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Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew won the Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR) to secure their third consecutive Rally America National Championship title. LSPR was the concluding seventh round of the championship held in Houghton, Michigan on October 18-19.
Higgins and Drew arrived at LSPR in an anticipated winner-take-all showdown against Hoonigan Racing's Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino with the Rally America title on the line. Block and Gelsomino needed to outright win LSPR to complete an amazing come-from-behind effort to overtake the Subaru team in the points standings.
Block came out strong at LSPR and built a slight lead over Higgins, but Higgins gained back the lead once the nighttime stages approached and finished the first day with a 13.4 second gap.
On the second day both Block and Higgins pushed hard with nothing to lose, but it was Block who blinked first when he dramatically rolled his car a mile short of the finish of stage 12. That effectively handed the Rally America National Championship to Higgins and Drew.
Rockstar Energy Drink Rally Team's Antoine L'Estage and Marshall Clarke finished second place overall. It was L'Estage's second podium since winning the season opener Sno*Drift Rally held last January and his second finish in six attempts this year.
Higgins and Drew's LSPR victory helped seal Subaru as the Overall and Super Production winners in the Manufacturers' Championship.
Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew won the Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR) to secure their third consecutive Rally America National Championship title. LSPR was the concluding seventh round of the championship held in Houghton, Michigan on October 18-19.
Higgins and Drew arrived at LSPR in an anticipated winner-take-all showdown against Hoonigan Racing's Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino with the Rally America title on the line. Block and Gelsomino needed to outright win LSPR to complete an amazing come-from-behind effort to overtake the Subaru team in the points standings.
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| Dave Higgins, Subaru Rally Team USA (Photo: Alex Haugen) |
Block came out strong at LSPR and built a slight lead over Higgins, but Higgins gained back the lead once the nighttime stages approached and finished the first day with a 13.4 second gap.
On the second day both Block and Higgins pushed hard with nothing to lose, but it was Block who blinked first when he dramatically rolled his car a mile short of the finish of stage 12. That effectively handed the Rally America National Championship to Higgins and Drew.
Rockstar Energy Drink Rally Team's Antoine L'Estage and Marshall Clarke finished second place overall. It was L'Estage's second podium since winning the season opener Sno*Drift Rally held last January and his second finish in six attempts this year.
Higgins and Drew's LSPR victory helped seal Subaru as the Overall and Super Production winners in the Manufacturers' Championship.