Higgins tames the 100 Acre snow

Only heavy snow could slow David Higgins and Craig Drew as they dominated The Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, round two of Rally America in Salem last weekend.

David Higgins

Almost four minutes clear after the opening day’s stages, heavy snow brought the event to a premature end on Sunday – but not before Higgins’ Subaru Rally Team USA had piled another couple of minutes into that advantage. And the win – the Manxman’s second of the season – would have been even bigger had it not been for a time-consuming spin.

“These were some of the toughest conditions I’ve ever driven on,” said Higgins. ‘There was a mix of everything. At a snow rally you at least know you are dealing with ice or snow, but here we also had gravel, frozen gravel, icy gravel and everything in between to go with the snow. Then when it began to snow late in the event the fresh snow hid the icy parts from view. Our new 2015 Subaru WRX STI was perfect again and Craig Drew did a fantastic job, this was a huge challenge.”

Story and photo: Maxrally