Just as everyone had hoped, Travis took out the Rally. This is the first time he has won this event, 3 rd time lucky. The first time (2007) he didn’t even make it to the finish and last year (2008) he walked away with second place. To be fair, ACP held his ground for most of the Rally however Travis broke away after the 10th stage after ACP he had his gearbox fault.
Bad news for Ken Block though, he had turbo troubles although Team Subaru USA fixed them although more problems arose with the car and he eventually pulled out. This means Travis moves up and Ken moves down since he got no points for this Rally. Travis still doesn’t have the championship lead yet, he is in 2nd place to ACP who was able to keep the top spot Perhaps Ken Block has a feeling of Deja vu, last year he had the same problems with cars and didn’t finish enough Rallies.
Championship Standings
- ACP
- Travis Pastrana
- Tanner Foust
Check out Rally America for the detailed wrap up of other drivers.
Wow I hope Travis wins this year’s championship! I wonder when he’ll move up to the WRC.
Julie on May 1st, 2009 at 7:52 am