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X GAMES 14 RALLY NOTEBOOK |
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Photo: Lars Gange/rally.subaru.com
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EXCITEMENT GENERATED BY THE THIRD YEAR OF X GAMES RALLY WAS MORE INTENSE THAN DURING EITHER OF THE TWO PRIOR EVENTS. THE TARMAC COURSES AROUND THE HOME DEPOT CENTER WERE REVISED, AND THE RALLY’S DEPTH OF FIELD SEEMED STRONGER THAN EVER.
HERE’S THE DRIVE PERFORMANCE NOTEBOOK FOR THE EVENT.
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2008
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
 NOTES
- British driver/co-driver and 2004 Production Car World Rally Championship winner McShea/Clarke earned their way into the X Games field by a victory at the New England Forest Rally three weeks before.
- Carolyn Bosley replaced Jim DeChamp as Travis Pastrana’s co-driver after DeChamp broke a vertebra during Moto X Best Trick competition Thursday.
- Dave Mirra comes to rally from BMX competition, where he has been a pioneer. He’s the winningest X Games competitor ever.
X GAMES 14 RALLY TEAMS
| Rank |
Car No. |
Driver/co-driver |
| 1 |
199 |
Travis Pastrana/Carolyn Bosley |
| 2 |
34 |
Tanner Foust/Christine Beavis |
| 3 |
43 |
Ken Block/Alessandro Gelsomino |
| 4 |
40 |
Dave Mirra/Alexander Kihurani |
| 5 |
55 |
Kyle Sarasin/Mikael Johansson |
| 6 |
46 |
Matthew Johnson/Jeremy Wimpey |
| 7 |
523 |
Travis Hanson/Terry Hanson |
| 8 |
20 |
Andrew Comrie-Picard/Jen Horsey |
| 9 |
17 |
Antoine L’Estage/Nathalie Richard |
| 10 |
690 |
Kenny Bartram/Dennis Hotson |
| 11 |
59 |
Patrick Moro/Michael Rossey |
| 12 |
45 |
Niall McShea/Marshall Clarke |
QUALIFYING PAIRS - SCORES
The top teams from each pair advance to the quarterfinals, seeded in order of their times:
| Cars |
Teams |
Times (sec) |
| 55 |
Sarasin/Johansson |
183.266 |
| 690 |
Bartram/Hotson |
187.175 |
| 523 |
Hanson/Hanson |
189.986 |
| 45 |
McShea/Clarke |
221.466 |
| 46 |
Johnson/Wimpey |
184.344 |
| 59 |
Moro/Rossey |
187.434 |
| 40 |
Mirra/Kihurani |
181.636 |
| 17 |
L’Estage/Richard |
185.373 |
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