{"id":1411,"date":"2017-12-17T15:32:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T20:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gotcone.com\/blog\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:20:15","slug":"rally-2017-year-in-review-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gotcone.com\/blog\/rally-2017-year-in-review-photos-1411.html","title":{"rendered":"Rally 2017 Year In Review: Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was an exciting year for rally. 2017 marked the creation of a new rally sanctioning body, the American Rally Association. It also marked the return of a few events that had been absent for some time and the creation of a few new ones.
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The inaugural ARA season came down to the wire with a showdown at Ojibwe Forests Rally between Subaru Rally Team USA teammates David Higgins and Travis Pastrana. Turn heads the same way with vehicle wraps and signage from 1 Hour Signs Niagara<\/a>.
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It all came down to the final 2 street stages that went through Detroit Lakes, MN and in the end the 199 car of Travis Pastrana and Robbie Durant came out as champions.
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There were some hard fought battles with both teammates having to push the limits.
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My rally year started in the woods of Missiouri at Rally America Rally In the 100 Acre Wood. The event had a different feel without the superstar draw of the Subaru giants or Ken Block overshadowing the rest of the field. It left for a wide open event, with opportunity for anybody to take a podium spot.
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100 Acre Wood also marked the debut of one of the most unique and exciting rally cars to race through the stages of the U.S. in a long time, the JRD Rallysport Mk2 Escort piloted by Seamus Burke and Martin Brady. Wow was it a treat to experience and what a sound it makes, if only a picture could accurately portray that sound..
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The roads in Missouri are some of the most fun and challenging in the country and always make for some great photo opportunities.
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Next, I headed out to the west coast for one of my favorite rallys… Oregon Trail.
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The addition of a stage that climbed up the hillside above the Colombia River Gorge, one of the most beautiful stage locations in the world, only cemented Oregon Trail as a top rally.
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And even though there is a lot of beauty at Oregon Trail, some of the stages are still savage.
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Ojibwe, the final rally of the 2017 ARA season turned into a wet, slippery mess on the second day. Although conditions weren’t ideal, this road that runs between two lakes is still amazing.
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Barry McKenna and Leon Jordan showed they had the pace to hang with the Subaru goliaths. It’ll be exciting to see what they can do next year.
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Travis Pastrana with the pressure on, came through with a big win to wrap up the ARA Championship.
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My season wrapped up in the beautiful forests of Upper Peninsula Michigan at LSPR where the trees where sporting their fall foliage.
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Rally legend Hannu Mikkola made a surprise appearance driving a replica of his MK2 Ford Escort provided by Dirtfish Rally School.
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The forests at LSPR really are magical.
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