BITS & PIECES
U.S. Subaru Motorsports Season Update
Subaru World Rally Team
Subaru Challenge
Insure Your STI with Subaru Advantage Insurance
2008 Subaru Impreza WRX Ride-and-Drive Subaru Most Outstanding Athlete of the Games
U.S. SUBARU MOTORSPORTS SEASON UPDATE
SUBARU RALLY TEAM USA (SRT USA)
 Photo: Lars Gange, subaru.com/rally |
Going into the last Rally America Championship event of the season, SRT USA teammates Travis Pastrana/Christian Edstrom (Subaru Impreza WRX STI #199) and Ken Block/Alex Gelsomino (STI #43) were tied for the lead in points, followed by Andrew Pinker/Robbie Durant one point behind in another Subaru STI – #5.
By virtue of the teams’ finishes at the Lake Superior Rally, here are the final results of the 2007 Rally America Championship:
1. Travis Pastrana – 130 points
2. Andrew Pinker – 118 points
3. Ken Block – 109 points
For more about the individual rally events, go to www.subaru.com/rally and www.rally-america.com.
SUBARU ROAD RACING TEAM (SRRT)
Entering a limited schedule of half the 2007 Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series races, the two SRRT cars collected 6 top-10 finishes, including 1 pole position and 2 outright wins. Chuck Hemmingson and Kristian Skavnes teamed up in the #111 Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT spec.B, while Dave Rosenblum and Davy Jones drove the #141 car in all but the Miller race, for which Eiji “Tarzan” Yamada served as guest driver.
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course results: #111 – 1st; #141 – 12th
Miller Motorsports Park results: #111 – 10th; #141 – 13th
Virginia International Raceway results: #111 – dnf; #141 – dnf
Read more about SRRT’s season – race by race – at www.icyracing.com.
SUBARU WORLD RALLY TEAM
At press time, the Subaru World Rally Team has two World Rally Championship events remaining – Rally Ireland (November 15-18) and Rally GB (November 29-December 2). Go to www.swrt.com for stories and year-end results.
  Photos: Abby Jons |
SUBARU CHALLENGE
Seven Subaru Challenge events were run during 2007. We keep mentioning them because they’re intended as customer-appreciation events for Subaru vehicles only. During the course of a day-and-a-half-long Subaru Challenge, Subaru owners participate in Subaru-only autocrosses and meet other owners and employee representatives from Subaru of America, Inc.
This year, the events took place in the Subaru Great Lakes, Mid Atlantic, and South Central Regions. Dozens of entrants at each venue competed against the clock in any one of a number of autocross classes.
For more information, go to www.subaruchallenge.com. Watch for 2008 event dates at that site.
INSURE YOUR STI WITH SUBARU ADVANTAGE INSURANCE
Subaru Advantage Insurance carries a complete product offering for Subaru owners. These include auto, home, personal catastrophe/umbrella liability, and boat and recreational-vehicle coverages.
Subaru owners can insure their vehicles at a preferred rate of up to 10 percent off.
Visit www.libertymutual.com for details.
2008 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX RIDE-AND-DRIVE
On August 11, Subaru held an Impreza ride-and-drive event at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. This introductory event gave 766 of the 1,019 attendees opportunities to drive the all-new 2008 Impreza.
Besides the ride-and-drive, the event featured a Subaru car show and an event village, which included a merchandise tent, Subaru Rally Team USA Tour trailer and car, DJs sponsored by Fader, a gaming tent sponsored by Complex, HPI Remote Control car course, Subaru Performance Tuning tent, vehicle walkarounds, and more.
View additional images on the August 24 Editor’s Track blog here.
SUBARU MOST OUTSTANDING ATHLETE OF THE GAMES
As official automobile and gold level sponsor of X Games 13, Subaru of America, Inc. provided ESPN with a 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX to be awarded as the grand prize for the Subaru Most Outstanding Athlete of the Games. The prize went to BMX Freestyle rider Kevin Robinson, who won gold in the BMX Freestyle Big Air event and bronze in the BMX Freestyle Vert competition. Robinson picked up his prize at Stocker Subaru, State College, Pennsylvania.