RAPID RX MIDGET – Brian Kraus, Westminster, MD, gained rave reviews on the show field and ran in the Top 10 all weekend in Cumberland Airport Autocross events. The Mazda rotary powered car, completed only days before the National Road Weekend, won a show trophy for Best Competition Car.

 AMAZING ALLARDS – Saturday morning drizzle ended just in time to feature three Allards as the centerpiece of the third annual National Road Vintage Sports Car Show. Owners David and Louise Watson, Leslie Parsons and Jim Netterstrom arranged to meet in Cumberland and create this unique gathering. The Watson and Netterstrom cars raced in Cumberland during the 1950’s.


BRITS BRING CLASS TO 2004 NATIONAL ROAD WEEKEND

CUMBERLAND, MD- The third annual National Road Weekend braved some shaky weather early and blossomed into the best event yet commemorating the Cumberland Airport Sports Car Races.

British car owners from as far away as Tennessee added a touch of Old England to the 2004 event, including a dramatic and unique display of three wonderfully restored Allards and a bevy of Jags, MGs and Triumphs. Germany was also well represented through TT-East’s weekend long Audi TT owner gathering at Rocky Gap Resort.

Three special shootouts took place during two days of autocrossing at the Cumberland Regional Airport.

On Friday night, the Steel Town Corvette Club gained a measure of revenge on the Chesapeake Region Porsche Club of America in a time-handicapped club match with young gun Keith Baxter leading the way to 1.7 second team victory in his AS Corvette.

Fran Honeywell drove his ‘60’s era Bug Eye Sprite to the British Car Challenge Trophy on Saturday morning and James Mothersele was the fastest Audi driver on Sunday morning, earning a similar trophy as TT-East FTD.

National Road Weekend competition events were hotly contested and all three sold out for the first time in the event’s brief history.

2002 National Road Rally champions Greg Nagy and Ken Hornstein rebounded from their 2003 performance and nailed the Doug Macy designed, 130 mile “Continental Divide” course with only 9 seconds in penalties. The Harpers Ferry based duo edged out Equipped Class winners Fred Cochran and Steve Novotney from New Jersey who were 40 points from perfect in their Subaru WRX.

The Saturday Airport Autocross featured a down-to-the-wire race for Fast Time Of The Day between Chesapeake hot shoe Derek Schwarz in a Porsche 993 TT and the Swift SE3 of many-time Cumberland winner Fred Schroeder. Running in ever-drying conditions, Schwarz and Schroeder lowered the bar throughout the last run group with Schroeder taking the title by a whisker, 40.917 seconds to 40.954.

The fastest local car on Saturday was Will Lewis’ ESP class Ford Taurus SHO. Lewis finished 17th overall, edging Mike McCagh’s 18th overall run in his AM class Farm Use Corvette as the two local Top 20 finishers.

On Sunday, the biggest field in Cumberland Airport Autocross history trailed Schroeder again. The Mt. Airy Missile gained his fourth consecutive Cumberland FTD with a run of 43.883 on the longer Sunday course.

McCagh was the fastest local Sunday, earning 10th overall. Area residents Carl Loper (Camaro SS), Lewis, Mark Boggs (Porsche 924S) and Dave Williams (Porsche 944) also finished among the Top 20 Sunday entrants.

Two day contested class winners included Boggs in ES, Tim Eisel (Porsche 914) in CSP, Steve Wilson (BWM 330ci) in DSP, Matthew Olsen (Ford Focus SVT) in GS, Jeff Shliffka (Chevy S-10) in HS and Fred Pfieffer III (Porsche 914) in DM. Local drivers scoring single day wins in contested classes included Loper in SS, John Felten (Corvette) in AS, Mike Carson (Mazda Miata) in CS, and Kenn Nyga (Camaro) in FS.

Entries are now open for August 14/15 and October 30/31 Cumberland Airport Autocrosses and can be downloaded from www.nationalroadrally.com. Cumberland Airport events are limited to 100 cars per day and pre-registration is recommended.

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AUDI PARKING ONLY – TT-East participants gathered for this impressive group photo in Downtown Cumberland on Saturday, June 5th.

 RALLY TROPHY WINNERS – Greg Nagy (second from right) and Ken Hornstein (right) show off the hardware won as the first repeat winners of the National Road Rally.


Saturday, June 5 – Cumberland Airport Autocross Class Results
Final Results (75 Entries)
Class Pos Car # Driver Car Model Best Time
SS
1
 207 Dan Walters 2002 Corvette Z 43.857
2
 220 Keith Ritter 2004 Corvette 45.668
3
 306 Firoze Lafeer 2003 Porsche 99 47.631
4
 120 Joan Ritter 2004 Corvette 50.728
5
 114 Bill Sangrey Corvette Z06 52.960
AS
1
 401 Keith Baxter 1987 Corvette 44.198
2
 417 Bob McClure 1995 Corvette 44.792
3
 116 Steve Hotchkiss 1989 Corvette 48.636
4
 209 Bill Herbaugh 1991 Corvette 50.631
5
 109 Burton Katzen 2000 Porsche C4 55.420
BS
1
 317 Pete Harrison Honda S2000 45.679
CS
1
 413 Garrett McWilliams 1994 Mazda Miata 43.913
2
 412 Dave Weimer 1994 Mazda Miata 45.865
3
 404 Mike Carson 2002 Mazda Miata 49.050
4
 113 Craig Knippenburg 1996 BMW Z3 53.422
5
 223 Jim Rowan 1996 BMW Z3 55.410
6
 111 Curtis Friedenburg 1995 Mazda Miat 59.038
ES
1
 311 Mark Boggs 1987 Porsche 924S 47.381
2
 213 Greg Honeycutt 1987 Porsche 924S 47.934
3
 219 John Clay 1986 Porsche 944 48.401
4
 112 Jim Roth 1987 MR2 48.996
5
 319 Pam Clay 1986 Porsche 944 50.614
6
 200 Meg Ellis 1991 Mazda Miata 53.416
FS
1
 322 Rob Gordon 2001 Ford Mustang 47.286
2
 407 Thomas Evans 1971 Firebird 49.172
3
 303 Dave Greise Camaro Z28 LT1 49.877
4
 307 Shawn Miller 1971 Firebird 49.960
5
 222 Ron Gordon 2001 Ford Mustang 50.388
GS
1
 308 Matthew Olsen 2004 Focus SVT 45.891
2
 411 Eric Coffman 1990 Honda CRX 47.758
3
 211 John Macy 2001 Subaru Impreza 48.507
4
 415 Joseph Spring 1990 VW GTI 55.454
HS
1
 403 Jeff Schliffka 1998 Chev S-10 47.599
2
 101 Alex Ollerman 1976 MGB 49.126
3
 217 Allan Wallace Geo Prism 50.465
4
 119 Daniel Wolf 1960 Austin Mini 51.460
5
 104 Bruce Stutzman 1962 Triumph TR4 52.385
6
 300 Jason Picton 1964 MGB 53.462
7
 100 Len Picton 1964 MGB 53.925
8
 312 Paul Przyborski 1999 Hyundai Accent 54.163
9
 105 Alex Redding 1973 MGB GT 56.045
10
 206 Craig Felton 1968 Triumph Spitfire 57.889
11
 103 Carol Tucker 1970 MGB GT 59.530
12
 106 David Felton 1968 Triumph Spitfire 60.581
13
 316 Sam Traxler Geo Metro 64.226
14
 216 Ron Hunter Geo Metro 68.588
ASP
1
 421 Derek Schwartz Porsche 993 40.954
2
 418 Dennis Howard 2003 Porsche 996 41.379
3
 321 Noel Hall Porsche 944 Turbo 43.997
4
 318 Justin Howard 2003 Porsche 996 44.876
5
 214 Joe Zuramski 1999 Porsche 996 45.115
6
 215 Eric Dean 2003 Corvette 45.331
7
 221 Ross Hall Porsche 944 Turbo 45.605
8
 115 Chip Reichart Porsche 911 GT3 45.663
9
 118 Micheal Cullen 1986 Porsche 911 Turbo 49.307
10
 218 Allison Cullen 1986 Porsche 911 Turbo 52.111
BSP
1
 208 Ned Barefoot 1995 Corvette 44.441
CSP
1
 414 Tim Eisel Porsche 914-4 42.947
2
 203 Scott Williams Porsche 944 48.276
3
 108 Doug Macy 1990 Audi Coupe 49.807
4
 301 Paul Riekenberg 1985 Pontiac Fiero 51.120
DSP
1
 202 Steve Wilson 2003 BMW 330ci 48.269
ESP
1
 212 Will Lewis 1995 Taurus SHO 45.405
BP
1
 405 Ken Baxter 1985 Corvette 46.106
AM
1
 313 Mike McCagh Farm Use Corvette 45.601
BM
1
 406 Fred Schroder Swift SE3 40.917
EM
1
 320 Brian Kraus RX-Midget 43.468
2
 422 Pat Gordon Porsche 914-6 43.615
DM
1
 410 Fred Pfeiffer, III 1974 Porsche 914 48.416
2
 310 Scott Pfeiffer 1974 Porsche 91 51.893
3
 110 Sean Pfeiffer 1974 Porsche 91 52.954
4
 210 Fred Pfeiffer, Jr 1974 Porsche 914 61.521
FM
1
 117 Fran Honeywell Bugeye Sprite 48.044
SM
1
 204 Bill Staley 1990 Honda Civic 45.658
2
 302 Chris Humphries 1999 VW Passat 46.141



Saturday, June 5 – National Road Weekend Cumberland Airport Autocross

Top 20 Times (75 Entries)

Pos Car # Driver Car Model Best Time
1
 406 Fred Schroder Swift SE3 40.917
2
 421 Derek Schwartz Porsche 993 40.954
3
 418 Dennis Howard Porsche 996 41.379
4
 414 Tim Eisel Porsche 914-4 42.947
5
 320 Brian Kraus RX-Midget 43.468
6
 422 Pat Gordon Porsche 914-6 43.615
7
 207 Dan Walters Corvette Z 43.857
8
 413 Garrett McWilliams Mazda Miata 43.913
9
 321 Noel Hall Porsche 944 Turbo 43.997
10
 401 Keith Baxter Corvette 44.198
11
 208 Ned Barefoot Corvette 44.441
12
 417 Bob McClure Corvette 44.792
13
 318 Justin Howard Porsche 996 44.876
14
 214 Joe Zuramski Porsche 996 45.115
15
 215 Eric Dean Corvette 45.331
16
 212 Will Lewis Taurus SHO 45.405
17
 313 Mike McCagh Farm Use Corvette 45.601
18
 221 Ross Hall Porsche 944 Turbo 45.605
19
 204 Bill Staley Honda Civic 45.658
20
 115 Chip Reichart Porsche 911 GT3 45.663






Sunday, June 6 – Cumberland Airport Autocross Class Results
Final Results (92 Entries)
Class Pos Car # Driver Car Model Best Time
SS
1
 306 Firoze Lafeer 2003 Porsche 996 48.596
AS
1
 402 John Felten 1986 Corvette 49.082
2
 216 Steve Hotchkiss 1989 Corvette 49.161
3
 226 Steve Kleege Mitsubishi Lancer 49.176
4
 429 Joseph Stoffa 2004 Subaru Sti 49.487
5
 331 Bill Nyga Corvette 50.347
6
 434 Bill Miller Corvette 50.424
7
 209 Bill Herbaugh 1991 Corvette 52.638
8
 153 Burton Katzen 2000 Porsche C4 dnf
BS
1
 132 James Mothersele Audi TT (grey) 48.753
2
 127 Timothy Hilbert Audi TT (silver 49.208
3
 131 Gil Sherman Audi TT (blue) 49.381
4
 133 Steve Goldberg Audi TT (yellow 49.565
5
 229 Patrick Blissett Audi TT (silver 49.612
6
 317 Pete Harrison Honda S2000 50.086
7
 218 Adam Argenbright 1989 Porsche 3.2 50.302
8
 148 Roberto Rabe Audi TT (silver 50.363
9
 130 Michael Rierson Audi TT (red) 50.563
10
 149 Bob Maraziti Audi TT (silver 50.695
11
 135 Patrick Fransko Audi TT (red) 51.618
12
 143 Rich Martin Audi TT (grey) 51.913
13
 129 Alex Vertiz VW Golf R32 52.272
14
 126 Richard Whitmore Audi TT (black) 52.873
15
 140 Jon Kuskowski Audi TT (silver 54.316
16
 139 Pat Whitmore Audi TT (black) 56.216
CS
1
 404 Mike Carson 2002 Mazda Miata 52.000
2
 201 Craig Knippenburg 1996 BMW Z3 53.333
3
 426 Jim Rowen 1996 BMW Z3 54.659
4
 152 Curtis Friedenburg 1995 Mazda Miata 58.321
DS
1
 144 Steven Kiefer Audi TT (silver) 51.241
2
 142 Dave Lombardo Audi TT (silver) 52.563
3
 128 Anthony Pham Audi TT (black) 55.417
ES
1
 311 Mark Boggs 1987 Porsche 924 48.580
2
 234 Fran Honeywell Porsche 944 49.207
3
 213 Greg Honeycutt 1987 Porsche 92 49.970
4
 432 Bob Lewis 1992 Miata 51.799
5
 200 Meg Ellis 1991 Mazda Miat 56.429
FS
1
 231 Kenn Nyga Camaro 49.624
2
 433 Jason Klickna 2003 Mustang GT 49.905
3
 307 Shawn Miller 1971 Firebird 50.853
4
 407 Thomas Evans 1971 Firebird 51.831
5
 332 Rob Lehmann Mercedes 53.307
6
 327 Gary Uncapher 1966 Cobra Kit 56.545
GS
1
 308 Matthew Olsen 2004 Focus SVT 48.884
2
 411 Eric Coffman Honda CRX 49.313
3
 334 Robert King 2000 Saturn 53.804
4
 328 Andy Lindner 1993 Dodge Stea 54.395
5
 304 Joseph Spring 1990 VW GTI 56.371
6
 428 Dawn Davis 2002 VW Beetle 62.211
HS
1
 403 Jeff Schliffka 1998 Chev S-10 50.597
2
 233 Robert Means 1992 Mitsubishi 52.269
3
 204 Bruce Stutzman 1962 Triumph TR4 52.399
4
 333 Dave Wilson 1974 MG Midget 53.306