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Speed had advanced to that point after another thrilling battle with Kevin Eriksson.Īfter beating a fast-starting Tanner Foust in the opening round, his former team-mate hitting a rock and succumbing to suspension failure as a result, Speed mirrored the Audi driver’s outside overtake off the start in his battle with Honda driver Eriksson.īy the final lap, with both having jokered, the pair were equal, running three corners door-to-door.Įriksson looked to have prevailed with a move up the inside of the final turn, but Speed emerged ahead in a drag race to the finish line, flying higher over the main straight’s multiple jumps – almost landing on Eriksson’s Civic at one point – to narrowly edge ahead at the checkered flag.
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It marked the second event in a row that four-time US champion Speed hasn’t made it to the bracket final. Kevin Hansen’s victory against Pastrana meant that he’d defeated all three Subaru runners en route to the final, having beaten Scott Speed at the semifinal stage, a close start shaking out into a convincing win for the Swede. Pastrana carried too much speed in the move however, allowing Hansen to switch back and quickly reclaim the lead, which he’d hold onto through the final turn and the flying finish. Through the winding longer route, Pastrana closed right up and rubbed Hansen’s bumper, applying the pressure, and by the time both reached the track’s second sweeping hairpin, Pastrana sent his Subaru up the inside. Pastrana kept with Hansen for the next three laps, but it wasn’t until the fourth and final lap, when both opted to take the joker, where Pastrana had his best chance to snatch the win. Peugeot driver Hansen, whose other TQ result came in controversial circumstances in Minnesota, rocketed off the asphalt start grid from the unfavorable outside line to take an early lead. Kevin Hansen topped qualifying for the second time this season after resisting a charging Travis Pastrana in the final of the battle bracket at round four of the Nitro Rallycross season at Glen Helen Raceway.