(Oct 27, 2007)- Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana
has won the 2007 Rally America National Championship with a
hard-fought victory in the series finale this weekend at the Lake
Superior Performance Rally (LSPR). Pastrana charged on the final
stages of the rally to beat Tanner Foust by a mere 3.5 seconds
after covering over 100 miles of extremely challenging, high-
speed gravel and tarmac roads in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Pastrana, the motocross star turned rally driver is now the Rally
America National Champion for the second consecutive year.
The LSPR is notorious for variable weather conditions and this
weekend proved no different after sun, rain and snow appeared
within a matter of hours of each other. At the start of the rally all
eyes were on the three-way battle amongst championship points
contenders Pastrana, his Subaru Rally Team USA teammate Ken
Block and Australian Andrew Pinker, each piloting 2007 Subaru
Impreza WRX STI rally cars. However, Block retired early after
damaging his radiator, and Pastrana pulled away convincingly
from Pinker on Leg one. Thus Pastrana was in the driver's seat
and needed to simply stay in front of Pinker to retain his Rally
America National Champion title after having earned it with
Subaru last year as the youngest... full story on racerxill.com