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Runways Away

BFG/Car Guys/NCAC Autocross at Laurinburg/Maxton Airport, April 6

The second stop on the THSCC autocross championship tour is also the third NCAC autocross of 1997. The course is laid out on the concrete runways and taxiways of a WWII air base. Horsepower helps, but this is driver's course.

As a public service, we'd like to remind you that Daylight Savings Time takes effect in the wee hours of April 6. Be sure to set your clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed the night before this event. If you don't, you'll be an hour late!

Sponsors for the NCAC series are B.F. Goodrich Tires Team T/A and Car Guys On-Track Driver Education.

              Registration and Tech:  8:30 - 9:45 A.M.
                   Driver's Meeting: 10:00 A.M.
                      First Car Off: 10:30 A.M.
 
                  Fee Schedule        Member   Non-Member
                     Pre-registered:   $14        $16
                           At Event:   $16        $18
              Late Registration Fee:   $10        $10
		
RESULTS
CLASS SS
Bill Gratton            93 RX-7         69.263  FTS-T   BFG R1
Mark O'Dell             94 RX-7         70.103  2nd-T   Bridgeston Expedia
Mike Dishman            91 Corvette     71.576  3rd     BFG R1
Robert D. Hill          94 Corvette     73.752  4th     Goodyear ZR
 
CLASS SSL
Lei S. Hill             94 Corvette     78.351  1st     BFG R1
 
CLASS AS
Robert Houser           95 M3           70.825  1st-T   BFG R1
Mark Senior             88 MR2          71.649  2nd     BFG R1
 
CLASS BS
Bowie Gray Jr.          93 Miata        73.340  1st-T   BFG R1
Eric Peterson           94 Miata        74.838  2nd-T   BFG R1
Tom Morgan              93 Miata        75.045  3rd-T
Richard Tucker          74 914          75.064  4th     Yokohama A008RS
Reid Allred             90 Miata        75.766  5th     BFG R1
Mary E. Daniel          91 Miata        76.628  6th     BFG R1
 
CLASS CS
Charlie Fans            87 MR2          76.662  1st-T
 
CLASS DS
Chris Schimmel          96 Neon         73.693  1st-T   BFG R1
Carl Fisher             96 Neon         76.116  2nd-T   BFG R1
Mark Coffin             93 240SX        76.262  3rd-T
Andy Szwarckop          94 240-SX       78.591  4th     Falken
Becky Schimmel          95 Neon         80.354  5th
Al Smith                96 Sentra SER   80.377  6th
 
CLASS ES
Craig Fogleman          86 Civic Si     75.553  1st-T
Jon Krolewicz           86 CRX          76.900  2nd-T   Firestone Firehawk
Chris Petersen          85 GTI          77.694  3rd     BFG R1
Carla Ball              90 Integra GS   78.523  4th     BFG R1
Sean McKinney           82 Prelude      83.645  5th     Toyo Proxie
 
CLASS FS
Robert Rhodes           96 Camaro Z28   71.851  1st-T   BFG R1
Thomas Lackey           91 300ZX        72.920  2nd-T   BFG R1
Arthur McDonald         90 Mustang LX   73.127  3rd     BFG R1
Sybyl Villard           88 Mustang      77.662  4th
Don Forrester           88 Mustang      78.471  5th
 
CLASS GS
JohnFMessenheimer Jr    95 GTI VR6      72.011  1st-T   BFG R1
Oscar White             94 Probe GT     73.380  2nd     Goodyear
Karl Kauffman           94 Probe GT     74.317  3rd     BFG R1

CLASS HS
Chris Poore             95 Golf III     76.741  1st-T
Chris Retz              90 MX6          77.561  2nd-T   BFG R1
Philip Whaley           95 Metro        77.696  3rd-T   BFG R1
Kelly Fisher            92 Accord       79.560  4th     BFG R1
Adam Oldham             89 Accord       82.144  5th     BFG R1
Kenneth Melton          89 Sentra       84.635  6th     GrandAm

CLASS ASP
G.H. Sharp              95 RX-7         66.273  FTD-T   BFG R1
Rob Falkner             95 RX-7         66.634  2nd
Pete Peters             74 911          91.701  3rd     Pirelli P7

CLASS BSP
Sue Farmer              74 260-Z        76.215  1st-T   BFG R1
Doug Malloy             ?? Tiger        78.094  2nd

CLASS CSP
Gene Miller             85 RX-7 GSLSE   74.413  1st-T   BFG R1
David Stone             90 Civic        74.541  2nd-T   BFG R1
Neal Harrington         88 Fiero GT     74.950  3rd-T   BFG R1
Hal Bullock             92 Sentra       76.145  4th
Ryan Fortin             85 Celica       76.356  5th
Terry Grant             92              79.336  6th
Mark Grant              92              80.124  7th
Chad Carter             87 CRX          88.028  8th
Jim Anderson            93 PreludVTEC   DNF     9th     BFG R1

CLASS CSPL
Babette P. Stone        85 RX-7 GSLLE   79.173  1st-T   BFG R1
Kathy Morris            92 Sentra SER   82.323  2nd     Michelin

CLASS DSP
Mike Hutson             71              72.081  1st-T
Geoff Zimmer            77 Rabbit       72.264  2nd-T   BFG R1
Jack Ingold             74 TR6          73.269  3rd     BFG R1
Martin Bartlet          92 Swift        77.180  4th
Mark Vitacco            84 GTI          77.209  5th     BFG R1

CLASS ESP
Steve Chapman           88 Mustang      75.250  1st-T
Ron Spencer             91 Talon Tsi    76.087  2nd     BFG R1

CLASS CP
Tom Fortin              94 Mustang GT   72.673  FTP-T   BFG R1
Steve Sherman           89 Saleen       74.489  2nd-T   BFG R1
Eric "Todd" Hopkins     75 Monza        75.776  3rd     BFG
Charles Wolthusen       77 Camaro       79.535  4th     BFG R1

CLASS DP
Steve Blalock           78 X19          84.154  1st     Goodyear Eagle

CLASS EP
Gary Cole               70 MGB          73.063  1st-T
David Helwig            92 NX 2000      74.111  2nd

CLASS CM
Dick Rasmussen          85 RF           61.458  FTM-T   Hoosier

CLASS EM
John Mullis             93 Miata        74.585  1st-T   BFG R1
Georgianne Mullis       93 Miata        76.313  2nd-T   BFG R1
Doug Gubbins            92 Miata        79.373  3rd     BFG R1
F.M. Hopkins            70 Opel         106.471 4th

STREET TIRE CLASS                       RAW             PAX
Mike Greene             95 Probe        75.951          60.229  1st
Matt Nicholson          91 Eclipse      81.844          64.657  2nd
Dave Jenkins            97 Neon         81.004          64.884  3rd
Mark Francis            96 Firebird     79.899          65.118  4th
Charlie Guthrie         92 Miata        79.649          65.631  5th
Jeff Allred             88 CRX Si       77.716          66.525  6th
John A. Messenheimer    95 Miata        81.413          67.084  7th
Tim Moore               81              84.922          67.088  8th
Dennis Brown            95 Trans Am     84.280          68.688  9th
Carrie Jenkins          87 CRX          87.417          69.059  10th
Kurt Peterson           84 RX7          85.995          69.914  11th
Tim Holder              73 914          87.898          72.428  12th
Ed Cohen                88 Mustang      90.132          73.458  13th

NOVICE CLASS                            RAW             PAX
Shawn Whipple           94 MR2          79.951          65.000  1st
Scott Allen             90 Miata        79.725          65.693  2nd
David Anderson          95              83.578          66.277  3rd
Arlon Wilber            91 Eclipse      84.476          66.736  4th
Rob Melchione           82 RX7          83.331          67.748  5th
Mark Martin             93 Corvette     80.946          68.237  6th
Hal Peters              74 911          82.004          70.605  7th
Bill McCanless          83 Rabbit       91.285          72.115  8th
Dave Brumitt            97 Boxter       87.453          72.761  9th
Mike Jones              85 Celica       86.030          73.642  10th
Jeff Perkinson          92 Miata        86.652          74.174  11th
Kary Davison            94 Miata        90.883          74.888  12th
Sam Smith               88 XR4          96.452          76.486  13th
George Smith            88 XR4          97.878          77.617  14th
Richard Long            91 Mustang      DNF             ---     15th

TOP TEN:
CM      Dick Rasmussen          85 RF 85        61.458  FTM
ASP     G.H. Sharp              95 RX-7         66.273  FTD
ASP     Rob Falkner             95 RX-7         66.634
SS      Bill Gratton            93 RX-7         69.263  FTS
SS      Mark O'Dell             94 RX-7         70.103
AS      Robert Houser           95 M3           70.825
SS      Mike Dishman            91 Corvette     71.576
AS      Mark Senior             88 MR2          71.649
FS      Robert Rhodes           96 Camaro Z28   71.851
GS      JohnFMessenheimer Jr    95 GTI VR6      72.011

TOP TEN PAX:
ASP     G.H. Sharp              95 RX-7         57.061  FTD
GS      JohnFMessenheimer Jr    95 GTI VR6      57.105
CM      Dick Rasmussen          85 RF 85        57.279  FTM
ASP     Rob Falkner             95 RX-7         57.372
GS      Oscar White             94 Probe GT     58.190
SS      Bill Gratton            93 RX-7         58.389  FTS
FS      Robert Rhodes           96 Camaro Z28   58.559
AS      Robert Houser           95 M3           58.926
GS      Karl Kauffman           94 Probe GT     58.933
DS      Chris Schimmel          96 Neon         59.028