Ken Block and the Monster World Rally Team dominated this event. This year’s win was Ken’s fifth straight #1 finish at 100AW. It was also Block’s first podium finish in his brand new 2010 Ford Fiesta rally car.

Ken Block & Alex Gelsomino flying high in a 2009 Ford Fiesta rally car - ©Arthur Partyka

Block's MWRT Ford Fiesta rally-car sideways - ©Arthur Partyka

Block signing a T-shirt for his fan - ©Arthur Partyka

Block & Gelsomino power sliding through a corner at 100AW - ©Arthur Partyka

Travis Pastrana had a little mishap on the Potosi Super Special stage. He broke the left rear control arm in his 2009 Subaru Impreza STI and could not continue the rally.

Pastrana & Edstrom kicking up mud with a 2009 Impreza STI - ©Arthur Partyka

Travis Pastrana surrounded by fans at the 100AW Rally - ©Arthur Partyka

Travis jumping his Impreza - ©Arthur Partyka

The second place went to the Canadian team of Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard. Their 2009 Mitsubishi EVO X was consistently fast on gravel roads of Southern Missouri.

Antoine L'Estage & Nathalie Richard kicking up dirt at 100AW - ©Arthur Partyka

Chicago-based team of Piotr Wiktorczyk and Greg Dorman experienced an engine fire on one of the first stages and could not finish the rally. After the event Dorman explained: “Basically about four and a half miles into the stage our car lost all its power. We pulled over and opened the hood and it was on fire. So we got out some extinguishers, it didn’t want to go out, but the Conleys were kind enough to pull over. We grabbed their extinguisher and we got the fire out”. We’re happy to hear that Piotr and Greg walked away from this incident without a scratch and we hope to see the Rider’s Energy Team on the podium in the near future.

Wiktorczyk & Dorman sporting the Riders Rally Team livery - ©Arthur Partyka

Andrew “ACP” Cormie-Picard blew the engine in his 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX and didn’t have a chance to complete on any of the 100AW special stages.

Henry & Cindy Krolikowski dominated the 100 Acre Wood regional rally results in their 2000 Subaru Impreza. Their white GC8 STI looked as good as ever, especially after a quick car was in a water splash.

Henry & Cincy Krolikowski plowing through a water-splsh - ©Arthur Partyka

Last, but not least, Arthur captured a photo of Lars Gange, the official Subaru Rally Team USA photographer digging a hole for his Nikon pro camera. You can take a look at the result of this experiment in the Subaru Rally Team USA 100AW gallery.

Lars Gange of Subaru Rally Team USA digging in his Nikon pro camera - ©Arthur Partyka

We’re looking forward to the next event on the Rally-America Schedule, Olympus Rally, based in Olympia, WA that will take place between April 23rd and 25th 2010.

Take a look at the official 100AW highlights by Warwick Patterson and Bill Wood:

Photo Credit: Arthur Partyka

Sources: RallyBuzz, Rally-America, Special Stage, Subaru Rally Team USA, Rider Rally Team, Monster World Rally Team

Travis Pastrana negotiated this year’s rally with a broken collar-bone and to everyone’s surprise took the victory! He said that his injury actually helped make his driving smoother and prevented him from taking unnecessary risks.

Travis Pastrana negotiating an icy corner at Sno*Drift 2010 - ©Neil McDaid

Travis showing off his latest scar... And celebrating vistory with his co-driver, Cristian Edstrom - ©Neil McDaid

Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino brought out their latest toy – Monster World Rally Ford Fiesta. They showed top-notch performance and were in the 3rd position when they were forced to retire due to a technical problem. Take a look at the new Fiesta in snow-mode below:

Ken Block cutting a corner in his rally-prepped Ford Fiesta - ©Neil McDaid

Block's Fiesta sideways - ©Neil McDaid

Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard snatched-up the second place in the their Rockstar Mitsubishi EVO X. See below for in-car footage of Antoine and Nathalie tearing through the icy stages.

Antoine L'Estage & Nathalie Richard sporting new colours on their Rockstar EVO X - ©Neil McDaid

William Bacon and Peter Watt took the third place in their 2006 Mitsubishi EVO IX. Andrew “ACP” Comrie-Picard placed at a respectable fourth place despite of a close encounter with a snowbank. Andrew commented on this year’s Sno*Drift conditions and said that “the first few stages were the iciest I have ever seen… and the rally just got icier from there.” ACP owes his strong finish to a fellow rally team of pro mountain bikers Carl Decker and Adam Craig, who stopped in the middle of a stage and pulled the NOS EVO IX back onto the road.

Andrew ACP Comrie-Picard sideways in his EVO IX - ©Neil McDaid

The Polish crew of Andi Mancin & Maciej Wislawski placed 12th with their 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution.

Andi Mancin & Maciej Wislawski negotiating an icy curve in a 2007 EVO IX - ©Neil McDaid

Arkadiusz Gruszka & Dominik Jozwiak launching off a jump - ©Neil McDaid

Gruszka's EVO IX with rally-lights at a night stage - ©Neil McDaid

Official Rally-America 2010 Sno*Drift Rally video highlights:

Photo Credit: Neil McDaid

Sources: RallyBuzz, Rally-America, SpecialStage

And here’s the official list of WRC events that Ken will be crashing in a Ford Focus RS:
Mexico – March 5-7, 2010
Turkey – April 16-18, 2010
Portugal – May 28-30, 2010
Germany – August 20-22, 2010
France – September 30-October 3, 2010
Spain – October 22-24, 2010
Wales – November 11-14, 2010

Last, but not least, Ken will be crashing X-Games 16 in LA on July 29-August 1, 2010.

There are plans to shoot the Gymkhana 3 video later this year with a OMSE Ford Fiesta. “To build the Gymkhana car feels thrilling. It is something over the top where we have totally free hands engineering wise which is very inspiring”, says Andréas Eriksson of OMSE Ford.

Ken’s new rally-car looks stunning and the Gravity Bureau team can’t wait to get some coverage of the 2010 Fiesta in action at Rally-America events this season!

Source: RallyBuzz, Rally-America.

Ken Block's 2010 Ford Fiesta

#43 Rally-America Ford

Alex Gelsomino at LSPR'09 - Ken Block's Co-driver for the 2010 Rally-America season