Sno*Drift

[1] Sno*Drift is a winter rally, run primarily on snow-covered gravel surface roads, and is held in January or February.

Unlike other snow rally events, studded tires cannot be used per Michigan law, which makes Sno*Drift particularly challenging.

[2][3] Sno*Drift was first held in 1973 as a National event as part of the SCCA Performance Rally series near Grayling, Michigan.

[4] Chaired by Tim Steiner, the event was won by the team of Erhard Dahm and John Campbell driving a Jeep Wagoneer, with Gene Henderson and Ken Pogue finished 2nd in a similar vehicle.

The event was repeated the next year with Henderson and Pogue rising to win over Dahm with new co-driver Tom Grimshaw.

[5] Taisto Heinonen and Tom Burgess won the event in a Toyota Celica GT while Doug Leverton and Greg Wilkinson placed second in their Datsun 510 and Scott Harvey and Randy Graves finished third in a Dodge Aspen.

[7] Overall winners were Guy Light and Jim Brandt in a Jeep CJ-7, followed by John Buffum and Doug Shepherd in a Triumph TR7, and by Dick Turner and Tom Grimshaw in an International Scout.

The Production class was led by a pair of Dodge Chargers, the first driven by Cal Landau and Craig Marr, and the second by Dan Coughnour and Eric Marcus, while Gene Henderson and Jim Kloosterman finished third in their AMC Eagle SX/4.

Winners were Tom Bell and Mary Jo Czyzio in a Datsun 510, with second going to Erik Zenz and Steve Nowicki in a Saab 99, and third place awarded to Robert Parks and Jerry Tobin in an Alfa Romeo GTV.

Overall victory went to Tom Ottey and Pam McGarvey in a Mazda 323 GTX, followed up by Jon Kemp and Brian Maxwell in an Audi 4000 Quattro and by Peter Lahm and Matt Chester in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV.

Production class victory went to a pair of Volkswagen GTIs, the first driven by Karl Scheible and Gail McGuire, and the second by Brian Vinson and Richard Beels.