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Weekend on Wheels III
Sports-car People Compete for Charity
Story and photos by Bruce Jaeger (Published in Midwest Motor Sport, June/July
1976)
2002 Note: I actually had the negatives for this one! Which was lucky, because I don't have that magazine issue, just another deteriorated "chemical-type" photocopy that was all cut up to fit on 8.5 x 11 paper. This wasn't much of an article, but some folks may have fun finding their names in print again! See all photos |
For the third year in a row, Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity (at the
University of Minnesota) and most of the area's sports car clubs have held a successful
weekend of road rallying and autocrossing, with the profits from both events (and the
profits from the suds sales afterwards) going to the Christ Child School for Exceptional
Children. The weekend began with a road rally Saturday, May 8th (1976), and concluded with
an autocross on Sunday. Both events were well attended by local and out-of town
competitors. Kevin Heck, a member of Phi Sigma Kappa and the University of Minnesota Sports Car Club, was the man who put the whole weekend together. The fraternity supplied most of the course workers for the rally and autocross. Kevin obtained the services of local rallyist Jim Putnam as rallymaster for the Saturday event. Jim laid out about a one hundred mile route in Washington County that was challenging enough to cause the lesser experienced rallyists to come in with some rather high scores. Sunday's autocross was eventmastered by Tom Griffin, a Corvettes-of-Minnesota member. Held on a large University of Minnesota parking lot on 4th Street, the event featured a very fast--and, as the sun heated up the asphalt--a very slippery course. Front-wheel-drive cars proved more able to handle the slick surface and dominated the classes they were entered in. The winners of the Weekend on Wheels III rally, and first in Class A (equipped car,) were Bob Shapiro and Dave Fuss. Using a rally-computer, the pair accumulatcd a mere 35 penalty points over eight checkpoints, and 19 of those came on the last leg when the computer broke down and they had to "seat-of-the-pants" it. (35 penalty points means they finished the day's rallying only 21 seconds off the perfect time!) |
RALLY RESULTS
CLASS A (Equipped) | Points |
1. Shapiro / Fuss | 35 |
2. Westberg / Frogh | 134 |
3. Anderson / Andrews | 404 |
4. Vanden Branden's | 500 |
CLASS B (Unequipped) | |
1. Peterson/Starr | 136 |
2. Jacobson/Nielsen | 149 |
3. Peterson/Shell | 223 |
4. Zoerb/Winker | 291 |
5. Zur/Bradbury | 320 |
CLASS C (Novice) | (Top 5) |
1. Kangas/Morrison | 849 |
2. King's | 1086 |
3. Argetsinger/Doebler | 1347 |
4. Barr/Brown | 1669 |
5. Hovinds | 1734 |
AUTOCROSS RESULTS
CAR | BEST TIME | |
CLASS B/STOCK | ||
Larry Piepho | Corvette | 73.04 |
F. Hillyer | Corvette | 74.66 |
CLASS C/STOCK (Top 5) | ||
Tom Griffin | Corvette | 74.45 |
Brad Wethe | Mustang | 75.75 |
Mike Kurz | Mustang | 76.40 |
Steve Feesl | Camaro | 77.34 |
Tim Skon | Mustang | 79.39 |
CLASS D/STOCK | ||
Dennis Hansen | Saab Sonnett | 76.23 |
Tony Jarrett | Datsun | 78.61 |
Mark Sanders | Porsche | 76.87 |
R.T. Belle | Jaguar | 77.40 |
CLASS E/STOCK (Top 5) | ||
David Galey | Scirocco | 76.19 |
Bob Budewitz | Mini | 76.71 |
Ed Ryan | Fiat X1/9 | 77.28 |
Dave Butler | Porsche | 79.79 |
Herbert Noble | Spitfire | 80.47 |
CLASS F/STOCK (Top 5) | ||
Daniel Gatten | Honda | 75.89 |
Jan Hansen | Honda | 77.22 |
Dennis Rugenstein | Honda | 77.81 |
Larry Williamson | Vega | 79.09 |
CLASS F/PREPARED (Top 5) | ||
Ed LaCroix | Opel 1900 | 73.97 |
Paul Steinmueller | Honda | 74.19 |
Jay Thompson | Opel | 76.33 |
Mark Sanders | Honda | 76.54 |
R.C. Hooker | Vega | 76.66 |
CLASS G/STOCK | ||
Bob Ablard | Pinto | 79.16 |
Don Gettinger | Pinto | 81.35 |
CLASS SPORTS-RACING | ||
Carroll Peterson | Formula Vee | 70.93 |
(fastest time of day) | ||
Jack Nessett | Dehmes | 74.02 |
Dan Olberg | Dehmes | 75.40 |
Jan Hansen came away with second place. Hondas dominated F Stock,
taking the first three positions.
Ed LaCroix in his F/Prepared winning Opel.
Kevin Heck at the wheel of Tom Griffin's early Corvette. Tom,
driving the same car, bested all others in his class.
Carroll Peterson on his way to taking the Fastest Time of Day in a
Vormula Vee
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