Posted Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 9:36pm
Lia Block is headed back to the American rally scene — at least for one week. The 2023 ARA Open 2WD champion is stepping into a championship-winning Subaru WRX for the Lake Superior Performance Rally later this month. It’s her first appearance for the manufacturer that was so often tied to her father, Ken.
Specifically, the younger Block will be stepping into the Vermont SportsCar-built Subaru WRX ARA24 that won this year’s championship. She will fill in for Brandon Semenuk, who has already clinched his 2024 title and will skip the final round of the season. It’ll be Block’s second race in an all-wheel-drive rally car, following a single start in her father’s Escort RS Cosworth at the end of last season. Block has won four of her five starts in ARA’s Open 2WD category.