The Subaru Rally Team USA driver charged on the final stages of the rally to beat Tanner Foust by a mere 3.5 seconds after covering over 100 miles of extremely challenging, high-speed, gravel and tarmac roads in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Pastrana is thus the Rally America National Champion for the second consecutive year.
"What an amazing finish to a very challenging season," said Pastrana. "Winning the Rally America Championship last year, for the first time, was fantastic but this year it feels much more special because we had to overcome tougher competition as well as battle back from some poor results earlier in the season. To win the championship by winning the final event with such a close and fierce battle is just so gratifying! It is a huge accomplishment for me, my co-driver Christian Edstrom and all of Subaru Rally Team USA."
Pastrana and Edstrom finished the 2007 season with four wins, the most of any competitor in the Rally America Championship, and reached the podium at seven of the nine rounds.
"Securing consecutive titles with Travis and Christian against such challenging competition is tremendously satisfying," explained James Han, of Subaru of America Inc. "We certainly have great momentum going into next season with both Travis and Ken [Block] returning for Subaru Rally Team USA in all-new 2008 Impreza WRX STI rally cars."
Pastrana's next appearance will be in the Rally of Great Britain, the final round of the 2007 PWRC season.
![Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana en-route to his second consecutive Rally America National Championship Series title [Pic credit: Subaru RT USA]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/393474.jpg)
