28th Annual Susquehannock Trail PRO Rally,
Round #4, June 4 - 6, 2004
www.stpr.org press notes #5 - 6/5/04 - 5:00 PM

18. Latest on the fire and the delay in the rally is that the
Poitr/McAllister Subaru rolled on its side and the car caught fire when
power steering fluid spilled onto the turbo, and the car burned to the
ground before the fire department could do much about it. The stage was
delayed enough that it set the rally schedule back almost an hour. The
cars came back to the Green in Wellsboro starting at 3:15 PM, and will take
off again at 5:45 PM (first car). The rain has stopped for the moment, but
radar shows the slow-moving system is still in the area.

19. Here are the top ten cars overall after four stages:

Car Number, Class, Driver, Co-driver, Car, Time

87. Open, Frank Sprongl/Dan Sprongl, 2000 Mitsubishi Evo VI, 35:26.2

54. Group N, Patrick Richard/Nathalie Richard, 2002 Subaru Impreza, 35:42.2

45. Group N, Shane Mitchell/Glenn Patterson, 2002 Subaru Impreza, 35:49.3

116. Open, Thomas Lawless/Jason Gillespie, Mitsubishi Evo VIII, 36:48.0

41. Open, John Drislane/Ronan Burke, Mitsubishi Evo VI, 37:58.0

52. Group 5, Doug Shepherd/Pete Gladysz, 2004 Dodge SRT4, 38:01.3

374. Open, Leon Styles/John Dillon, 2002 Mitsubishi Evo VII, 38:15.6

11. Group 5, Paul Choiniere/Cindy Krolikowski, 2004 Dodge SRT4, 38:22.0

774. Group N, Otis Dimiters/Peter Monin, Subaru WRX, 38:27.1

914. Open, Noel Nash/Eddie Fries, Mistubishi Lancer VI, 38:33.0

20. Frank and Dan Sprongl, who have run Audis in ProRally forever, appear to be the favorites to win the rally in their Mitsubishi Evo, but anything could happen on the last six stages, and almost any of the above drivers could step in and win. Frank said driving the Mitsubishi was like driving a Cadillac compared to his old Audis, and that he was very comfortable in the car despite an "off" on stage #1 (he won the other three stages). He also said stage two was as slippery as any snow he has driven on in Canada.

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