Posted Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:26pm
Screaming down the forest rally stage at Goodwood Festival of Speed with Travis Pastrana at the wheel of Subaru’s WRX ARA25 rally car is probably as close as you can get to the forrest defenders scene in “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.” My stomach gets cozy with my spinal column as a blur of green leaves and black tree trunks blur past the windows. A few “wahoos” escape, along with some violently delightful horn honks during the donut portion of the track (hey, don’t put the horn button at my feet and not expect a few toots) and then I let my rally-mashed brain ask a pretty stupid question: Does it ever get routine? Is it boring, screaming around the same track 20 times with some 20 journalists? Is this just another day at the office?
