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From drab to fab.
100 Acre Wood
R A L LY I N T H E
What a difference a year makes. In recent memory, the Rally in the 100 Acre Woods was jokingly referred to as the second round of Sno*Drift. For the 2014 season, we were greeted with springtime temperatures and the return of some of the fastest roads on the Rally America calendar. We were also greeted with the return of past champion and fan favorite Travis Pastrana, fielding a Subaru STi along side David Higgins.
Not to be overshadowed, the Super Production class finally had a chance to stretch their legs on the fast and flowing roads of Salem, Missouri. Fresh off an overall third place at Sno*Drift, Lauchlin O’Sullivan was itching to secure another podium here at the 100 Acre Wood. Nick Roberts, Dillon Van Way and David Sterckx rarely had more than seconds in between them. Tossing in the return of one of the fastest privateers in the game, Evan Cline, the battles Much like Winnie the Pooh, the raged on throughout the weekend. 100 Acre Wood is Ken Block’s territory, as he has won the event a reWith the absence of Brendo and cord six times. He’s fast and hard Greenhouse, the two wheel drive to beat around these parts. Round- class has been dominated by Mating things off with the likes of Yeo- thew Johnson and Andrew Comman and L’Estage and we had rie-Picard. The playing field was a open class battle for the ages. even now, however, with both cars quicker and faster on gravel roads. This is the second stop in the Rally America Championship in Salem, Missouri. This is the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood.
Down the rabbit hole.
“We’re used to looking at the fast guys’ braking points and kinda judging the grip from there...”
ADAM YEOMAN | JORDAN SCHULZE
No sweat.
DAVID HIGGINS | CRAIG DREW
ANTOINE L’ESTAGE | MARSHALL CLARKE
NICK ROBERTS | RHIANON GELSOMINO
ARKADIUSZ GRUSZKA | MACIEJ SAWICKI
PETER FETELA | GRZEGORZ DORMAN
DAVID KERN | ALLISON KERN
EVAN CLINE | JAKE BLATTNER
JEFF KELLER | JASON MCDANIEL
Best Rally Car Ever*
*Ever
Pooh trap for Heffalumps
TRAVIS PASTRANA | CHRISTINE BEAVIS
“We’re going as fast as we can...without taking chances.”
“Ken’s pulled out some big ol’, I mean he pulled out a tree in front of us...”
KEN BLOCK | ALEX GELSOMINO
Owl’s house
Fetela’s army
ANTOINE L’ESTAGE | MARSHALL CLARKE
KEN BLOCK | ALEX GELSOMINO
One of these things is not like the other.
DAVID HIGGINS | CRAIG DR
EW
TRAVIS PASTRANA | CHRISTINE BEAVIS
“Everyone is going really fast. Everyone is on a charge.”
DILLON VAN WAY | ANDREW EDWAR
RDS
“It’s my first rally back on gravel in four years, so I was kinda trying to get my brain to go ahead and fast forward enough to keep up with Andrew..”
MATTHEW JOHNSON | JEREMY WIMPEY
HENRY KROLIKOWSKI | CYNTHIA KROLIKOWSKI
DUSTIN KASTEN | CORINA SOTO
MATT BRANDENBURG | BRIAN HUNTSBARGER
PETER FETELA | GRZEGORZ DORMAN
“But you’re using duct tape to secure the ankle?”
“Duct tape fixes everything man”
Where the woozle wasn’t
TRAVIS PASTRANA | CHRISTINE BEAVIS
KEN BLOCK | ALEX GELSOMINO
ANDREW COMRIE-PICARD | OLE HOLTER
DAVID STERCKX | KAREN JANKOWSKI
ADAM YEOMAN | JORDAN SCHULZE
I swear
we just
took off...
Six pine trees
only you can prevent
forest fires
KEN BLOCK | ALEX GELSOMINO
DAVID STERCKX | KAREN JANKOWSKI
ANDREW COMRIE-PICARD | OLE HOLTER
MATTHEW JOHNSON | JEREMY WIMPEY
TRAVIS PASTRANA | CHRISTINE BEAVIS
Winners. Circle.
Six. Seven.
“I was able to enjoy these roads and put on a good show for the fans.”
KEN BLOCK | ALEX GELSOMINO
SUMINO, ZARAS, GELSOMINO, JOHNSON, BEAVIS, ROBERTS, D R E W, L’ E S TA G E , B L O C K , W I M E P E Y, YA HER, BENUSA, COMR I E - P I C A R D , H O LT E R , C L I N E , B L AT T N E R , HAMALAINEN, NUMMELA, MELADZE, K O G O S O V, K E R N , KERN, STERCKX, JANKOWSKI, BLOCK, GELSOMINO
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