L’Estage wins as Pastrana crashes

27th February 2011

By Giles Wade

Antoine L’Estage won the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, which finished in Missouri yesterday (Saturday), as former champion Travis Pastrana marked his one-off return to the Rally America National Championship by rolling his Subaru Impreza on stage two of the event.

Canadian L’Estage, the defending Rally America National champion who was driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, won 10 of the 15 special stages to claim victory ahead of Briton David Higgins, in another Impreza, by 17.7 seconds. Higgins’ Subaru Rally Team USA team-mate Dave Mirra took third overall.

Round one winner Travis Hanson continues to top the drivers’ standings after inheriting fourth from Ramana Lagemann, who crashed out on stage eight.