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Subaru Rally Team driver, Travis Pastrana took the overall win at Olympus Rally, Round Three of the Rally America National Championship Series, but it was Maine’s own, Chris Duplessis who made it three wins in a row by capturing first place in the 2-wheel drive portion of the competition.

“The roads were awesome,” stated Duplessis, “a lot of elevation change, crowns, crests, and a lot of changing road conditions at the same time.”

Duplessis, one of the head instructors at the Team O’Neil Rally School in Dalton, NH, was joined by one of his students on the podium. Nick Allen, a relative newcomer to the sport made his first ever podium appearance by taking second place in 2-wheel drive.

For more info about Olympus rally check out Rally America.

It’s Round Two of the Rally America National Championship Series: Rally in the 100 Acre Wood in Salem Missouri, and New England’s own Bill Bacon and co-driver Peter Watt have made their second trip to the podium in as many events this season.

Racing a 2006 Mitsubishi EVO IX, and representing Nashua, NH, Bacon and Watt took 3rd place overall in the open class, finishing behind only Ken Block (1st place) and Antoine L’Stage (2nd place).

The strong start for Bacon Motorsport this season has put the privateer in second place in the standings for the championship with 28 points overall.

Also placing was Wazoo Racing’s Tim Penasack and co-driver Alexander Kihurani, also representing Nashua, NH, who raced a 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STi to an 11th overall finish and 3rd place in the super production class.

Continuing to dominate the two-wheel drive class, Chris Duplessis and co-driver Catherine Woods, representing Mason Township, ME, finished 10th overall and first in two-wheel drive racing a 1990 Volkswagen GTI. The team finished over five minutes ahead of the next two-wheel drive competitor!

For more info on 100 Acre Wood Rally see the event press release at Rally America.

New England based drivers showed up big this weekend, and put their stamp of approval on Snodrift Rally (Round One of the Rally America National Championship Series).

Taking third place in the overall in the event was Bill Bacon of Nashua, New Hampshire who took to the podium alongside Travis Pastrana (first overall) and Antoine LeStage (second overall). Bacon, a privateer, is known for placing well in nearly every event that he runs, and Snodrift proved to be no exception despite ridiculously icey conditions. Bacon described the stages as being “so icey you could literally skate down some of the straight aways.”

Bacon Motorsports

Another impressive performance this weekend was turned in by Chris Duplessis, of Mason Township, Maine, who took first place in the 2WD Class, and 11th place overall (finishing ahead of many superior class cars.)

Hopefully Duplessis can carry some of this positive momentum with him down to Florida this month; already known for his skills as a driving instructor at Team O’Neil Rally School, Chris has recently been hired by Disney to become a professional stunt driver. We’ll keep you posted as to what action packed events he may have in store.

Chris Duplessis at Snodrift