SCCA ProRally - Day One Results - Oregon Trail
SCCA® ProRallysm Championship - Round 3 - Oregon Trail
Day One Results and News
HILLSBORO, Oregon Cooperative weather and a surprisingly large batch of
mechanical woes shuffled the top deck of the field in Day One of the Oregon
Trail Rally, placing independent driver David Higgins on the top of the heap,
while brother Mark, who set blistering stage times in his Hyundai early on,
was setback with recurring transmission woes after SS5. 2001 Champion Mark
Lovell had a driveshaft fail on his Subaru, and multi-time drivers and
co-drivers champions Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker also wound up watching
the rally from the sidelines when their transmission came apart in SS3.
Key Notes & Quotes:
· "It's a clear indication that we are all running really hard" said Jeff
Becker at this afternoon's service at the Tillamook Blimp Hanger and Air
Museum, when asked about the high number of mechanical failures many teams
that run the full season Championship has been experiencing lately. 'We're
all asking everything from our cars and crews - so things are bound to
break."
· Adding to the intense pressure on teams at Oregon Trail is the highly
anticipated debut of Stage Noting - a new route instruction "language" to the
vast majority of USA teams, but one that is familiar to many in the
world-wide sport of rallying. Stage Noting, as it is called here, presents
competitors with a highly detailed set of coded route instructions, vs the
traditional graphical 'tulip' style of route booking used in the USA for
decades. This new feature has nearly everyone rallying this weekend
scrambling to learn the new process, but with good results. The overall
competition is closer than ever.
· An unexpectedly high turnout of spectators caused some early event delays
as course marshals were kept busy ensuring that the course remained clear for
the competitors. No stages were canceled however, and the crowds estimated
by several sources to be in the thousands, were all given a great show of
SCCA ProRallying by both the stars of the national championship and the large
array of local favorites entered in the Event.
· Among the local stars, Carl Jardevall and Amity Trowbridge shown
brightest, running as high as 3rd place overall in today's competition. Paul
Eklund and Scott Huhn, debuting their all-new and un-tested Subaru WRX had
minor clutch and brake problems, and were unable to keep a leading pace for
much of the day.
· In the overall standings, Ralph Kosmides of Newport Beach CA leads the
FIA Group N category, by nearly 1.25 minutes over Tempe AZ's Peter Workum.
Local favorites Dave and Rick Hintz lead the Group 5 class in their RX-7
turbo over fellow RX-7 driver Carey Wright by approximately 45 seconds.
Production GT is being lead by Greg Linglebach over Mika Lepisto also by an
approximate 45 second margin - neither of these two class leaders will be
able to relax tomorrow. On the other hand, Josh Jacquot and Dave Coleman,
driving Hyundai's all new 2003 Tiburon on its maiden voyage, are leading the
Production class by a handy 2-minute margin over nearest competitor Jeff
Field and Dave Wieman, in a 2002 Toyota Celica GT-S.
· Group 2, the popular small displacement (2-litre) two-wheel drive class,
frequently has close competition, and this event is no exception. Scott
Fuller and Jeff Call have been waging a real grinder between their
independently entered VW Golf GTi and the Mitsubishi backed 2002 Lancer RMR
of Lauchlin O'Sullivan and Matt Chester. Leading by a scant 13 seconds, this
9-car class has several contenders in the wings, so both these combatants
will be driving hard, but watching their mirrors, as they rally the final
stages in tomorrow's competition.
· Day two of the Oregon Trail Rally begins tomorrow at 8:00 AM from the
West Coast Hotel in Hillsboro. A total of 5 stages will be run Sunday,
several known for excellent spectating, with cars returning to Hillsboro in
the early afternoon.
Oregon Trail SCCA ProRally Championship Round 3
20 April, 2002
Top 25 Leg One Finish Order (unofficial)
times are in hours: minutes: seconds
Start Finish Car# Time Seed Class Driver Name Co-Driver Car
2 1 16 1:14:31 FIA Open David Higgins Chris Patterson 02 Subaru WRX
8 2 3 1:15:05 1 Open Rhys Millen Garry Cowan 01 Mitsubishi Lancer
Evo 6.5
11 3 2 1:15:07 1 Open Ramana Lagemann Michael Kidd 02 Subaru WRX
7 4 39 1:16:34 1 Open Carl Jardevall Amity Trowbridge 97
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
3 5 5 1:17:42 0 Open Mark Higgins Michael Gibson 03 Hyundai
Tiburon
12 6 22 1:20:18 1 Open Ralph Kosmides Jimmy Brandt 99 Subaru
Impreza WRX-STi
13 7 275 1:20:21 2 Open Nat T-Stow John Elkin 02 Subaru WRX
10 8 34 1:20:49 1 Open Peter Lahm Michael Fennell 97 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo IV
33 9 124 1:21:35 3 N Peter Workum Allesandro Gelsomino 02 Subaru
WRX
9 10 110 1:22:37 1 Open Mark Nelson Charles Bradley 00 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo 6
18 11 103 1:23:26 4 N Wyeth Gubelmann Therin Pace 02 Subaru WRX
27 12 374 1:24:51 4 Open Leon Styles John Dillon 92 Audi S2
17 13 891 1:25:25 3 Open Randy Zimmer David Shindle 96 Subaru
Impreza
22 14 207 1:25:33 3 G5 David Hintz Rick Hintz 87 Mazda RX-7 turbo
38 15 432 1:25:42 5 GN Ron Nelson Rick Burtis 02 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
VII
19 16 223 1:25:47 3 PGT Greg Linglebach Steve Andrews 91 Eagle Talon
TSi
34 17 266 1:25:59 4 G2 Scott Fuller Jeff Call 96 VW Golf GTi
30 18 88 1:26:10 4 GN Doug Havir Scott Putnam 02 Subaru WRX
24 19 90 1:26:13 2 G2 Lauchlin O'Sullivan Matt Chester 02 Mitsubishi
Lancer RMR
21 20 245 1:26:17 3 G5 Cary Wright Dave Kean 87 Mazda RX-7
11 21 32 1:26:18 1 Open Paul Eklund Scott Huhn 02 Subaru WRX
41 22 213 1:26:25 5 PGT Mika Lepisto Jeff Sponaugle 02 Subaru WRX
61 23 320 1:26:36 6 P Josh Jacquot Dave Coleman 03 Hyundai
Tiburon
36 24 268 1:26:51 5 Open Dave LaTourette Paul Beatty 00 VW New Beetle
43 25 255 1:26:51 5 PGT Andy Sharples Julie Sharples 99 Subaru Impreza
2.5RS
Oregon Trail - SCCA ProRally Championship - Round 3
20 April, 2001
Day One ProRally Retirements - unofficial
Start Car# Seed Class Driver Co-Driver Year Mfg Stage
Reason
8 107 1 Open Tim Paterson John Allen 97 Mitsubishi SS1 Rear
differential carrier
15 51 2 G5 Jay Streets Janice Damitio 83 Volvo SS1 Engine (oil
pressure)
4 6 0 Open Paul Choiniere Jeff Becker 03 Hyundai SS3 Transmission
32 136 4 GN Jason Rivas Ole Holter 02 Subaru SS2 Turbo
2 1 0 Open Mark Lovell Nicholas Beech 02 Subaru SS2 Driveshaft
35 357 4 G2 Chris Burns David Hackett 91 Eagle SS2 Undisclosed
mechanical
68 934* 7 G2 Raymond Johansen Brian Johnson 84 VW SS2 Accident
- rollover
40 514 5 PGT Roland McIvor Bill Montgomery 97 Mitsubishi SS3 Suspension
54 377 6 PGT Sean McKenna Neil Kelley 91 Eagle SS1 Undisclosed
mechanical
52 534* 5 P Robert Olson Conrad Ketelsen 02 Toyota SS2 Accident
- rollover
20 210 3 G5 John Lane Ray Damitio 83 Volvo SS5 Accident - tree
*indicates entrants that may be allowed to restart Day 2 if entrant chooses
to make repairs and car passes Scrutineering.
Web sites:
· SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org
· SCCA Oregon Trail ProRally: http://www.oregontrailrally.com
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