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Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
All-New Subaru Motorsports USA WRX ARA25L to Debut at Olympus Rally
SHELTON, Wash., April 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The all-new WRX ARA25L from Subaru Motorsports USA makes its racing debut at Washington State's Olympus Rally this weekend. Piloted by extreme sports legend and Subaru Motorsports USA driver Travis Pastrana, the WRX ARA25L will compete within the fast-paced and accessible American Rally Association (ARA) Limited 4-Wheel-Drive (L4WD) class. L4WD competition cars are heavily modified compared to their stock counterparts but must adhere to specific parameters and restrictions. As such, they remain closely related to the WRX models on the showroom floor – particularly when compared to the cars found in the Open 4-Wheel-Drive (O4WD) class, where Subaru Motorsports USA driver Brandon Semenuk and co-driver Keaton Williams are currently chasing a fourth straight ARA championship. Expertly designed and assembled by performance partner Vermont SportsCar, the WRX ARA25L showcases what is possible with a much closer to stock Subaru WRX while offering drivers the chance to compete with Travis Pastrana at a significantly lower price point than that of the O4WD class. The heart of the WRX ARA25L is its turbocharged and intercooled 2.4-liter Subaru FA24 BOXER engine. With its factory turbocharger, ARA L4WD class-mandated 33mm restrictor and 2.5-bar absolute boost limit, the ARA25L's engine produces roughly 315 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque. Power is sent to all four wheels via a 6-speed sequential gearbox with a 3-plate carbon race clutch. Suspension duties are handled by R53 motorsport springs and dampers along with a combination of OEM and VSC hardware, and the WRX ARA25L's 15-inch O.Z. Competition wheels wear Yokohama ADVAN A053 rally tires. Brembo 4-piston brake calipers and 300mm brake rotors front and rear bring everything to a halt. According to Pastrana, fresh out of the car on day one of testing, the WRX ARA25L is "a really fun car to drive" with "less downforce than the open car, which adds even more to the fun factor. It drives like a 125cc 2-stroke – you're always shiftin' and movin'!" The anticipation for Pastrana's 2025 ARA debut has been building, and now with the reveal of the WRX ARA25L and Subaru Motorsports USA's participation in L4WD there are more reasons than ever to go spectate – or enter – a rally. Look for Pastrana and the WRX ARA25L at ARA events all season long, including some Super Regionals like July's Rally Colorado, and for the latest news and updates be sure to follow Subaru Motorsports USA on Facebook, on Instagram @subarumotorsportsusa, and TikTok @subarumotorsportsusa. About Subaru Motorsports USASubaru Motorsports USA is directed by Subaru of America, Inc., managed by Vermont SportsCar and proudly supported by MOTUL, Yokohama Tires, R53 Suspension, Triple-R Lights, DirtFish Rally School, and Sparco USA. Follow the team online at Subaru Motorsports USA on Facebook, on Instagram @subarumotorsportsusa, and on TikTok @ Subaru of America, of America, Inc. (SOA) is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Subaru Corporation of Japan. Headquartered at a zero-landfill office in Camden, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts, and accessories through a network of more than 630 retailers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is the only U.S. automobile manufacturing plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. SOA is guided by the Subaru Love Promise, which is the company's vision to show love and respect to everyone, and to support its communities and customers nationwide. Over the past 20 years, SOA and the SOA Foundation have donated more than $300 million to causes the Subaru family cares about, and its employees have logged nearly 88,000 volunteer hours. As a company, Subaru believes it is important to do its part in making a positive impact in the world because it is the right thing to do. For additional information visit Follow us on Facebook and Instagram. James TateMotorsports Marketing ManagerSubaru of America, Inc.(856) 488-8622jtate@ Dominick InfanteDirector, Corporate CommunicationsSubaru of America, Inc.(856) 488-8615dinfante@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Subaru of America, Inc. Sign in to access your portfolio
USA Today
25-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Key Georgia assistant headed to Miami
Key Georgia assistant headed to Miami Following Georgia basketball's first NCAA tournament appearance in a decade, the team will need to fill a coaching vacancy. Assistant coach Erik Pastrana is departing UGA to join the Miami Hurricanes' staff. Pastrana will go back to his hometown in a similar role under their newly appointed head coach, Jai Lucas. Pastrana's three-year tenure with the Georgia Bulldogs coincided with Mike White's arrival as head coach. Having previously worked together at Florida, Pastrana contributed to the Bulldogs' consistent improvement over those three seasons. Under Mike White's leadership, Georgia's basketball program has seen a significant turnaround. After a dismal 6-26 record in Tom Crean's final season, White led the Bulldogs to a 16-16 record in his first year. With Pastrana on staff, the team further improved to 20-17 in the 2023-2024 season, highlighted by a strong NIT semifinal run. In the most recent season, Georgia achieved 20 regular-season wins, a feat accomplished by only six teams in the school's history, finishing with a 20-13 record with a March Madness appearance. Before joining Florida and Georgia, Pastrana's coaching journey included two years as an assistant at Oklahoma State. He also spent a season at Florida Atlantic (2017-2018) and served as head coach at Daytona State College during the same period. His career began as a graduate assistant at Kansas State from 2007 to 2009.
Los Angeles Times
24-02-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Defending champion Estancia girls' soccer bows out in Division 5 semifinals
Estancia brought its customary grit and attacking acumen into its CIF Southern Section girls' soccer semifinal, but the fortune that's so often accompanying was mostly absent. The Eagles' drive for successive Division 5 championships ended Saturday evening in a 3-2 defeat to visiting Viewpoint, a margin that might have been more significant — or gone the other way. It ended a 14-match unbeaten streak since mid-December. Estancia (12-4-4) struggled to manage the Patriots' tidiness and guile much of the game but responded when punched — quickly rallying from one deficit at the end of the first half, halving another moments after Viewpoint's third goal — and spent the last 20 minutes seemingly on the verge of pulling even. 'To get to this point is big,' Eagles head coach Josh Juarez said. 'We, of course, want to win the whole thing, but the way they fought to the very end is a testament to those girls. ... Soccer is about those key moments, and we have a lot of talent to create those and be there in those moments. We just got unlucky with a few finishes, and they capitalized on theirs, and that's the difference a lot of times. Especially when you get into the playoffs. 'It's the key moments that get you moving on or not. They came out on top of those moments.' Junior forward Vanessa Pastrana scored both of the Eagles' goals, the first, to the lower-right corner from Paloma Silva's goalmouth feed, providing making it 1-1 in the 40th minute, the second from an unintentionally brilliant free kick in the 62nd. The first fractured the Patriots' sense of inevitability. The second made Estancia believe. They dictated the game the rest of the way through stout defensive work in front of the defensive third and a direct approach aimed at isolating Pastrana and Silva up top, often through dynamic midfielder Kim Muñoz. It produced three good chances and one great one: a sizzling Silva shot in the 67th minute, from backline leader Aisleen Avalos' ball into space behind Viewpoint's defensive line, that flashed just past the right post. 'It would be very easy to just feel sorry for ourselves after [going down 3-1], but we came back and tried to get the last one,' Juarez said. 'We were oh-so-close so many times.' The game belonged to Viewpoint (9-5-5), an efficient and purposeful attacking side that will face Heritage (21-8-3) in the final, through most of the first half and portions of the second. The Patriots, fueled by masterful playmaker Kaylee Foxhoven and mercurial forward Charlotte Young, were hugely superior with the ball, in precision and idea, and they looked capable of doing as they pleased. Estancia did well to diminish its foes' scoring chances — and nearly took the lead, twice: Pastrana just wide in the 21st, Breanna Lopez high from a gorgeous Silva pass in the 24th. Viewpoint finally broke though in the 33rd, on Foxhoven's poke through corner-kick debris. Estancia, which had shut out six of its previous eight opponents, found energy with that, became more efficient at closing the space the Patriots were exploiting, and it was 1-1 seven minutes later. 'Our system makes it difficult for anyone to do whatever they want, and our team works hard defensively,' Juarez said. 'Our goal was to frustrate their key players and not make it so easy. ... It's not like we're always going to stop the best players — kind of like it's hard to stop a Kim or a Vanessa or a Paloma — it's just trying to make things difficult so they make the least impact as possible.' Viewpoint might have been comfortably ahead but for impatience when its attack ran into barriers. It forced balls rather than wait for openings, playing to Estancia's strengths and conceding command. When things did click, the Patriots were decisive. Young deposited a rebound to restore the lead three minutes into the second half, and it was 3-1 when Mishara Briscoe finished a ball over the top in the 61st. A minute later, the Eagles won a free kick in the semicircle above the box, and Pastrana unexpectedly hits it low to the left, snaking it past the defensive wall and into the open side of the net. Viewpoint's wall expected a higher shot and jumped to deal with that. Pastrana's savvy, alas, was an accident. 'I was going to go more for power, top-right corner, but I don't even know what I did,' she said. 'I kicked the ball wrong, and it went there magically.' That magic didn't provide enough the rest of the way, and the journey was done. 'We wanted to do it back to back,' Pastrana said. 'We gave it our all, and, obviously, not the outcome we wanted, but we worked hard all season to get to this point.' Sage Hill 2, Coachella Valley 0: The Lightning won at home on Saturday in the semifinals of the Division 4 playoffs. Keila Fukuda scored both goals for Sage Hill (11-3-1), which advanced to the first CIF final in program history. The Lightning will play La Mirada (13-8-3) for the Division 4 title on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at El Modena High School.
