SCCA ProRally - Final Results - Lake Superior
SCCA ProRally Championship - Round #10 - Lake Superior
Final Results, Key Notes
Lovell wins by a Nose over Millen, Richard Earns 1st US Podium
HOUGHTON, Michigan - Americas "Oldest Toughest" rally will also now be known
as the "Closest Finishing" rally - as the top four drivers: Scheible, Lovell,
Millen and Richard battled the entire day with never more than a total of one
minute separating them after nearly 500 miles of rallying in the far reaches
of Northern Michigan.
Key Notes:
¨ Mark Lovell and Rhys Millen were locked in an even tie going into the
final stage of the rally, with a single eight-mile stage to decide it all,
and a revved up Patrick Richard hot on their heels. The stakes were high too
- while the overall Driver's championship was already decided, Mitsubishi and
Subaru were locked in a points battle for Open Class Manufacturer honors. In
the end, Lovell won out, but by the slimmest of margins - just 3 seconds
separating him from Rhys Millen.
¨ Cooperative weather and generally smooth and fast roads kept attrition
low on day two, with just five retirements, all but one mechanically related.
Richard Tuthill's run with Hyundai came to a halt after SS14, the team
withdrawing the car with terminal overheating maladies. Until that point
Tuthill was maintaining a comfortable top-ten position. Robert Nielsen, last
years Group 2 Champion had a shunt in the final stage of the afternoon while
in a comfortable lead - opening the door for LSPR rookie James Robinson to
claim his first Group 2 victory
¨ A new record was set at the famous "Brockway Mountain" - America's only
true all-tarmac special stage, and possibly one of the most thrilling three
and a half miles of asphalt rally road in North America. Full of high speed
dips and jumps, with plenty of no-fooling around drop offs at many of the
turns, the record, stood at just under 3 minutes for many years, and was
regarded by many as virtually un-beatable. However, the weather cleared
significantly in the early afternoon, and the paddock buzz at the service
just prior to the running of the stage was all about who was going to break
the record. That who turned out to be none other than the high-flying
Patrick Richard who took his Prodrive Group N car - which shouldn't have been
faster than the Open class cars - and schooled the rest of the field,
breaking the unofficial record by nearly half a minute.
¨ The Production Class win was earned by the smooth and steady driving of
Craig Peeper, as year-end Production Class Champion hopeful Tony Chavez took
the smart route and stayed out of trouble, clinching the series win.
¨ The closest win of the weekend was in Group 5 as a battle of the Fords
was wrangled all day long. At the end of the day, the class, and the coveted
Woodner Cup year-end award was won by Tad Ohtake and his faithful green
Escort ZX2, over Jeremy Butts Ford Mustang 5.0, by a mere one second.
Lake Superior SCCA ProRally Championship Round #10
19-20 October, 2001
Day Two Finish Order (official)
times are in hours, minutes, seconds
Start Finish Time Car # Seed Class Driver Co-Driver Car
1 1 2:11:35 14 0 Open Mark Lovell Michael Kidd 02 Subaru WRX
11 2 2:11:38 33 1 Open Rhys Millen Lauchlin O'Sullivan 00 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo VI
12 3 2:11:57 8 1 Gr N Patrick Richard Ben Bradley 02 Subaru WRX
6 4 2:12:20 2 0 Open Karl Scheible Brian Maxwell 02 Subaru WRX
14 5 2:15:28 110 2 Open Mark Nelson Alex Gelsomino 00 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo VI
7 6 2:17:26 107 1 Open Tim Paterson Scott Ferguson 97 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo IV
9 7 2:18:27 37 1 Open Henry Joy Chris Griffin 96 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo II
31 8 2:23:07 512 4 PGT Jouni Pohjolainen John Matikainen 90 Eagle
Talon TSi
36 9 2:23:08 868 5 PGT Jason Rivas Ole Holter 02 Subaru WRX
19 10 2:23:55 63 2 G5 Tad Ohtake Bob Martin 98 Ford Escort ZX2
32 11 2:23:56 575 4 G5 Jeremy Butts Jon Vrzal 93 Ford Mustang
13 12 2:26:46 44 1 Gr N Henry Krolikowski Cynthia Krolikowski 00
Subaru Impreza WRX-STi
16 13 2:28:59 83 2 PGT Mark Utecht Brenda Lewis 92 Mitsubishi Eclipse
GSX
17 14 2:29:32 502 2 PGT Bryan Pepp Jerry Stang 92 Eagle Talon TSi
33 15 2:33:49 518 5 Open Dennis Martin Chris Plante 91 Mitsubishi
Eclipse GSX
44 16 2:33:49 572 6 G2 James Robinson Jim Newton 96 Honda Civic
23 17 2:34:02 76 3 PGT Gail Truess Pam McGarvey 88 Mazda 323 GTX
37 18 2:34:35 72 5 G2 Jon Hamilton John Westhoven 81 Volkswagen
Rabbit
22 19 2:35:49 565 3 Gr N Russell Hodges Jimmy Brandt 95 Subaru
Impreza WRX-STi
39 20 2:36:36 143 5 G2 Christopher Whiteman Michael Paulin 85
Volkswagen Golf GTi
29 21 2:37:59 132 4 Open Robert Burtis James Burtis 85Audi
Quattro Coupe
18 22 2:39:03 21 2 PGT Chris Czyzio Eric Carlson 91 Mitsubishi
Eclipse GSX
30 23 2:39:34 519 4 PGT Scott Harvey Jr Jeff Hribar 90 Eagle Talon TSi
42 24 2:42:40 94 5 P Craig Peeper Ian Bevan 01 Ford Focus ZX3
28 25 2:44:01 61 3 P Michael Halley John Dillon 99 Volkswagen New
Beetle
38 26 2:44:03 69 5 G5 Charles Sherrill Bryan O'Neal 89 Honda
CRX-Si
27 27 2:47:22 301 3 P Tony Chavez Doug Robinson 87 Volkswagen Golf GTi
41 28 2:51:34 41 5 G2 Art Burmeister David Weiman 88 Volkswagen
Golf GTi
35 29 3:04:07 523 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 Pro Retirements - official
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
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
Leg Two Retirements - unofficial
Car # Drivers Name Co-Drivers Name Class Year Make stage
Retirement cause (unofficial)
42 Eric Burmeister Eric Adams G2 02 Mazda SS12 Undisclosed
49 Jonathan Ryther Janice Damitio Open 00 Subaru SS13 Transmission
13 Richard Tuthill Nicky Beech Open 00 Hyundai SS14 Overheating
133 Tom Young Jim LeBeau P 9 Dodge SS14 Undisclosed
98 Robert Neilsen Ed Wahl G2 VW SS13 Accident
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