Start Order & News - Maine Forest - SCCA ProRally
SUNDAY RIVER/RUMFORD, Maine A season high record of 96 cars are entered in
the Maine Forest Rally, Round #7 of the 2002 ProRally Championship. All
three Overall Championship Manufacturers (Hyundai, Subaru and Mitsubishi) are
represented along with both of the Group 2 Manufacturers (Mazda and
Mitsubishi). The two-day event will be held on privately owned lumber roads
of the MeadWestvaco Paper Company, International Paper Company and Seven
Islands Land Company in Western Maine, near the New Hampshire border.
The Rally starts Friday afternoon, 26 July at 2:00 PM EST from downtown
Rumford at the thrilling Mexico Recreation Park Spectator Stage, then
promptly moves North into the breathtaking Maine woods.
Late Breaking News (driver/co-driver):
· Weather & Start Order: Much like last year's drought conditions, Maine
is still very dry, and therefore first car on the road will remain a highly
coveted position. Since last year, however, SCCA ProRally rules have been
adjusted to help diminish that advantage somewhat, with all eight top-seeded
drivers getting a 2-minute start window. In addition, the traditional Maine
Forest stage-one reseeding has been eliminated by the SCCA ProRally Series
Manager, Dan Coughnour, which may help curb some of the banzai driving seen
last year on the very short ½ mile special stage as the top drivers fought
for a dust-free restart position.
· At tonight's start-order draw, Canadian champion Tom McGeer drew top
honors, hopefully a good omen after his disappointing DNF last year on stage
2.
· Jonny Milner, one of the UK's top ranked national drivers will be making
his US rallying debut this weekend in one of Subaru Rally Team USA's backup
cars. Milner, who regularly drives a Toyota Corolla WRC car in the UK,
(winning the Rally of Wales in May) most recently won at the Swansea Bay
National Rally driving a Hyundai WRC. Milner had some engine problems in
testing earlier this week, but US Prodrive Motorsport Manager Ed Bentley made
it clear that the car was completely sorted by this afternoon.
· More British Invasion: US Group N regular Craig Peeper is swapping
co-driver's for Maine. With his regular navigator Ian Bevan away with other
rally commitments, Peeper selected a top-drawer replacement in Andrew
Dugdale, who is fresh from a win at the Malcolm Wilson Rally in the UK.
· This afternoon's shakedown stage brought out a large number of entries,
both for testing purposes, and also to give teams still new to stage notes a
chance to try them out at speed before the rally begins tomorrow afternoon.
Looking impressive at shakedown were a very confident Mark Higgins and
Michael Gibson in the Hyundai Tiburon, Gibson remarking that the car was
feeling very solid.
Contact: Kurt Spitzner - SCCA Pro Rally Championship Director
direct inquiry Email: sccaprorally@aol.com
Time zone at-event: Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 5 hours)
· SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org/
· SCCA Maine Forest ProRally: http://www.maineforestrally.com
Information regarding the start order list:
Car # = number on vehicle. Car # under 200 are ProRally entries. Car # over
200 are generally ClubRally (regional) entrants. Class = Open, FIA Group N -
fastest; are cars with considerable modifications; P (Production) - slowest;
are cars very near to showroom stock configuration. G5 - two wheel drive
high HP cars; G2 - two wheel drive normally aspirated cars; PGT - high
horsepower all-wheel-drive production (stock) cars.
Maine Forest - SCCA ProRally Championship Round #7
26-27 July, 2002
Top 50 Start Order -subject to revision (complete start list available
to view at www.maineforestrally.com)
Start Car # Seed Class Driver Country Co-Driver Country Car
1 17 0 Open Tom McGeer CAN Mark Williams USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
2 5 0 Open Mark Higgins UK Michael Gibson UK 03 Hyundai
Tiburon
3 16 0 Open David Higgins UK Daniel Barritt UK 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX
4 6 0 Open Paul Choiniere USA Jeff Becker USA 03 Hyundai Tiburon
5 25 0 Open Seamus Burke USA Rory Kennedy IRL 02 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo VII
6 1 0 Open Mark Lovell UK Steve Turvey UK 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
7 15 0 Open Jonny Milner UK Duncan McMath UK 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX
8 87 0 Open Frank Sprongl CAN Dan Sprongl CAN 93 Ford Escort
Cosworth
9 3 1 Open Rhys Millen USA Garry Cowan NZ 02 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
VII
10 2 1 Open Ramana Lagemann USA Michael Kidd UK 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX
11 110 1 Open Mark Nelson USA Charles Bradley USA 02 Mitsubishi Lancer
Evo VII
12 52 1 Open Doug Shepherd USA Pete Gladysz USA 94 Mitsubishi
Eclipse
13 39 1 Open Carl Jardevall USA Amity Trowbridge USA 97 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo IV
14 107 1 Open Tim Paterson USA John Allen USA 97 Mitsubishi Lancer
Evo IV
15 761 1 Open Jon Nichols CAN Dave Shindle USA 98 Subaru Impreza WRX
16 80 1 Open Jon Kemp USA Rod Hendricksen USA 89 Audi Quattro 4000
17 41 2 Open John Drislane USA Ronan Burke USA 00 Mitsubishi Lancer
Evo VI
18 22 1 GN Ralph Kosmides USA Jimmy Brandt USA 99 Subaru Impreza WRX
19 30 2 Open George Plsek USA Joshua Bressem USA 00 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo VI
20 925 2 Open Sakis Hadjiminas USA Jose Vicente USA 88 VW Fox
21 29 2 GN Tim O'Neil USA Martin Headland CAN 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
22 83 2 GN Mark Utecht USA Jeff Secor USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
23 971 2 GN Brendan Cunningham USA Paul McClean USA 97 Subaru Impreza
24 857 2 GN Peter Thomson CAN 02 Subaru Impeza WRX
25 119 2 GN Peter Malaszuk USA Darek Szerejko USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
26 62 2 G5 Chris Havas USA Dave Kean USA 00 VW Golf
27 914 3 Open Noel Nash USA 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
28 891 3 Open Randy Zimmer USA Russell Strate USA 93 Subaru Impreza
29 88 3 Open Doug Havir USA Scott Putnam USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
30 64 3 Open Sylvester Stepniewski USA Adam Pelc USA 87 Audi
Quattro 4000
31 185 3 Open Jon Bogert USA Daphne Bogert USA 88 Toyota Celica
All-Trac
32 928 3 Open Dean Fry USA Greg Usavage USA 90 Subaru Legacy
33 937 3 Open Patrick Farrell USA Bob Kelly IRL 00 Subaru Impreza
34 957 3 GN Malachy Crawford USA Mark McAllister USA 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX
35 103 3 GN Wyeth Gubelmann USA Therin Pace USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
36 94 3 GN Craig Peeper USA Andrew Dugdale UK 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
37 124 3 GN Peter Workum USA Alex Gelsomino USA 97 Subaru Impreza
38 45 3 GN Shane Mitchell USA Paul Donnelly USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
39 992 3 PGT Bruce Perry USA Adrian Wintle CAN 90 Eagle Talon
40 27 3 PGT Greg Healey USA John MacLeod USA 97 Subaru Impreza
41 851 3 PGT Julien Pilon CAN Marie-Eve Pilon CAN 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
42 755 3 PGT Eoin McGeough USA Jason Gillespie USA 92 Eagle Talon
43 166 3 G5 John Daubenmier USA Stanley Rosen USA 88 Chevy S-10
44 90 3 G2 Lauchlin O'Sullivan USA Matt Chester USA 02 Mitsubishi
Lancer RMR
45 42 3 G2 Eric Burmeister USA Cindy Krolikowski USA 01 Mazda Protégé
MP3
46 947 3 G2 William Bacon USA Peter Watt USA 97 Acura Integra
47 954 3 G2 Michael White USA Chris Morand USA 84 SAAB 99
48 266 3 G2 Scott Fuller USA Jeff Call USA 96 VW Golf
49 885 3 Prod Ted Mendham USA Lise Mendham USA 91 Nissan Sentra SER
50 79 3 Prod Jeff Field USA Dave Weiman USA 00 Toyota Celica
