the amc eagle sx/4 cars captured both second and third place the 1981 sno*drift production class rally held on michigan's snow-covered gravel surface roads in january. second in the production class and sixth overall were henderson and kloosterman. "they were robbed of a nearly certain win in the class when the route was blocked on the 12th stage by john woolf ... [who] was in second place when the car slid on the ice and went straight into a bank tearing off the right front strut and setting the car straight across the road. henderson was blocked and had to help clear the car from the road before he could continue. they lost two minutes, two places and a win in the class." third place production and seventh overall in this two-day race in grayling, michigan, went to guy light and jim brandt. the finale of the 1981 scca prorally season was held in reno, nevada. this is where light and brandt drove their amc eagle sx/4 to an eight-minute victory over the second-place finisher in the production class, as well as placing tenth overall.