August Madness

Results Letter mailed to Rally Participants

It was a bright sunny day, with temperatures in the low 80s. Typical of Michigan summer, road conditions were good'n dusty, with a few sections of washboard road for an added bonus. Some of the roads had been recently graded, and the dry conditions made them fun to drive on at the assigned CAST speeds.

Equipped class had three entries, and was tightly contested by all three until the ussually masterful Townsend & Shue made a navigational error on leg three. They took a huge time allowance, but it was not huge enough. Later, they redeemed themselves, taking only seven points over the next eight controls.

The Equipped teams of Spencer/Moran and Henderson/Walter battled it out all day, with Henderson/Walter leading by one point at the break. Leg 10 was thrown because of an incorrect CAST change, and the rally came down to control 12, which was an extremely short leg. While leading by one point, Henderson and Walter took a 1, while Spencer and Moran zeroed the leg. Thus, a TIE!

Limited class entries were nonexistent. Someone missed out on some 'free' championship points!

Stock class was won by the engaged-to-be-married couple of Kevin Essenburg and Sarah Haveman (Kevin proposed on the Grand Adventure rally). They cruised to an excelent 211 points over 11 scored controls. Second in stock class was Bialas/Georgiev with 408 points.

Novice class was also tightly contested, with no one getting very lost. Only one max score was recorded for all three of the novice teams. First in class was the team of Hopeman and King with 354 points. Second in class was Ramsay and Sytniak with 378 points. Third in novice was Fellar and Hammer with 454 points, an excellent score considering they did not know what a rally was until the start of the event.

Mark Kleckner acted as rallymaster, with help from Jim Shaffer in the course layout. Scott Radabaugh was co-chair for the event, and assisted with course measurement and timing. Bob Martin presided over scoring. A crew of Kettering University/GMI students and graduates worked checkpoints, along with one novice (Michael Bennett) who could not find a driver in time. Thanks to all the workers for a great event!

Mark Kleckner

CAR TEAM                    CLS LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG TOTAL  CAR CLS
 #  DRIVER/NAVIGATOR              1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12 SCORE   #
--- ----------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -----  --- ---
 1  Spencer/Moran            E    1   1   1   1   2   1   1   1   1   X   1   0    11   1   E
 2  Henderson/Walter         E    0   1   0   2   0   2   1   1   1   X   0   1    11   2   E
 3  Essenburg/Haveman        S   24   6   3  42  61   2   7   9  22   X  30   5   211   3   S
 4  Townsend/Shue            E    0   1 102   3   0   0   1   1   1   X   1   0   110   4   E
 5  Bialas/Georgiev          S   96  29  69   2  30  79   7  34  36   X  23   3   408   5   S
 7  Hopeman/King             N   54   7  37  34  26 140   5  17  19   X  14   1   354   7   N
 8  Fellar/Hammer            N   35 100  64  33  91  28   4  80   1   X  15   3   454   8   N
 9  Ramsay/Sytniak           N   28   1   7  16  20 200   3  31  20   X   8  44   378   9   N