Defending series champion Simon Evens returns with a private entry Subaru Impreza WRX STI.
Speaking after a short testing run today Evans was pleased with the new car “Great conditions out there- the road was a little bit short for my liking- but it was interesting. First time in the Subaru on the tarmac and having a ball.The car’s pretty impressive, it’s nice and balanced. No changes planned- the car’s perfect- just drive it!”
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Watkins will pilot his new Subaru WRX, previously run by Possum Bourne Motor Sport and driven to two Asia Pacific Titles by Cody Crocker for the Motor Image Rally Team.
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Australia’s most decorated rally driver, Crocker will drive a Subaru Impreza WRX STI as the lead car in the Rally Tasmania Tour, a low-speed addition to this year’s event.
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Four-time consecutive and defending Rally America National Champion Travis Pastrana and his teammate Dave Mirra, the 2008 Rally America Rookie of the Year, both return to Subaru Rally Team USA and will pilot 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally cars. Vermont SportsCar will be working closely with VP Fuels on the build and development of the next evolution of their Rally America Open Class specification Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car to maximize engine performance and power output.
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Their left hand drive Subaru WRX STI has been converted to tarmac specification for the event and after a successful tarmac test day a fortnight ago, they are confident of a good showing in the rally.
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In the P-WRC, there will be a clash of champions as former double P-WRC champion Toshi Arai (Subaru Impreza WRX STi) takes on reigning P-WRC Champion Armindo Araujo (Mitsubisi Lancer Evolution X).
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Simon Gillett was fourth in his Subaru Impreza WRX, ahead of West Australian Ben Searcy in a Mitsubishi. For Searcy, who normally sits on the other side of the car reading the pacenotes, it was a tremendous drive.
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“Although SRT USA departs from this event without the win we were seeking, the display of performance and reliability from our Open Class Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally cars leads me to believe we were in a league of our own,” pointed out James Han, motorsports marketing manager for Subaru of America, Inc. “Kudos to the team for having developed such an impressive yet very drivable package. Travis drove an aggressive but comfortable pace and was in a great position for the finish if not for that untimely error. Dave took a sensible approach to learning his car and finished just one position from the podium.”
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Subaru rally driver Cody Crocker will drive for Les Walkden Rallying team in next week’s Repco Rally Australia, the 10th round of the FIA World Rally Championship.
Crocker was originally part of an Indonesian team, but his participation in the rally was at a stake because of freight complications. Les Walkden Rallying came to the rescue, offering a deal which will have Crocker drive a 2008 Subaru WRX STI group N at the event.
“It’s a tremendous opportunity, and is a huge relief after the problems that looked to have ended our chances of competing,” Crocker said. “The car will run in a similar specification to the Subaru I use in the Asia-Pacific Championship. It will have the diff and engine mapping settings from my APRC car, so it should be very similar in performance.”
Source: RallySport Magazine
Bad weather conditions in Malaysia make for exceptionally slippery roads during the Asia-Pacific rally championship (APRC).
“New Zealand driver Emma Gilmour has produced her best result in international rallying by finishing second behind teammate Cody Crocker in the Malaysian round of the Asia-Pacific rally championship (APRC).”
She says: “We spun five times, and overshot a junction all on one stage. Usually that would add up to an absolute disaster in rallying terms, but because conditions were so bad we found ourselves counting the stage as a success, simply because we recovered from those dramas to complete it.”
Source: NZ Herald News
