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Hosted by Finger Lakes STPR Motorsports • Sanctioned by Rally America
STPR is Round 5 of the 2010 Rally America National Rally Championship.
It is the longest continuously running motorsports event in Pennsylvania. It includes the Sherwood Forest Rally and Finger Lakes Rally, both Eastern Region divisional events.
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Antoine L'Estage/Nathalie Richard win STPR® 2010; Bacon,
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RESULTS ]
Antoine L’Estage and co-driver Nathalie Richard, from St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
Quebec, survived a big rain storm that came through North Central
Pennsylvania early Saturday evening to win the 2010 Waste Management
Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR) presented by Citizens & Northern
Bank.
This is Antoine’s second win in three years at STPR in his Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo X, and expands his points lead over Nashua, NH’s Bill Bacon
and co-driver Peter Watt, who finished second in their Mitsubishi Evo IX.
The two favored, factory-backed entries – the Ford Fiesta of Ken Block/Alex
Gelsomino and the Subaru Impreza of Dave Mirra/Martin Headland – both
failed to complete the rally, leaving the top spots up for grabs for the Mitsubishis.
Block was leading the event until he lost his transmission on stage #10, while
Mirra went off the road at high speed on stage five, bending both the front
and back of the car. Mirra was okay, and co-driver Headland was taken to Wellsboro
Hospital with back pain, but was treated and released.
Third was the Subaru Impreza of Ramana Lagemann/Christine Beavis,
the highest finishing Subaru (they also won the Super Production
class). The one-two finish by Mitsubishi puts a dent in Subaru’s chances to defend
its manufacturers champion. Their effort was made more difficult by the absence
of star Subaru factory driver Travis Pastrana, who is on tour with his MTV
Show “Nitro Circus” in Australia.
Fourth overall and second in Super Production was the Subaru
Impreza of Tim Rooney/Jeremy Wimpey, while the Patrick Moro
Ole Holter Subaru Impreza was fifth overall and third in Super Production.
Besides Mirra and Block, other DNFs included the Gill/Wright
Subaru (engine); Caswell/Donlin BWM (engine); Wiggin/DeMotte
VW GTI; and Hanson/Hanson Subaru Impreza (rolled the car).
Thirty-seven cars started the event in Wellsboro onFriday,
with 33 cars starting on Saturday and 27 finishing the rally.
Results are provided by Rally America and are available on their website at http://www.rally-america.com/events/2010/STPR/.
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