Start Order & Late News - SCCA ProRally -
Round #9 - Prescott Forest
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START ORDER & LATE BREAKING NEWS
SCCA ProRally Championship Round #9 - Prescott Forest
PRESCOTT, AZ: Ninth round (of ten) for the 2001 season. The breathtaking
two-day Prescott Forest ProRally will be held on closed-to-the-public forest
service roads in the high desert area both north and south of Prescott and
the historic mining town of Jerome, AZ (About a 100 miles northwest of
Phoenix). The event record 56 car rally rolls into action tomorrow at 4:30
PM after a brief Parc Expose at the Prescott Resort headquarters hotel.
Selected Entries and Additional News (driver/co-driver):
· Prescott Forest is the traditional 'penultimate round' of the SCCA
ProRally Championship, and just like a scene from the days of the OK Corral,
in nearby Tombstone, AZ, featuring Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday; this race has
all the makings of being a good 'ol southwestern shootout. The unpredictable
2001 season may see several championships decided here, including the overall
drivers championship and the coveted Woodner Cup for two wheel drive
rallyists.
· Subaru rally team USA driver Karl Scheible, and independent entry Ramana
Lagemann have both converted their Imprezas to SCCA Open class specification
in order upset the chances of a Mitsubishi Open class top honor by Seamus
Burke, who leads Mark Lovell by a mere 6 points* for the overall. Tad Ohtake
leads David White by a very slim margin of two points* for the Woodner Cup.
2000 season champions, Choiniere and Becker, have had a difficult time in
defending their title, arriving at Prescott finds them in 5th place overall.
However, this team knows this rally better than any of the top 10 entries --
the odds are good that they could be standing in the third place points
position sometime Saturday night.
· Other championships swinging in the balance: Tony Chavez leads surprising
rookie Craig Peeper by a mere 8 points* in the resurgent Production class.
The Group 5 battle will definitely be one to watch, as Andrew Havas' and his
trusty RX-7 scraps with class points leader Tad Ohtake in his supercharged
Escort ZX-2. A similar battle will be witnessed in Group 2 - with David
White's Golf GTi up against the wild rock-throwing Volvo 240 of Bill Malik.
· The event is known for its snaking trails, suffocating dust, sweltering
heat, and fist-sized undercarriage seeking chunks of rock; suspension setup
is an art form at this venue. For many, a DNF here could spell elimination
from any chance of year-end awards at the season-ender just two weeks away at
the Lake Superior ProRally in Houghton, Michigan.
Contact: Kurt Spitzner - SCCA ProRally Championship Director
Direct inquiry Email: sccaprorally@aol.com
Press room: 5-6 October only. Call the hotel 520.776.1666 and ask for Press
Room.
Time zone at event: Mountain Standard Time (GMT - 8 hours)
· SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org/
· SCCA Prescott Forest ProRally: http://www.prescottforestrally.com
Information regarding the start order list:
Car # = number on vehicle. Most Cars with numbers under 200 are Pro entries.
Car numbered over 200 are generally ClubRally (regional) entrants, with
first digit denoting their home division (2,3 = West coast, 5 = Central US,
8,9 East coast).
Cars with no seed listed are entered in the ClubRally support events only.
The start order for performance rally events is determined largely on the
entering drivers 'seeding,' with a lower number indicating a driver with more
experience than a higher numbered seed driver.
O - Open - fastest; are cars with considerable modifications; P - Production
- slowest; are cars very near showroom stock configuration. G5 - Group 5 -
two wheel drive high HP cars; G2 - Group 2 - two wheel drive lower
horsepower cars; PGT - Production GT - high horsepower production (stock)
cars.
Start Class Seed Car # Driver Co-Driver Year, make, model tire
1 Open 0 115 Seamus Burke Frank Cunningham 2000 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo VI Michelin
2 Open 0 14 Mark Lovell Mike Kidd 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX Pirelli
3 Open FIA 1 Paul Choiniere Jeff Becker 2000 Hyundai Tiburon
Michelin
4 Open 0 3 Noel Lawler Charlie Bradley 2000 Hyundai Tiburon
Pirelli
5 Open 0 2 Karl Scheible Brian Maxwell 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX
Pirelli
6 Open 1 33 Rhys Millen Josh Jacquot 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
Michelin
7 Open 1 74 Ramana Lagemann Russ Hughes 1999 Subaru Impreza Michelin
8 Open 1 107 Tim Paterson Scott Ferguson 1997 Mitsubishi Lancer
Evo IV Michelin
9 Open 1 8 Patrick Richard Ben Bradley 1998 Subaru Impreza RS
Michelin
10 Open 1 50 Steve Gingras Bill Westrick 2000 Subaru Impreza
Pirelli
11 Open 1 23 Mike Whitman Paula Gibeault 1993 Ford Sierra RS
Cosworth Michelin
12 GN 1 22 Ralph Kosmides Joe Noyes 1999 Subaru WRX-STi Michelin
13 G2 1 235 Dave White Jimmy Brandt 1988 Volkswagen Golf GTI
Silverstone
14 Open 2 53 Kyoichi "Tony" Takaori Ken Cassidy 1995 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo III Falken
15 Open 2 48 Lon Peterson Bill Gutzmann 2000 Subaru Impreza
Pirelli
16 PGT 2 275 Nat T-Stow Jamie Thomas 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX Michelin
17 PGT 2 90 Lauchlin O'Sullivan John Dillon 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
Michelin
18 G5 2 188 Andrew Havas John Allen 1979 Mazda RX-7 Michelin
19 G5 2 63 Tad Ohtake Bob Martin 1998 Ford Escort ZX2 Michelin
20 Open 2 7 George Plsek Ronan Burke 1990 Audi Quattro Pirelli
21 Open 3 110 Mark Nelson Alex Gelsomino 1999 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
Michelin
22 Open 3 49 Jonathan Ryther Janice Damitio 2000 Subaru Impreza
Pirelli
23 G2 1 28 Bill Malik Christian Edstrom 1993 Volvo 240 Michelin
24 G2 2 51 Jay Streets Bill Feyling 1987 Toyota Corolla Silverstone
25 P 3 301 Tony Chavez Doug Robinson 1987 Volkswagen Golf GTI
Michelin
26 P 3 61 Michael Halley Ole Holter 1999 Volkswagen New Beetle
Michelin
27 Open 4 374 Leon Styles Larry Scott 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR4
Silverstone
28 Open 4 331 Dave Turner TBD 1991 Jeep Cherokee Goodyear
29 Open 5 403 Wyeth Gubelmann Therin Pace 2000 Subaru Impreza
Michelin
30 Open 5 124 Peter Workum Claire Chizma 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX
Pirelli
31 P 5 94 Craig Peeper Dan Bevan 2001 Ford Focus ZX3 Michelin
32 G5 5 370 William Yates Julie Yates 1989 Toyota MR2 Silverstone
33 G2 5 72 Jon Hamilton Ken Sabo 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit Kuhmo
34 G2 6 367 Richard Byford Frances Olson 1970 BMW 2002 Silverstone
35 PGT 6 325 Bruce Brown Bob Moe 1993 Subaru Impreza Kuhmo
36 Open 6 349 Tom Juliani Dann Oebker 1983 Audi Quattro Pirelli
37 PGT - 303 Roger Hull Sean Gallagher 1993 Eagle Talon TSi Goodyear
38 PGT - 396 Keith Roper Chrissy Beavis 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR4
Michelin
39 PGT - 323 Stephan Verdier Allan Walker 1988 Mazda 323 GTX Michelin
40 G2 - 357 Chris Burns Brad Boli 1991 Eagle Talon Silverstone
41 Open - 393 Julius Vasari Stuart Gater 1991 Mitsibishi Eclipse
GSX Michelin
42 G5 - 371 John Shults Doug Mitchell 1973 Mazda RX3 Silverstone
43 G5 - 401 Jim Gillaspy Mick Kilpatrick 1983 Mazda RX-7 Michelin
44 G2 - 392 Dave Coleman Paul Timmerman 1971 Datsun 510 Michelin
45 G5 - 388 Darren Pennington David Kean 1990 VW Corrado G60 Michelin
46 G2 - 282 Jon Oxford Damian Delezene 1987 VW Golf GTI 16v
Silverstone
47 G2 - 225 Mark Durley Allan McGuirl 2001 Ford Focus ZX3 Michelin
48 Open - 351 Scott Clark Tamara Clark 1985 Subaru RX Michelin
49 Prod - 332 Mike Masano Linda Masano 1987 Toyota Corolla Kuhmo
50 G5 - 387 Brady Dohrman Brandon Smith 1986 Mazda RX7 Michelin
51 G5 - 471 Greg Pachman Ray Summers 2001 Ford Escape Goodyear
52 G2 - 407 Brooks Freehill Mike Schaefer 1987 VW Scirocco 16v Kumho
53 PGT - 391 Kyle Childers Mike Kelly 1988 BMW 325IX Kuhmo
54 G5 - 379 Eric Schleicher Nick Korpal 1986 Dodge Omni GLH-T Kuhmo
55 G2 - 394 Andrew Grady Bill Culbertson 1987 Toyota Corolla FX16
Kuhmo
56 PGT - 369 Brian Scott Doug Reid 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse
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