Posted Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 10:41pm

SUBARU’S NIGHTMARE SATURDAY OPENS THE DOOR IN OREGON

The Oregon Trail Rally result was thrown wide open on Saturday morning’s first gravel stage with both factory Subaru WRXs retiring after hitting the same rock.

First on the road, Travis Pastrana was the first in trouble as he clipped the rock on the inside of a right-hand corner two miles into the Dalles Mountain Down test. The American made it through the 10-miler, but retired at the finish with significant damage to the right-rear corner of the #199 car.

Team-mate Brandon Semenuk hit the same rock, punctured the front-right and pulled up two miles from the finish with suspension failure.