SCCA ProRally - Wild West Start Order & Late News
6 September 2002
Start Order & Late Breaking News:
SCCA ProRally Championship - Wild West
OLYMPIA, Washington A highly competitive field of cars are set to start the
Wild West International Rally, Round #9 of the 2002 SCCA ProRally
Championship (And the supporting Sou'wester and Simpson Stages SCCA
ClubRallys) for the final West Coast swing of the year. Last year's rally in
the forests of the Olympic Penninsula proved to be a dramatic battle of
mechanical attrition, strategy, and some good ol' luck, with two independents
taking 1st and 2nd and leaving the year's Overall Driver trophy up for grabs.
This year looks to be no different, especially with the door for the Overall
Manufacturer's Title being wide open as Hyundai clings to a mere 4 point lead
over Subaru.
Late Breaking News:
· Weather: As with much of the western United States, this area of
Washington State is very dry, and special efforts are being made to ensure
the rally will be safe from fire. A heavy 20-minute deluge early Thursday
evening that briefly flooded some highways has helped some, but not enough to
keep the dust down, or to diminish the fire danger. Organizers met this
morning, and have elected to grant all entries two-minute starting windows,
with the top four (seed 0) entrants getting three-minute start intervals.
· Mark Nelson (110) is the surprise pre-event withdrawal of the event,
irreparably damaging the motor of his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI at the press
stage. Nelson, who with veteran co-driver Charles Bradley has come so far
this season, was tied with Rhys Millen for 4th place in the Overall Driver's
Championship points race.
· With David Higgins leading the championship, a strong finish here will
likely clinch the overall for the aspiring young rallyist from Wales.
However, Mark Lovell, the 2001 champion, and David's brother Mark, in the
works Subaru and Hyundai respectively, are not about to give David a bit of
breathing space. Rumors abound that Ramana Lagemann, following his excellent
finish at Ojibwe Forest, will be given a free reign this weekend to mix it
up at the front, and Paul Choiniere, in the now very well sorted Hyundai
Tiburon will be keeping the pressure on as well.
· The Hyundai Tiburon Media Car (190) makes another appearance this year,
this time with veteran SCCA ProRally driver Garen Shrader at the helm, and
actor/talk-show host Mario Lopez as co-driver. This is Lopez' first
motorsports experience, and is looking forward to participating first-hand
one in of America's fastest-growing motorsports, with the Championship's most
successful and oldest teams, Hyundai's Libra Racing, captained by rally
legend John Buffum.
Contact: Kurt Spitzner - SCCA ProRally Championship Director
Press room phone: 360.943.4000 (Host Hotel switchboard,
ask for press room)
e-mail: sccaprorally@aol.com
Time zone at event: Pacific Time (GMT - 8 hours)
Web sites:
· SCCA ProRally: http://www.sccaprorally.org
· Wild West official site: http://www.nwr-scca.org/rally/wildwest.html
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.
The SCCA name and logo is a registered trademark of the Sports Car Club of
America, Inc. ProRally, ClubRally and RallyCross are service marks of the
SCCA.
Wild West - SCCA ProRally Championship Round #9
6 September, 2002
ProRally Top 50 Start Order - Subject to revision
(Balance of event entry list available to view at
www.nwr-scca.org/rally/wildwest/o2entry.html
Start Car # Seed Class Driver Country Co-Driver Country Car
1 6 0 Open Paul Choiniere USA Jeff Becker USA 03 Hyundai Tiburon
2 1 0 Open Mark Lovell UK Steve Turvey UK 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
3 5 0 Open Mark Higgins UK Claire Mole UK 03 Hyundai Tiburon
4 16 0 Open David Higgins UK Daniel Barritt UK 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX
5 3 1 Open Rhys Millen USA Garry Cowan NZ 02 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
VII
6 2 1 Open Ramana Lagemann USA Michael Kidd UK 02 Subaru Impreza
WRX
7 39 1 Open Carl Jardevall USA Amity Trowbridge USA 97 Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo IV
8 107 1 Open Tim Paterson USA John Allen USA 97 Mitsubishi Lancer
Evo IV
9 32 1 Open Paul Eklund USA Scott Huhn USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
10 22 1 GN Ralph Kosmides USA Jimmy Brandt USA 99 Subaru Impreza
WRX-Sti
11 88 2 Open Doug Havir USA Scott Putnam USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
12 44 1 G5 Henry Krolikowski USA Cindy Krolikowski USA 02 Dodge Neon
SRT-4
13 29 2 GN Tim O'Neil USA Martin Headland CAN 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
14 217 2 Open Janice Damitio USA Chris Davis USA 91 Eagle Talon TSi
15 51 2 G5 Jay Streets USA Matt Gauger USA 93 Volvo 740 Turbo
16 28 2 GN Bill Malik USA Dave Kean USA 01 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
17 374 3 Open Leon Styles USA John Dillon USA 90 Audi S2 quattro
18 78 3 Open Paul Dunn USA Ben Bradley USA 97 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
IV
19 102 3 Open Scott Trinder CAN Paul Westwick CAN 00 Subaru Impreza
2.5 RS
20 103 3 GN Wyeth Gubelman USA Therin Pace USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
21 45 3 GN Shane Mitchell USA Paul Donnelly USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
22 94 3 GN Craig Peeper USA Alex Gelsomino USA 02 Subaru Impreza WRX
23 223 3 PGT Greg Lingelbach USA Steve Andrews USA 90 Eagle Talon TSi
24 207 3 G5 Dave Hintz USA Rick Hintz USA 90 Mazda RX-7 Turbo
25 210 3 G5 John Lane USA Tina Lingacher USA 85 Volvo 240 turbo
26 245 3 G5 Carey Wright USA David Kean USA 86 Mazda RX-7
27 90 3 G2 Lauchlin O'Sullivan USA Matt Chester USA 02 Mitsubishi
Lancer RMR
28 42 3 G2 Eric Burmeister USA Eric Adams USA 01 Mazda Protégé MP3
29 201 3 G2 Todd Hartmann USA Shawn Callahan USA 92 VW Golf Gti
30 266 3 G2 Scott Fuller USA Jeff Call USA 96 VW Golf Gti
31 258 3 G2 David Schrenk USA Chad Little USA 76 SAAB 99
32 288 4 Open Gary Cavett USA Matt Van Bogart USA 95 Subaru Impreza
33 451 5 PGT Janusz Komorowski CAN Paul Nelson USA 92 Eagle Talon TSi
34 369 4 PGT Brian Scott USA David Hackett USA 92 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
35 283 4 G2 Nate Tennis USA Leon Owens USA 73 SAAB 99
36 216 5 Open Richard Buckner USA Jason Grahn USA 93 Subaru Impreza
37 268 5 Open Dave LaTourette USA Paul Beatty USA 98 VW New Beetle
38 306 5 GN Wolfgang Hoeck USA Julie Lin USA 02 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
VII
39 252 5 PGT Robert Trinder CAN Bill Westhead CAN 98 Subaru Impreza
2.5RS
40 514 5 PGT Roland McIvor USA Bill Montgomery USA 95 Mitsubishi Eclipse
GSX
41 255 5 PGT Andy Sharples USA Julie Sharples USA 00 Subaru Impreza 2.5
RS
42 271 5 PGT Matt Tabor USA Monika Tabor USA 89 Mazda 323 GTX
43 220 5 PGT Bruce Davis USA Lee Sorenson USA 92 Eagle Talon TSi
44 265 5 G2 Derek Adolf USA Jason Speer USA 94 Acura Integra
45 253 5 G2 Noah Third USA Jason Lane CN 88 VW Golf
46 225 5 G2 Mark Durley USA Allan McGuirl CAN 01 Ford Focus ZX3
47 227 5 G2 Derik Nelson USA Lea Flagg USA 88 Mazda 323
48 72 5 Prod Jon Hamilton USA Ken Sabo USA 00 VW Golf TDI
49 190 0 Prod Garen Shrader USA Mario Lopez USA 03 Hyundai Tiburon
50 68 5 Prod Eric Macaire USA Dennis Kask USA 00 Ford Focus ZX3
