RACE: 12 Hours at the Point initial entries

Initial entry list for 5th Annual Kumho Tires 12 Hours at the Point is set.

3 March 2003: The Washington DC Region of the Sports Car Club of America released the initial entry list for the 5th Annual Kumho Tires 12 Hours at the Point today. Sixty-nine entrants have submitted their intent for the May 30-31, 2003 event. Only the first fifty-five have been accepted and fourteen have been "wait-listed." This is the fifth consecutive year that the Region has received more intents than the fifty-five cars that SCCA will allow to start the event. It is expected that some of the entrants will withdraw, making room for the wait-listed entrants to get into the race.

At this time, the entry comes from a wide geographic distribution. Current entrants come from nineteen states including Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Georgia, Florida and Arkansas. The majority of entrants are from the Middle Atlantic Region of the United States. Twenty-three regions from the SCCA are represented.

The entrant of last year's overall champion, and overall distance-covered record holder, Elizabeth Harrison, has again entered a car. Robert Roth of Wisconsin, holding four-consecutive Kumho Tires 12 Hours at the Point ITA victories, is returning in the hopes of a fifth victory. John Legg, the 2002 ITS victor and 1999 overall winner, is also returning for 2003. While the balance appears to lean towards seasoned veterans of the Kumho Tires 12 Hours at the Point, it appears that a good percentage of the entrants will be making their first start.

The Kumho Tires 12 Hours at the Point is open to spectators and will take place rain-or-shine. For more information, please see www.12hoursatthepoint.org

<pre> Entry# Entrant Name State Region 1 John Legg MD WDC 2 Stanley Mayer NJ NNJ 3 Robert Kleinman NY NYR 4 Rod Riley FL CFLA 5 Timothy Swain NC CCR 6 William O'Brien VA WDC 7 Lewis Lamb DC WDC 8 Robert Roth WI 9 Benjamin Hohn (1) CT NER 10 Benjamin Hohn (2) CT NER 11 Bill Westerman MD WDC 12 Lance White OH Cin 13 William Sarran OH Cin 14 Christopher Tier MA NER 15 Bret dePedro VA WDC 16 Edwin Robinson NY CNY 17 Gerry Walsh PA Phila 18 Greg Shaffer VA WDC 19 Jason Meise VA WDC 20 Dan McKeever SC CCR 21 John Gotwald PA WDC 22 Chuck Allard MD WDC 23 Joe Leonard VA WDC 24 Al Gervais VA WDC 25 Cindi Ellinger MD WDC 26 Mark Connolly PA StCt 27 Bryan Putt PA StCt 28 Elizabeth Harrison MD WDC 29 Jim Waldman Il Chi 30 Becton Davis(1) WV WDC 31 Tom Lapham Va WDC 32 Mark Baracka WV WDC 33 Ron Willis VA WDC 34 Dennis Lentz VA WDC 35 Bruce Shelton VA WDC 36 Bill Miskoe NH NER 37 Francis Sisca CT NER 38 John Walsh NY FLR 39 Randy Papa CT NER 40 Seth Thomas GA ATL 41 Bruce Wappman PA Susq 42 Rick Stewart MD WDC 43 Bad Al Bell MD WDC 44 Roland Hahn OH OVR 45 Becton Davis(2) WV WDC 46 Dan Crossett AR ARK 47 Kim Ratcliffe VA WDC 48 David DelGenio(1) NH NER 49 David DelGenio(2) NH NER 50 Michael Fox VA WDC 51 Edward York MD WDC 52 Leith Wain MD WDC 53 Robert Freitas MA NER 54 Denny Austin MD WDC 55 Justin Elder MN LOL

Wait Listed W1 John Elder MN LOL W2 Paul Oberdorfer VA ODR W3 Stephen Baker NC CLR W4 Vince LaManna NY FLR W5 John Williamson NY FLR W6 Stephen Smith NY NER W7 John Reggio NY NYR W8 Tony Lee TX LSR W9 Robert Chase VA WDC W10 Sam Lockwood GA ALA W11 Brian Blizzard NY Mhud W12 Jeff Kolaczkowski OH WOR W13 Donald Harrington OH NeO W14 Todd Sprinkle PA WDC

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