AUGUST 27-28, 2021 27-28, AUGUST SPECTATOR GUIDE SPECTATOR 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 // 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 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.

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FRIDAY, 3:30pm SATURDAY, 12:35pm

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- 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

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> 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

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START PARKING SPECTATOR MARSHALL PARKING P (REAR LOT)

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FINISH

ADDITIONAL SPECTATOR

VENDOR VILLAGE VIEWING SPECTATOR/ VIEWING AREA

DETROIT MOUNTAIN ENTRACE

FOLLOW OJIBWE SPECTATOR PARKING FOREST RALLY

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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 (NRX) series. Earlier this summer, the star of the absolutely BUCKY LASEK mind bending Gymkahana 11 defended his record run One of ’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 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 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 most accomplished co-drivers around. Putnam last year, Semenuk proved his pace by winning the has won three US rally championships as a co-driver, Show-Me Rally, his first overall win in the US. competed at two Summer X-Games, and logged 4 trips up the mountain at the Pikes Peak International SEAMUS BURKE Hillclimb. Recently, he’s switched to the driver’s seat to 40 year veteran rally driver Seamus Burke is one of the teach his son Spencer his secret co-driver’s recipe. most experienced drivers on the stages this weekend. Since his career started at the 1982 West Cork Rally

12 // LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY LIVE STREAM PRESENTED BY: DON’T MISS A STAGE! The Ojibwe Forests Rally Stream Team will once again bring you live action from every stage of the rally. www.ojibweforestsrally.com/live

Follow along on our website links.

Friday, August 27 Stage 1 Crossroads 1:30 PM Stage 2 Steamboat 2:05 PM Stage 3 Thorpe Tower 2:45 PM Stage 4 Refuge 3:05 PM Stage 5 Crossroads 5:05 PM Stage 6 Steamboat 5:40 PM Stage 7 Thorpe Tower 6:20 PM Stage 8 Refuge 6:40 PM

Saturday, August 28 Stage 9 Height O' Land 10:35 AM Stage 10 Otterkill 11:25 AM Stage 11 Anchor Mattson 12:05 PM Stage 12 Height O' Land 2:10 PM Stage 13 Otterkill 3:00 PM Stage 14 Detriot Mountain 4:15PM & 15 Super Special

* For your best streaming experience make sure you are connected to high-speed internet or a strong cellular signal.

LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY // 13 EVENT HISTORY PREVIOUS WINNERS 1986: John Buffum/Tom Grimshaw 2006: Travis Pastrana/Christian Edstrom MOST OJIBWE FORESTS 1987: John Buffum/Tom Grimshaw 2007: Travis Pastrana/Christian Edstrom RALLY WINS: 1995: Carl Merril/John Bellefleur 2008: Travis Pastrana/Derek Ringer Travis Pastana - 6 David Higgins - 6 1996: Henry Joy IV/Michael Fennell Jr. 2009: Travis Pastrana/Christian Edstrom 1997: Paul Choiniere/Jeff Becker 2012: Henry Krolikowski/Cynthia Krolokowski MOST OJIBWE FORESTS 1998: John Buffum/Doug E Shepherd 2013: Ken Block/Alessandro Gelsomino RALLY PODIUMS: 1999: Noel Lawler/Charles Bradley 2014: David Higgins/Craig Drew Travis Pastrana – 9 2000: Paul Choiniere/Jeff Becker 2015: David Higgins/Craig Drew 2001: /Steve Turvey 2016: David Higgins/Craig Drew LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 2002: /Claire Mole 2017: Travis Pastrana/Robbie Durant Travis Pastrana – 4 (2006-2009) 2003: David Higgins/ 2018: David Higgins/Craig Drew 2004: Lauchlin O’Sullivan/Scott Putnam 2019: David Higgins/Craig Drew MOST MANUFACTURER WINS: 2005: Stig Blomqvist/Ana Goni 2020: Travis Pastrana/Rhianon Gelsomino Subaru - 15

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LUTHER BLOOMINGTON SUBARU // OJIBWE FORESTS RALLY // 17 2021 ARA CHAMPIONSHIP TO DATE Grab your cameras and get ready for The Limited 4WD class has been absolutely dominated the season’s most anticipated events. this year by Ele Bardha. The Hollywood stunt driver has shown unparalleled consistency behind the wheel The second half of the American Rally of his 90s Group N Prodrive Subaru WRX STI, scoring Association Presented by DirtFish more podium finishes than anyone else in the class. In a season gets underway and the lucky break for the class leader, his biggest threat, Mark championship fights hit high gear at Piatkowski, won’t be competing at Ojibwe. Bardha’s biggest threat this weekend will undoubtedly come from Round 6, the Ojibwe Forests Rally. winner Travis Nease in his Mitsubishi Evolution VIII. One of stage rally’s most iconic Travis Pastrana and Subaru Motorsports USA have a manufacturer wars is ready to step onto the battlefield. strong lead in the championship thanks to consistently quick pace and his three win streak that started the After a rough start to the season, two-time Open 2WD season. But Pastrana has had one driver in particular champion Seamus Burke declared his quest for three on the back of his mind all season - Barry McKenna. with a pair of wins to close out the season’s first half. But McKenna only scored his first win of the season at it’s a tightly contested fight in the standings, and 2019 June’s Southern Ohio Forest Rally, but last year’s 2WD championship runner-up Brad Morris is hungry to champion has become even faster in 2021 thanks to take and solidify this year’s class lead. But Burke will the WRC Ford Fiesta he debuted in March at the Rally also need to stave off his closest rival in outright speed - in the 100 Acre Wood. How fast is he? McKenna was Rally in the 100 Acre Wood winner Michael Hooper. forced to skip Olympus Rally earlier this year and he’s still second in points.

After opening this season with 4 different winners in the first 4 rallies, the WRC2-spec machines of the RC2 class have proven to be one of this season’s most competitive classes. Competitors like 2020 RC2 Champion John Coyne, Hyundai i20 R5 driver Enda McCormack, and Ryan Booth in his are all proven podium threats to watch out for and potentials for the class win this weekend. Follow the Entire American Rally Association Series AmericanRallyAssociation.org

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