October 10, 2024
Marquette, MI – The Subaru Motorsports USA teams are coming to the end of the 2024 American Rally Association (ARA) season at the October 11-12 Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR). With Driver Brandon Semenuk and co-driver Keaton Williams having clinched an ARA championship three-peat at Overmountain Rally Tennessee, their teammates – extreme sports legend Travis Pastrana and co-driver Rhianon Gelsomino – look to end their return ARA season with a third consecutive first place finish.
While Semenuk attends the Red Bull Rampage mountain biking event the same weekend as LSPR, racing phenom Lia Block will pilot the WRX ARA24 in his stead with Williams at her side. The 18-year-old is currently in her rookie F1 Academy season driving for Williams Racing but is no stranger to ARA: “It's been almost a year since I did my last rally,” Block notes, having become the series’ youngest champion ever in the Open 2WD division in 2023, "It's really exciting. I can't stop smiling."
Pastrana is looking forward to this year’s LSPR: “It will be very exciting to see Lia jump into the new WRX after winning the 2WD championship last year,” he says, adding that “It’s one of my favorite events of the season.”
Self-billed as the “Oldest, Meanest, Toughest” event of the season, the Lake Superior Performance Rally features a challenging mix of terrain across its stages, some of which trace back to LSPR’s origins as a World Rally Championship (WRC) event in the 1970s. As always, the early fall Michigan weather will be an unpredictable factor, with rain and cold temperatures likely over the rally weekend. The weather will do nothing to dampen the spirits of the spectators, who routinely make LSPR one of the best-attended, most fun events on the ARA schedule.
If you can’t make it up to Michigan for the 2024 Lake Superior Performance Rally October 11-12 th , you can still get the latest highlights and updates by following Subaru Motorsports USA on Facebook, on Instagram @subarumotorsportsusa, and on TikTok @subarumotorsportsusa.
Lake Superior Performance Rally 2024 (LSPR)
DATES: 10/11/24 - 10/12/24
HOST TOWNS: Marquette, Michigan
TIME ZONE: Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -4)
NEAREST INTL AIRPORT: Sawyer Intl Airport (MQT)
WEATHER: Cloudy. High near 67F. Low around 44F. Sunset 7:09pm.
2024 Lake Superior Performance Rally Stage Info
Total Distance: 414.57 miles
Number of stages: 17
Stage distance: 136.31 miles
Stage surfaces: Gravel
Longest stage: 16.81 miles (SS4/8 Passmore South I/II)
Highest Elevation: 1,833 ft
Recce: Open
Service Parks:
Camp Sidnaw (Fri)
Westwood Highschool (Sat)
Official Start: 11:00am on Friday
Superspecial: Yes (SS17)
Power Stage: SS15
Stages in darkness: Yes (SS8-9)
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