Pastrana Is The Rally America National Champion!
October 21, 2006 12:14pm
Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana has secured the Overall Driver's title of 2006 Rally America National Championship this evening at the Lake Superior Performance Rally. Pastrana held a strong lead in the championship coming into the penultimate round this weekend and needed only a 6 th place or better to mathematically secure the title. However, Pastrana's chief rival Matt Iorio crashed out of the rally early on Friday thus handing Pastrana the title with day two of the rally, as well as the final round of the season still to come.
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X Games and Motocross star Travis Pastrana, at only 23 years-old and in only his second season of rallying, now becomes the youngest ever title winner in American rally history. Pastrana has dominated rallying in the USA this year driving his BFGoodrich Tire's shod 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI prepared by Vermont SportsCar. He has earned three rally victories, four 2nd place finishes and a Gold medal at the inaugural X Games Rally event where he narrowly beat out his hero and WRC legend Colin McRae.
The attention now focuses on Pastrana's Subaru Rally Team USA teammates Ken Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino who are fighting for 2nd Overall in the championship. After day one of the rally Block is 2nd Overall, nearly 30 seconds behind Pastrana. "A win here would put us just one point out of 2nd in the standings going into the final round," explained Block. "We'll really go for it tomorrow to catch Travis!"
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