Steamboat Springs, Colorado is an outdoor enthusiast's playground with some of the world's best mountains to ski, bike, fish and hike on. It is also the home of Rally Colorado, which in its fourth year has become one of the most formidable races on the Rally America Championship Schedule. Long stretches of dusty roads mixed with high altitudes and rugged mountain passes push both the driver and the car's endurance to the max.
Schedule
Thursday, September 17, 2009
07:30 Recce Check-in Howelsen Hill Lodge
08:00 - 17:00 Recce Howelsen Hill Lodge
17:30 - 19:00 Subaru sponsored personality visit and autograph signing session with Travis Pastrana and Ken Block Cook Subaru, Steamboat Springs
Friday, September 18, 2009
08:00 - 15:30 Shakedown Stage TBA
09:00 - 16:30 Spectator Information/Maps Available Howelsen Hill Lodge
09:00 - 16:30 Registration - Competitors and Service Crew Howelsen Hill Lodge
09:00 - 10:30 Press Registration Howelsen Hill Lodge
10:00 - 16:00 Cook Subaru Technical Inspection Cook Subaru, Steamboat Springs
12:00 - 14:00 Novice Licensing School Steamboat Hotel (Room # TBA)
12:30 - 14:00 Miller Coors Media/Sponsor Stage (by invitation only) TBA
15:30 - 16:30 Press Registration and Press Room Open Howelsen Hill Lodge
17:00 - 20:00 Volunteer Registration 6th & Lincoln, Downtown Steamboat
17:30 - 19:30 Spectator Information/Maps Available 6th & Lincoln, Downtown Steamboat
17:30 - 19:30 Steamboat Car Club Display 5th & Lincoln, Downtown Steamboat
17:30 - 19:30 Miller Coors Welcome Party and Parc Expose 6th & Lincoln, Downtown Steamboat
18:30 Seeded draw 6th & Lincoln, Downtown Steamboat
19:00 - 21:00 Control Captain/Course Vehicle Meeting Howelsen Hill Lodge
Saturday, September 19, 2009
06:00 Volunteer Meeting Exhibit Hall, Routt County Fairgrounds
07:30 Mandatory Competitors Meeting Steamboat Springs Rodeo Grounds
08:01 Official Start, Day 1 Steamboat Springs Rodeo Grounds
08:30 - 14:00 Spectator Information/Maps Available Routt County Fairgrounds, Hayden
08:30 Flatiron Tuning Service Area Opens Routt County Fairgrounds, Hayden
10:04 Spectator Area A Stage 2, Elkhead Loop #1
11:06 Spectator Area A Stage 4, Elkhead Loop #2
12:06 SuperSpecial #1 - Spectator Area B Stage 6, Hayden Speedway
12:19 Live Music & Stock Car Racing Hayden Speedway
12:19 Service/Lunch Break - 55 minutes Routt County Fairgrounds, Hayden
13:27 SuperSpecial #2 - Spectator Area B Stage 7, Hayden Speedway
13:39 Spectator Area C Stage 8, Stokes Gulch
14:59 Service - 40 minutes Routt County Fairgrounds, Hayden
15:57 Spectator Area C Stage 10, Breeze Basin
17:19 First Car In, Day 1 Steamboat Springs Rodeo Grounds
18:00 - 21:00 Spectator Information/Maps Available 6th & Lincoln, Downtown Steamboat
18:00 - 21:00 Dirty Impreza Car Club Display 5th & Lincoln, Downtown Steamboat
18:00 - 21:00 Fanfest and Rally Car Display presented by Fireside Catering 6th & Lincoln, Downtown Steamboat
19:00 Informational scores posted 6th & Lincoln, Downtown Steamboat
Sunday, September 20, 2009
06:00 Volunteer Meeting Exhibit Hall, Routt County Fairgrounds
08:00 Mandatory Competitors Meeting Steamboat Springs Rodeo Grounds
08:31 Official Start, Day 2 Steamboat Springs Rodeo Grounds
09:30 Flatiron Tuning Service Area Opens Routt County Fairgrounds, Hayden
09:30 - 14:00 Spectator Information/Maps Available Routt County Fairgrounds, Hayden
10:01 Spectator Area D Stage 12, Sage Creek
10:42 Spectator Area E Stage 13, Cross Mountain #1
11:21 Spectator Area E Stage 14, Cross Mountain #2
12:08 Service/Lunch Break - 30 minutes Routt County Fairgrounds, Hayden
13:55 Service Break - 20 minutes Routt County Fairgrounds, Hayden
16:17 First Car In, Day 2 Steamboat Springs Rodeo Grounds
18:00 Provisional scores posted Howelsen Hill Lodge
18:30 Scores final Howelsen Hill Lodge
18:30 Flatiron Tuning Awards Presentation Howelsen Hill Lodge
| Pos | Car # | Class | Class Pos. | Driver / Co-Driver | Manufacturer | Total Time | Diff Leader | Diff Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | o | 1 | andrew comrie-picard / jeremy wimpey | mitsubishi | 01:30:18.50 | 00:00.00 | 00:00.00 |
| 2 | 176 | o | 2 | andi mancin / maciej wislawski | mitsubishi | 01:32:05.20 | 01:46.70 | 01:46.70 |
| 3 | 116 | o | 3 | nathan conley / todd moberly | subaru | 01:35:46.00 | 05:27.50 | 03:40.80 |
| 4 | 54 | o | 4 | mark fox / jake blattner | subaru | 01:35:46.00 | 05:27.50 | 00:00.00 |
| 5 | 59 | sp | 1 | patrick moro / ole holter | subaru | 01:37:03.40 | 06:44.90 | 01:17.40 |
| 6 | 418 | sp | 2 | jimmy keeney / melissa keeney | subaru | 01:39:46.30 | 09:27.80 | 02:42.90 |
| 7 | 477 | sp | 3 | don conley / christopher herlache | subaru | 01:40:59.00 | 10:40.50 | 01:12.70 |
| 8 | 198 | o | 5 | arkadiusz gruszka / lukasz wronski | mitsubishi | 01:42:35.80 | 12:17.30 | 01:36.80 |
| 9 | 155 | 2wd | 1 | john conley / keith rudolph | dodge | 01:48:22.30 | 18:03.80 | 05:46.50 |
| 10 | 600 | 2wd | 2 | dillon van way / benjamin slocum | ford | 01:55:50.40 | 25:31.90 | 07:28.10 |
The final round of the 2011 Global RallyCross Championship has concluded with a dramatic final race just south of Colorado Springs, CO. Spectators packed Pikes Peak International Raceway on Saturday and the drivers signature session tent was mobbed as fans eagerly met with competitors. The racing got underway early in the afternoon and Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins won both of his heat races in his 2011 Subaru WRX STI. The car has really come into its own as a competitive rallycross machine and it was very exciting for SRT USA to see their hard work paying off. The A Main Final was fully stacked with an unprecedented eight vehicles on the starting grid.
Subaru Rally Team USA has landed in Colorado Springs for the final round of the Global Rallycross Championship at Pikes Peak International Raceway. This event, labeled Last Chance, features two separate days of racing with the one-on-one SuperRally on Friday and the RallyCross competition on Saturday. This weekend marks the first time SRT USA's David Higgins has campaigned in a Rallycross format event. Jump practice was first on the schedule today, and went very smoothly for Higgins in his 2011 Subaru WRX STI. Though he had never previously attempted the huge 50-foot gap jump, he was immediately comfortable tackling this essential component of Rallycross.
Day 2 of the Global RallyCross Championship's Round 2: Twin Peaks welcomed a sold-out crowd to the muddy grounds of the DirtFish Rally School at the Old Mill Adventure Park in Snoqualmie, Washington. Rally fans in the Pacific Northwest are known for their tenaciousness and this crowd was no exception as they withstood the cycles of wind and rain that punctuated the sunshine and racing in synchronicity with the event schedule. When the sun shone and the engines roared, the action was incomparable. The crowd witnessed everything from neck-and-neck drag races off the start line to overtakings, collisions, rolls, and even a forward somersault by one car who shorted the jump.
Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block Impresses in SP Class at Rally Colorado
By: Subaru - September 20, 2009
Piloting a lesser specification Subaru Impreza WRX STI at this past weekend's Rally Colorado, Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) driver Ken Block hovered near the top of the time sheets throughout the event. Block was without his usual high-powered Open Class 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI and instead drove the Super Production (SP) Class Subaru Impreza WRX STI of fellow SRT USA teammate Dave Mirra, who did not attend Rally Colorado due to a schedule conflict with a BMX event. Block and his co-driver, Alex Gelsomino, put in an impressive drive in the lower-specification SP class car, running a majority of the rally in 3rd Overall and winning three stages outright...
