Manx rally driver David Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew claimed their seventh win of the Rally America season over the weekend.
The Subaru man had already wrapped up his sixth American title, but ensured he finished the eight-round series with a near-perfect record with victory at the Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR).
Higgins was locked in a tight battle at LSPR with Subaru Rally Team USA team-mate Travis Pastrana for a majority of the treacherously wet and muddy Houghton, Michigan-based rally.
Pastrana briefly took the lead from Higgins late on the final day before Pastrana’s Subaru became stuck in a muddy ditch along the edge of the road, ending his rally with just four stages to go.
Higgins, at the wheel of his DMACK Tires-shod 2014 Subaru WRX STI, then cruised to victory.
‘This was one of the most challenging events we have ever done, the grip levels would go from good to nothing, worse than ice, within a turn. There were huge ponds of water in the road to skim across,’ explained Higgins at the podium.
‘It feels great to end the season with a win and in such bad conditions, this feels like a real accomplishment just to finish!’