Subaru Motorsports Looks to Continue 2024 ARA Success at Dirtfish Olympus Rally
April 17, 2024
Coming off back-to-back first place wins to start the 2024 American Rally Association (ARA) season, the Subaru Motorsports USA team of driver Brandon Semenuk and co-driver Keaton Williams is in Shelton, Washington for the April 20-21 running of this year’s Dirtfish Olympus Rally.
The Semenuk/Williams WRX ARA24 will be the only one seen carving up Washington’s great outdoors this year. Legendary Subaru Motorsports USA driver Travis Pastrana will miss the action as he undergoes further treatment for a damaged hip and to aid in recovery following a knee replacement late last year. Decades of record breaking, jump landing, and sliding sideways through every imaginable terrain have been punctuated by a string of injuries for the action sports icon.
The first of a two-event Pacific Northwestern swing on the ARA calendar, the Dirtfish Olympus Rally is a course that favors endurance and adaptability. Known for often-shifting weather conditions and always featuring some of the longest stages on the ARA schedule – Nahwatzel for example, where stages 7 and 8 will be run this year, stretches nearly 23 miles long. Driver Semenuk lays out the challenges: "Although slippery, narrow, and often lined with obstacles best avoided. Olympus Rally offers up some of the best rally roads throughout the ARA season. With increased mileage this year, attrition could significantly impact the outcome. Excited for the challenge and the opportunity to be racing close to home again!"
Semenuk isn’t the only Subaru Motorsports USA team member thinking of home heading into race weekend. “Olympus is the closest I get to the Welsh forests,” says co-driver Keaton Williams, adding that it’s also “one of our strongest events on the calendar & equally one of the busiest from my side, but eager to carry this year’s momentum & bag big points!”
Travis won’t be missing out on any updates from the race April 20-21, and you won’t either by following Subaru Motorsports USA on Facebook, on Instagram @subarumotorsportsusa, and TikTok @subarumotorsportsusa.
NAME: 2024 Olympus Rally
DATES: 4/20/24 - 4/21/24
HOST TOWN: Shelton, Washington
TIME ZONE: Pacific Daylight Time (UTC -7)
NEAREST INTL AIRPORT: Seattle-Tacoma Intl Airport (SEA)
WEATHER: Cloudy. Chance of rain 40-60%. High near 64F. Low around 38F. Sunset 8:09pm
2024 Olympus Stage Info
Total Distance: 360.1 miles
Number of stages: 16
Stage distance: 151.9 miles
Stage surfaces: Gravel
Longest stage: 22.9 miles (SS7/8 Nahwatzel)
Recce: Open
Service Park: Sanderson Airfield
Official Start: 9:30am on 4/20 (Downtown Shelton)
Superspecial: None
Power Stage: SS16
Stage(s) in darkness: None
About Subaru Motorsports USA
Subaru Motorsports USA is directed by Subaru of America, Inc., managed by Vermont SportsCar and proudly supported by MOTUL, Yokohama Tires, R53 Suspension, Triple-R Lights, DirtFish Rally School, Sparco USA, weBoost and Peplink. Follow the team online at www.subaru.com/motorsports.
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About Subaru of America, Inc.
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