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Sandblast Rally (Cheraw, SC) - 18 Feb 06

Posted: March 25, 2006 1:17 PM - 1627 Hits

Round 1 - 2006 Eastern States (USA) Rally Championship

Event Report

The favored team of Seamus Bruke (Atlanta, Georgia) and Brian Sharkey (Clogherhead, Ireland) in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 were the winners in Tennessee -- in Burke’s case his fifth Sandhills rally win. Their margin of victory was over two minutes. Jeremy Drislane/Dominik Jozwiak in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC placed second, besting Charles Sherill/Wilson von Kessler in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 4. Burke’s, Drislane’s, and Sherill’s cars were in the P1 class, which is for heavily-modified cars with turbochargers and all-wheel-drive.

Posted: March 25, 2006 1:17 PM

The team of Donal McGivney/Noel Gallagher in a Subaru Impreza WRX were the winners of the SS1 (stock 4WD) class. They were overtaken early in the rally by Darrell Pugh/Johnathan Barnes in a Mitsubishi Eclipse, but McGiveny surged back to take the class victory. Pugh’s car failed later in the day, allowing Emilio Arce/Sarah Gardescu in a Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS to become the class runner-up.

Among the two-wheel-drive entries, Bob Cutler/John Atsma in a Porsche 911T finished on top, outrunning the very experienced team of Greg Healey/John McLeod in a Datsun 280Z. The Mitsubishi Mighty Max pickup truck of Mike Hall/Dave Stockdill took third, after the Mitsubishi Eclipse of Kent Davis/Kevin Hoff (which had been racing them for the position) suffered a broken driveshaft.