Final Results & News - Maine Forest - SCCA ProRally
27 July 2002
SCCA® ProRallysm Round 7 - Maine Forest
Lovell/Turvey Win Big, Snap-up Lead for Subaru
RUMFORD, Maine Day two of the 2002 Maine Forest Rally proved to be the
lucky charmer for Mark Lovell the 2001 Drivers Champion and Steve Turvey, now
with two impressive back-to-back wins after a winless streak that lasted the
entire first half of the season. Fast action, thrilling stage roads and a
schedule friendly to fans and entrants alike are traditional characteristics
of the Maine Forest Rally, and this year didn't disappoint the fans or the
entrants.
Key Notes and Quotes:
¨ What could be described as "just driving a better rally" - Lovell and
Turvey for two days simply dodged the pitfalls of rallying better than anyone
else, and brought home a convincing win for Subaru. In addition, by earning
maximum points, Lovell has significantly enhanced his chances for a 2nd
driver's championship. Finishing nearly three minutes ahead of 2nd place
challenger Tom McGeer the defending champion also posted the largest margin
of victory of the 2002 SCCA ProRally season. That's not to say that Lovell's
drive was not without some excitement - the right front fender required some
sledgehammer adjustments at the midday service, and a hasty 17-minute
transmission swap on day one went right down to the wire.
¨ Current driver's championship points leader David Higgins, blessed with
four consecutive wins this season, suffered a variety of rallying cruel
twists, running into an embankment on Day one, damaging his front suspension,
and getting punctures early in day two, and on the last stage, the last
incident wresting away from him an almost certain 2nd place finish. It
nearly cost him the 3rd place podium position as well; a hard charging Paul
Choiniere finishing a mere 6 seconds behind. Regardless, Higgins, while not
jubilant with his finish, was ecstatic with the roads: "the stages we ran
today are simply the finest rally roads I've ever ran on - positively
incredible."
¨ Brother Mark Higgins was similarly hindered in the Hyundai, with
punctures and rear-bumper removing exercise early in Day 2. "Miggins" was
pleased with the finish, after several frustrating mechanical DNF's, the
impressively quick Tiburons finishing in 4th and 5th place.
¨ Championship Driver's standings. David Higgins: 103, Lovell: 83, Mark
Higgins: 66, Rhys Millen: 40, Mark Nelson: 39. MFG Standings: For the first
time this year, Subaru has taken the lead away from Hyundai, now leading 92
over Hyundai's 86, and Mitsubishi's 52. Mitsubishi and the talented team of
Lauchlin O'Sullivan and Matt Chester continues to expand their lead over
Mazda in Group 2, handily leading that championship 100 to 68. O'Sullivan
leads the Group 2 Drivers Championship as well.
Maine Forest - SCCA ProRally Championship Round #7
27 July, 2002
Top 40 Final Results - (Official) (complete results
available at www.maineforestrally.com)
Start Finish Car# Seed Class Driver Country Co-Driver Country
Car Time
6 1 1 0 Open Mark Lovell UK Steve Turvey UK 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX 1:38:47
1 2 17 0 Open Tom McGeer CAN Mark Williams USA 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX 1:41:29
3 3 16 0 Open David Higgins UK Daniel Barritt UK 02 Subaru I
mpreza WRX 1:41:38
4 4 6 0 Open Paul Choiniere USA Jeff Becker USA 03 Hyundai
Tiburon 1:41:44
2 5 5 0 Open Mark Higgins UK Michael Gibson UK 03 Hyundai
Tiburon 1:42:46
7 6 15 0 Open Jonny Milner UK Duncan McMath UK 02 Subaru
Impreza WRX 1:43:20
5 7 25 0 Open Seamus Burke USA Rory Kennedy IRL 02 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo VII 1:44:29
9 8 3 1 Open Rhys Millen USA Garry Cowan NZ 02 Mitsubishi Lancer
Evo VII 1:44:55
29 9 88 3 Open Doug Havir USA Scott Putnam USA 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX 1:47:59
16 10 80 1 Open Jon Kemp USA Rod Hendricksen USA 89 Audi Quattro
4000 1:49:40
21 11 29 2 GN Tim O'Neil USA Martin Headland CAN 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
1:50:00
17 12 22 1 GN Ralph Kosmides USA Jimmy Brandt USA 99 Subaru Impreza
WRX-STi 1:52:01
20 13 925 2 Open Sakis Hadjiminas USA Jose Vicente USA 95 Subaru
Impreza 1:53:10
54 14 136 4 GN Jason Rivas USA Ole Holter USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
1:53:24
25 15 765 2 GN Jon Pizzagalli USA L. Mark Stone USA 97 Subaru Impreza
WRX-STi 1:54:02
26 16 62 2 G5 Chris Havas USA Dave Kean USA 00 VW Golf 1:54:17
27 17 914 3 Open Noel Nash USA Proinsias McKenna USA 97 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo IV 1:54:24
10 18 2 1 Open Ramana Lagemann USA Michael Kidd UK 02 Subaru
Impreza WRX 1:54:40
42 18 851 3 PGT Julien Pilon CAN Marie-Eve Pilon CAN 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX 1:54:40
45 18 90 3 G2 Lauchlin O'Sullivan USA Matt Chester USA 02 Mitsubishi
Lancer RMR 1:54:40
36 21 103 3 GN Wyeth Gubelmann USA Therin Pace USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
1:54:53
47 22 947 3 G2 William Bacon USA Peter Watt USA 97 Acura Integra
1:55:23
34 23 937 3 Open Patrick Farrell USA Bob Kelly IRL 00 Subaru Impreza
1:55:31
35 24 53 3 G5 Don Jankowski USA Ken Nowak USA 01 Dodge Neon SRT-4
1:55:37
59 24 811 4 G2 Matthew Johnson USA Carl Fisher USA 88 VW Golf Gti
1:55:37
31 26 64 3 Open Sylvester Stepniewski USA Adam Pelc USA 87 Audi
Quattro 4000 1:57:14
46 27 42 3 G2 Eric Burmeister USA Cindy Krolikowski USA 01 Mazda
Protégé MP3 1:57:15
65 28 130 5 Open Liam Egan USA Sean Moriarty IRL 99 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo V 1:58:01
76 29 941 5 G2 Dan Cook USA Bill Rhodes USA 68 Datsun 510 1:58:08
60 30 970 4 G2 John Rahill USA Vlad Hladky USA 85 VW Golf 1:58:32
37 31 94 3 GN Craig Peeper USA Andrew Dugdale UK 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX 1:58:46
41 32 27 3 PGT Greg Healey USA John MacLeod USA 97 Subaru Impreza
1:58:54
57 33 77 4 PGT Bob Henderson USA John McArthur USA 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX 1:59:02
55 34 588 4 GN Jerry Churchill USA Jim Roxbury USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
1:59:05
40 35 992 3 PGT Bruce Perry USA Adrian Wintle CAN 90 Eagle Talon tsi
1:59:17
86 36 759 6 PGT Michael Reidy USA Edward Fries USA 90 Eagle Talon
Tsi 2:01:17
50 37 885 3 Prod Ted Mendham USA Lise Mendham USA 91 Nissan Sentra
SE-R 2:02:06
28 38 891 3 Open Randy Zimmer USA Russell Strate USA 93 Subaru
Impreza 2:02:09
71 39 884 5 PGT Tim Stevens USA Carolyn Bosley USA 91 Mitsubishi Galant
VR-4 2:02:20
44 40 166 3 G5 John Daubenmier USA Stanley Rosen USA 88 Chevy S-10
2:02:45
Significant Retirements - (Official)
Car# Driver Co-Driver Class Year Make Stage Retirement cause
(unofficial)
41 John Drislane Ronan Burke Open 99 Mitsubishi DNS ECU failure
121 Pablo SanFransisco Mark Bowers G2 85 VW SS1 Oil Pan
110 Mark Nelson Charles Bradley Open 99 Mitsubishi SS1 Ball joint -
suspension
84 JB Niday Diane Sargent G2 92 VW SS2 Radiator hose
761 Jon Nichols David Shindle Open 98 Subaru SS3 Rear differential
45 Shane Mitchell Paul Donnelly Open 02 Subaru SS5 Withdrawn
79 Jeff Field Dave Weinman P 00 Toyota SS5 Radiator
52 Doug Shepherd Peter Gladysz G5 94 Mitsubishi SS6 Turbo
71 Bryan Hourt Tom Tighe G5 99 Acura SS6 Engine
107 Patterson John Allen Open 97 Mitsubishi SS8 Roll-over
39 Carl Jardevall Amity Trowbridge Open 99 Mitsubishi SS10
Differential
30 George Plsek Joshua Bressem Open 99 Mitsubishi SS10
Undisclosed mechanical
83 Mark Utecht Jeff Secor GN 02 Subaru SS10 Multiple punctures
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· SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org/
· SCCA Maine Forest ProRally: http://www.maineforestrally.com
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