Start Order & Late News - SCCA ProRally -
Ojibwe Forests
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For immediate release 16 August 2001
Start Order & Late Breaking News:
SCCA ProRally Championship - Ojibwe Forests
Bemidji, Minnesota: A record eighty-four cars are entered in the 18th
running of the Ojibwe Forests SCCA ProRally Championship event. All
Championship manufacturers (Hyundai, Subaru, Mitsubishi, and Mazda) are
represented, featuring three of the reigning overall manufacturers
championship Hyundais, 7 Mitsubishi Lancers, and an impressive armada of 14
Subaru Imprezas, including several new independently entered WRXs making
their US rally debuts this weekend.
The two-day event will be held on closed to the public forestry service roads
in the area south and west of Bemidji. The Rally starts tomorrow afternoon,
from the Northern Inn headquarters hotel adjacent to the Bemidji/Beltrami
Airport at 5:00 PM, following a 1-hour open to the public Parc Expose.
Selected late entries, news:
· The serious weather/health alert issued earlier this week may be -
thankfully - unnecessary. A lucky, sudden, and dramatic change in weather
patterns across the Midwest US has resulted in temperatures 20 or more
degrees cooler than expected. The heat wave, responsible for several
civilian deaths in Minnesota over the last 2 weeks has completely abated, and
has also brought some much needed rain to the region.
· US and Canadian Production GT Champion Patrick Richard will be debuting
his new, independently entered SCCA Open class Subaru Impreza turbo at
Ojibwe. Richard, who drives for Subaru Rally Team Canada in the CARS rally
series, has been developing this new car on the side, and is ready to give it
its first 'shakedown' rally this weekend. Expecting to have some teething
problems, Richard wants to get the car buttoned down now, in preparation for
a September podium shot at Round #8 - the Wild West SCCA ProRally, in
Olympia, WA.
· Top question of the day: Will this be a repeat of Seamus Burke's and
Frank Cunningham's Really Excellent Weekend? The only team to stand on the
podium at every event of the season, the duo broke their 3rd place duck at
Round #5 - Susquehannock Trail with a smart 2nd place drive, then snapped up
a convincing 1st overall finish at Round #6 - Maine Forest. The team, and
the car, appear unstoppable, and drew a favorable 3rd on the road starting
position. With some of the best rally road conditions of the season, and
flawless car preparation, this dynamic duo is in an enviable position to let
the rally come to them, while the rest of the pack slugs it out.
· 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 Ojibwe Forests website address shown
below.
Contact: Kurt Spitzner - SCCA Pro Rally Championship Director
direct inquiry Email: sccaprorally@aol.com
Time zone at-event: Central Time (GMT - 6 hours)
Press room phone: call hotel main 218.751.9500 - operator will transfer call.
Web sites:
· SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org/
· SCCA Ojibwe Forests ProRally: http://www.ojibweforestsrally.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.
Ojibwe Forests SCCA ProRally Championship Round #7
17 August, 2001
Top 50 Start Order -subject to revision (balance of entry list
available to view at www.ojibweforestsrally.com)
start Car# Seed Class Driver Co-driver Year Car
1 1 F Open Paul Choiniere Jeff Becker 00 Hyundai Tiburon
2 14 0 Open Mark Lovell Steve Turvey 02 Subaru WRX
3 115 0 Open Seamus Burke Frank Cunningham 00 Mitsubishi Evo 6
4 3 0 Open Noel Lawler Charles Bradley 01 Hyundai Tiburon
5 2 0 N Karl Scheible Brian Maxwell 02 Subaru WRX
6 32 1 Open Paul Eklund Scott Huhn 97 Subaru Impreza
7 107 1 Open Tim Paterson Scott Ferguson 97 Mitsubishi Evo lV
8 50 1 Open Steve Gingras Bill Westrick 00 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
9 33 1 Open Rhys Millen Josh Jacquot 00 Mitsubishi Evo 6.5
10 8 1 PGT Patrick Richard Ben Bradley 00 Subaru Impreza
11 74 1 N Ramana Lagemann Russ Hughes 99 Subaru WRX STI
12 235 1 G2 David White James Brandt 86 VW Golf GTi
13 925 2 Open Sakis Hadjiminas Luis Figueiredo 95 Subaru Impreza
14 21 2 PGT Chris Czyzio Eric Carlson 93 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
15 83 2 PGT Mark Utecht Brenda Lewis 92 Mitsubishi Eclipse
16 82 2 G5 Mike Hurst Rob Bohn 93 Ford Mustang LX 5.0
17 63 2 G5 Tad Ohtake Martin Dapot 98 Ford Escort ZX2
18 188 2 G5 Andrew Havas Melanie Kelley 79 Mazda RX7
19 35 3 Open Lee Shadbolt Robert Sherman 97 Subaru Impreza
20 110 3 Open Mark Nelson Alex Gelsomino 00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
21 58 3 Open Alec Ellsworth Steve Kaczkowski 97 Mitsubishi Evo lV
22 49 3 Open Jonathan Ryther Janice Damitio 00 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS
23 527 3 Open Chris Gilligan Joe Petersen 94 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
24 117 3 Open Ken Stewart Floyd Shrader 85 Chevrolet S-10
25 904 3 Open John Drislane Declan Hegarty 98 Mitsubishi Evo lV
26 76 3 PGT Gail Truess Jeff Secor 88 Mazda 323 GTX
27 950 3 PGT Shane Mitchell Paul Donnelly 93 Eagle Talon TSi
28 207 3 G5 Dave Hintz Rick Hintz 86 Mazda RX-7 Turbo
29 166 3 G5 John Daubenmier Stanley Rosen 85 Chevrolet S-10
30 98 3 G2 Robert Neilsen Ed Wahl 86 VW Golf GTi
31 42 3 G2 Eric Burmeister Eric Adams 01 Mazda MP3 Protégé'
32 61 3 P Michael Halley Ole Holter 99 VW New Beetle
33 301 3 P Tony Chavez Doug Robinson 87 VW Golf GTi
34 822 3 P Jeff Field David Weiman 94 Dodge Shadow
35 132 4 Open Robert Burtis James Burtis 85 Audi Coupe quattro
36 275 4 PGT Nat T-Stow Amity Trowbridge 02 Subaru WRX
37 518 5 Open Dennis Martin Kim Demotte 93 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
38 78 5 Open Paul Dunn Rebecca Dunn 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
IV
39 559 5 Open John Rek Rob Dupree 92 Audi quattro S2
40 523 5 PGT Rodney Dean Nichole Dean 92 Plymouth Laser RS
41 324 5 PGT Peter Workum Claire Chizma 02 Subaru WRX
42 137 5 G2 Phillip Smith Dallas Smith 67 MG B-GT
43 72 5 G2 Jon Hamilton Ken Sabo 84 VW Rabbit
44 133 5 P Tom Young Jim LeBeau 97 Dodge Neon
45 967 5 P David Coleman Paula Gibeault 00 Hyundai Tiburon
46 94 5 P Craig Peeper Ian Bevan 01 Ford Focus ZX3
47 868 5 NA Jason Rivas NA NA NA
48 403 6 Open Wyeth Gublemann Therin Pace 02 Subaru WRX
49 470 6 GN Geoffrey Maguire David Fiddyment 00 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS
50 876 6 GN Tony Birbilis Jose Vicente 93 Ford Escort Cosworth
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