Press Release

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2000		For more information, Contact: R.L. "Skip" Morgridge WDCR Performance Rally Chairman Phone: 703.978.4720 E-mail: [email protected]

FIRST-EVER WASHINGTON DC REGION RALLYCROSS A SUCCESS

The Washington DC Region of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) hosted its first-ever RallyCross November 4th at the Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge, located in Bristow, VA.

Coming from as far away as New York and North Carolina, 36 drivers (and nearly another 100 crewmembers) took part in National Capital 2000 RallyCross #1. RallyCross #2 is scheduled for December 9th, again at the Nissan Pavilion, and another series for 2001 is being planned.

Organizers were headed by Skip Morgridge, Performance Rally Chairman of the Washington DC Region, Dave Shindle, Event Coordinator, and included both Performance Rally and Autocross enthusiasts from the Washington DC Region. This was an auspicious start for the first of several Performance Rally events being planned in the region.

Eleven of the 36 drivers were experienced Performance Rallyists, while the 25 "new" drivers came from the very popular SOLO II/Autocross ranks of the Washington DC Region and car clubs. Particularly impressive was the turnout from the Washington DC Subaru RS Club. The course consisted of over a mile of hard-packed gravel on one of the spacious parking lots of the Nissan Pavilion, a course which proved challenging and dusty -- with individual runs of over 2 minutes, scoring is based on cumulative times over 3 runs.

RESULTS:
First Overall was Jeff Doble in his Subaru Impreza RS with a total time of 7:00. Second Overall was Mark Bowers, Mitsubishi Starion, 7:02. Third Overall was Lee Reodica, Subaru Impreza RS, 7:05.

Top 3 in class were as follows:

Street U2:   1) Randy Deaton, Toyota Corolla, 8:02;
             2) Alex Stainburg, Honda Civic, 8:32;
             3) Matt Russell, VW Jetta, 9:07
Street 02:     Gary Lin, BMW 325is, 8:32 (only entrant)
Street 04:   1) Rob Bergstrom, Subaru Impreza RS, 7:42;
             2) Otis Dimiters, Subaru Impreza RS, 7:55;
             3) Christian Prescott, Subaru Impreza RS, 8:16

Modified U2: 1) Rick Ellinger, Mercedes-Benz 190, 7:47;
             2) Tom Clapp, VW Jetta, 8:29;
             3) Michael Wetter, Mercedes-Benz 190, 8:29
Modified 02: 1) Steve Graalman, BMW M3, 8:02;
             2) Dave Mapes, Ford Mustang, 8:20
Modified 04: 1) Jeff Doble, Subaru Impreza RS, 7:00 (First Overall);
             2) Lee Reodica, Subaru Impreza RS, 7:05 (Third Overall);
             3) Sean Sosik-Hamor, Subaru Impreza OBS, 7:58

Rally U2:    1) Pablo Sanfrancisco, VW Golf GTI, 7:59;
             2) Steve Reich, VW Golf GTI, 8:31;
             3) Wes Harmon, Dodge Colt, 9:44
Rally 02:    1) Mark Bowers, Mitsubishi Starion, 7:02 (Second Overall);
             2) Duffy Bowers, Mitsubishi Starion, 8:43;
             3) Grisha Trepetin, Honda Prelude, 8:57
Rally 04:    1) Dave Liebl, Toyota Celica, 7:33;
             2) Ed Binkley, Toyota Celica, 7:34;
             3) Chris Rummel, Toyota Celica, 7:46

Complete results -- as well as information and entry forms for RallyCross #2 -- can be seen at the Washington DC Region SCCA Performance Rally Web Page at http://perfrally.wdcr-scca.org