SCCA ProRally - Day One News and Results - Lake Superior
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SCCA ProRally Championship - Round #10 - Lake Superior
Leg One Results, Key Notes
Resurgent Millen in Pursuit of a Podium
HOUGHTON, Michigan - Americas "Oldest Toughest" rally is living up to its
name, picking off a few victims early into the evening, humbling some of the
biggest names in North American and European rallying in the process. So
far, the Lake Superior weather has been cooperating, with wind chills just
above freezing, and sporadic light rain falling over most of the area.
Compared to most runnings of the Lake Superior ProRally - this might as well
be summer time.
Key Notes:
¨ Rhys Millen, who may be tied with Noel Lawler for having the most
frustrating drive of the season has pulled it all together this weekend, and
is having a terrific run up the leaderboard. Despite earning a minutes worth
of road points, the young Kiwi is living up to his fathers winning reputation
in SCCA ProRally, and holds onto second place in the standings.
¨ Among the first casualties of the evening was the highly anticipated
debut of David Higgins - who literally came from the other side of the globe
- flying in from Russia, to run the fabled LSPR. Unfortunately, the engine
in his just-built Subaru WRX let go on SS2, sidelining the fast Briton before
he really got into the thick of things.
¨ The other remaining young British invader is Richard Tuthill, who is
wringing Noel Lawlers Tiburon hard. Coming into the first service with
overheating problems, the crew overcame that challenge, allowing Tuthill to
maintain his steely concentration on getting the most out of the Hyundai, and
currently holds onto 5th overall position.
¨ Also out early are Tom McGeer with engine failure, and Doug Shepherd,
with an engine-oiling problem. Mark Lovell suffered a setback in SS2 as
battery and half-shaft problems shut the car down on the transit to service -
coming in on the end of a rope pulled by teammate Karl Scheible. Repairs
were made quickly, and lost little time in making up most of the difference
between himself and early race leader Seamus Burke.
¨ Burke and Cunningham's day did come to a sudden halt on SS6, rolling
their Mitsubishi near the end of a long straightaway, wedging it between some
trees. As seems to be the custom for the Irish duo, they managed to un-wedge
it, and drive it back to service. Unlike their roll at Oregon Trail earlier
this season, this time there were enough pieces missing and bent to convince
the crew that their day was done. Burke was leading the rally at that point,
with a minute or better margin over Mark Lovell.
¨ Day One's biggest jump in the standings was posted by Jason Rivas, who
started 36th on the road and broke into his first ProRally top ten by the end
of the night. Rivas is piloting an AvSport Subaru WRX, nearly identical to
the one that David Higgins was driving.
¨ The two-wheel drive classes are all having good season ending racing,
with Group 5 leader Tad Ohtake having the greatest challenge, holding a mere
7 second lead over Jeremy Butts. 2000 season champion Bob Neilsen is holding
court over Eric Burmeister, with a just over one-minute margin, while Tom
Young is really beginning to stretch out a comfortable lead over Production
Class championship hopeful Craig Peeper.
¨ Day two festivities of the Lake Superior SCCA ProRally begins at 11:00
AM, with a Parc Expose in Houghton, with cars heading out to the northern tip
of the Keweenaw just past noon.
Lake Superior SCCA ProRally Championship Round #10
19-20 October, 2001
Top 35 Day One Finish Order (unofficial)
times are in hours, minutes, seconds
Start Finish Time Car # Seed Class Driver Co-Driver Car
6 1 1:34:16 2 0 Open Karl Scheible Brian Maxwell 02 Subaru WRX
11 2 1:34:30 33 1 Open Rhys Millen Lauchlin O'Sullivan 00 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo VI
1 3 1:34:40 14 0 Open Mark Lovell Michael Kidd 02 Subaru WRX
12 4 1:35:05 8 1 Gr N Patrick Richard Ben Bradley 02 Subaru WRX
3 5 1:35:54 13 0 Open Richard Tuthill Nicky Beech 00 Hyundai Tiburon
14 6 1:36:28 110 2 Open Mark Nelson Alex Gelsomino 00 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo VI
7 7 1:37:04 107 1 Open Tim Paterson Scott Ferguson 97 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo IV
9 8 1:37:57 37 1 Open Henry Joy Chris Griffin 96 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo II
31 9 1:41:33 512 4 PGT Jouni Pohjolainen John Matikainen 90 Eagle
Talon TSi
36 10 1:42:01 868 5 PGT Jason Rivas Ole Holter 02 Subaru WRX
19 11 1:42:06 63 2 G5 Tad Ohtake Bob Martin 98 Ford Escort ZX2
32 12 1:42:17 575 4 G5 Jeremy Butts Jon Vrzal 93 Ford Mustang
13 13 1:43:57 44 1 Gr N Henry Krolikowski Cynthia Krolikowski 00
Subaru Impreza WRX-STi
16 14 1:44:44 83 2 PGT Mark Utecht Brenda Lewis 92 Mitsubishi Eclipse
GSX
17 15 1:45:40 502 2 PGT Bryan Pepp Jerry Stang 92 Eagle Talon TSi
33 16 1:45:41 518 5 Open Dennis Martin Chris Plante 91 Mitsubishi
Eclipse GSX
21 17 1:45:58 49 3 Open Jonathan Ryther Janice Damitio 00 Subaru
Impreza 2.5RS
26 18 1:46:21 98 3 G2 Robert Nielsen Ed Wahl 87 Volkswagen Golf GTi
25 19 1:48:14 42 3 G2 Eric Burmeister Eric Adams 01 Mazda Protege' MP3
37 20 1:48:28 72 5 G2 Jon Hamilton John Westhoven 81 Volkswagen
Rabbit
29 21 1:49:13 132 4 Open Robert Burtis James Burtis 85Audi
Quattro Coupe
23 22 1:49:47 76 3 PGT Gail Truess Pam McGarvey 88 Mazda 323 GTX
39 23 1:50:09 143 5 G2 Christopher Whiteman Michael Paulin 85
Volkswagen Golf GTi
22 24 1:51:06 565 3 Gr N Russell Hodges Jimmy Brandt 95 Subaru
Impreza WRX-STi
43 25 1:51:45 133 5 P Tom Young Jim LeBeau 95 Dodge Neon ACR
42 26 1:54:11 94 5 P Craig Peeper Ian Bevan 01 Ford Focus ZX3
30 27 1:54:28 519 4 PGT Scott Harvey Jr Jeff Hribar 90 Eagle Talon TSi
18 28 1:55:18 21 2 PGT Chris Czyzio Eric Carlson 91 Mitsubishi
Eclipse GSX
38 29 1:55:53 69 5 G5 Charles Sherrill Bryan O'Neal 89 Honda
CRX-Si
44 30 1:56:00 572 6 G2 James Robinson Jim Newton 96 Honda Civic
28 31 1:56:35 61 3 P Michael Halley John Dillon 99 Volkswagen New
Beetle
27 32 1:56:43 301 3 P Tony Chavez Doug Robinson 87 Volkswagen Golf GTi
41 33 2:01:29 41 5 G2 Art Burmeister David Weiman 88 Volkswagen
Golf GTi
35 34 2:16:11 523 5 Open Rodney Dean Nichole Dean 91 Eagle Talon
Times are corrected for road point penalties
*complete results will be posted on the Lake Superior website:
www.LSprorally.com
Leg One Retirements - unofficial
Car # Drivers Name Co-Drivers Name Class Year Make stage
Retirement cause (unofficial)
5 Doug Shepherd Peter Gladysz Open 97 Mitsubishi SS2 Engine (oil
supply)
16 David Higgins Craig Thorley Open 02 Subaru SS2 Engine
17 Tom McGeer Mark Williams Open 02 Subaru SS2 Engine
507* Micah Wiitala Jane Wiitala G2 98 Saturn SS3 Fuel filter
542* Dan Moore John Hopponon G2 89 Suzuki SS3 Mechanical
544* Daniel Malott Matt Malott Open 90 Eagle SS3 Mechanical
546* Steve Irwin Phil Schmidt G2 87 Toyota SS3 Alternator
557* Larry Warrington John Adams-Graf G2 90 VW SS3 Assorted
mechanical
82 Michael Hurst Robert Bohn G5 93 Ford SS4 Engine
115 Seamus Burke Frank Cunningham Open 00 Mitsubishi SS6 Accident
48 Lon Peterson Bill Gutzmann Open 00 Subaru SS7 Mechanical
84 JB Niday Al Kintigh G2 86 VW SS9 Fuel Pump
50 Steve Gingras Bill Westrick Open 00 Subaru SS9 Engine
55 Brian Vinson Richard Beels G5 97 Toyota SS10 Accident
*indicates entrant that has the option of re-starting on Day 2
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