Subaru Rally
Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana and his co-driver Christian Edstrom overcame
treacherously icy conditions to take a dominating win at this weekend’s Sno*Drift Rally, round one
of the 2010 Rally America National Championship. Pastrana, the defending four-time Rally
America National Champion, won by over one minute and thirty seconds driving an open class
rally specification 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI. In an amazing show of determination and grit,
Pastrana completed the event nursing an extremely sore collarbone which he broke in a
motocross accident less than a week ago. His Subaru Rally Team USA teammate, BMX legend
turned rally pro Dave Mirra, finished 6th overall with co-driver Derek Ringer.
The Sno*Drift Rally was held on over 130 miles of snow and ice-covered roads in northern
Michigan. Constantly changing weather and road conditions historically make this rally extremely
challenging. This year’s event featured forest roads that were a virtual skating rink after recent
warm weather melted the snow cover which then refroze this past week, leaving the roads
covered in a thick sheet of ice. Rally America rules prohibit the use of spiked or studded ice-tires,
placing a high premium on traction. Many competitors commented that conditions were the most
treacherous they have ever experienced due to the lack of snow cover over the ice as well as the
extremely small snow banks, which when present, help keep errant rally cars on the road and
away from the trees.
We have a new 2009 STI and a new 2010 STI in stock here at Richard Lucas Subaru in Woodbridge, NJ. Were only minutes from Staten Island, Edison, and South Brunswick.