russellshireman
russellshireman
russellshireman

Bent up the fender a bit, otherwise none.

This was the first rallycross event with this car. These wheels had been autocrossed several times, though, with no issues.
This event, the car was being driven non-stop and the course was fairly rutted towards the end. Had there been only one driver, or course conditions more solid, they may not have bent or busted.

Its harder on the car than autocross; shocks, bushings, joints, etc. And it's dirty, but under most situations, nothing that would keep you from driving home without issue.

The horn was to alert all the corner workers to flag down the other cars on course. And get a jack and spare out to the location.

Oem Subaru, only came on the base Impreza 2.5i (which this car is). This was never intended in their engineering, I'm sure.

The ball joints are still intact as well as the tie rods. I aligned the car last week, after replacing the lower control arm bushings.

I keep the hubcaps tucked away in the garage. ;)

The steel wheels made for racing applications like nascar, corr, imsa, etc are a completely differnt design. Spun rims with double wall hubs are much stronger than the stamped out economy wheels that come on these cars.

One of the organizers of the event has a ford LTD on 33" tires that usually graces us as an entry, but it couldnt make it this time.

It was still a good time, the car should be ready to go to an autocross this Sunday.

Because these arent stock? This 2.5i came with the steel wheels pictured, some snazzy hubcaps and drum brakes in the rear.

They are the factory provided Subaru wheels, to hold me through until my aftermarket aluminum wheels are refinished.

For some clarification, I'm the owner of the car and Chris rented a co-drive from me. The wheel and lugs are all oem, and were torqued properly. In an earlier run, while I was driving, we caught a rut and the wheel bent some at the hub, but was not interfering with the brakes, so we went with it. That may have been a