Press-on-Regardless Rally (POR) is a road rally

Road rally

A road rally is a car rally that takes place on the public road. It is a popular sport in the United Kingdom, especially Wales, and has traditionally been the core of the "grass roots" of club-based amateur motorsport. However it has declined in popularity since the 1980s and now stage rallies are...

 organized by the Detroit Region of the Sports Car Club of America

Sports Car Club of America

The Sports Car Club of America is a club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rallying, and autocross in the United States. Formed in 1944, it runs many programs for both amateur and professional racers.-History:...

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The Press-on-Regardless was first run in 1949 as a 24 hour Time-Speed-Distance rally.

Regularity rally

Regularity rallying, also known as TSD rallying , is a form of motor sport usually conducted on public roads but sometimes including off-road and track sections. The object of these rallies is to maintain precise times and precise average speeds on various segments of a predefined route...

 In 1969, the POR became a stage rally. In 1972, the event was part of the International Championship for Manufacturers

International Championship for Manufacturers

The FIA International Championship for Manufacturers was a rally series culminating in a champion manufacturer. The championship was run from 1970 to 1972 and it was replaced by the FIA World Rally Championship in 1973...

 and then in 1973 and 1974 part of the World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship

The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 13...

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In the 1994, the Detroit Region dropped out of the organization of the stage rally, and re-organized the Press-on-Regardless as a brisk TSD rally. Rally America

Rally America

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 currently runs the Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR) over many of the old POR roads in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Press On Regardless is a registered trademark of the Sports Car Club of America.

Winners

Year	Driver	Navigator	Car	Comment
1949	Vincent E. Gardner	Louise Gardner	1949 Studebaker Studebaker Studebaker Corporation was a United States wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868 under the name of the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the company was originally a producer of wagons for farmers, miners, and the...  Special 2 seater
1950	Howard Preston	Mrs. Norm Couty	MG TC
1951	Mr. Preston	Mrs. Preston	MG TC	No first names given
1952	Georgianna Apolant	Richard "Dick" Apolant	MG
1953	Gib Hufstader	Frank Walker	1939 Buick Century Buick Century Buick Century is the model name used by the Buick division of General Motors for a line of full-size performance vehicles from 1936 to 1942 and 1954 to 1958, and from 1973 to 2005 for a mid-size car....
1954	Ralph Durbin	Chuck Gleason	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand of American automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory...
1955	Ralph Durbin	Les Smith	Austin-Healey Austin-Healey Austin-Healey was a British sports car maker. The marque was established through a joint-venture arrangement, set up in 1952 between Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation and the Donald Healey Motor Company, a renowned automotive engineering and design...
1956	Harry Beronius	Marg Beronius	VW
1957	Harry Beronius	Marg Beronius	Porsche 356 Porsche 356 The Porsche 356 was the company's first production automobile. It was a lightweight and nimble handling rear-engine rear-wheel-drive 2 door sports car available in hardtop coupe and open configurations. Design innovations continued during the years of manufacture, contributing to its motorsports...
1958	Jim Bickham	Barbara Bickham	Mercedes 190 SL
1959	Richard Doyen	Clay Gibbs	Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Corvette The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car by the Chevrolet division of General Motors that has been produced in six generations. The first model, a convertible, was designed by Harley Earl and introduced at the GM Motorama in 1953 as a concept show car. Myron Scott is credited for naming the car after...
1960	Jim Bickham	Willard Whistler	Mercedes 190 SL	Tie
	Paul Stephens	Barbara Bickham	Sunbeam Alpine Sunbeam Alpine The Sunbeam Alpine is a sporty two-seat open car from Rootes Group's Sunbeam car marque. The original was launched in 1953 as the first vehicle from Sunbeam-Talbot to bear the Sunbeam name alone since the 1935 takeover of Sunbeam and Talbot by the Rootes Group....
1961	Dick Dittus	Bill Wells	Chevrolet Corvair Chevrolet Corvair -First generation :The 1960 Corvair 500 and 700 series four-door sedans were conceived as economy cars offering few amenities in order to keep the price competitive, with the 500 selling for under $2,000...
1962	Bob Jackman	John Zabriskie	Chevrolet Corvair
1963	Gene Henderson	Fred Browne	Chrysler Chrysler Chrysler Group LLC is a multinational automaker headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. Chrysler was first organized as the Chrysler Corporation in 1925....
1964	Jon Davis	Wayne Zitkus	Plymouth Valiant Plymouth Valiant The Plymouth Valiant is an automobile manufactured by the Plymouth division of Chrysler Corporation in the United States from 1960 to 1976. It was created to give the company an entry in the compact car market emerging in the late 1950s...
1965	Karl Goering	Don Skinner	Mercury Comet Mercury Comet The Mercury Comet is an automobile produced by the Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company from 1960–1969 and 1971-1977 — variously as either a compact or an intermediate car.The Comet was based on the compact Ford Falcon and later the Ford Maverick...
1966	Tom Samida	Ralph Beckman	Plymouth Barracuda Plymouth Barracuda The Plymouth Barracuda is a 2-door car that was manufactured by the Plymouth division of the Chrysler Corporation from 1964-1974.The first-generation Barracuda, a fastback A-body coupe based on the Plymouth Valiant, had a distinctive wraparound back glass and was available from 1964-1966.The...
1967	Gene Henderson	Wayne Zitkus	Ford Cortina Ford Cortina As the 1960s dawned, BMC were revelling in the success of their new Mini – the first successful true minicar to be built in Britain in the postwar era...
1968	Karl Goering	Harry Ward	Plymouth Barracuda	M stage-Conners Flats
1969	Scott Harvey	Ralph Beckman	Sunbeam Arrow	1st year with stages
1970	Scott Harvey	Ralph Beckman	Sunbeam Arrow	1st year FIA
1971	Scott Harvey	Tom King	Plymouth Cricket Plymouth Cricket Plymouth Cricket can refer to two badge-engineered automobiles associated with the Chrysler manufacturer.* Hillman Avenger, an automobile sold in North America between 1971 and 1973* Dodge Colt, an automobile sold in Canada between 1973 and 1975...
1972	Gene Henderson	Ken Pogue	Jeep Wagoneer Jeep Wagoneer The Jeep Wagoneer was an early sport utility vehicle and the first luxury 4x4, produced under varying marques from 1963 to 1991. It was noteworthy for being in production for more than 28 years with only minor mechanical changes...	1st year FIA Championship, 1st 4WD vehicle win in rallying
1973	Walter Boyce Walter Boyce Walter Boyce is a Canadian former rally racer. He is the only Canadian to win a World Rally Championship event, which he managed at the 1973 Press-on-Regardless Rally in the United States. He took his second podium finish at the 1974 Rally of the Rideau Lakes in his home country, finishing third...	Doug Woods	Toyota Corolla Toyota Corolla The Toyota Corolla is a line of subcompact and compact cars manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota, which has become very popular throughout the world since the nameplate was first introduced in 1966. In 1997, the Corolla became the best selling nameplate in the world, with over 35 million...	WRC Round
1974	Jean-Luc Thérier Jean-Luc Thérier Jean-Luc Thérier is a French former rally driver. He was the highest scoring driver in the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1973 and the only one to win three events...	Christian Delferrier	Renault 17 Gordini	WRC Round
1975	Sobiesław Zasada	Wojciech Schramm	Porsche 911 Porsche 911 The Porsche 911 is a luxury 2-door sports coupe made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a distinctive design, rear-engined and with independent rear suspension, an evolution of the swing axle on the Porsche 356. The engine was also air-cooled until the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998...	Last year FIA
1976	Bob Hourihan	Steve Ruiz	Porsche 911
1977	Hendrik Blok	Tom Grimshaw	Plymouth Arrow
1978	John Buffum John Buffum John Buffum is the most successful U.S. rally driver ever, winning 11 national titles and 117 national championship events....	Doug Shepherd	Triumph TR7 Triumph TR7 The Triumph TR7 is a sports car manufactured from September 1974 to October 1981 by the Triumph Motor Company in the United Kingdom. It was initially produced at the Speke, Liverpool factory, moving to Canley, Coventry in 1978 and then finally to the Rover plant in Solihull in 1980...
1979	Taisto Heinonen	John Bellefleur	Toyota Celica Toyota Celica The Toyota Celica name has been applied to a series of coupes made by the Japanese company Toyota. The name is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning "heavenly" or "celestial"....
1980	Rod Millen Rod Millen Rodney K. "Rod" Millen is a racing competitor, vehicle designer, and business owner. He has competed in numerous genres of motorsports, including rally racing, off-road racing, hillclimbing, drifting, and super touring.-Personal life:...	Cam Warren	Mazda RX-7 Mazda RX-7 Series 1 is commonly referred to as the "SA22C" from the first alphanumerics of the vehicle identification number. This series of RX-7 had exposed steel bumpers and a high-mounted indentation-located license plate, called by Werner Buhrer of Road & Track magazine a "Baroque depression."In 1980...
1981	Rod Millen	R.Dale Kraushaar	Mazda RX-7
1982	John Buffum	Doug Shepherd	Audi Quattro Audi Quattro The Audi Quattro is a road and rally car, produced by the German automobile manufacturer Audi, now part of the Volkswagen Group. It was first shown at the 1980 Geneva Motor Show on 3 March.The word quattro is derived from the Italian word for "four"...
1983	Hannu Mikkola Hannu Mikkola Hannu Olavi Mikkola is a retired world champion rally driver. He was a seven time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and won the RAC Rally in Great Britain four times.- Career :...	Fabrizia Pons	Audi Quattro
1984	Rod Millen	R.Dale Kraushaar	Mazda RX-7
1985	Rod Millen	John Bellefleur	Mazda RX-7
1986	John Buffum	Tom Grimshaw	Audi Quattro
1987	John Buffum	Tom Grimshaw	Audi Quattro
1988	Paul Choiniere	Tom Grimshaw	Audi Quattro
1989	Rod Millen	Harry Ward	Mazda 323
1990	Paul Choiniere	Scott Weinhemer	Audi Quattro
1991	Chad DiMarco	Eric Hauge	Subaru Legacy Subaru Legacy The Subaru Legacy is a mid-size car built by the Japanese company Fuji Heavy Industries, and manufactured by its division Subaru since 1989, and is available as a sedan or wagon. Part of the original design goals for the Legacy model was to provide Subaru a vehicle in which they could compete in...
1992	Dick Corley	Lance Smith	Mitsubishi Eclipse Mitsubishi Eclipse The Mitsubishi Eclipse was a coupe that was in production since 1989 for left hand drive traffic markets. According to Mitsubishi, the car was named after an 18th century English racehorse which won 26 races, and has also been sold as the Eagle Talon and the Plymouth Laser captive imports through...
1993	Carl Merrill	John Bellefleur	Ford Escort Cosworth
1994	Scott Harvey	Ralph Beckman	Eagle Talon Eagle Talon The Eagle Talon was one of three model names given to a sports coupe that was manufactured between 1990 and 1999 and sold by the then Chrysler Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors of Japan in a joint 50/50 corporate venture known as Diamond-Star Motors...	Returned to Endurance TSD
1995	Bill Laitenberger	John McArthur	1993 Subaru Legacy
1996	Jim Fekete	Jim Shaffer	1995 Chevrolet Blazer Chevrolet Blazer Chevrolet Blazer can refer to one of several SUV models from General Motors:* The full-size Chevrolet K5 Blazer, based on the C/K pickup chassis and built from 1969 to 1994....
1997	Mike Friedman	Marc Goldfarb	1990 Eagle Talon
1998	Dan Coughnour	Greg Lester	1996 Jeep Cherokee Jeep Cherokee (XJ) The Jeep Cherokee is a unibody compact SUV. It shared the name of the original full-size SJ model, but without a body-on-frame chassis, it set the stage for the modern SUV. Its innovative appearance and sales popularity spawned important imitators as other automakers began to notice that this...
1999	Mike Friedman	Marc Goldfarb	1990 Eagle Talon
2000	Dave Parps	Rob Moran	2000 Subaru Outback Subaru Outback The Subaru Outback is a station wagon manufactured by Fuji Heavy Industries since 1995. Its original concept originated with Subaru of America, which was suffering from slumping sales in the mid-1990s partly due to a lack of an entry in the then-burgeoning sport utility vehicle market...
2001	Ron Johnstonbaugh	Jack von Kaenel	1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
2002	Ron Johnstonbaugh	Jack von Kaenel	1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
2003	Ron Johnstonbaugh	Jack von Kaenel	2002 Subaru Impreza WRX Subaru Impreza WRX The Subaru Impreza WRX is a turbocharged version of the Subaru Impreza, an all-wheel drive, four-door passenger vehicle. It is available as a sedan or wagon....
2004	Scott Harvey, Jr.	Jim Fekete	1991 Eagle Talon
2005	Ron Johnstonbaugh	Jack von Kaenel	2002 Subaru Impreza WRX
2006	Dan Coughnour	Joe Andreini, Jr.	2002 Subaru Impreza WRX
2007	Dave Harkcom	Dan Harkcom	1994 Audi S4 Audi S4 The Audi S4 is the high performance variant of Audi's compact executive car A4. The original Audi S4, built from 1991 until 1994, was a performance-oriented version of Audi's 100 saloon/sedan...
2008	Scott Harvey, Jr.	Jack von Kaenel	1991 Eagle Talon	60th running of POR
2009	Dave Harkcom	Dan Harkcom	1994 Audi S4	60th anniversary of POR
2010	Ron Johnstonbaugh	Jack von Kaenel	2002 Subaru Impreza WRX
2011	Scott Harvey, Jr.	Rob Moran	1991 Eagle Talon