Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) and Subaru Road Racing Team (SRRT) both have made promising starts to their 2012 racing seasons -- SRT USA in the Sno*Drift Rally in Michigan and SRRT at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida.
SRT USA
Driver David Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew have returned to defend their Rally America National Championship in stage rally. The team's first event took place the last weekend in January, when Higgins/Drew began the season with a dominating win.
Read about SRT USA at Sno*Drift here, where you can link to the team's video about the event!
The next round of the Rally America National Championship takes place in Missouri February 24-25, 2012. We'll be attending in one of the last trips in the Drive Performance WRX.
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SRT USA Performance in the |
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Round/Date |
Event/ Location |
Driver |
Finishing Position |
Driver Standings |
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Round 1 – January 27-28 |
Sno*Drift Rally Atlanta, Michigan |
David Higgins |
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1 |
SRRT
As part of a 40-car starting field at Daytona International Speedway, SRRT placed well in practice and on the starting grid. Starting 7th, drivers Bret Spaude and Andrew Aquilante took the #35 WRX STI as high as 3rd. The race ended with an on-track incident on the last lap that knocked the team to 28th.
Read more about the weekend here.
The next round for SRRT in the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge will take place at Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, Alabama, March 30-31, 2012. We'll be attending that race in the Drive Performance WRX's final round trip out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the magazine. Watch for us!
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SRRT Performance in the 2012 GRAND-AM |
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Round/Date |
Event/Track |
Location |
Drivers |
Qualifying/ Finishing Positions |
Team Standings |
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Round 1 – January 26-27 |
BMW Performance 200 at Daytona Daytona International Speedway |
Daytona Beach, Florida |
Andrew Aquilante/ |
7/28 (DNF1) |
28 |
1 Accident
SRRT Driver/Team Member/Consultant Don Knowles Receives RRDC's 2011 Bob Akin Award
Veteran driver Don Knowles has been recognized by the Road Racing Drivers Club with its top motorsports award as a driver who best exemplifies the qualities and characteristics that the late legendary sports car driver Bob Akin represented. These include "... a passion for motorsports and automobiles, a high level of sportsmanship and fair play, and who has contributed to the sport of motor racing." (From the RRDC press release of January 26, 2012.)
Read more about Don Knowles in the RRDC press release here.
-- Ric Hawthorne
