Rockstar Energy Drink Rally Team Now Leads Both North American Rally Championships

Rockstar Energy Drink Rally driver Tanner Foust stood on the podium in third place after a successful debut in his new 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X. Foust and co-driver Chrissie Beavis drove a conservative rally getting used to the freshly built EVO X and, despite being down on power for this horsepower hungry rally compared to the factory Subarus on the faster roads, made up a lot of time on their competition in the latter more technical stages. They came within a few seconds of second place finisher, Andrew Comrie Picard, by the second to last stage. Unfortunately when the final stage was cancelled due to snow Foust and Beavis were unable to carry their momentum to a higher place on the podium.
 
Foust explains, “We made it through the rally virtually problem free. John Buffum’s Libra Racing crew took care of any issues quickly but their diligent preparation before the event is what made the good result a possibility. Chrissie was on every note perfectly the whole weekend so my job was fairly straight forward… find a comfortable set up, build speed and don’t crash!”
 
This was a fairy-tale debut for the Libra Racing prepared Rockstar Energy Drink Mitsubishi EVO X—essentially the same car that took Foust’s Rockstar Rally Canadian team mate, Antoine L’Estage, to victory in the opening round of the Canadian Rally Championships a few weeks earlier. With these results the Rockstar team is leading both of North America’s premier rally championships.
 
Foust will next be at the wheel of his new Mitsubishi at the Olympus Rally  in Olympia, WA on April 19th. Foust kicks off his Formula Drift season in Long Beach, CA on April 12th.