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Travis Pastrana dominates Ojibwe Rally and secures 4th Rally America Championship! |
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Tuesday, 08 September 2009 02:42 |
Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana sailed to victory at the Ojibwe Forests Rally on Saturday, sealing his fourth-consecutive Rally America championship title.
With five wins this season and only two rounds left, nobody else can catch Pastrana in the points. But he says he doesn't plan to stop driving hard this season.
"It's game on for the next two rallies," said Pastrana Saturday evening. "It's great to drive without any pressure."
Pastrana and co-driver Christian Edstrom pushed hard during the opening stages to take the early lead. They had been battling with teammates Ken Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino for a favorable road position in what is typically a dusty event when Block crashed out.
That left Pastrana to start the second day nearly four minutes ahead of the field. By the end of the rally, he had grown his lead to nearly nine-minutes ahead of second-place finishers Andi Mancin and co-driver Maciej Wislawski in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX.
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