Ken Block wins 100 Acre Wood Rally in Ford Fiesta shown in testing above
He did it. Ken Block made it five-in-a-row at the 100 Acre Wood Rally, showing that his new Ford Fiesta is doing just as good for him as his old Subaru. Block and Alex Gelsomino were the overall winners of the Open Class in their Monster World Rally Team Ford Fiesta, but it wasn't easy for them. Block started the second leg more than a minute behind Subaru Rally Team USA's Travis Pastrana after having a bit of trouble on stage one. Although the Ford was pretty quick, Pastrana was quicker, as was Antoine L'Estage, the Rockstar Mitsubishi Evo driver who now leads the Rally America championship race with 34 points.
Pastrana was leading until he broke his left rear control arm on the Super Special Stage in Potosi. That put Block into the lead with L'Estage barreling down on him – that is until L'Estage also hit some bad luck, getting a flat on the second stage and battling low visibility conditions at a water crossing. Block charged on and never looked back, crossing the finish some 20 seconds ahead of the Evo. Privateer Bill Bacon grabbed the last step on the podium in his last-gen 2006 Mitsubishi Evo IX. Despite some difficulties this year, Bacon has at least been consistent, and finds himself in second place in the championship standings with 28 points. Dave Mirra nabbed 4th, his best finish yet in Subaru Rally Team USA's 2010 STi.
Next up for Rally America will be the Olympus Rally in Olympia, Washington on April 24-25. Full results in the official press release after the jump. Hat tip to Jason!
[Source: Rally America]
Ken Block Wins His Fifth Consecutive 100 Acre Wood Rally
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino of the Monster World Rally Team have claimed their fifth consecutive 100 Acre Wood Rally win. Block drove the Open Class Ford Fiesta to victory despite having a tough first day and starting the second leg over a minute behind rally leader, Travis Pastrana. The Ford driver was able to gain some ground after Antoine L'Estage dropped to third place due to a water crossing visibility issue and a puncture on the second stage of the day.
Subaru Rally Team USA's Travis Pastrana held a fast pace and a comfortable lead over Block and L'Estage until Pastrana broke his car's left rear control arm on the Super Special Stage in Potosi and was unable to continue. With Pastrana out of contention, L'Estage pushed to catch Block and posted comparatively close stage times with him, but Block was able to maintain his lead to the end.
An ecstatic Block said, "This is the location of my first national rally win, so I have now won this rally five years in a row and it is a pretty good feeling to get the Fiesta home in first."
Having secured his consecutive second-place finish this season, the Rockstar Mitsubishi Evo driver from Quebec now leads the Rally America Championship with 34 points. Privateer Bill Bacon joined L'Estage on the podium again despite having some difficulties with his Mitsubishi's new set up, but Bacon's consistency has now put him second in the overall championship standings with 28 points.
Subaru Rally Team USA's, Dave Mirra, driving an Open Class car for only the second time this season placed 4th overall for his best finish to date.
The father-son team of Travis and Terry Hanson had another remarkable performance, winning the Super Production class by over two and a half minutes over their closest rivals. Attrition was heavy in Super Production, with several crews retiring throughout the rally with various mechanical issues. Tim Rooney and Dennis Hotson placed second in class followed by Wazoo Racing's Tim Penasack and Alex Kihurani.
In the 2-Wheel Drive Class, Chris Duplessis and Catherine Woods remained dominant with another win in their 1990 Volkswagen Golf. Duplessis had reported alignment problems on the first day of the rally, but finished 10th overall with a nearly six minute spread over reigning Group 2 Champ, Dillon Van Way. John Conley and Keith Rudolph finished third in class.
The Rally in the 100 Acre Wood also hosted the Rally America Regional Championship, where regional winners from 2009 gathered to shoot it out for top honors. This year, the husband-wife team of Henry and Cynthia Krolikowski won the showdown for the Central Region in an Open Class 2000 Subaru Impreza.
The next national event on the Rally America calendar is the Olympus Rally in Olympia, Washington this April 24-25.
Rally car racing is considered the extreme sport of automobile racing and is often described simply as "real cars, real roads, real fast." This all-season motorsport sees drivers and their co-drivers take modified road cars to the limit as they achieve blistering speeds over courses that cover more than 100 miles of gravel, dirt or snow-covered roads.
This year there will be six forest events from Maine to Washington, before X Games 16, plus three new European style rallycross events after X Games -- all based in Southern New Jersey.
Top teams in the series are also invited to compete in the Summer X Games, the leading action sports event broadcast live on ABC and ESPN.
All results are considered provisional pending official post-event race processes.
About Rally America
Based in Golden Valley, Minn., Rally America sanctions the premier rally racing series in the United States, the Rally America National Championship Series. In 2010, Rally America will conduct six National Championship events at venues across the country, from Olympia, Wash., to Bethel, Maine, and three European style rallycross events in New Jersey.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino of the Monster World Rally Team have claimed their fifth consecutive 100 Acre Wood Rally win. Block drove the Open Class Ford Fiesta to victory despite having a tough first day and starting the second leg over a minute behind rally leader, Travis Pastrana. The Ford driver was able to gain some ground after Antoine L'Estage dropped to third place due to a water crossing visibility issue and a puncture on the second stage of the day.
Subaru Rally Team USA's Travis Pastrana held a fast pace and a comfortable lead over Block and L'Estage until Pastrana broke his car's left rear control arm on the Super Special Stage in Potosi and was unable to continue. With Pastrana out of contention, L'Estage pushed to catch Block and posted comparatively close stage times with him, but Block was able to maintain his lead to the end.
An ecstatic Block said, "This is the location of my first national rally win, so I have now won this rally five years in a row and it is a pretty good feeling to get the Fiesta home in first."
Having secured his consecutive second-place finish this season, the Rockstar Mitsubishi Evo driver from Quebec now leads the Rally America Championship with 34 points. Privateer Bill Bacon joined L'Estage on the podium again despite having some difficulties with his Mitsubishi's new set up, but Bacon's consistency has now put him second in the overall championship standings with 28 points.
Subaru Rally Team USA's, Dave Mirra, driving an Open Class car for only the second time this season placed 4th overall for his best finish to date.
The father-son team of Travis and Terry Hanson had another remarkable performance, winning the Super Production class by over two and a half minutes over their closest rivals. Attrition was heavy in Super Production, with several crews retiring throughout the rally with various mechanical issues. Tim Rooney and Dennis Hotson placed second in class followed by Wazoo Racing's Tim Penasack and Alex Kihurani.
In the 2-Wheel Drive Class, Chris Duplessis and Catherine Woods remained dominant with another win in their 1990 Volkswagen Golf. Duplessis had reported alignment problems on the first day of the rally, but finished 10th overall with a nearly six minute spread over reigning Group 2 Champ, Dillon Van Way. John Conley and Keith Rudolph finished third in class.
The Rally in the 100 Acre Wood also hosted the Rally America Regional Championship, where regional winners from 2009 gathered to shoot it out for top honors. This year, the husband-wife team of Henry and Cynthia Krolikowski won the showdown for the Central Region in an Open Class 2000 Subaru Impreza.
The next national event on the Rally America calendar is the Olympus Rally in Olympia, Washington this April 24-25.
Rally car racing is considered the extreme sport of automobile racing and is often described simply as "real cars, real roads, real fast." This all-season motorsport sees drivers and their co-drivers take modified road cars to the limit as they achieve blistering speeds over courses that cover more than 100 miles of gravel, dirt or snow-covered roads.
This year there will be six forest events from Maine to Washington, before X Games 16, plus three new European style rallycross events after X Games -- all based in Southern New Jersey.
Top teams in the series are also invited to compete in the Summer X Games, the leading action sports event broadcast live on ABC and ESPN.
All results are considered provisional pending official post-event race processes.
About Rally America
Based in Golden Valley, Minn., Rally America sanctions the premier rally racing series in the United States, the Rally America National Championship Series. In 2010, Rally America will conduct six National Championship events at venues across the country, from Olympia, Wash., to Bethel, Maine, and three European style rallycross events in New Jersey.
These results are unofficial and subject to change.
| O/A | Car # | Class | I/C | Driver / CoDriver | Time | Diff Leader | Diff Previous |
|---|
| 1 | 43 | O | 1 | Ken Block / Alessandro Gelsomino 2009 Ford Fiesta |
1:27:06.1 | 0:00.0 | 0:00.0 |
| 2 | 17 | O | 2 | Antoine L'Estage / Nathalie Richard 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X |
1:27:27.0 | 0:20.9 | 0:20.9 |
| 3 | 68 | O | 3 | William Bacon / Peter Watt 2006 Mitsubishi EVO IX |
1:30:24.1 | 3:18.0 | 2:57.1 |
| 4 | 40 | O | 4 | Dave Mirra / Martin Headland 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
1:32:28.2 | 5:22.1 | 2:04.1 |
| 5 | 523 | SP | 1 | Travis Hanson / Terry Hanson 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
1:36:06.1 | 9:00.0 | 3:37.9 |
| 6 1 | 115 | O | 5 1 | Joseph Burke / Brian Sharkey 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII |
1:37:50.8 | 10:44.7 | 1:44.7 |
| 7 1 | 693 | O | 6 1 | Carl Decker / Mike Rossey 1993 Subaru Impreza |
1:38:11.6 | 11:05.5 | 0:20.8 |
| 8 | 47 | SP | 2 | Timothy Rooney / Dennis Hotson 2008 Subaru Impreza Sti |
1:38:40.6 | 11:34.5 | 0:29.0 |
| 9 | 198 | O | 7 | Arkadiusz Gruszka / Dominik Jozwiak 2006 Mitsubishi EVO IX |
1:39:19.5 | 12:13.4 | 0:38.9 |
| 10 1 | 70 | 2WD | 1 | Christopher Duplessis / Catherine Woods 1990 Volkswagen GTI |
1:40:56.5 | 13:50.4 | 1:37.0 |
| 11 1 | 19 | SP | 3 | Timothy Penasack / Alexander Kihurani 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STi |
1:40:59.5 | 13:53.4 | 0:03.0 |
| 12 | 494 | SP | 4 | Roman Pakos / Don DeRose 2006 Subaru STI |
1:41:08.6 | 14:02.5 | 0:09.1 |
| 13 | 418 | SP | 5 | Jimmy Keeney / Jason Grahn 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
1:41:50.2 | 14:44.1 | 0:41.6 |
| 14 1 | 377 | O | 8 | Mason Moyle / Scott Putnam 1999 Subaru Impreza |
1:46:01.4 | 18:55.3 | 4:11.2 |
| 15 1 | 600 | 2WD | 2 | Dillon Van Way / Benjamin Slocum 2002 Ford Focus |
1:46:08.7 | 19:02.6 | 0:07.3 |
| 16 | 116 | O | 9 | Nathan Conley / Brandye Conley 2004 Subaru Impreza |
1:51:45.6 | 24:39.5 | 5:36.9 |
| 17 | 888 | SP | 6 | George Georgakopoulos / Aaron Crescenti 2002 SUBARU WRX |
(backing up in a control depth) +10:00.0
Total as of SS15 +10:00.0 |
25:46.0 | 1:06.5 |
| 18 | 155 | 2WD | 3 | John Conley / Keith Rudolph 2003 Dodge SRT-4 |
(22 min late into ATC4) +3:40.0
(7 min late to MTC) +1:10.0 Total as of SS15 +4:50.0 |
37:22.8 | 11:36.8 |
| 19 | 289 | 2WD | 4 | Gary Wiggin / Kim DeMotte 1991 Volkswagen GTI |
2:10:01.3 | 42:55.2 | 5:32.4 |
| 20 | 118 | 2WD | 5 | Nick Allen / Erik Lee 1986 Volkswagen Gulf |
2:19:17.3 | 52:11.2 | 9:16.0 |
| 477 | SP | Don Conley / Christopher Herlache 2007 Subaru WRX Wagon |
DNF | ||||
| 319 | 2WD | Chris Greenhouse / Christopher Gordon 1995 Plymouth Neon |
DNF | ||||
| 41 | 2WD | Burak Tuglu / Carrie Wilburn 2001 Ford Focus |
DNF | ||||
| 54 | O | Mark Fox / Karen Wagner 2004 Subaru Impreza |
DNF | ||||
| 401 | SP | Byron Garth / Sky Pinnick 2006 Subaru WRX |
DNF | ||||
| 61 | SP | Piotr Wiktorczyk / Grzegorz Dorman 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STi |
DNF | ||||
| 59 | SP | Patrick Moro / Ole Holter 2005 Subaru STI |
DNF: Fuel problems | ||||
| 199 | O | Travis Pastrana / Christian Edstrom 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI |
DNF | ||||
| 669 | SP | Evan Cline / Jake Blattner 1992 Mitsubishi GSX-a-tron |
DNF | ||||
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