Start Order & News - SCCA ProRally - Intl Cherokee Trails
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Start Order & Late Breaking News:
SCCA® ProRallysm Championship Round # 2 - Cherokee Trails
Chattanooga, Tennessee: The FIA Internationally listed SCCA ProRally
Championship event starts tomorrow morning with an impressive over 90 car
field of manufacturer supported and top independently entered performance
rally cars from the US, Canada and abroad. The one-day Rally starts at 6:00
AM Saturday morning, at the CricKet Pavilion in downtown Chattanooga.
Selected late entries, news
· The rally is substantially revised from its inaugural running last year,
with the event trimmed down from 3-short days of rallying to just one that
will be long and grueling. Several of the stage roads are new this year as
well, so the Thursday availability of the roads for recce and pacenoting were
vital. Some things haven't changed however, such as the use of the beautiful
and convenient 1996 Atlanta Olympic's Whitewater Center as the single service
point throughout the event.
· There are plenty of new Independent entries for the 2002 season that are
making their debuts at Cherokee, including just out of retirement rally
veteran Bob Henderson and recently retired Series Manager John McArthur in an
all-new 2002 Subaru WRX. Seamus Burke and Rory Kennedy are debuting their
all new TAD Motorsports prepared Mitsubishi lancer Evo 6.5.
· In the Subaru/Prodrive camp, things seem quiet on the surface, but this
has been one busy outfit since January's Sno*Drift rally. 2001 Driver's
champion Mark Lovell and Steve Turvey will be in an all-new, re-engineered
2002 WRX, and Ramana Lagemann, who did his best to knock down a very
substantial tree with his WRX at Sno*Drift, has a thoroughly re-constructed
ride for this weekend.
· Rallying Legend John Buffum made a big splash here last year, substitute
driving for an ailing Paul Choiniere, and smoothly piloting his Tiburon to
2nd place overall. This year Hyundai is making an even bigger splash,
synchronizing the launch of the all-new Tiburon coupe at dealerships with the
debut of the all-new rally version of the car here in Chattanooga. When
asked if the team would be using this weekends rally as a shakedown for these
yet un-rallied cars, Hyundai Motorsports Manager Toni Honsowetz was clear:
"We're ready to run at the front, right now. No holding back."
· Weather forecast: the substantial fog that has blanketed much of the
Atlanta/Chattanooga corridor for several days (and was a factor in the huge
100+ car pileup on I-75 yesterday just south of town) has cleared, but more
light rain is forecast for event day. This will keep dust to a minimum, but
will also ensure that the red clay that makes up much of this part of the
country remains very slick. While not snow and ice, it can be nearly as
slippery, and just as at Round #1 this past January, tire choice will be a
deciding factor for many teams success or failure here in the Tennessee
forests.
For further information, please visit these Web sites:
· SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org/
· International Cherokee Trails Rally: www.cherokeetrailsrally.com
Contact: Kurt Spitzner - SCCA ProRally Director
direct inquiry Email: sccaprorally@aol.com
Time zone at-event: Eastern Time (GMT - 5 hours)
Mobile: 303.204.0375
Information regarding the start order list:
Car # = number on vehicle. Cars numbered under 200 are Pro entries. Cars
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).
Class = Open - fastest; are cars with considerable modifications; P
(Production) - slowest; are cars very near showroom stock configuration. G5
- two wheel drive high power cars; G2 - two wheel drive lower horsepower
cars; GT - high horsepower production (stock) cars.
International Cherokee Trails Rally - SCCA ProRally Championship Round #2
16 March, 2002
Top 40 Start Order (subject to revision)
Start Car# Seed Class Driver Name Co-Driver Car
1 5 0 Open Mark Higgins Michael Gibson 03 Hyundai Tiburon
2 16 FIA Open David Higgins Calvin Cooledge 02 Subaru WRX
3 17 FIA Open Tom McGeer Mark Williams 02 Subaru WRX
4 1 0 Open Mark Lovell Steve Turvey 02 Subaru WRX
5 25 0 Open Seamus Burke Rory Kennedy 00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
6.5
6 6 0 Open Paul Choiniere Jeff Becker 03 Hyundai Tiburon
7 18 FIA Gr N Janusz Kulig Jaroslaw Baran 00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
6
8 3 1 Open Rhys Millen Garry Cowan 01 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5
9 110 1 Open Mark Nelson Charles Bradley 00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
10 107 1 Open Tim Paterson John Allen 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4
11 2 1 Open Ramana Lagemann Michael Kidd 02 Subaru WRX
12 116 1 Open Thomas Lawless Brian Sharkey 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
4
13 34 1 Open Peter Lahm Adrian Crane 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4
14 52 1 Open Doug Sheperd Peter Gladysz 94 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
15 80 1 Open Jon Kemp Dan Sprongl 84 Audi 4000 quattro
16 162 1 N Patrick Richard Anne Lewandowski 02 Subaru WRX
17 44 1 N Henry Krolikowski Cindy Krolikowski 00 Subaru Impreza
WRX-STi
18 22 1 Open Ralph Kosmides Jimy Brandt 99 Subaru Impreza WRX-STi
19 71 1 Gr 5 Bryan Hourt Drew Ritchie 95 Acura Integra
20 41 2 Open John Drislane Paul Goodman 00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
6
21 76 2 Open Gail Truess Jeff Secor 88 Mazda 323 GTX
22 925 2 Open Sakis Hadjiminas Marios Socratous 95 Subaru Impreza
23 768 2 N Celsus Donnelly Mark McAllister 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4
24 29 2 N Tim O'Neil Martin Headland 02 Subaru WRX
25 28 2 G2 Bill Malik Christian Edstrom 93 Volvo 240
26 90 2 G2 Lauchlin O'Sullivan Matt Chester 02 Mitsubishi Lancer RMR
Edition
27 914 3 Open Noel Nash Farrell Bernard 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4
28 64 3 Open Sylvester Stepniewski Jerzy Bajno 87 Audi 4000 quattro
29 937 3 Open Patrick Farrell Bob Kelly 00 Subaru Impreza
30 78 3 Open Paul Dunn Ray Summers 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4
31 173 3 Open Patrick Lilly Paul Donnelly 97 Mitsubishi Mirage
32 891 3 Open Randy Zimmer David Shindle 96 Subaru Impreza
33 527 3 Open Chris Gilligan Joe Peterson 92 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
34 971 3 N Brendan Cunningham Paul McClean 97 Subaru WRX STi
35 36 3 N Mark Cox Jim Gill 00 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
36 760 3 N Jeff Denmeade Satch Carlson 98 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 5
37 857 3 N Peter Thompson TBA 02 Subaru WRX
38 77 3 PGT Bob Henderson John McArthur 02 Subaru WRX
39 530 3 G5 Al Kaumeheiwa Craig Sobozak 02 Dodge Neon SRT-4
40 42 3 G2 Eric Burmeister Eric Adams 01 Mazda Protégé MP3
The SCCA ProRally Championship is presented by Hyundai, Mitsubishi and
Subaru, and is televised in North America on SpeedChannel. Time and date
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