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A. Pinker Finished 5th, His Ranking Remaining in 1st Place!
Despite T. Foustfs absence, A. Pinker greatly leads in ranking!


Sixth round of RANC 2007(Rally America National Championship) called gNew England Forest Rallyh was held from July 13th to 14th in New Hampshire. This rally is also known as "Main Forest Rally", which courses were set in the mountainous region. All of them are mixed with layouts for various speed with hard gravel surface.
In this tough race, # 5 A. Pinker challenged from SYMS Racing with SUBARU IMPREZA GDB-F. Due to the drifting event on the same day, his teammate T. Foust (SYMS Racing #34, SUBARU IMPREZA GDB-F) could not attend this race.
In Leg 1, Pinker hit a rock and the tire burst in SS4. Also, he damaged the control arms both in front and rear, which made him fall behind. After repairing his machine at the Service Park, he caught up in Leg 2, finishing in 5th place.



Comments from TEIN engineer (TEIN USA/Mr. Katsuma Nakai)
"This rally was fought on a very hard gravel surface, which was very different from the previous event. Therefore, we changed back to the gravel setting by increasing the ride height. The circumstances were tough for the dampers, and due to full bump during the test, we changed the settings to meet Pinkerfs requests. Pinker liked the feeling, but unfortunately, he hit a rock in Leg 1 when he was in 5th gear, damaging many parts and bursting a tire. We changed the rear shock absorber just in case and tried to repair as much as possible. Leg 2 was tough for him with lower rigidity of the chassis and lack of rhythm. However, we have now done setting both on hard and smooth gravel roads, so wefre ready to make adjustments according to each condition in the upcoming rallies."



Pos. No. Driver Class-Pos Machine Time Diff
1 199 Travis Pastrana Open-1 SUBARU Impreza WRX STI 1:11'40"7  
2 17 Antoine L'Estage Open-2 Hyundai Tiburon 1:11'47"9 +7"2
3 43 Ken Block Open-3 SUBARU Impreza WRX STI 1:12'54"5 +1'13"8
5 5 Andrew Pinker Open-5 SUBARU Impreza WRX STI 1:14'25"6 +2'44"9
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