Travis Pastrana endured a brief moment in time when he wasn't favored to win. When Niall McShea's squeaky clean run turned sour, just slightly overcooking right before re-entry into the stadium, the front suspension on the car locked the steering up and McShea had no option but to beach his 2008 STI prepped by Vermont Sportscar by the landing of the big jump.
Travis Hanson, the alternate, went on to win the heat and advance to the next round, receiving the cheers worthy of an underdog. Surely the entire rally crew breathed a sigh of relief at McShea's misfortune, as he had been so fast in practice. I hope we'll see more of McShea in the american rally scene.
Ultimately, NOS got all the exposure that could ever want as ACP completed his front flip off the gap for a place in history. Dave Mirra/Rally Brat took home Bronze for drilling the wall after taking off for the jump a bit wide.
And for Silver, it was Tanner Foust(my favorite driver)/Chrissie and Pastrana/Bosley takes the Gold. For those keeping track, that's Pastrana's ninth gold at X Games. He's also won for supercross, motocross, and freestyle motocross, in addition to rallying.
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