Auto Cross #6, The Utica Enduro

The Utica Enduro Day lived up to its name. The concept is ten laps around the Utica course, with one try in the morning and a second try in the afternoon. It sounds fairly simple, but many of the drivers were surprised at the extra concentration needed to drive at speed for ten laps instead of two. The weather added another variable, in that it was constantly changing between a steady drizzle and periods of partial sun. So the track conditions ranged from pools of standing water to almost dry with some slippery patches.

Fifteen miatas showed up. They all got wet, so don't believe any of the people on this page if you ever see them post a classified ad for a miata that "has never seen rain". We did all have some good rollicking fun though. Those drivers who had to run while it was raining may have had more fun than others, although their times weren't helped by the poor traction. There were some really spectacular spinouts.

Here are the times. This event probably won't count in the final standings.

     CLASS A                       CLASS C
     Rock   Yarrington 349.02      Howard Hughes    357.93
     Chris  Tipper     353.23
     Mark   Barkowiak  352.09      CLASS D
     Dave   Schumacher 387.24      John   Gobey     340.30
     Autumn Schumacher 388.75      Scott  Arnemann  355.53
     Mike   Herman     378.12      Harry  Sue       363.24

     CLASS B                       CLASS M
     Aaron  Newton     350.75      Sal    Leonardi  334.82
     Mark   Bohannon   372.98      Jorge  Andujar   349.48
     Bill   Parksis    392.43      Chuck  Born      356.17            

     Sorted by Times
   1 Sal    Leonardi   334.82
   2 John   Gobey      340.30
   3 Rock   Yarrington 349.02
   4 Jorge  Andujar    349.48
   5 Aaron  Newton     350.75
   6 Mark   Barkowiak  352.09
   7 Chris  Tipper     353.23
   8 Scott  Arnemann   355.53
   9 Chuck  Born       356.17
  10 Howard Hughes     357.93
  11 Harry  Sue        363.24
  12 Mark   Bohannon   372.98
  13 Dave   Schumacher 387.24
  14 Autumn Schumacher 388.75
  15 Bill   Parksis    392.43
    
Unofficial results compiled by H. Sue.

1997 Autox Results
Rev 1.0 August 19, 1997