{"id":919,"date":"2014-02-24T20:16:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T01:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gotcone.com\/blog\/?p=919"},"modified":"2014-06-26T11:57:24","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T16:57:24","slug":"2014-rally-in-the-100-acre-wood-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gotcone.com\/blog\/2014-rally-in-the-100-acre-wood-recap-919.html","title":{"rendered":"2014 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood: Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2014 running of the Rally America Rally in the 100 Acre Wood was a tough one for a lot of competitors.  Nearly half of the field was forced to retire early from the rally, including last year&#8217;s winner David Higgins and Craig Drew in their Subaru Rally Team STi.  Higgins suffered engine failure on the first stage of Saturday.  The rough conditions also claimed Antoine L&#8217;Estage&#8217;s run.  L&#8217;Estage ran into issues with his power steering half way through the day on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>With 2 of the top challengers out of the rally, Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino had a clear run to the top of the podium and another victory in Missouri.  Block jumped out to nearly a half a minute lead at the end of the first day ahead of Higgins.  L&#8217;Estage was almost another 30 seconds back in third and Travis Pastrana; making his return to Rally America in a factory Subaru sat in fourth.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gotcone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1780231_10152235859562258_19981882_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gotcone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1780231_10152235859562258_19981882_o-475x316.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Pastrana made a splash in his return to Rally America at the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood\" width=\"475\" height=\"316\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gotcone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1780231_10152235859562258_19981882_o-475x316.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.gotcone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1780231_10152235859562258_19981882_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gotcone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1780231_10152235859562258_19981882_o.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAfter Higgins dropped out, Block dialed it back a smidge with a healthy lead over L&#8217;Estage.  Then after SS13, L&#8217;Estage was out, bumping Pastrana up into second place, where he would stay.  A second place finish for Pastrana was very impressive after being out of rally for nearly 2 years while he made a run at a Nascar career.  Travis was also driving with a plate in his leg, which was put there after he suffered another broken bone.  Adam Yeoman and FY Racing finished out the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Roberts and Rhianon Gelsomino ran a very impressive rally in their SP Subaru to take the victory in the SP class.  They were followed by Dillon Van Way and Andrew Edwards in second.  Laughlin O&#8217;Sullivan was unable to start the rally after suffering an off on the Shakedown stage.<\/p>\n<p>The 2WD class was a battle between the Fiestas and the Scion.  Andrew Comrie-Picard and Ole Holter held off Matthew Johnson and Jeremy Wimpey in the Scion to take the win.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is the Oregon Trail Rally on May 2-4 in Portland, OR.  For full details visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rally-america.com\">Rally America website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more photos visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gotcone.com\/photos\/2014-rally-america-100-acre-wood\/\">100 Acre Wood Photo Gallery.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2014 running of the Rally America Rally in the 100 Acre Wood was a tough one for a lot of competitors. Nearly half of the field was forced to retire early from the rally, including last year&#8217;s winner David Higgins and Craig Drew in their Subaru Rally Team STi. 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