SCCA® ProRally Championship
Round #5 - Susquehannock Trail

Media Alert:

DENVER, Colorado Fifth round (of ten) for the 2002 season. A highly competitive 
90 car field of SCCA and FIA Performance Rally cars from across North America 
and the World will compete on the wickedly fast, smooth, dirt and gravel roads 
near the famous 'Grand Canyon of the East" in North central Pennsylvania. This 
26th anniversary running of "STPR" is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America 
(SCCA). The SCCA ProRally Championship series is presented by Hyundai Motor America, 
Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, and Subaru of America.

When & Where:
June 01, 2002; Wellsboro, PA; approximately 55 miles (90 kilometers) north of 
Williamsport PA, 45 miles (75 kilometers) southwest of Elmira, NY.

Headquarters Hotel - Saturday Press Room;
Penn-Wells Hotel, 62 Main St, Wellsboro, PA 16901 Front desk: 570.724.2111 or 800.545.2446
Press operations will be in the "Green Room" with access through the lobby at the 
front of the hotel. 

Event and Media registration (Friday):
St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Walnut Street, Wellsboro.

Schedule: (subject to change)

Friday, May 31, 2002  
 9:00 AM -  2:00 PM
 4:00 PM -  7:00 PM Media/competitor/VIP registration at St Paul's Episcopal Church, Wellsboro.  
 9:00 AM -  3:00 PM
 5:00 PM -  6:00 PM Scrutineering at the Fairgrounds, Rt. 6, East of Wellsboro. 
 1:00 PM -  6:00 PM Practice Stage - See below for details. 
 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM Welcome Party - Fireman's Annex, Main St. Credentialed press welcome. 

Saturday, June 01, 2002  
 8:00 AM -  8:30 AM Late Press Registration at Press Room - Penn-Wells Hotel - Green Room. 
 8:45 AM -  1:30 PM Press Room closed for start of rally & water crossing stage. 
 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Parc Expose - on The Green - Main Street, Wellsboro. 
10:31 AM Sharp      Official Start - Leg 1 of Susquehannock Trail Rally - on the Green 
10:56 AM Sharp 	    Start of Special Stage 1 - Water crossing spectator stage. 
 1:30 PM -  2:30 PM Press Room open - Penn-Wells Hotel - Green Room. 
 2:45 PM -  5:00 PM 2nd Parc Expose - on the Green - Main Street, Wellsboro. 
 5:01 PM Sharp 	    Official Re-start - Leg 2 of Susquehannock Trail Rally - on the Green 
 7:00 PM -  8:50 PM Germania Area Service #1. 
10:59 PM - 11:57 PM Germania Area Service #2. 

Sunday, June 02, 2002  
 1:20 AM (approx)   First car finishes Susquehannock Trail ProRally at Fireman's Annex. 
 7:30 AM 	    Provisional results posted - Arcadia Theatre Lobby. 
 8:30 AM 	    Awards and prize giving - Arcadia Theatre. 
 9:30 AM 	    Brunch at Penn-Wells Hotel Dining Room. Tickets available at registration. 

Event Rank:
This rally is a full points SCCA ProRally Championship event. Drivers earn points towards the 
National Championship, while Hyundai, Subaru and Mitsubishi earn points towards Overall and 
class MFG Championships and Mazda and Mitsubishi earn points towards the Group 2 Championship. 

Friday Practice Stage Details
Friday's practice stage provides an informal setting for interviews and photo opportunities for 
members of the working press to meet the stars of SCCA ProRally. A press caravan will depart 
from the Episcopal Church at 12:30 PM Sharp for the press stage location. All attending Press & VIPs 
must be credentialed prior to leaving for the stage. Please understand that this is not a closed "press" 
stage, but rather a working shakedown stage for the entrants. Rides for the press are not guaranteed, 
and will be handled purely on a request basis with drivers that have completed testing.

Selected entries (driver/co-driver):
Current Overall Drivers Championship points leader David Higgins (67 points), 2002 Subaru WRX. 
Current Manufacturer points leaders (55 MFG points) Mark Higgins and Michael Gibson in #5 car, 
former SCCA champions Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker in #6 car, 2003 Hyundai Tiburons. 
2001 Overall Driver and Manufacturer Champion Mark Lovell with Steve Turvey, 2002 Subaru WRX. 
2001 Overall Driver's Championship runner up, Seamus Burke, returns for his first event since 
this year's Cherokee Trails Rally in March. 
Rhys Millen with Garry Cowan, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII - Millen has had a season full of highs 
and lows - now with a new car - expect to see the Pikes Peak champion turn up the heat.
 
Additional news interest:
Dust will, as is nearly always the case at STPR, be a huge factor in the outcome of the event, 
particularly in the events opening two stages, where, historically, the top finisher of those 
two stages goes on to win. Mother Nature, however, can also create major difficulties for teams 
in other ways: Last year's rainstorm that began at the second service completely changed much of 
the finishing order throughout the entire field with muddy roads that became slick as ice. 
The famous spectator-friendly but car-cruel Water Crossing at the end of SS1 often determines a 
number of rallyist's fortunes, with as much as 10% of the field retiring, sometimes in the creek! 
While Susquehannock Trail is geologically different in every way from last months Rim of the World, 
with its fast, smooth and well-groomed roads, the event does, none-the-less, also have a history of 
high attrition because of the narrow roads closely lined with big trees. 
With the Hyundai well in front of the Manufacturers Championship race, and independent David Higgins 
tearing up the Overall Driver's competition, expect absolutely flat-out driving and intense service 
area action as other teams, particularly Subaru/Prodrive and Mitsubishi, fight to close the gap.
 
Press & VIP Credentials; Visuals, Interviews & Media information:
Event Press/Photo and VIP credentials will be available at registration on Friday afternoon only, 
and for a very short period on Saturday morning. Access to press-only photo areas will require a 
Press Pass. Credentials are available only to members of the working press. Identification and/or 
proper work orders are required. Minors are not eligible for Press or VIP credentials. 
Action photography and video will be possible from spectator and press-only viewing areas along 
the rally course. Drivers, co-drivers and crew are accessible throughout the event, including the 
practice stage, the Friday evening welcome party, Parc Exposes and Services. Due to the very large 
geographic footprint of this event, Media Relations will only be able to provide event results and 
other information via e-mail post event. The press room phone number will be available on event day.

Contact: Kurt Spitzner - SCCA ProRally Championship Director
Pre-event: 303.967.9660; 303.694.3654 Fax (USA Country Code: 1)
Direct inquiry e-mail: sccaprorally@aol.com
Time zone at event: Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 5 hours)

The SCCA ProRally Championship is presented by Hyundai, Mitsubishi and Subaru, 
and is televised in North America on Speed Channel

Sports Car Club of America, Inc. 9033 East Easter Place Englewood CO 80112
Phone: 303-779-6622 Fax: 303-694-3654 Web: www.scca.org

SCCA® ProRally Championship
Round #5 - Susquehannock Trail

Start Order & Late Breaking News:

WELLSBORO, Pennsylvania Over 85 performance rally cars from across North America 
and the World are entered in the 26th Susquehannock Trail Rally, the oldest 
continuously active SCCA ProRally Championship event in the country. The one-day 
event will be held on Pennsylvania state forest roads in the "Endless Mountains" 
to the South and West of Wellsboro. The rally starts Saturday morning, 01 June at 
10:31 AM EST sharp, following an hour-and-a-half Parc Expose of all the performance 
rally cars entered.

Late Breaking News:

Weather: As was the case last year, late spring rains can play havoc with team event 
strategies. Some thunderstorms caused local flooding, and steady light rains have 
been falling in Wellsboro all week, with the forecast calling for more of the same 
well into Friday. While it is still possible that some drying out will occur by the 
start of the rally on Saturday, causing some stages to be dusty, others are expected 
to be extremely slick and dust free, keeping the rest of the pack in the hunt. Two 
year's ago, the famous Water Crossing at the end of SS1 was cancelled due to high water, 
but it appears that this year the stage will happen, as the water level is 'right at' 
the go/no go threshold. 

New to SCCA ProRally, but not new to extreme motorsport, is a family name familiar to 
motorsport fans worldwide - Robby Unser is expected to be making his performance rally 
debut this weekend, with veteran co-driver Ed Wahl. Slated to be driving an SCCA Open 
class Subaru Impreza, Unser is making the jump from the roundtrack circuits of the Indy 
Racing League to SCCA ProRally, with an eye at returning the Unser name to Pikes Peak 
when the SCCA ProRally Championship makes its series debut there on June 29. 
All three Open class works teams have been very busy since Round 4, Rim of the World, 
with Subaru perhaps the busiest. Mark Lovell's #1 car, which rolled heavily on Day 1 in 
California was returned to the Prodrive shops in the UK to be completely re-shelled. 
Ramana Lagemann's #2 car, which lost its motor on day 2, has a new drivetrain. 
Manufacturers' Championship leader Hyundai is confident that it has its early transmission 
teething problems licked, and is expected to run very strong this weekend on roads that 
suit both its drivers and the prodigious horsepower of their motors well. Mitsubishi, 
working an uphill developmental battle on Rhys Millen's all-new Lancer Evo VII, may be 
the dark horse this weekend. Seamus Burke, last years driver's championship runner up, 
with Rory Kennedy return to the SCCA ProRally Championship after a 3 month hiatus, and 
will no doubt be placing even more 'independent pressure on the works teams of Hyundai, 
Subaru and Mitsubishi. Currently, the Championship is lead by David Higgins, in the 
independently entered AV Sport Subaru WRX. In the 2001 season, Burke, in his TAD Motorsports 
Mitsubishi Lancer, kept the works teams on their toes all season long.
 
Media Contact &  Web Information:
Kurt Spitzner - SCCA ProRally Championship Director 
Direct inquiry e-mail: sccaprorally@aol.com Mobile: 303.204.0375 
Time zone at-event: Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 5 hours) 
SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org/ 
Susquehannock Trail SCCA ProRally: http://www.stpr.org 

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 Gr 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.


Top 50 Start Order (subject to final revision). Final entry list available at www.stpr.org

Start Car# Seed Class 	Driver 		 Country Co-Driver 	Country Car 
 1 	25  0 	Open 	Seamus Burke 	 USA 	Rory Kennedy 	IRL 	00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 
 2  	16  0 	Open 	David Higgins 	 UK 	Daniel Barritt 	UK 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 
 3 	 6  0 	Open 	Paul Choiniere 	 USA 	Jeff Becker 	USA 	03 Hyundai Tiburon 
 4 	 1  0 	Open 	Mark Lovell 	 UK 	Steve Turvey 	UK 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 
 5 	 5  0 	Open 	Mark Higgins 	 UK 	Michael Gibson 	UK 	03 Hyundai Tiburon 
 6 	61  0 	Open 	Karl Scheible 	 USA 	Russ Hughes 	USA 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 
 7 	 2  1 	Open 	Ramana Lagemann  USA 	Michael Kidd 	UK 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 
 8 	 3  1 	Open 	Rhys Millen 	 USA 	Garry Cowan 	NZ 	02 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 
 9     110  1 	Open 	Mark Nelson 	 USA 	Charles Bradley USA 	00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 
10     116  1 	Open 	Thomas Lawless 	 USA 	Brian Sharkey 	IRL 	97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV 
11 	80  1 	Open 	Jon Kemp 	 USA 	Rod Hendricksen USA 	84 Audi quattro 4000 
12     107  1 	Open 	Tim Paterson 	 USA 	John Allen 	USA 	97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV 
13	52  1 	Open 	Doug Shepherd 	 USA 	Pete Gladysz 	USA 	92 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX 
14 	22  1 	GN 	Ralph Kosmides 	 USA 	Jimmy Brandt 	USA 	99 Subaru Impreza WRX Sti 
15 	44  1 	GN 	H. Krolikowski	 USA 	C. Krolikowski 	USA 	00 Subaru Impreza WRS Sti 
16 	71  1 	G5 	Bryan Hourt 	 USA 	TBA   			95 Acura Integra 
17 	41  2 	Open 	John Drislane 	 USA 	Ronan Burke 	USA 	00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 
18     768  2 	Open 	Celcus Donnelly  USA 	TBA   			97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV 
19     925  2 	Open 	Sakis Hadjiminas USA 	TBA   			95 Subaru Impreza 
20  	83  2 	GN 	Mark Utecht  	 USA 	Jeff Secor 	USA 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 
21     989  2 	GN 	V. Frontinan     USA 	Frank Arruda 	USA 	99 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 
22 	29  2 	GN 	Tim O'Neil 	 USA 	Martin Headland CAN 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 
23     971  2 	GN 	B. Cunningham 	 USA 	Paul McClean 	USA 	97 Subaru Impreza 
24     119  2 	GN 	Peter Malaszuk 	 USA 	Darek Szejerko  USA 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 
25     857  2 	GN 	Peter Thomson 	 CAN 	TBA   			02 Subaru Impreza WRX 
26 	28  2 	G2 	Bill Malik 	 USA 	C. Edstrom 	USA 	93 Volvo 240 
27 	19  2 	Open 	Robby Unser 	 USA 	Ed Wahl 	USA 	01 Subaru Impreza  
28 	64  2 	Open 	S. Stepniewski   USA 	Adam Pelc 	USA 	87 Audi quattro 
29 	88  3 	Open 	Doug Havir 	 USA 	Scott Putnam 	USA 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 
30     891  3 	Open 	Randy Zimmer 	 USA 	Dave Shindle 	USA 	96 Subaru Impreza 
31     173  3 	Open 	Patrick Lilly 	 USA 	Aiden Denby 	USA 	97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV 
32     185  3 	Open 	Jon Bogert 	 USA 	Daphne Bogert   USA 	89 Toyota Celica All-Trac 
33     928  3 	Open 	Dean Fry 	 USA 	Greg Usavage 	USA 	90 Subaru Legacy 
34     124  3 	GN 	Peter Workum 	 CAN 	Alex Gelsomino  USA 	98 Subaru Impreza 
35     957  3 	GN 	Malachy Crawford USA 	Mark McAllister USA 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 
36 	45  3 	GN 	Shane Mitchell   USA 	Paul Donnelly 	USA 	02 Subaru WRX 
37     937  3 	GN 	Patrick Farrell  USA 	Bob Kelly 	IRL 	00 Subaru Impreza WRX 
38     914  3 	GN 	Noel Nash 	 USA 	TBA   			97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV 
39     992  3 	PGT 	Bruce Perry 	 USA 	Adrian Wintle 	CAN 	92 Eagle Talon TSi 
40 	27  3 	PGT     Greg Healey 	 USA 	TBA   			97Subaru Impreza 
41     207  3 	G5 	Dave Hintz 	 USA 	Rick Hintz 	USA 	87 Mazda RX-7 
42 	90  3 	G2 	L. O'Sullivan 	 USA 	Matt Chester 	USA 	02 Mitsubishi Lancer RMR 
43 	42  3   G2 	Eric Burmeister  USA 	Eric Adams 	USA 	01 Mazda Protégé MP3 
44     885  3 	P 	Ted Mendham 	 USA 	Lise Mendham 	USA 	91 Nissan Sentra SE 
45 	79  3 	P 	Jeff Field 	 USA 	Dave Wieman 	USA 	00 Toyota Celica GTS 
46 	86  3 	P 	Michael Halley 	 USA 	Sean Figgins 	USA 	99 VW New Beetle 
47     981  4 	Open 	Paul Tingaud 	 USA 	James Weigand 	USA 	TBA 
48     126  4 	Open 	Aurthur Wojcik 	 USA 	Dominik Jozwiak USA 	91 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 
49     964  4 	Open 	David Anton 	 USA 	Andrew Coombs 	USA 	00 Toyota Celica 
50     958  4 	Open 	Seward Ogden 	 USA 	Casey Blust 	USA 	92 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 


The SCCA ProRally Championship is presented by Hyundai, Mitsubishi and Subaru, and is televised 
in North America on Speed Channel

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STPR 2002 Practice Stage
by Ryan G. Hall

The STPR 2002 weekend kicked off today with the arrival of the competitors, inspections, and 
the practice stage. The three-mile stage was a relatively straight route with just a couple corners.

The stage should prove to be a big help to those teams that participated as a variety of conditions 
greeted the drivers. The stage started at 1pm under overcast skies and presented a fast, but dusty 
course. The unpredictable weather that has become as much of a trademark for this event as the 
Stony Fork Creek Crossing then made an appearance.

The skies opened up, first dropping rain, then hail that was over a centimeter in diameter. 
The competitors never took a break from the stage, racing in all conditions and getting a feel 
for the notoriously slick and fast roads that make STPR so exciting.

Seven-time STPR champion Paul Choiniere says the biggest issue on the stage wasn't the slick roads 
but the fog. "Well when it's foggy you can't see, but neither can the guy in front of you so I guess 
it's ok, the worse the conditions get, the better it is for me, I am used to driving in this stuff(sic). 

Driver Jon Kemp of the number 80 Open class Audi was glad to see the chaotic weather, "we got a sample 
of all the conditions we see this weekend, that's very good."

Many other competitors weren't as happy to see the roads get slick, drivers like Shane Mitchell, who 
is in a Subaru WRX for the first time after previously competing in an Eagle Talon remarked, "I am 
just trying to get used to the car, I'm not used to having brakes."

Many drivers said they felt the stage was an invaluable opportunity to test the car and the roads, 
though all agreed they were running at about 80% in order to save the car for the start of the race 
tomorrow.

 
STPR 2002          Final Start Order & Classes Entered
Driver             Co-driver            Class    MTC 1Start
Name               Name             CarEnteredSeeInTimposition
Seamus  Burke      Gordon  Noble     25  Open  0 10:31  1
David  Higgins     Daniel  Barrett   16  Open  0 10:33  2
Paul  Choiniere    John  Bennie       6  Open  0 10:35  3
Mark  Lovell       Steve  Turvey      1  Open  0 10:37  4
Mark  Higgins      Michael  Gibson    5  Open  0 10:39  5
Karl Scheible      Russ Hughes       61  Open  0 10:41  6
Ramana  Lagemann   Nicholas Beech     2  Open  1 10:42  7
Rhys  Millen       Garry  Cowan       3  Open  1 10:43  8
Mark Nelson        Charles Bradley  110  Open  1 10:44  9
Tom  Lawless       Fulton Grant     116  Open  1 10:45  10
Jon Kemp           Rod Hendricksen   80  Open  1 10:46  11
Tim  Paterson      Michael  Fennell 107  Open  1 10:47  12
Doug Shepherd      Pete Gladysz      52  Open  1 10:48  13
Ralph  Kosmides    Jimmy  Brandt     22Group N 1 10:49  14
Henry  Krolikowski Cindy  Krolikowsk 44Group N 1 10:50  15
Bryan  Hourt       Jay Kowalik       71Group 5 1 10:51  16
John  Drislane     Ronan  Burke      41  Open  2 10:52  17
Celsus  Donnelly   Don DeRose       768  Open  2 10:53  18
Sakis  Hadjiminas  Jose  Vicente    925  Open  2 10:54  19
Mark  Utecht       Jeff  Secor       83Group N 2 10:55  20
Vincente  FrontinanLisa Mangan      989Group N 2 10:56  21
Tim  O'Neil        Martin  Headland  29Group N 2 10:57  22
Brendan  CunninghamPaul  McClean    971Group N 2 10:58  23
Peter  Malaszuk    Darius  Szereyro 119Group N 2 10:59  24
Peter  Thomson     Keith Townsend   857Group N 2 11:00  25
Bill  Malik        Christan  Edstrom 28Group 2 2 11:01  26
Sylwester  StepniewAdam  Pelc        64  Open  3 11:02  27
Randy  Zimmer      Dave  Shindle    891  Open  3 11:03  28
Peter  Workum      Alex  Gelsomino  124Group N 3 11:04  29
Malachy  Crawford  Mark  McAllister 957Group N 3 11:05  30
Wyeth  Gubelmann   Therin  Pace     103Group N 3 11:06  31
Shane  Mitchell    Paul  Donnelly    45Group N 3 11:07  32
Patsy  Lilly       Aidan  Denby     173  Open  3 11:08  33
Jon  Bogert        Daphne  Bogert   185  Open  3 11:09  34
Dean  Fry          Gregory  Usavage 928  Open  3 11:10  35
Patrick  Farrell   Bob  Kelly       937Group N 3 11:11  36
Noel Nash          Bernard  Ferrell 914  Open  3 11:12  37
Bruce Perry        Adrian Wintle    992Prod GT 3 11:13  38
Greg  Healey       John  MacLeod     27Prod GT 3 11:14  39
Dave Hintz         Rick Hintz       207Group 5 3 11:15  40
Lachlin  O'SullivanMatt  Chester     90Group 2 3 11:16  41
Eric  Burmeister   Eric  Adams       42Group 2 3 11:17  42
Ted  Mendam        Lise Mendam      885  Prod  3 11:18  43
Jeff  Field        Dave  Weiman      79  Prod  3 11:19  44
Mike Halley        Sean  Figgins     86  Prod  3 11:20  45
Paul  Tingaud      James  Wiegand   981  Open  4 11:21  46
Jason  Rivas       Ole Holter       136Group N 4 11:22  47
Craig  Peeper      Ian  Bevan        94Group N 4 11:23  48
David  Anton       Andrew  Coombs   964  Open  4 11:24  49
Seward  Ogden      Casey  Blust     958  Open  4 11:25  50
Eoin  McGeough     Jason  Gillispie 755Prod GT 4 11:26  51
Tommy Brann        Brendan Bohan    898Prod GT 4 11:27  52
Bob  Henderson     Claire Chizma     77Prod GT 4 11:28  53
Don  Kennedy       Matt  Kennedy    931Prod GT 4 11:29  54
Julien  Pilon      Marie-Eve  Pilon 851Prod GT 4 11:30  55
Matthew  Johnson   Carl  Fisher     811Group 2 4 11:31  56
James  Robinson    Jim  Newton      572Group 2 4 11:32  57
William  Bacon     Peter  Watt      947Group 2 4 11:33  58
John  Rahill       Vlad Hladky      970Group 2 4 11:34  59
John  Groo         Jacob  Kalnenieks869Group 2 4 11:35  60
Lesley Suddard     Floyd Shrader     38  Prod  4 11:36  61
Martin  Donnelly   Gerard  Coffey   977  Open  5 11:37  62
Carlos  Lopez      James  Stigers   151  Open  5 11:38  63
John  Keaney       David  Dooley    953  Open  5 11:39  64
Aidan  McCormack   Enda  McCormack  926  Open  5 11:40  65
Tony  Birbilis     Joshua Bressem   876  Open  5 11:41  66
Ron  Nelson        James  Burtis    432Group N 5 11:42  67
Tim  Stevers       Carolyn Bosley   884Prod GT 5 11:43  68
Josnathan  Bottoms Eric  Dahlgren   916Prod GT 5 11:44  69
Robert  Olson      Conrad  Ketelsen 534Group 5 5 11:45  70
Todd  Bourdette    Michael  Brown   988Group 5 5 11:46  71
Robert  Cutler     John  Atsma      567Group 5 5 11:47  72
Phil  Smith        Dallas Smith     137Group 2 5 11:48  73
Dan Cook           Robin Jones      941Group 2 5 11:49  74
Scott  Kriesler    William  Sekella 938Group 2 5 11:50  75
Jerry  Cuffe       John O'Reilly    186Group 2 5 11:51  76
J.B. Niday         Al Kintigh        84Group 2 5 11:52  77
Pablo  SanfranciscoMark Bowers      121Group 2 5 11:53  78
Andrew Bornhop     Paula Gibeault   190  Prod  5 11:54  79
Eric Macaire       Urmas Kask       874  Prod  5 11:55  80
Jon  Hamilton      Ken  Sabo         72  Prod  5 11:56  81
Serguei  GrichetchkKsenia  Prokofjev933  Prod  5 11:57  82
Dmitri  Kishkarev  Elena  Roumiantse932  Prod  5 11:58  83
Michal Cienkosz    Yurek  Cienkosz  589  Open  5 11:59  84
Liam  Egan         Sean  Moriarty   130  Open  6 12:00  85
Greg  Pachman      Marc  Goldfarb   471Group 2 6  DNS   86




SCCA ProRally Championship
Round #5 - Susquehannock Trail

Unstoppable David Higgins Earns 4th Consecutive Big Win

WELLSBORO, Pennsylvania The 26th SCCA Susquehannock Trail ProRally came to an 
eminently satisfying conclusion in the early hours of Sunday morning for 
David Higgins and exactly half of the 88 car starting grid that managed to find 
their way back to the host city, the balance falling victim to either mechanical 
woes or this storied event's fast and demanding roads. The weather stayed calm 
and clear, a far cry from last year's torrential downpours, keeping rally speeds, 
and rally fans attention, way up. 

Key Notes:
Excited fans packed the dense Pennsylvania woods from start to finish, and 
David Higgins, the soft spoken young man from England, with diminutive fellow 
countryman David Barritt co-driving, drove a flawless rally, keeping a resurgent 
Mark Lovell, the SCCA ProRally defending champion, at bay for the entire duration 
of this grueling event. Early on it appeared this rally might be Hyundai's big 
weekend, with David's brother Mark setting a blistering pace, or for Subaru, teams 
having challenging first halves of the season, were both back in top form. None of 
this mattered to the two Davids, who kept their focus on the road ahead, motored 
swiftly to the front early on, and stayed there. 

Electrifying stage times were set in the Pennsylvania forests due, in no small part, 
to 75 teams using stage notes. On the 5.96 mile Water Crossing stage alone, seven 
teams beat the record time of 5:25 set last year by Seamus Burke--including Mark Higgins, 
who did so by a blazing 24 seconds, posting an average speed on that stage of 71.4 miles 
per hour.
 
Subaru's frustrating rallying luck continued as Ramana Lagemann's car had complete 
brake failure late in the evening. Team manager David Campion wisely chose to park 
Lagemann rather than risk a crash, banking on Lovell's fierce but calculating drive 
to bring home a fine finish - which he did, along with much needed manufacturer and 
driver championship points. 

The Mitsubishi camp battled some early overheating problems in Rhys Millen's all new 
Lancer Evolution VII, the car steadily improving throughout the event, helping him 
secure a solid 5th overall finish, and much needed Drivers and Manufacturers points. 
Lauchlin O'Sullivan continues to build on his lead in Group 2, the US spec two wheel 
drive Lancer doing exceptionally well on its first trip to northeastern US rally turf.
 
Paul Choiniere earned his first finish of the season, and not a moment too early. With 
teammate Mark Higgins' Tiburon out with head gasket woes after setting a significant 
new record at the Water Crossing stage, The Libra Racing Hyundai Team threw all of its 
resources at ensuring a solid finish for the 8-time champion. Running a conservative, 
but competitive strategy, and battling some overheating woes of his own, Choiniere, 
with substitute co-driver John Bennie, came home in 6th. 

Mark Nelson continues to impress all as one of the fastest rising US independent drivers, 
who with veteran co-driver Charles Bradley bravely hanging on, banged off more than one 
large tree in the PA forests, finishing with a very tattered looking Lancer, but with a 
very respectable 3rd place overall. 
With one of the largest fields ever assembled in the US, the rapidly expanding Group N 
category this time was dominated by Canadian visitors - Peter Thomson and Keith Townsend, 
who kept the group of exotic Lancers and WRX STi's behind them the entire rally. With Gr N
series regulars Peter Workum and Jason Rivas out with mechanical troubles, and Central US 
favorites the Krolikowskis on their roof, the tight battle for 2nd place was between 4 
Subaru's - Shane Mitchell, Mark Utecht, Ralph Kosmides and Peter Malaszuk, the latter 
surviving a late rally roll to soldier on with a 15th place finish. 

Backfield in motion: A slew of rallyists who started towards at the back of the field 
showed that they have what it takes for an excellent finish at a demanding event. 
Eion McGeough, in PGT showed considerable moxie, rising all the way from 51st in start 
position to finish 9th overall. Other notables who rose up for a superb finish were: 
Patrick Lilly (33rd to 10th), Shane Mitchell (32nd to 11th), Lauchlin O'Sullivan 
(41st to 14th), Julien Pilon (55th to 18th), William Bacon (58th to 19th) and Craig Peeper 
(48th to 22nd). 

The Overall Manufacturers Points race has closed since Rim of the World: Hyundai is at 
61 points, Subaru at 52, and Mitsubishi with 37. In the Group 2 Manufacturers Points, 
Mitsubishi has extended its lead considerably, now standing at 80 points with Mazda at 56. 
David Higgins' fourth straight overall victory puts him at a commanding 87 driver's points, 
with Mark Lovell in second at 59, Mark Higgins at 55, Mark Nelson at 37, and Rhys Millen in 
fifth at 33. 

SCCA Susquehannock Trail ProRallysm Championship Round #5
Top 25 Finish Order. Times shown in hours:minutes:seconds

Fin. St. Car# Seed Class Driver 	Country Co-Driver 	Country Car 			Time 
 1    2   16   0   Open  David Higgins 	UK 	Daniel Barritt 	UK 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 	1:46:45 
 2    4    1   0   Open  Mark Lovell 	UK 	Steve Turvey 	UK 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 	1:47:35 
 3    9  110   1   Open  Mark Nelson 	USA 	Charles Bradley USA 	00 Mitsubishi Evo VI 	1:56:41 
 4   13   52   1   Open  Doug Shepherd 	USA 	Pete Gladysz 	USA 	92 Mitsubishi Eclipse 	1:58:59 
 5    8    3   1   Open  Rhys Millen 	USA 	Garry Cowan 	NZ 	02 Mitsubishi Evo VII 	1:59:32 
 6    3    6   0   Open  Paul Choiniere USA 	John Bennie 	USA 	03 Hyundai Tiburon 	2:00:22 
 7   25  857   3   GN 	 Peter Thomson  CAN 	Keith Townsend  CAN 	02 Subaru Impeza WRX 	2:01:17 
 8   11   80   1   Open  Jon Kemp 	USA 	Rod Hendricksen USA 	84 Audi quattro 4000 	2:01:42 
 9   51  755   4   PGT   Eoin McGeough 	USA 	Jason Gillespie USA 	91 Eagle Talon 		2:04:23 
10   33  173   3   Open  Patrick Lilly 	USA 	Aiden Denby 	USA 	97 Mitsubishi Evo IV 	2:04:44 
11   32   45   3   GN 	 Shane Mitchell USA 	Paul Donnelly   USA 	02 Subaru Impreza 	2:04:52 
12   20   83   2   GN 	 Mark Utecht 	USA 	Jeff Secor 	USA 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 	2:05:57 
13   14   22   1   GN    Ralph Kosmides USA 	Jimmy Brandt 	USA 	99 Subaru Impreza WRX   2:06:04 
14   41   90   3   G2    L.O'Sullivan 	USA 	Matt Chester 	USA 	02 Mitsubishi Lancer  	2:06:29 
15   24  119   2   GN    Peter Malaszuk USA 	Darek Szereyro  USA 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 	2:07:34 
16   28   891  3   Open  Randy Zimmer   USA 	Dave Shindle 	USA 	96 Subaru Impreza 	2:07:39 
17   23   971  2   GN 	 B. Cunningham  USA 	Paul McClean 	USA 	97 Subaru Impreza 	2:07:40 
18   55   851  4   PGT   Julien Pilon   CAN 	Marie-Eve Pilon CAN 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 	2:08:08 
19   58   947  4   G2    William Bacon  USA 	Peter Watt 	CAN 	97 Acura Intergra 	2:08:50 
20   42    42  3   G2 	 E. Burmeister  USA 	Eric Adams 	USA 	01 Mazda Protege 	2:09:02 
21   31   103  3   GN    W. Gublemann   USA 	Therin Pace 	USA 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 	2:09:11 
22   48    94  4   GN 	 Craig Peeper 	USA 	Ian Bevan 	UK 	02 Subaru Impreza WRX 	2:09:19 
23   40   207  3   G5 	 Dave Hintz 	USA 	Rick Hintz 	USA 	87 Mazda RX-7 		2:09:23 
24   18   768  2   Open  C. Donnelly 	USA 	Don DeRose 	USA 	97 Mitsubishi Evo IV 	2:09:41 
25   38   992  3   PGT   Bruce Perry 	USA 	Adrian Wintle 	CAN 	90 Eagle Talon TSi 	2:10:26 

Top 10 Leading Retirements (Unofficial) (complete information at www.stpr.org)

Car# Drivers 		Co-Drivers	 Class 	 Make 		stage Retirement cause (unofficial) 
 25  Seamus Burke 	Gordon Noble 	Open 	2002 Mitsubishi SS1 Crash - 2 miles into stage 
107  Tim Paterson 	Michael Fennell Open 	1997 Mitsubishi SS2 Roll - 1 mile into stage 
  5  Mark Higgins 	Michael Gibson  Open 	2003 Hyundai  	SS3 Head gasket - start of stage 
116  Thomas Lawless 	Fulton Grant 	Open 	1997 Mitsubishi SS3 Unknown 
136  Jason Rivas 	Ole Holter 	GN 	2002 Subaru 	SS3 Accident 
 79  Jeff Field 	David Weiman 	Prod 	2000 Toyota 	SS7 Broken tie rod 
 61  Karl Scheible 	Russ Hughes 	Open 	2002  Subaru 	SS9 Tire delamination - caused brake line rupture 
  2  Ramana Lagemann 	Nicky Beech 	Open 	2002 Subaru 	SS10 Brakes 
124  Peter Workum 	Alex Gelsomino 	GN 	1998 Subaru 	Transit - SS6 Head gasket 
 41  John Drislane 	Ronan Burke 	Open 	2000 Mitsubishi Transit -FTC Disqualification - traffic violation 


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