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June Atlanta Results (#2)

AS   SCOTT GOODWIN             60.097
AS   DAVID BALL                60.408
AS   DAVID GOODWIN             65.202
AS   MICHAEL THREATT           66.608
AS   JEREMY BRUCK              66.798

BS   RICK CONE                 57.602
BS   ERIC ESCH                 58.000
BS   JOHN DARROW               61.892
BS   DAVID STEGER              63.382
BS   MICHAEL KARP              65.616

BSL  JEANNE DARROW             66.909

CS   JOE ANDERSON              62.343
CS   LEE HINES                 63.412
CS   TAMMY GILMORE             65.860
CS   MATTHEW GARRETT           69.558
CS   SHANNON PRICE             76.101

DS   STEVE ROBY                63.156
DS   MICHAEL COON              64.445
DS   CALEB ROBY                66.536
DS   WILLIAM RADTKE            67.611

ES   ROBERT CARPENTER          58.000
ES   JOEL BROCKMAN             63.655
ES   PADRICK HANDLEY           64.042
ES   LINDSAY MATEER            67.397
ES   CHRIS MEGERHANS           68.611
ES   DAVID HULSEY              69.491

FS   JERRY GRIGG               58.868
FS   KEN RUPP                  60.371

GS   THOMAS A SIMON            64.238
GS   DICK RUMBOLD              65.481
GS   NATHAN MCNABB             67.551

HS   RON FOLEY                 61.177
HS   LUCAS GROTE               67.076
HS   GARY WIGGINS              68.097
HS   JIM HENDRICKSON           70.564

HSL  Jeanne Eliza. BELIN       73.743

SS   TOMMY PULLIAM             56.000
SS   STEVE WATERS              57.544
SS   MIKE SCHOOP               58.193
SS   LARRY PULLIAM             59.095

ASP  JAMES JACKSON             58.185

BSP  JOEL BUNN                 68.857

CSP    C. HEATH MCMILLAN       56.027
CSP  DOUG GREENUP              56.436
CSP  RANDY STOCKER             58.522
CSP  JAY PARCON                61.172
CSP  ROBERT BITTERMAN          62.925
CSP  SCOTT SPRUELL             68.417

DSP  HANK HOWELL               61.918
DSP  BRETT HOWELL              62.361
DSP  WARREN MAGERHANS          68.032

ESP  MARK SPEARS               59.831
ESP  CHRIS DESALVO             63.279
ESP  MARK NORRELL              64.877
ESP  MATTHEW RUNION            65.619
ESP  DENIS YAQCIOGLU           65.688
ESP  MARK MILLER               66.508
ESP  CHRIS LORD                67.282
ESP  EVAN GRIMMET              69.290

OSP  BEN THATCHER              59.349
OSP  CHRIS BRUCK               63.683
OSP  STEVE JONES               64.660
OSP  DAVID JOHNSON             65.035
OSP  CARL CROW                 66.302
OSP  BILLY ABBATE              69.347
OSP  GARY CAT                  71.319

BP   MARK BRENCHLEY            57.176

CP   DICK BERGER               56.547

EP   RICK TINSLEY              55.513
EP   BETSY TINSLEY             56.686
EP   ROB HEISER                59.122
EP   STEVE HOCKENBERRY         67.122

DM   DON ELLIOTT               65.070

EM   MITCH HAMRICK             57.492
EM   RICH SHAFER               58.408
EM   DAN MCMAHAN               61.433

FM   CLINT MCMAHAN             52.226
FM   JIM MURPHY.               53.454
FM   BARRY PARROTT             57.304

KM   MICHAEL BERNIER           68.203

June 21, 1998

The KWIK KOOL Tee Shirt GTA Autocross Series stopped at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, today, and was greeted by hot and humid sunshine on this Father’s Day. Perhaps because of the "holiday," only 84 drivers took on the Dick Berger (Full Moon Racing) designed course.

Most drivers expressed admiration of this course that averaged in the low 60 second range. It was tight at the start and gradually opened up from there, featuring one 3 cone slalom and the rest just great corners leading into the "Puckers" a series of flat out offsets to the finish lights.

Resident "Spead Freakz" poster boy, Clint McMahan, Covington, continued his dominance of FTD in the KK-GTA events by turning a 52.226 to also win FM over car owner, Jim Murphy, Atlanta, in their Daredevil F440.

Hottest of the stockers was Tommy Pulliam, Avondale Estates, driving his black Mazda RX-7tt to the quick time of a low 56 seconds. Close on his heels was Steve Waters, Smyrna, who showed up in a white SS Corvette ZR1 and turned a 57.544, followed by Rick Cone, Lawrenceville, with a 57.602 in his BS Miata.

Street Prepared aces Heath McMillan, Woodstock, and Doug Greenup, Marietta, continue to run at the front of all SP competitors while trying to determine which CRX will win the six car CSP class. McMillan turned a 56.027 while Greenup could manage "only" a 56.436.

Only Rick Tinsley, Kennesaw, was faster than the SP cars with his E-Prepared Honda Civic with a 55.513 for the quickest fendered time. But Dick Berger, Douglasville, tried to keep Tinsley honest with a 56.547 in his CP Corvair.

In the spirit of Father’s Day there were several father-son and father-daughter teams running today. Brett Howell, Suwanee, began autocrossing last year in a VW Fox and switched to a DSP Honda Civic in ’98. Brett’s dad, Hank Howell, Acworth, started racing this year. Up until today, Brett has been regularly spanking his dad but Hank got his Father’s Day revenge to win DSP today. Only the future will tell us if this new trend will hold.

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Created July 7, 1998