The Rally America National Series ended with a bang. Antoine L’Estage entered the event 13 points ahead of Bill Bacon in the driver’s points standings, meaning a finish of 5th or higher would give him his first ever overall Rally America Championship. Not only did L’Estage make a finishing of 5th or higher, but the Rockstar Energy EVO ended on top with a win at the New England Forest Rally.
Antoine L'Estage and co-driver Nathalie Richard drive their Mitsubishi EVO X to the 2010 Rally America Championship
Bacon fell behind on Stage 9 when he was forced to stop and change a flat tire, giving L’Estage a 5 minute advantage, more then enough to cruise to victory. Travis Pastrana ended the disappointing 2010 season much the way the rest of the year went, having to retire after losing oil in his Subaru Rally Team STI on Stage 11 handing the lead over to L’Estage. Pastrana still managed to hold on to a 3rd place finish in the driver points standings.
Ken Block, started the event strong grabbing the lead in his Monster Energy Ford Focus through the first 3 stages. But Block also suffered another retirement after breaking suspension pieces after a near roll on Stage 4, surrendering his early lead to Travis Pastrana.
Ken Block nearly rolls his Monster Energy World Rally Team Ford Focus at the 2010 New England Forest Rally.
ACP (Andrew Comrie-Picard) also experienced mechanical issues in his NOS Energy Drink Mitsubishi EVO X, when an exhaust leak burned a hole through his shifter cables and wiring on Stage 10. This was the first event on U.S. Soil in the EVO X for ACP.
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