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A Grand Adventure

Road Rally Results

Saturday April 25, 1998

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The 1998 Central Division Road Rally Tour returned to Michigan for the Grand Adventure Tour Rally, stop number five on this years CenDiv calendar. This event was co-hosted by the West Michigan and Detroit regions of SCCA, and counted towards the Detroit Region and CenDiv Rally Championship. Rallymasters Tom Inman and Jeff Secor report a record 28 cars entered in this years event run in clear 65°weather this year (as opposed to the hail and sleet in '97). The event took place entirely within Ionia County and ran for 140 miles along the north and south sides of the Grand River. With thanks to El Nino and the county road graders the roads were smooth and relatively well groomed. The event started and finished at the Corner Landing restaurant just outside of Ionia, halfway between Grand Rapids and Lansing.

At the break, after 9 of 22 controls, the team of Scott Harvey Jr and Jim Mickle were ahead of Gene Henderson and Rob Moran by just one point. With the Dave Parps/Greg Lester and Ken Kovach/Mark Rinkel teams tied for third 4 points back. 28 cars all on the same route did attract some local attention, all of a positive nature except for one County Deputy who thought a few of the front runners he observed may have been exceeding the CAST (37) in their efforts to climb a rather suddenly steep hill.He observed with one of the rallymasters then continued his rounds.

At the finish all 22 controls were scored, thanks to the computer wizardry of Joe and Marilyn Andreini. And all competitors save one made the finish (the BMW M-3 of Shivers/Clarke not really at a liking for the 77% gravel roads). Class winners included the team of Harvey/Mickle winning the equipped class with 25 points, last years overall winners and again winning limited class the "Jims" Shaffer/Fekete in their Jeep Cherokee with 56. The "Richards" Worden/Robinette won stock class with only 119 points, while the novice team of Onela/Golubek took a class win with 314. Eric Jones (alias Rex Karrs) and Bill Potvin (Terry Fied) entered their beautifully prepared 1964 MGB in vintage class and cranked Curta all day (now that's rallying!).

Some of the other notables were the father/son and father/daughter teams of Jeff and Nic Boris and Ben and Rachel Price. Both doing well, Rachel on her first event and still on her learner's permit! Husband and wife Mark and Donna Rinkel navigated for Ken Kovach and Lynn Dillon respectively and all bets were off as they tied for third place each 52 points.

Great Thanks go out to all that participated, especially the ten teams of control workers.

Jeff Secor


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Results

Driver
Navigator
City, State Region Vehicle Class Score O/A Cls
Scott Harvey Jr
Jim Mickle
Waterford, MI
Shelby Twp, MI
Detroit
Detroit
91 Eagle Talon E 25 1 1
Dave Parps
Greg Lester
Cedarburg, WI
Akron, OH
Guest
NEOhio
96 Saab 900 E 40 2 2
Ken Kovach
Mark Rinkel
Cleveland, OH
Hinckley, OH
NEOhio
NEOhio
89 Ford T-Bird E 52 3 3
Lynn Dillon
Donna Rinkel
Indianapolis, IN
Hinckley, OH
Detroit
NEOhio
88 Pontiac Sunbird E 52 4 4
Jim Shaffer
Jim Fekete
Franklin Village, MI
Canton Twp, MI
Detroit
Detroit
97 Jeep Grand Cherokee L 56 5 1
Gene Henderson
Rob Moran
Pinkney, MI
Westland, MI
Detroit
Detroit
98 Subaru SUS E 63 6 5
Dave Benham
Tom Benham
Lorain, OH
Cleveland, OH
NEOhio
Detroit
92 Honda Civic L 68 7 2
Bruce Fisher
Tom Bell
Dimondale, MI
Traverse City, MI
Detroit
SVR
72 Datsun 510 L 70 8 3
Rich Worden
Richard Robinette
Sterling Heights, MI
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Detroit
Guest
96 Saab 900SE S 119 9 1
Eric Jones
Bill Potvin
Delaware, OH
Maumee, OH
OVR
NWOR
64 MG-B V 143 10 1
Ron Johnstonbaugh
Ken Swarm
Wadsworth, OH
Berea, OH
Guest
NEOhio
88 Toyota Tercel L 182 11 4
Jeff Boris
Nic Boris
Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids, MI
WMR
Guest
83 Mazda RX-7 E 203 12 6
Mark Henderson
Bryan Murphy
Dearborn Heights, MI
Waterford, MI
Detroit
Detroit
91 Subaru Legacy Turbo E 205 13 7
Herb Spencer
Mark Hainen
Portage, OH
Lambertville, MI
NW Ohio
Guest
88 BMW 325IX E 273 14 8
Sonvan Onela
Martin Golubek
Sterling Heights, MI
Fraser, MI
Guest
Guest
94 Honda Accord N 314 15 1
Kevin Essenburg
Sarah Haveman
Holland, MI
Holland, MI
Guest
Guest
91 Ford Escort GT N 404 16 2
Scott Baumbach
Brian Scott
Baldwinsville, NY
Leonard, MI
Detroit
Detroit
96 Geo Prizm S 415 17 2
Derek Roberts
Arpad Miklos
Waterford, MI
Warren, MI
Guest
Guest
97 Dodge Ram Pickup N 573 18 3
Jacek Kociolek
Krzysztof Kociolek
Naperville, IL
Naperville, IL
Guest
Guest
94 Honda Civic E 743 19 9
Wiktor Biegalski
Tom Zaremba
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI
Guest
Guest
93 Mazda 626 N 933 20 4
Andrezey Koziarski
Marcin Koziarski
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Guest
Guest
94 Toyota Celica GT N 961 21 5
Rachel Price
Ben Price
Stockbridge, MI
Stockbridge, MI
Guest
Guest
97 Dodge Neon N 1152 22 6
Mark Kleckner
Brian Pickett
Leonard, MI
Grand Blanc, MI
Detroit
Guest
85 VW GTI S 1202 23 3
Bob Schaaf
Sue Schaaf
Lowell, MI
Lowell, MI
WMR
Guest
97 Ford Thunderbird N 1203 24 7
Carol Golanski
Joe Buckner
Clinton Twp, MI
Clinton Twp, MI
Guest
Guest
88 Chevy Turbo Sprint S 1234 25 4
Matt Bos
Phil Boer
Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids, MI
Guest
Guest
91 Subaru Justy N 1875 26 8
Richard Plank
Roberts Allen
Portage, MI
Kalamazoo, MI
WMR
Guest
96 VW Passat N 3181 27 9
Gabriel Shivers
Jack Clarke
Lake Orion, MI
Lake Orion, MI
Guest
Guest
95 BMW M3 N 4022 28 10

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Leg Scores

CAR TEAM                CLS LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG LEG 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  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  SCORE   #
--- ------------------- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---  -----  --- ---
 1  Shaffer/Fekete       L    2   5   0   2   0   2   1   1   1   3   3   1   7   1   0   2   3  14   1   3   3   1     56   1   L
 2  Harvey/Mickle        E    1   1   0   0   1   4   1   1   1   1   0   2   4   1   2   0   2   1   0   0   1   1     25   2   E
 3  Parps/Lester         E    1   0   2   1   1   4   2   2   2   3   4   2   3   1   2   2   1   1   1   2   2   1     40   3   E
 4  G Henderson/Moran    E    1   1   2   0   0   3   0   2   2   2   9  23   6   1   1   0   0   1   1   0   5   3     63   4   E
 5  M Henderson/Murphy   E    0   2   2   3   1   5   0   2   2   2   1   1   9   2   0   2 163   4   1   2   0   1    205   5   E
 6  Kociolek/Kociolek    E    3 168  83  60   1  18  12   5  10   8  45  22  15   5 200   3   1  54  14   7   6   3    743   6   E
 7  Jones/Potvin         V    6   2   1  14   9   9   5  12   2  14   9   1  22   3   1   6   2  13   6   0   4   2    143   7   V
 8  Spencer/Hainen       E    3   3   1   7   5 149   4  11   3   1  10  20   2   3  11   3   5  11   5   5   9   2    273   8   E
 9  Plank/Allen          N  200 200 200 200 200 200  60 157 132  58  22 148 179  94 168 150 113 200  79  21 200 200   3181   9   N
10  Roberts/Miklos       N   93  57   2   5   0  48  19  14   3  30  32  74   4  10   8  13  30  36  44  20  23   8    573  10   N
11  Benham/Benham        L    5   1   1   3   5   7   2  12   3   0   2   2   6   1   1   7   1   7   0   1   0   1     68  11   L
12  Essenburg/Haveman    N    5  22   2   3   9  32  22  10  29  11  41  11  21   9   3  70  10  29   6  11   8  40    404  12   N
13  Boris/Boris          E    0   2   0   5   3   3  82  14   5  13  37   6   5   2   1   0   1  10   2   3   9   0    203  13   E
14  Schaaf/Schaaf        N   24  22 200 200 200  29  36  36 137   9 110  16  10   9  31  29  19  32  28   9   6  11   1203  14   N
15  Koziarski/Koziarski  N   17  38 109  61  76  46  57  12   0  36  14  83  22  53  16  65  74  73  34  18  19  38    961  15   N
16  Biegalski/Zaremba    N   39  13  45   9  20  16  48  32  71 103  57  48   6   3   3 114  85  36  59  59  12  55    933  16   N
17  Baumbach/Scott       S    8  53  21   9   2 120  22   2  24   5   1   5   3  14  15  34  11  13   7   9   2  35    415  17   S
18  Worden/Robinette     S   10   7   7   6   5   6   2   4  14   5   2   5   5   9   4   1   8   1   1   7   4   6    119  18   S
19  Fisher/Bell          L   11   8   0   1   4   2   1   1   2   1   3   2   6   3   1   2   6   3   5   5   2   1     70  19   N
20  Bos/Boer             N  135  18 200 200 200 200 200 114  49  21  23  17  26   7  50  44   2  79  26 200  13  51   1875  20   N
21  Johnstonbaugh/Swarm  L    3   1   6  10   4   1   2  10   0   2  95   1   1   1   1   3   3  25   3   3   0   7    182  21   L
22  Kleckner/Pickett     S   24  78 200 200 200  17  14  29  24  56  26  35   8   0   6  29 126   2  29  70   8  21   1202  22   S
23  Kovach/M Rinkel      E    1   2   1   2   2   4   0   2   1   0  15   1   2   1   4   1   2   2   2   3   0   4     52  23   E
24  Dillon/D Rinkel      E    4   8   1   2   1   0   2   1   1   2   6   3   2   1   2   4   1   6   1   1   1   2     52  24   E
25  Price/Price          N    3  42  14  84  57  66  45  32  46  14  21  47   7   1  42  44 200 101  51  19  16 200   1152  25   N
26  Shivers/Clarke       N   10  12 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200   4022  26   N
27  Onela/Golubek        N   12   7   5   5  39  74   3  33  30  10   2   1  25   8   8   4  14   7   8   5   4  10    314  27   N
28  Golanski/Buckner     S   32   3 200 200   2 144   2   5   8  15  15  17  17   8   6  99  14 112   2 200  12 121   1234  28   S

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