Four and a half minutes. That amount of time may seem short in the grand scheme of our daily lives, but in the world of motorsports, four and a half minutes is an eternity. This is especially so in rally racing and if first and second place are divided by a similar amount, the results can be nothing more than amazing. At the end of the Oregon Trail leg of the Rally America season, David Higgins, Craig Drew and their flat-four workhorse came to rest with four and a half minutes behind them and second place.
“This is a big win for us and gives us a really firm grip on the championship,” said Higgins, Subaru’s driver. On the first day, Subaru ended the first four stages with a nine second lead. The next two days proved even faster as technical and sweeping roads of Portland’s Mt. Hood seemed to mesh perfectly with the STI’s setup. Even after a day two slide that damaged the suspension and body, the all wheel drive wonder managed to blast through the stages ultimately winning 12 of the event’s 16. A big thanks can be given to the Subaru Rally Team who quickly pieced the STI back together.
. “We took maximum points and Antoine [L’Estage], our closest rival, did not finish, so it couldn’t have gone any better really. Our Subaru was just perfect, it’s so well suited for these conditions and really proved this weekend to be equally as tough too,” said Higgins. The next leg of the 2012 Rally America Championship will take place in Wellsboro, Pa. The Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally and four race of the season will go down on June 2, 2012.
Source: Subaru
