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Subaru Rally Team USA Hits The Oregon Trail

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(May 14, 2008) Subaru Rally Team USA lands in Portland, Oregon, this week for the Oregon Trail Rally, round four of the 2008 Rally America National Championship. The event kicks off on Friday, May 16th as Subaru drivers Travis Pastrana and Ken Block first tackle several mixed surface stages at Portland International Raceway. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, the real rallying begins, with competition covering nearly 120 miles of serpentine gravel logging roads west of Portland in the Tillamook State Forest. Pastrana and Block will be at the wheel of their Open Class, BFGoodrich Tires-shod 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally cars.

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Ken Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino will be looking to extend their lead in the Rally America National Championship after winning the last two rounds in convincing fashion. "This will be the first event in many races where there is no pre-event recce (reconnaissance), so that will make it tricky not just for us, but for everybody," explained Block. "We are going to rally with an eye at collecting more championship points to increase our championship lead."

Pastrana and co-driver Derek Ringer sit 4th Overall in the championship, after finishing 2nd overall behind Block in the last two events. "I am looking forward to the more technical mountain roads of Oregon," said Pastrana. "The season is just getting started but Ken Block has set himself as the man to beat. If we can't stop him here, I think the rest of us are in for a long season!"

Subaru Rally Team USA and other leading Rally America drivers will be signing autographs alongside their rally cars at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland on Thursday from 11am-1pm. Pastrana and his Subaru rally car will also make an appearance at the Thursday Night Motocross at Portland International Raceway from 7:00pm-8:30pm where he will sign autographs. The Oregon Trail Rally begins at 5:00pm on Friday at the Portland International Raceway and then continues through Saturday and Sunday with gravel stages near Vernonia, Oregon.

Further event info can be found at www.subaru.com/rally

Subaru Rally Team USA is proudly supported by Subaru of America, Subaru Tecnica International (STI), Subaru Performance Tuning (SPT), DC Shoes, BFGoodrich Tires, Boost Mobile, Recaro, Alpinestars, Motul, Exedy, Greddy, PIAA and Vermont SportsCar.

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✠™ To all the haters . .

Its pretty f@@king simple, if you arent interested in the the topic, dont bother clicking on it, no one forcing you to read it . . . unless your possesed by the spirit of Jimi Scott

By eski mofo at Mon, 05/19/2008 - 11:47am | login or register to post comments

maybe

they'll make one of you playing with your My Little Pony collection. Smiling

get over it already and stop your whining.

By 888 at Tue, 05/20/2008 - 12:23pm | login or register to post comments

they uh... already do that. and its sweet

By greene at Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:49am | login or register to post comments

Hateraid I agree with you

I'm sick of seeing Ken Block subaru bull shit on here too. Yeah, I know lots of people dig it, but personally I could give a shit less about him; I don't care that he co-owns dc (johnny come lately to the snowboard scene) and drives a car every lesbian in Vermont drives.

fuck rally cars, this is a shred site (or so I thought).
i just drank some hateraid and am pissy too..

and for the record Subarus are shit box cars, ask any mechanic (I work on cars so I feel I know a bit about their quality).

get those advertising $$$$$ though.. Damn I use alot of ( )

By Robotron5000 at Fri, 05/16/2008 - 11:30pm | login or register to post comments

Johnny Come Lately?

Ever hear of Blunt? Did you not read the DC story in the latest issue? Do some research buddy, Ken Block has contributed as much to modern snowboarding as anybody. And again, sorry but we do have interests outside of snowboarding.

By admin at Fri, 05/16/2008 - 11:35pm | login or register to post comments

Craftsman™...

...settle down toolbox. It's all green here...

By drago at Sat, 05/17/2008 - 8:08pm | login or register to post comments

all these young...

...focks thinking they have it all figured out. get your facts straight. block has been around almost since day 1, offering companies such as "eight ball" and "droors", snowboard & sk8board companies. I love the lesbian vermont car statement. only HUGE difference, ken's lesbian vermont car is factory direct, and on roids.

fockn' floor it ken...

there is a life outside of snowboarding. find it.

By drago at Sat, 05/17/2008 - 6:32am | login or register to post comments

i am an idiot.


By Robotron5000 at Sat, 05/17/2008 - 10:10am | login or register to post comments

damn...

...legit.

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By drago at Sat, 05/17/2008 - 8:05pm | login or register to post comments

cept for dc stands for droors clothing shoe co

im jealous of ken too

By trichards at Mon, 05/19/2008 - 12:51pm | login or register to post comments

Trichards, your as wealthy as

Trichards, your as wealthy as Ken aren't you?

By Hodaka at Mon, 05/19/2008 - 1:10pm | login or register to post comments

oh yeah i just throw hundreds away when they look old..

not....i have 2 kids nuff said

By trichards at Mon, 05/19/2008 - 1:26pm | login or register to post comments

Yea and??? I know you ain't

Yea and??? I know you ain't paying for kids shoes, clothes or good toys, thats all promo'd. And with all those tv shows you got to be swimming in loot. On top of that, your the owner of Omatic, a wicked successful up and coming snowboard company. Dude, piles of loot you got to be rollin in. I bet your furniture is stuffed with $100's! Baller.

By Hodaka at Mon, 05/19/2008 - 1:43pm | login or register to post comments

man...

obviously you dont have kids

By trichards at Mon, 05/19/2008 - 5:06pm | login or register to post comments

you asked for it...

you got it.

Moda3.com
2007 F1 world champ. Kimi Raikkonen shreds in his off season.

By lipskkei at Sun, 05/18/2008 - 10:53am | login or register to post comments

Sorry but...

We support everything our fellow snowboarders do, whether it's rally driving, playing golf or fly fishing. Besides, Ken Block is a maniac. Post coming soon.

By admin at Fri, 05/16/2008 - 2:27pm | login or register to post comments

dear admin...

...can we get a post going about all the shredders that love the dirtbike? especially salasnek, goodwill, tex, palmer, etc...

By drago at Fri, 05/16/2008 - 2:44pm | login or register to post comments

damn!

that'd be even better, an extensive list! yeah nice, kansas...

By drago at Sun, 05/18/2008 - 5:44am | login or register to post comments

yeah...

and no more pictures of half naked girls either !

By trichards at Fri, 05/16/2008 - 9:45am | login or register to post comments

yes i am, " a queer" . sarcasm ever heard of it ?

whoo hoo i love vagina

By trichards at Fri, 05/16/2008 - 3:10pm | login or register to post comments

Ditto...

and fast cars, and dirt bikes, and fly fishing, and snowboarding. I see both sides of this story, but you an always scroll right past it, if you're not interested.

By basher at Sat, 05/17/2008 - 8:38pm | login or register to post comments

Give It Up.

Almost every comment in this entire post has shut you down. And now you're going to say that out of the 150,000+ unique visitors to this site that "No One... Not One of the clowns" rallies? how the hell would you know? Give it up already.

By elbonch at Mon, 05/19/2008 - 10:51am | login or register to post comments

I could care less....

About this rally car bullshit. Rally racing in the USA compared to the rest of the world, is like comparing the US open pipe champ, to the pipe champ of the USSA 12 and under division. It's like a snowboard instructor calling himself a "pro snowboarder".

Wanna see the real shit? Go here: http://www.wrc.com/

By Hard Booter 4 Life at Mon, 05/19/2008 - 3:32pm | login or register to post comments

agree....

with hard on i do -yoda

By trichards at Mon, 05/19/2008 - 5:08pm | login or register to post comments