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A. Pinker Won 2nd Place! |
A flat tire dropped T. Foust out of contention for championship,
but still won 3rd place. |
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Fourth round of RANC 2007(Rally America National Championship) called "Olympus Rally" was held from May 19-20th near Olympia, Washington. The gravel roads and unstable weather of the northwestern coast made this rally a tough one for the crews and the teams. The road surface was damp and slippery; however, A. Pinker driving SUBARU IMPREZA GDB-F of Syms Racing team won 2nd place. His teammate T. Foust followed him with GDB-F and won 3rd place. Again, TEIN supported drivers stood on the winner's podium.
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Comments from TEIN engineer (TEIN USA/Mr. Katsuma Nakai)
"We mainly focused on having a control on rough surface and landing. TEIN and Syms team engineers both attend P-WRC, and that experience made us possible to come up with an ideal setting for a very rough surface without a hassle. During the test, matching with the surface, tire choice and landing performance all turned out very satisfactory for both drivers.
In actual racing, the drivers once again praised us for the landing performance after jumps. Despite the changeable weather and slippery road surface, the setting calculated for this round turned out to be the best for our team."
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| Pos. |
No. |
Driver |
Machine |
Time |
Diff |
Remarks |
| 1 |
74 |
Ramana Lagemann/Mark Williams |
MISTUBISHI LANCER
EvoIX CT9A |
2:24:00.9 |
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| 2 |
199 |
Andrew Pinker/Patrick Walsh |
SUBARU IMPREZA
GDB-F |
2:24:05.5 |
+4.6 |
TEIN Gr.N Damper |
| 3 |
34 |
Tanner Foust/Christine Beavis |
SUBARU IMPREZA
GDB-F |
2:24:30.4 |
+29.5 |
TEIN Gr.N Damper |
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