From: bradley@reed.edu (Ben Bradley)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.sport
Subject: Maine Forest Pro Rally/Final Subaru Standings
Date: 16 Dec 92 04:26:34 GMT
Article-I.D.: reed.1992Dec16.042634.19383
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Organization: Reed College, Portland OR


Please excuse the all-caps in the following.  That's the
way I received it.  Reprinted with permission.

Maine Forest National Pro Rally Results

CONTACT:  ANDY SCHUPACK (207) 369-0000
 
    CANADIAN RALLY BROTHERS WIN FINAL SUBARU RALLY
 
RUMFORD, MAINE -- THE 1992 MAINE FOREST RALLY - THE FINAL
ROUND OF THE SUBARU PRO RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP - IS HISTORY, AND
THE FINAL RESULTS PROVE THAT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN MOTOR
RACING.
 
WITH LESS THAN TWO STAGES TO GO, PAUL CHOINIERE, OF
BURLINGTON, VT, WHO LEAD THE ENTIRE RALLY WITH LEADS OF ONE
TO TWO MINUTES, LOST HIS ENGINE IN HIS AUDI QUATTRO AND WAS
FORCED TO RETIRE.
 
CHOINIERE, WHO HAD ALREADY CLINCHED THE 1992 SUBARU PRO RALLY
CHAMPIONSHIP, WAS ONE MINUTE AHEAD OF AUDI QUATTRO TEAM OF
FRANK AND DAN SPRONGL WHEN PAUL HIT A ROCK, PUNCTURING THE
OIL PAN AND CAUSING HIM TO DNF ON THE LAST STAGE.
 
SO THE VICTORY GOES TO THE SPRONGLS, FROM WOODBRIDGE, ONT.
WHO HAVE RUN VERY STRONGLY ALL YEAR IN CANADA, AND WERE
LEADING A RALLY IN MINNESOTA IN AUGUST WHEN THEY CRASHED.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS THEIR FIRST U.S. VICTORY IN PRO RALLY
COMPETITION, FRANK SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE FAMOUS
MT.  WASHINGTON CLIMB TO THE CLOUDS HILLCLIMB WHILE WINNING
THAT EVENT THIS PAST JUNE.
 
SECOND OVERALL WAS THE OGUNQUIT TEAM OF CARL MERRILL AND JON
WICKENS - THEIR BEST FINISH EVER IN A NATIONAL PRO RALLY - IN
A MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE.
 
TIM O'NEIL AND TOM BURGESS FINISHED A STRONG SECOND HALF OF
THE SEASON BY FINISHING THIRD OVERALL IN HIS MITSUBISHI
GALANT AND GRABBING SECOND PLACE OVERALL IN THE FINAL POINT
STANDINGS AND FIRST IN PRODUCTION GT.
 
 
BRUNO KREIBICH AND JEFF BECKER, FROM QUEENS, NY, IN AN AUDI
QUATTRO, SECOND PLACE FINISHERS A YEAR AGO, WERE FOURTH THIS
YEAR.
 
CANADIAN PRODUCTION GT CHAMPIONS TOM MCGEER AND TRISH SPARROW
FROM BRAMPTON, ONT, FINISHED A FINE FIFTH OVERALL AND SECOND
IN PRODUCTION GT, WITH THE MAZDA 323GTX OF RUSS HUGHES AND
JOHN MACARTHUR SIXTH.
 
OTHER CLASS WINNERS INCLUDED CHAD DIMARCO AND ERICK HAUGE
(SEVENTH OVERALL - FIRST IN GROUP A - AND FIRST IN GROUP A
FOR THE YEAR END POINTS); BOB ELLIOTT AND THIERRY MENEGOZ IN
A VW GTI (WINNERS OF THE PRODUCTION CLASS); AND GARY AND JUDI
GOOCH WON THE RALLY TRUCK CLASS IN THEIR TOYOTA PICKUP.
 
IN ALL, 28 CARS FINISHED THE RALLY, WHICH RAN IN VERY
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF HEAVY SNOW.
 
                            # # #
 
        Round #9 - Subaru PRO Rally Championship - Maine Forest Rally
                    Rumford, Maine - December 4 - 5, 1992
 
                                Final Results
 
    3Car3Driver/               Co-Driver/        Make-Model/Class/
Pos.3No.3Hometown              Hometown          Division/Time

  
  1    7   Frank Sprongl        Dan Sprongl       Audi Quattro/Open
           Woodbridge, ONT      Woodbridge, ONT   National/2:18:89
 
  2    4   Carl Merrill         Jon Wickens       Mitsubishi Eclipse/Open
           Ogunquit, ME         Birmingham, MI    National/2:22:07
 
  3    11  Tim O'Neil           Tom Burgess       Mitsubishi Galant VR4/GT
           Franconia, NH        Vancouver, BC     National/2:22:76
 
  4    3   Bruno Kreibich       Jeff Becker       Audi Quattro/Open
           Ridgewood, NY        Great Neck, NY    National/2:24:26
 
  5    37  Tom McGeer           Trish Sparrow     Subaru Legacy/GT
           Brampton, ONT        Toronto, ONT      National/2:24:54
 
  6    33  Russ Hughes          John McArthur     Mazda 323 GTX/GT
           Avon, NY             Honeoye Falls, NY National/2:28:34
 
  7    1   Chad DiMarco         Erick Hauge       Subaru Legacy/Group A
           Huntington Beach, CA Napa, CA          National/2:30:15
 
  8    31  Frank Cunningham     Charles Bradley   VW GTI/Group A
           Boston, MA           Ardmore, PA       National/2:31:66
 
  9    32  Bob Elliott          Thierry Menegoz   Volkswagen GTI/Production
           Rutland, VT          Montreal, QUE     National/2:32:97
 
  10   40  Ivan Orisek          Olga Orisek       Mitsubishi Eclipse/GT
           White Plains, NY     White Plains, NY  National/2:34:95
 
  11   43  Mike Sourlis         Henry Noga        Mitsubishi Eclipse/GT
           Jackson Heights, NY  Glen Head, NY     National/2:42:26
 
  12   24  Lesley Suddard       Anne Thomas       Dodge Omni GLH/Prod
           Wilmington DE        Nashua, NH        National/Divisional/2:43:18
 
  13   17  Gary Gooch           Judi Gooch        Toyota Pickup/Truck
           Union City, CA       Union City, CA    National/2:46:19
 
  14   21  Greg Healy           John McLeod       Dodge Ram 50 Pickup/Truck
           Hartsville, SC       S. Easton, MA     National/2:47:69
 
  15   18  Henry Joy         Jimmy Brandt        Mazda 323 GTX/GT
           Wilmette, IL      Lake Odessa. MI     National 2:47:83
 
  16   14  Vincente Frontinan Francisco Arruda   Toyota Celica GT4/GT
           Somerville, MA     Johnston, RI       National/2:48:07
 
  17   26  Dean Fry          Don Kennedy         Subaru Hatchback/Open
           Mohnton, PA       Shillington, PA     National/Divisional/2:55:69
 
  18   41  Dick Casey        Martin Dapot        VW GTI/Production
           Fairfax Station,VA Reston, VA         National/Divisional/2:57:63
 
  19   36  Ted Mendham       Carl Fisher         Saab 99/Open
           Lyndeboro, NH     Lyndeboro, NH       National/Divisional/3:00:78
 
  20   29  Keith Kreisler    Chris Ernez         Saab 900 Turbo/Open
           Collegeville, PA  Wellsboro, PA       National/Divisional/3:01:42
 
  21   23  Ken Beard         Jim Miner           Dodge Omni/Open
           Stewartown, PA    Anapolis, MD        National/3:01:67
 
  22   30  Gerald Sweet      Stuart Spark        Saab 99/Open
           Oakridge, NJ      Woodcliffe Lake, NJ National/3:05:65
 
  23   27  Scott Kreisler    John Bonasera       Saab 99/Open
           Collegeville, PA  Amberville, PA      National/3:18:16
 
  24   34  Gerry Brinkman     Debbie Sweet       Subaru DL 4WD/Open
           Freehold, NJ       Oakridge, NJ       National/3:26:77
 
                           # # #
 
         Subaru PRO Rally Championship - 1992 Final Point Standings
                              December 6, 1992
 
                                  OVERALL
 
         DRIVER             POINTS        CO-DRIVER           POINTS
 
         PAUL CHOINIERE     107.0         JEFF BECKER        102.0
         TIM O'NEIL          59.0         TOM BURGESS         59.0
         DICK CORLEY         58.6         LANCE SMITH         58.6
         CHAD DIMARCO        44.0         ERICK HAUGE         44.0
         BRUNO KREIBICH      37.0         JON WICKENS         28.2
         CARL MERRILL        28.2         DOUG SHEPHERD       27.0
         ROGER HULL          28.0         BOB PIERCE          26.6
         W.G. GILES          26.6         FRANK ARRUDA        22.O
         PETER CUNNINGHAM    24.0         ROB CHERRY          20.8
         VINCENT FRONTINAN   22.0         BILL WESTRICK       20.0
         STEVE GINGRAS       20.0         LYNNE LUND          18.0
         FRANK SPRONGL       20.0         CINDY KROWLIKOWSKI  16.0
         STEVE NOWICKI       18.0         DOUG NERBER         16.0
         GREG LUND           16.0         STUART BEAL         15.2
         B.J. BEAL           15.2         STEVE NOWICKI       15.0
 
 
                                 OPEN CLASS
 
         DRIVER             POINTS        CO-DRIVER           POINTS
 
         PAUL CHOINIERE     107.0         JEFF BECKER        104.0
         DICK CORLEY         84.2         LANCE SMITH         84.2
         BRUNO KREIBICH      40.0         JON WICKENS         34.0
         CARL MERRILL        34.0         DOUG SHEPHERD       30.0
         GREG LUND           27.0         LYNN LUND           27.0
         B.J. BEAL           25.2         STUART BEAL         25.2
         FRANK SPRONGL       20.0         DOUG NERBER         25.0
         JAN JOLLES          18.0         JOHN ELKIN          20.0
         LON PETERSON        15.0         DAN SPRONGL         20.0
 
 
                                 PRODUCTION GT
 
         DRIVER             POINTS        CO-DRIVER           POINTS
 
         TIM O'NEIL          80.0         TOM BURGESS         60.0
         HENRY JOY           58.2         HENRY NOGA          52.0
         STEVE GINGRAS       47.0         BILL WESTRICK       47.0
         STEVE NOWICKI       35.0         JIMMY BRANDT        35.0
         MIKE SOURLIS        29.0         DAVE PUTERBAUGH     27.0
         DAVE WHITE          27.0         JAMES WILSON        24.0
         JIM WILSON          24.0         JOHN MCARTHUR       24.0
         RUSS HUGHES         24.0         SCOTT GILLMAN       23.2
         NOEL LAWLER         20.0         CINDY KROLIKOWSKI   20.0
         IVAN ORISEK         20.0         OLGA ORISEK         20.0
 
 
                                  PRODUCTION
 
           DRIVER            POINTS         CO-DRIVER           POINTS
 
           W.G. GILES          87.0         BOB PIERCE          87.0
           PETER CUNNINGHAM    55.0         JOE ANDREINI        35.0
           DICK CASEY          41.0         SANDY LATREILLE     32.0
           BOB ELLIOTT         36.0         MARTIN DAPOT        26.0
           BARRY LATREILLE     32.0         ANNE THOMAS         23.0
           LESLEY SUDDARD      23.0         STEVE NOWICKI       20.0
           A.K KAUMEHEIWA      15.0         BRAD HUNT           15.0
           KARL SCHEIBLE       12.0         DOUG HENRY          15.0
           MARK MOLNAR         10.0         MARK WILLIAMS       12.0
                                            ROSS WOOD           12.0
 
 
                                    GROUP A
 
           DRIVER             POINTS        CO-DRIVER           POINTS
 
           CHAD DIMARCO        92.0         ERICK HAUGE         92.0
           VINCENTE FRONTINAN  70.0         FRANK ARRUDA        70.0
           RUI BRASIL          15.0         FRANK NUNES         15.0
           FRANK CUNNINGHAM    15.0         CHARLES BRADLEY     15.0
 
                                  RALLYTRUCK
 
           DRIVER              POINTS       CO-DRIVER           POINTS
 
           GARY GOOCH          102.0        JUDI GOOCH         102.0
           ROGER HULL           84.0        ROB CHERRY          72.0
           GREG HEALEY          57.2        JOHN MACLEOD        50.0
           JEFF HENDRICKS       33.0        NOBLE JONES         30.0
           TONY SHUMAKER        16.0        LIZ SHUMAKER        16.0
           MARK ALDERSON        10.0        EV HENDRICKS        15.0
           GUY LIGHT             9.0        BILL BOGGS          10.0
           KEN WHITE             4.8        JIMMY BRANDT         9.0
 
 
                                     # # #
 
 

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Ben Bradley                 If you think it has to have a stick and ball to
Reed College                be a sport, get a life you scissor-billed geek.
Portland, OR                             --Gordon Scott
bradley@reed.edu                           Nov. 24, 1992; PitStop finale