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SPECTATOR GUIDE AUGUST 27-28, 2021 CONTENTS RallySafe App ..........................................................................3 Schedule ...................................................................................4 Service Locations ....................................................................5 Safety .....................................................................................6-7 Spectator Locations ...........................................................8-11 2021 Drivers to Watch ...........................................................12 LIVE Streaming Info ..............................................................13 Event History .........................................................................14 Autographs ............................................................................15 Sponsors ...........................................................................16-17 2021 ARA Championship Standings ...................................18 2 // LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY FOLLOW THE CARS with RallySafe New for 2021 all the rally cars competing at an American Rally Association National event are equipped with RallySafe trackers. You can now follow your favorite competitors progress through every stage and see their times LIVE! Follow online or download the RallySafe app to stay up-to-date on the go. Apple and Android apps are both available. LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY // 3 Forests Rally is FREE to the public! Come experience the motorsport SCHEDULE adrenaline rush like no other! TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 Travis Pastrana Meet & Greet Tech Begins ...........................9:00AM 4:00- 6:00pm ** Drivers Meeting.......................12:30PM Luther Bloomington Subaru Stage 1 Crossroads Jump ......1:25PM 500 American Blvd W Stage 4 Spur 1 ........................3:00PM Bloomington, MN 55420 Service ...................................3:30PM Stage 5 Crossroads Jump ......5:00PM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25 Stage 8 Spur 1 ........................6:35PM Testing SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 Service ...................................12:35PM Recce ................................... 7:00AM Detroit Mountain Opens ..........2:30PM Volunteer Check-in ............... 6-9:00PM Stages 14 & 15 .......................4:15PM Kick-Off Event ** ................... Evening Podium ...................................5:30PM SPECTATORS ARE WELCOME **For details on the Tuesday’s Meet & Greet to all events except those in blue. and Thursday’s Kick-Off Event follow the Ojibwe Forests Rally Facebook page. 4 // LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY SERVICE LOCATIONS FRIDAY, 3:30PM SATURDAY, 12:35PM P - Gladen Construction, Inc. - Itasca, MN (Highway 34 from Detroit Lakes, Left onto Co Highway 37, Turn left to stay - 40739 US-71, Laporte, MN 56461 on Co Highway 37. Continue onto Co Highway - Located 35 miles north of Park Rapids, 39 / Long Lost Lake Road. Right onto MN-200 MN on US 71 E. Right onto Co Highway 122.) - Follow direction of Marshals - Amenities available: Food and Bathrooms and signs for parking! - Park on SE side of Hwy 122 CROSSROADS JUMP An iconic stage for FRIDAY, 1:25 & 5:00PM Minnesota rallies and always a fan favorite! - Approximately 7.6 miles north of Akeley, MN Drivers come flat-out - Hundreds or possibly even over 1,000 spectators. down the road to this wide intersection with a - Park smart on one side of the road. Obey the Marshals. slightly off camber jump, - Be prepared for bugs, heat, dust and the biggest which sends cars flying Rally jump in Minnesota! through the air! - For best viewing on this stage and all stages, ARRIVE EARLY! LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY // 5 Rally cars are spectacular and exciting, but can do the unexpected. For your safety and the safety of everyone involved with the Ojibwe Forests Rally please: • Listen to the marshals. • Never walk on an active rally stage. • Follow any instructions from • Know that not every rally car will rally officials. be the same. Use common sense regarding where you are watching. • Know that signage, barricades and banner tape are in place for your • Speak up. If you are uncomfortable protection. Do not move them. with something you see tell the rally volunteers. • Be aware of your surroundings and use them as cover from the unexpected and debris. WARNING MOTOR SPORT CAN BE DANGEROUS We have taken every reasonable safety precaution, but unforeseen accidents can happen. You are at your own risk. Be alert. 6 // LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY Study the Diagrams: All RED AREAS are ‘NO-GO’. These areas are extremely dangerous. “T” Junction Cross Road DANGER “Y” Junction “Y” Junction Left Bend Right Bend 90o Left 90o Right 90o Left Road 90o Right Road At Side At Side Always be alert and NEVER stand in the red areas. LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY // 7 spectator area is 1 mile ahead. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 // FOREST STAGES FRIDAY SPECTATOR LOCATIONS 8 // LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY DETROIT MOUNTAIN SUPER SPECIAL SATURDAY, 2:30PM > Rally Stages 14 & 15 > Vendors > Wood-fire Pizza > Rally Super Store > Ojibwe Forests Rally Merch > Jumbo Screens with LIVE Streaming > Classic Rally Car Display > And More! LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY // 9 SATURDAY SPECTATOR LOCATIONS Stage 14 & 15 VIDEO BOARD FINISH ADDITIONAL SPECTATOR VENDOR VILLAGE VIEWING SPECTATOR/ VIEWING AREA DETROIT MOUNTAIN ENTRACE SPECTATOR PARKING P START PARKING SPECTATOR MARSHALL PARKING P (REAR LOT) 10 // LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY PRESENTED BY: VIDEO BOARD FINISH ADDITIONAL SPECTATOR VENDOR VILLAGE VIEWING SPECTATOR/ VIEWING AREA DETROIT MOUNTAIN ENTRACE FOLLOW OJIBWE SPECTATOR PARKING FOREST RALLY www.OjibweForestsRally.com Facebook.com/Ojibweforestsrally START PARKING SPECTATOR @Ojibweforestsrally MARSHALL PARKING (REAR LOT) LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY // 11 // 2021 DRIVERS TO WATCH // TRAVIS PASTRANA in Ireland, Burke has won multiple rally events and 2020 Ojibwe Forests Rally winner and 2017 ARA championships, including the ARA Open 2WD title — champion, Subaru Motorsports USA’s Travis Pastrana is twice. His V6-Swapped MKII Ford Escort is one of the a hugely successful freestyle motocrosser, five-time US most distinctive cars on the North American stages, and rally champion, co-founder of the Nitro Circus collective, he always knows how to put on show with it. and chief architect of this fall’s Nitro Rallycross (NRX) series. Earlier this summer, the star of the absolutely BUCKY LASEK mind bending Gymkahana 11 defended his record run One of skateboarding’s most iconic figures, Bucky up Mt. Washington at this year’s Climb to the Clouds in Lasek knows how to take home the hardware. The vert a bespoke 862 BHP Subaru Impreza WRX STI. legend is a proud owner of ten X-Games Gold, eight Silver, and two Bronze medals. But his most impressive BARRY MCKENNA medal may be one from 2014 - his X-Games silver The defending American Rally Association champion medal in rallycross. Lasek was a member of the Subaru is known for bringing some of North America’s fastest factory rallycross team for 5 Red Bull GRC seasons. rally cars to America’s best rallies. But this year he’s In stage rally, Lasek is also a podium finisher, having upped the ante by importing a full-blown WRC car for scored a third-place SP Class finish at the New England ARA competition. But what happened to cars like his Forest Rally in 2016. old Skoda Fabia R5? You can rent them for any rally you want! His team, McKenna Motorsport, owns the KAREN JANKOWSKI single largest fleet of currently competing rally cars in Chair of the 2021 ARA season finale event, the Oregon the country and they’ll let you drive them, if you’ve got Trail Rally, Karen Jankowski is taking the weekend off the chops. from her rally management duties to drive her Dodge Calibre SRT-4, a factory Mopar race car that once KEN BLOCK competed at Targa Newfoundland. A threat in both The Head Hoonigan in Charge. After 11 years, Ken seats, Jankowski is a six-time championship-winning Block is back in a Subaru WRX STI competing full co-driver, most recently taking home the Limited 4WD time in the American rally championship. Creator class championship in 2018. of the legendary Gymkahana video series, Block is no stranger to monster vehicles. But Block is also ELE BARDHA no stranger to rally, with two-dozen World Rally Hollywood stunt driver Ele Bardha puts his movie Championship appearances, 6 Red Bull Global experience to the real world test of stage rally…and it’s Rallycross wins, 2 FIA World RX podiums, and a test he scores well on. In his three year’s competing, multiple American rally title fights to his name. Bardha has only finished off his class podium once. He scored fourth. Current leader of the Limited 4WD class, BRANDON SEMENUK Bardha also competes in a piece of WRC history — a Two-time North American Rally Champion Brandon Prodrive Group N Subaru WRX STI. It’s bright red, you Semenuk is a force on the stages, but the Subaru can’t miss it. Motorsports USA driver cut his teeth in a different kind of offroad sport — freeride mountain biking. Semenuk SCOTT PUTNAM is a three-time Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour Gold Our local hero, Scott Putnam is a hugely important part Medalist, X-Games Gold Medalist, and only the second of the Ojibwe Forests Rally. Not only that, he’s also one person to win the Red Bull Rampage three times. Just of the
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