Doo Wop Club Rallies

Saturday's Doo Wop Rally includes two runs on the famous Brooklyn Tavern stage. These seven miles of gravel make up one of the world's great rally roads.

The road flows through the timber between the two historic Washington logging towns of Oakville and Brooklyn. There are many great viewing areas as the cars race up and down hills and along the ridge tops.

Jim Culp photo/ProRallyPix.com

Carl Jardevall and Amity Trowbridge, Brooklyn 2002
Jim Culp photo/ProRallyPix.com

Paul Choiniere and Jeff Becker, eight time US rally champions, hold the record for the fastest run in Doo Wop history. Their Libra Racing 4WD Hyundai Tiburon coupe (above) blasted through the stage in a time of six minutes and 42 seconds in 1998.

The second fastest run was matched in 2002 when Carl Jardevall and Amity Trowbridge posted a time of 6:45 in the Nordic Motors Mitsubishi Lancer Evo (left).

For 364 days each year, the road between Oakville and Brooklyn is open to the public as it winds along the boundary between Grays Harbor and Pacific counties. Heavily loaded logging trucks make up much of the traffic as they haul northwest timber to local mills.

Before the road was built, the Anderson and Middleton Lumber Company operated a small steam rail operation between Oakville and the North River in the early 1900s. There is no record of the train's stage time and A&M's rail operations ceased by 1929. ~ Jim Culp

Darius Kinsey photo from the wonderful collection at the University of Washington Libraries.

Doo Wop to Brooklyn - The List
Driver	Co-driver	Car	Year	Time	MPH
Carl Jardevall	Amity Trowbridge	Mitsubishi Evo 4	2004	6:33	64.030
Paul Choiniere	Jeff Becker	Hyundai Tiburon	1998	6:42	62.597
Carl Jardevall	Amity Trowbridge	Mitsubishi Evo 4	2002	6:45	62.133
Paul Choiniere	Jeff Becker	Hyundai Tiburon	1999	6:45	62.133
Carl Jardevall	Amity Trowbridge	Volvo 740 turbo (Group 5 record)	2001	6:49	61.526
Paul Choiniere	Jeff Becker	Hyundai Tiburon	1997	6:49	61.526
Carl Merrill	Lance Smith	Ford Escort Cosworth	1998	6:51	61.226
Eric Eaton	Kenny Almquist	Subaru Impreza	2001	6:54	60.783
Carl Jardevall	Amity Trowbridge	Volvo 740 turbo (Group 5)	2000	6:54	60.783
Dave Hintz	Rick Hintz	Subaru WRX	2004	6:55	60.636
Tim Paterson	Donald McDaniel	Mitsubishi Evo 4	2001	6:56	60.490
Rui Brasil	Carlos Tavares	Audi Quattro S2	1998	6:57	60.345
Gary Cavett	Erik Lyden	Subaru Impreza	2004	7:01	59.772
Dave Hintz	Rick Hintz	Mazda RX-7 turbo II (Group 5)	2001	7:05	59.209
John Lane	Ray Damitio	Volvo 262 turbo (Group 5)	2000	7:05	59.209
Henry Joy	Mike Fennel	Mitsubishi Evo 2	1997	7:05	59.209
Lauchlin O'Sullivan	Farina O'Sullivan	Audi 4000 Quattro	1999	7:06	59.070
Paul Eklund	Jeff Price	Subaru WRX	2004	7:07	58.932
Carl Jardevall	John Elkin	Volvo 740 turbo (Group 5)	1999	7:07	58.932
Pete Lahm	Matt Chester	Mitsubishi Evo 4	1999	7:07	58.932
Nat T-Stow	Ben Bradley	Subaru WRX	2002	7:08	58.794
Carey Wright	Alan Wright	Mazda 323 GTX	2001	7:08	58.794
Rui Brasil	Carlos Tavares	Audi Quattro S2	1999	7:08	58.794
Carey Wright	David Kean	Subaru USX	2004	7:09	58.657
Ralph Kosmides	Jimmy Brandt	Subaru Impreza	2004	7:10	58.521
Dave Hintz	Rick Hintz	Mazda RX-7 turbo II (Group 5)	2000	7:10	58.521
Paul Eklund	Scott Huhn	Subaru USX	2002	7:11	58.385
Eric Eaton	Kenny Almquist	Mazda 323 GTX	2000	7:11	58.385
Todd Hartmann	Shawn Callahan	Volkswagen Golf GTI (Group 2 record)	2000	7:11	58.385
Paul Eklund	Amity Trowbridge	Subaru WRX	2003	7:12	58.250
Janice Damitio	Larry Nielsen	Eagle Talon	2002	7:12	58.250
Lee Shadbolt	Brian Smith	Subaru Impreza	2001	7:12	58.250
Pat Richard	Ben Bradley	Subaru Impreza 2.5RS (PGT record)	2000	7:12	58.250
Greg Lingelbach	Steve Andrews	Eagle Talon (PGT)	2001	7:13	58.115
John Lane	Scott Huhn	Volvo 262 turbo (Group 5)	1999	7:13	58.115
Janice Damitio	Amity Trowbridge	Toyota Celica	1998	7:13	58.115
Vance Walker	Karen Laylor	Mazda RX-3 (Group 5)	1998	7:13	58.115
Dave Hintz	Rick Hintz	Mazda RX-7 turbo (Group 5)	2002	7:14	57.982
Nate Tennis	Chad Little	1973 Saab 99 (Group 2 driver younger than car record)	2004	7:15	57.848
Mike Mailman	Don Flagg	Audi Quattro	2002	7:15	57.848
Rui Brasil	Carlos Tavares	Audi 4000 Quattro	1997	7:15	57.848
Others:
Vance Walker	David Lund	Geo Metro (Metro record)	2001	7:56	52.866