SCCA ProRally at Pikes Peak Intl Hillclimb
DENVER, Colorado Sixth round (of ten) for the 2002 season. A select group of 18 SCCA and FIA Performance Rally cars from across North America and drivers from around the World will compete as a championship group for the very first time at the 80th running of "The Peak." The SCCA ProRally Championship is presented by Hyundai Motor America, Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, and Subaru of America. When & Where: June 29, 2002; Colorado Springs, CO; approximately 60 miles south of Denver CO. Headquarters Hotel, Event and Media Registration, Press Room: Antlers Adam's Mark, 4 Cascade Ave., (downtown) Colorado Springs CO 719.473.5600 Schedule: (subject to change) This schedule has been posted by the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. Wednesday - 26 June Registration & Press Room Open - Antlers Hotel - Colorado Springs 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Thursday - 27 June Registration & Press Room Open - Antlers Hotel - Colorado Springs 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Scrutineering and Seed "0" start order draw - Crystal Reservoir Welcome Center(best Thursday location for media Interviews) 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Rookies Meeting - Mandatory for all first time entrants - Antlers Hotel 4:00 PM Drivers Meeting - Mandatory for all entrants - Antlers Hotel 5:00 PM Friday - 28 June Gates Open for support vehicles and rally cars - Pikes Peak 4:00 AM 1st Practice and engine mapping session - Start to Glen Cove 5:30 AM 2nd Practice and engine mapping session -Cove Creek to Summit(best Friday location for media interviews) 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM Recce and pacenoting 9:00AM - 4:00 PM Registration & Press Room Open - Antlers Hotel - Colorado Springs 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Saturday - 29 June Gates Open for support vehicles and rally cars - Pikes Peak 4:00 AM Gates closed to ALL traffic - Pikes Peak 8:00 AM All uphill traffic stopped at start line 8:15 AM Competition begins - run order as follows:Parade cars/Pace Car/Exhibition/Sprint Cars/HP Showroom Stock/PP Open/Quads/Side Cars/Vintage Bikes/SCCA ProRally/ INTERMISSION/250 Pro/500 Pro/750 Pro/Super Stock Truck & SUV/Super Stock Car/Open Wheel/ Unlimited/Big Rig 9:30 AM Sunday - 30 June Awards Brunch 10:00 AM Event Rank: This hillclimb is a full points SCCA ProRally Manufacturers Championship event for Open Class Manufacturer (Hyundai, Subaru and Mitsubishi) teams. This first-time appearance of the SCCA ProRally Championship at Pikes Peak is a non-points round for Drivers and Co-Drivers. Selected entries (driver/co-driver): · Hyundai: Current Manufacturer points leaders (61 points) Mark Higgins and Michael Gibson in #5 car, former SCCA champion Paul Choiniere with Cindy Krolikowski in #6 car, 2003 Tiburons. · Subaru: 2001 Overall Driver and Manufacturer Champion Mark Lovell with Steve Turvey, and Ramana Lageman with Michael Kidd, 2002 WRXs. · Mitsubishi: Current Pikes Peak HP Showroom Stock Champion Rhys Millen with Shonda Albertson, and Group 2 points leader Lauchlin O'Sullivan and Matt Chester, 2002 Lancer Evo VII and Evo 6.5 Additional news interest: · Pikes Peak historical records indicate that no driver from England has ever won here - in any class. With two championship leading UK based teams, one from Subaru, and one from Hyundai, both in top form, if either wins here, it will be major history making back home. · Both Hyundai and Mitsubishi have considerable experience at the Peak - but have never had to run under SCCA ProRally rules while at the peak, yet Subaru, with partner Prodrive, with its huge global rallying background, has no major Hillclimb experience at all, which may make for some interesting competition amongst the works teams. High on all teams challenges is the Championship's requirement that all rally cars run on street-legal unleaded fuel with functional catalytic converters - a rule that has kept the race engineers up a lot of sleepless nights as they learn to cope with the high altitudes. · Co-drivers are an essential part of rallying, and for the SCCA ProRally Championship, this event is no exception. Conversely, practice runs are banned at SCCA ProRally events, so at Pikes Peak, teams are allowed to "recce & pacenote" in street cars, at posted speed limits, the Pikes Peak Highway pre-event. Each team will have one, brief look at the mountain at speed on Friday morning, and that's it.