LSPR Thank You from the Organizers

For Immediate Release
October 20, 2008
Lake Superior Performance Rally Thank You
Contact: Dallas Bond
(906) 482-5240
execdirector@keweenaw.org

The 2008 Lake Superior Performance Rally, the Oldest, Toughest, Meanest leg of the Rally America Circuit may be over but will not be forgotten!

Mark your calendars now for the 2009 Lake Superior Performance Rally. The dates are set, Friday October 16 and Saturday October 17 as the LSPR and Rally America brings Championship Rally Racing once again to the backwoods of Houghton, Baraga and Keweenaw Counties.

Event Reports from the Web

SportCompactCar.com
Subaru On Top In The 2008 Rally America Championship
Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block has won the 2008 Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR) in dominating fashion, winning by over one minute after leading from the start. [ full article ]

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DirtNewz.com
Block wins LSPR, Subaru Rally Team USA takes top spots in 2008 championship
Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block took a decisive win in the final event of the 2008 Rally America season this weekend in Michigan’s upper peninsula to join teammate Travis Pastrana atop the championship standings. [ full article ]

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DirtNewz.com
Block wins LSPR, Subaru Rally Team USA takes top spots in 2008 championship
Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block took a decisive win in the final event of the 2008 Rally America season this weekend in Michigan’s upper peninsula to join teammate Travis Pastrana atop the championship standings. [ full article ]

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mtulode.com – Michigan Tech Lode
Rally races return to town
The Lake Superior Performance Rally can be compared to when the circus comes to town, or perhaps closer to when the Gus Macker comes to town. The town buzzes with excitement as all the gear heads and auto racing buffs come out and join together to enjoy the only annual rally in the Keweenaw area. [ full article ]

Results for LSPR and regional rallies

Lake Superior Peformance Rally, national results, as well as the support events (Ottawa and Keweenaw regional rallies) are available. LSPR results available in HTML and PDF and the support events are PDF only.

LSPR – [ HTML ] [ PDF ]
Ottawa Regional
Keweenaw Regional

Block wins LSPR, Subaru Rally Team USA takes top spots in 2008 championship

Autumn in her glory in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for the 2008 Lake Superior Performance Rally

Block wins LSPR, Subaru Rally Team USA takes top spots in 2008 championship

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block took a decisive win in the final event of the 2008 Rally America season this weekend in Michigan’s upper peninsula to join teammate Travis Pastrana atop the championship standings.

“I’m glad to end the season with the win,” said Block. “Now I’ve got some momentum going into next year, so I’m happy.” 

Final Results – Overall

POS/O/A, CLASS, POS/I/C, CAR, DRIVER/CODRIVER, CAR, OVERALL/TIME, DIFF/LEADER
1, O, 1, 43, Ken Block/Alessandro Gelsomino, 2008 Subaru /Impreza WRX STi, 1:44:01.6, +0:00.0
2, O, 2, 55, Kyle Sarasin/Mikael Johansson, 1999 Subaru/Impreza, 1:45:05.1, +01:03.5
3, O, 3, 199, Travis Pastrana/John Buffum, 2008 Subaru/Impreza WRX STi, 1:46:30.7, +02:29.1
4, O, 4, 100, Andi Mancin/Maciej Wislawski, 2007 Mitsubishi/Lancer Evolutio, 1:49:47.2, +05:45.6
5, G5, 1, 52, Doug Shepherd/Karen Wagner, 2003 Dodge/SRT 4, 1:56:15.9, +12:14.3
6, PGT, 1, 59, Patrick Moro/Mike Rossey, 2002 Subaru/WRX, 1:56:54.9, +12:53.3
7, PGT, 2, 686, Heath Nunnemacher/Travis Hanson, 2002 Subaru/WRX, 1:57:47.6, +13:46.0
8, O, 5, 93, Bob Olson/Conrad Ketelsen, 1999 Subaru/RS, 1:58:32.6, +14:31.0
9, G5, 2, 42, Eric Burmeister/Dave Shindle, 2007 Mazda/MAZDASPEED3, 2:01:25.4, +17:23.8
10, PGT, 3, 67, Bryan Pepp/Jerry Stang, 2002 Subaru/WRX, 2:01:30.1, +17:28.5
11, O, 6, 198, Arkadiusz Gruszka/Michal Chodan, 2005 Subaru/Impreza WRX STi, 2:03:15.2, +19:13.6
12, G5, 3, 12, Zach Babcock/Jeffrey Miller, 2001 Dodge/SRT-4, 2:04:12.1, +20:10.5
13, O, 7, 44, Henry Krolikowski/Cynthia Krolikowski, 2000 Subaru/Impreza, 2:04:42.5, +20:40.9
14, G2, 1, 31, Michel Hoche-Mong/Jimmy Brandt, 1985 VW/GTI, 2:11:49.2, +27:47.6
15, PGT, 4, 606, Slawomir Balda/Janusz Topor, 2004 SUBARU/WRX, 2:24:09.8, +40:08.2
, PGT,, 811, Jaroslaw Sozanski/Bartosz Sawicki, 2002 Subaru/Impreza WRX, DNF
, O,, 57, Dmitri Kishkarev/Kim DeMotte, 1997 Mitsubishi/Lancer Evolutio, DNF
, O,, 20, Andrew Comrie-Picard/Marc Goldfarb, 2006 Mitsubishi/Lancer Evo 9RS, DNF
, O,, 614, Piotr Wiktorczyk/Alan Dolan, 2002 Subaru/Impreza WRX, DNF