failure USRC: DNF; ESRC#1: 20th overall, 6th SS; ESRC#2: DNF (44) David Furey(Ireland) Brian Heneghan (Ireland) Volkswagen Golf GTI, M2 Crew repaired alternator pulley in parc expose before start ESRC#1: 19th overall, 4th M2; ESRC#2: 13th overall, 3rd M2 (45) Alex Kuhner (USA) Peter Monin (USA) Subaru Impreza L (NC Rally), P2 Kuhner’s first special stage rally; cut tire in first leg on Friday, but no flat; class win on Friday; disappointed that the Subaru didn’t go fast enough to jump on Blind Pond Road ESRC#1: 15th overall, 1st P2; ESRC#2: 17th overall, 2nd P2 (46) Brian Rutledge (Ireland) Declan Brady (Ireland) Subaru Impreza, P2 Went into ditch on Friday ESRC#1: DNF; ESRC#2: DNS (47) John Arango (Columbia) William Doyle (USA) BMW 325i, S Ran Saturday only; ran out of fuel on the way to ceremonial start, then won the class ESRC#2: 18th overall, 1st S (48) Joao Ferreira (Portugal) Niall Johnson (USA) Volkswagen Golf GTI (RallyTime), M2 Ran Saturday only ESRC#2: 23rd overall, 6th M2 (49) Ron Vecchioni (USA) Levi Magyar (USA) Mazda RX-7, S Slight off on stage 6, high-centered, lost 4 minutes ESRC#1: 22nd overall, 1st S; ESRC#2: 25th overall, 2nd S Classes: Group N M1 = Modified 1 M2 = Modified 2 O4 = Open 4wd O2 = Open 2wd P1 = Prototype 1 P2 = Prototype 2 S = Stock SS = Super Stock |