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Andrew Pinker took second place at the New England Forest Rally--the fifth round of the 2008 Rally America Series. Despite continuing mechanical gremlins that have seemed to follow Pinker all season, he took second spot on the podium behind 2004 Production World Rally Champion Niall McShea. Pinker and McShea swapped the lead over the stages, but a broken gear shift lever on Stage 4 put him behind for most of the rally. Pinker looked set to wrestle the lead off of McShea on the final stage but then he blew his rear differential and had to limp home for a second place finish-his best this year.

Unfortunately the second place wasn't enough for Pinker to win the last chance qualifying spot for the Summer X Games 14 rally race, as McShea isn't a regular Rally America competitor and had entered the New England event to gain entry to the X Games.

Tanner Foust did not compete at the New England event as it conflicted with a Formula Drift race in Las Vegas. While Tanner, unusually finished out of the Top 8, he still leads the 2008 Formula Drift championship.

The Rockstar Rally still team goes into the X Games 14 Rally Race with two cars. As 2007 X Games Rally Race champion, Tanner Foust automatically qualifies, and Andrew Pinker's car will be driven by Canadian Rally champion Antoine L'Estage with co-driver Nathalie Richard.

All focus in the next week is on preparation for US rally's most exciting and visible event-the X Games 14 Rally Race at the Home Depot Center, Carson, CA. The race will be broadcast live on ABC Sport on Sunday, August 3rd.

Steve Poirier had two things that helped him feel comfortable on Friday night. First, he was at Ohsweken Speedway, a three-eighths mile dirt track, where he's won the last two Canadian Sprint Car Nationals. Secondly, he went back to the Eagle Chassis that he used to win the big race last September.

"I don't know what it is but I feel comfortable here (Ohsweken)," said Poirier after his third win of the season with the 25th Anniversary Lucas Oil Empire Super Sprint tour. "I've been running well with my other car (J&J Auto Racing) but I know this car (Eagle) is good here."

The decision worked out well for Poirier as he pocketed $2,000 for the win courtesy of Arrow Express. It also helped him increase his overall lead in the tour point standings as well as giving him the lead in the SMAC Magazine Canadian Invasion series.

Justin Barger, out of Montrose, N.Y., was able to get up as far as second but in the end he was unable to hold of Poirier and Yonge, forcing him to settle for third.

"We were close on the setup in the car," said Barger about his Ryder powered Maxim. "I didn't think the bottom was going to be as good as it was and it we missed it a little bit."

Cook, who led some of the event in his Maxim ride, fell back to finish in fourth while Jared Zimbardi of Little Valley, N.Y. came from the sixth row to finish in fifth.

ESS/Ohsweken Notes: A near record field of cars as 42 jammed the pit area as ESS shared the card with the World of Outlaw Late Models which were rained out the night before...A tremendous amount of support from the Ohsweken weekly Corr-Pak sprint car series and also from the Southern Ontario Sprints....Good to have Dain Naida and Louie Carufel from the Sprints on Dirt circuit as both made the A-Main...The 25 lap A-Main was the second in row that went non-stop, Mike Stelter was the only driver of the 25 starters that didn't see the checkered flag. Stelter by the way was running Jay Pietz's #71Jr as he is still awaiting motor parts for his own mount and if it was for the Kris Root team loaning a rear end, he wouldn't have made the event...Lee Ladouceur took full advantage of his provisional as he started 25th, finished 6th and took home an extra $50 from Lane's Yamaha...The stars and cars from the Lucas Oil Sponsored Series will be back at Ohsweken on Sept. 12 and 13 as a part of the Arrow Express Canadian Sprint Car Nationals...42 cars entered the event.

We welcomed a sunny race day as part of the chase team headed out. Co-rider Fawn and I lined up early knowing the low turnout and short spacing between the starting vehicles would have us out of town earlier than usual. This race would have an extra touch to it as we had an onboard camera to record the action just as we experience it. 10:21am and the green flag waves us off, first vehicle in our class. Into the Ensenada Wash we sail over the well-groomed jumps. Back up on the pavement and towards the edge of town we pass our first car before the dirt. Parts of the trail look familiar and other are new to us. The usual grouping of spectators marked the booby traps and tougher spots where action might occur. We were patient and a couple of the typically faster trucks in our class went by. Fawn called out the turns well as the dust hung heavy in a couple of the more technical spots. Race mile (RM) 35 had us crossing Highway 3 in fine shape continuing to work through the twisting hilly terrain. Finally we hit 3rd gear on the high speed Ojos road. Soon the Tres Hermanos area approach with the wash and silt beds we've grown to respect. Since we didn't get a chance to pre-run, I hoped that our flagging from the 1000 would still be in place. Sure enough traces of ribbon were still present in the trees. We hauled ass on the high side and cut over to the fence, only to miss the opening again. A quick 360 got us through and back on our preferred line. Into the cut we went and the dust was still hanging from earlier traffic. Not wanting to jam us up in the silt I paused to get a better view and sure enough a couple of trucks snuck by us. We jumped in behind them and pressed on. The typical silt area was almost non-existent and we sailed through and up the mountain trails. On the backside we pick up confidence and speed. This combination leads us to a big whoop that kicked the rear end skyward. We're looking forward only at the ground waiting for the results. The truck settles back in and Fawn sez "good job." I reply that it was all gravity and physics, holding the steering wheel had nothing to do with it. Regrouped we're back pushing hard. We come upon another vehicle that we're just a bit faster than and want to pass. I think its Rod's Hummer, Fawn says it's the FJ (which at this time is still in dispute) either way I'm not going to nerf 'em and we're in their dust on the narrow trail for a long way. RM 81 has us on the highway for a short run. We're feeling good and running strong.

Back in the dirt the roads are well worn and fast. We start to call out that we're close to our first pit stop with BFG. The team radios that they missed the turn off for the pit and we need to stop for gas and then continue on for a few more miles for the rider change. I get on the horn and implore them to get the planned pit location. The reply is they can't make it as the first of our class is passing by them as we speak. At RM 87 I'm back on the mike trying to solve the perceived pitting problem just as Fawn is calling out a hard left-hander with a double skull & crossbones danger marking. I don't hear her due to my yakking on the radio and we hit the spot way too fast. I remember seeing a deep ravine with a couple of boulders blocking the course. The rear of the truck pitches off camber down the embankment and we slide sideways until nature takes over and I put the roll cage into the full operational mode. We luckily came to a quick stop and didn't roll forever. Hanging upside down for the first time ever was a bad feeling. Tranny oil began to drain onto Fawn's feet as she tried to open the window netting to escape. Unfortunately the crash had pinched the snaps closed and they wouldn't free up. A guy pokes his head on my side and says to sit tight as they're hooking up a winch line to flip us over. Fawn had already unbelted and was on the roof as we were rolled back upright. She got the double whammy. I radioed to the team what had just transpired and we would need crack mechanic PatN at our location. Locals towed us off the track so we could assess the big picture. Lots of sheet metal damage, all windows broken, all fiberglass cracked, Vision X light bar wiped out, etc, etc, etc. But drivable if the engine would fire. I gave it a quick bump but it was already hydraulically locked up. While the locals assisted us until PatN arrived it just wouldn't start. With way too may hands on the motor and a lack of bilingual participation we towed it to the BFG pit only 3 miles down the course.

As PatN worked over the engine with other team members we cut metal and replaced the lights just in case. Hours ran on as he chased down every item that could have been keeping us from restarting. As strange as it may sound the last thing we did was to change the oil and the engine fired up. While it was running, it was obviously not right. PatN jumped in shotgun and we got to checkpoint 1 and then on to Checker Pit 1 at RM 105. Along the way we discussed the situation. Way down on time early in the race, lack of full horsepower with a difficult trail still ahead, we're not racing for season points and a limited number of chase vehicles, I chose to call it a day. There was no need to limp along and put the team or truck in a more precarious situation. Let's regroup and live to fight another day. We headed back to Ojos Negros before putting the Ranger on the trailer and stopping for dinner. We wanted to burn some time to allow an earlier truck accident on the highway to clear. The plan worked, as it was clear sailing into Ensenada and back to the hotel way to early.

Sunday's awards showed that our class had a great race. Steele was first, with Holmes only 5 minutes back and then Sierra 10 minutes behind him. Horner finished fourth, four hours later. No other vehicles finished out of the 10 starters. This is our first SCORE DNF since the 2005 Baja 1000. A role the team isn't used to or accepting of.

As the days have passed, many pictures and videos have surfaced on the Internet of the crash, leading us to speculate that we fell victim to a well-executed booby trap. However it was avoidable on my part with better driver concentration and patience. A tough lesson learned. We'll rebuild and repair the truck but it will take some time. Keep your eyes open there's no telling where or when the Flamingos will attack again.