Lake Superior - SCCA ProRally Championship Round #10

[Eric Seppanen]

LSPR is a tough rally.  It's emotionally draining, physically exhausting,
and puts the competitors and crews through a lot.  I had quite a few
issues on Friday, mostly the fact that I chose the wrong tires, which
promptly wore almost bald, not a good thing on narrow mud and snow covered
roads.  Oh, and the rally light wiring failed, and a brake caliper froze
up.  Fun fun.  By the end of Friday's stages, I'd lost at least ten
minutes to the class leader, David Johnson, who was driving a brilliant
rally.

Saturday was much better; I felt like I had some pride to win back so I
pushed really hard, gaining back over two minutes on all the Production
cars.  Had tire issues again, lost the alternator belt, had _another_
brake caliper freeze.  I almost moved up into second in class, but in the
end came up 8 seconds short.

Only picture I've seen so far is:

http://gallery.jpmullan.com/2002LSPRbyJesseMullan/IMG_5169

On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 07:10:15AM -0500, Lewis Shadoff wrote:
> Final Results:

> Place   Class   Drive/co-driver                 Car                     Time
> 25      P       David Johnson/Shannon Johnson   95 Dodge Neon           195:42
> 26      Open    John Rek Rob/Dupree             95 Audi quattro S2      196:40
> 27      G5      Tom Young/Jim LeBeau            02 Dodge Neon SRT-4     197:17
> 28      G2      Chris Whiteman/Mike Paulin      02 Dodge Neon SXT       197:80
> 29      PGT     V. Maciukevicius/Rolandas Zube  00 Subaru  Impreza 2.5RS 198:10
> 30      P       Troy Lee/Paula Gibeault         03 Hyundai Tiburon      202:35
> 31      P       Eric Seppanen/Jake Himes        91 Nissan Sentra SE-R   202:43
> 32      P       Jamie Thomas/David Weiman       93 Subaru Impreza       203:17
> 33      G2      Bob Nielsen/Brenda Lewis        87 VW Golf GTI          206:29
> 34      P       Lesley Suddard/John Dillon      00 Ford Focus ZX3       213:29