Rising through the ranks: After spending many years
conquering ClubRallies with only a limited budget, Lauchlin
O'Sullivan burst into the ProRally Championship in 2002
with a dominating performance in his nearly stock two-wheel
drive Mitsubishi Lancer. O'Sullivan won the Group 2
SCCA ProRally Championship in convincing fashion with
four class wins and a total of seven podium finishes.
O'Sullivan also got behind the wheel of the powerful
all-wheel-drive Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5 for
the first time at the famous Pikes Peak International
Hill Climb and finished an impressive 3rd overall.
In 2001 O'Sullivan won the California Rally Series
and had several class wins in national events in his
Production GT Mitsubishi Eclipse. O'Sullivan also
had the distinction of winning more U.S. rallies in
1999 than any other driver and went on to win four
separate championships that year; The SCCA Northern
Pacific Division, California Rally Series, SCCA Northwest
Division, and the Doo Wop Series.
Today Lauchlin O'Sullivan is considered one the best
American drivers in the ProRally Championship. O'Sullivan
is also one of the most popular drivers in the Championship
because of his fun and easygoing personality.
Getting hooked: Lauchlin O'Sullivan was first
exposed to rallying at a young age when he and his
family were visiting Africa and stumbled onto the
1980 Safari Rally. They were instantly hooked and
upon returning to America O'Sullivan began spectating
and working at U.S. rally events. Then at the age
of fourteen Lauchlin began to co-drive for his father
in the California Rally Series. Through high school
O'Sullivan had no racing budget and so began rallying
with anything he could find. "I would drive cars
to the event and drive them home, even after rolling,"
explains O'Sullivan. "I would take a girlfriend
along for the weekend, roll the car, and drive 500
miles back home with missing glass…what a catch
I was!"
2002 SCCA ProRally Championship | 2 Wheel Drive Champion
Group 2, Mitsubishi Lancer
· Sno*Drift 4th
· Cherokee Trails 2nd
· Oregon 2nd
· Rim of the World 1st
· Susquehannock Trail 1st
· Maine Forest Rally 1st
· Ojibwe Forests 1st
· Pikes Peak Int. Hill Climb 3rd (Open Class,
Lancer Evolution)
· Lake Superior 6th (Open Class, Lancer Evolution)
2001 California Rally Series | Overall Champion
2001 | Production GT Class, Mitsubishi Eclipse
· Ramada Express Int. Rally 1st, 3rd overall
· Prescott Forest Prorally 1st, 7th overall
· Cherokee Trails ProRally 1st, 7th overall
· Treeline ClubRally 1st, 1st overall
· Seven Rivers ClubRally 1st, 3rd overall
2000 | Production GT Class, Mitsubishi Eclipse
· Ramada Express Int. Rally 1st, 3rd overall
· Gorman Ridge ClubRally 1st, 2nd overall
· Rim of the World ClubRally 1st, 1st overall
1999 | Overall Champion in four rally series
· SCCA Northern Pacific Division Champion
· California Rally Series Champion
· SCCA Northwest Division Champion
· Doo-Wop Series Champion
1999 ProRally Championship | 5th in class, 9th Overall
· Doo Wops ProRally 1st
· Sou' Wester ClubRally 1st
· Trail's End ClubRally 1st
· Treeline Clubrally 1st
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