"Holy cow!" - Travis Pastrana’s FLAT OUT Onboard on the SOFR powerstage

Defending ARA champions Travis Pastrana and Rhianon Gelsomino won the powerstage at last week’s Southern Ohio Forest Rally with this emphatic run through SS16, America’s Best. In Travis’s words: “Holy cow!”
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[@kevinhoward3685]

That little thumbs up at 5:48 tells you everything you need to know about Pastrana

[@The.Mr.M]

Exactly what I thought too

[@nicholas_scott]

@@The.Mr.M Then right after the thumbs up, he had to ask the navigator to repeat- That was the only lapse I saw during the whole run, and that was to give love to the fans.

[@bonelessbeef]

This one video is better than almost every video on the WRC channel. Thank you for the long quality video with no music added.

[@fragmentalstew]

Almost all the videos like this are locked behind WRC+.

[@jebus456]

yea i'm into the raw sound

[@Arthur0ne]

Hmm come on dude no it’s not..

[@markthibault8579]

Great to ride along on this run. It's fun to try to keep up with the turns as each call is made. Let your mind wander for just one moment and you're done. Well done Travis and Rhianon.

[@SmallBlogV8]

"Woahhh boy..." "You're all right." Nice little insight into the kind of chemistry they have.

[@ssvis2]

I'm amazed how calm they both sounded through the whole run. Even when it got a little squirrely they just said oops, ok and kept going like nothing happened.

[@nightowlrally]

Yep! Just like in other aspects of life, it's super important to keep a cool head and not panic. It's also a lot more of a mental thing than some people realize - there's a couple different concepts that come to mind: 1) target fixation and road reading - target fixation is like the kind of video where a kid starts riding on their bike and hits a mailbox despite having lots of space to avoid it, and it's no different in rally! You want to make sure you make the appropriate note call and have the discipline to always be looking for the best line through a series of corners and NOT at obstacles. 2) mental mapping - when you get faster and more used to it, you start wanting to hear notes earlier and earlier so you can plan out your line and where to best put the car in the present corner to better take the next corner, like a machine that lays down railroad a bit at a time. The more track you have down ahead of your position, the faster and more confidently you can drive. :)

[@robertrishel3685]

Great video! Perfect camera placement. I don’t know HOW that co-driver keeps where they are straight in her head??? Amazing! And of course, Pastrana continues to amaze me..

[@alastaircummins1980]

What a beaut of a flowing stage!

[@ChasingChevy]

Gelsomino is so good at what she does. I need calls like this in Dirt Rally.

[@ElShotte]

Both her and her husband, Alex Gelsomino, are. Alex is Ken Block's co-driver.

[@cristianoforever]

her timing is perfect. some co-drivers calls 3 turns ahead , even watching the video are easy to get lost .

[@blackstream8351]

It's up to the drivers preference how early or late the pacenotes are to called.

[@doric_historic]

My pacenotes would read "tree, ditch, hazards, trees, caution, trees, slow down, slow down more, trees, stop the car..."

[@gokulkrishm51]

"....tree, more trees, hard right, more trees, straight, full SEND, huge cliff, death ahead maybe"

[@TheRoflstranger]

@@gokulkrishm51 Jesus christ this comment gave me full body shaking laughter

[@gokulkrishm51]

@@TheRoflstranger Same when I was typing that. Laughing at my own humor! 😂

[@Bloodrayne800]

I love how calm the co-driver is

[@jake_with_the_BIG_snake]

6:00 backflip 5+! lets get it on, what could go wrong 🤣🤣🤣

[@86daniel]

he makes it look so easy, a true professional

[@AmbientMike]

love a full SOFR onboard. fantastic.

[@R1Armadill0]

Love it! Absolutely LOVE IT!!!

[@allyourbase888]

Travis’ driving is damn near perfect. 👌🏽🤘🏽🇺🇸

[@the_real_treezus]

I was on the inside for this one and got a great video of it. shit was stunning.

[@burningmanmike]

My heart rate went up while watching this! Exhilarating!

[@Odysseuss.]

Very smooth.

[@bystander1489]

But not fast

[@user-sj7xs6nd9t]

damn fine driving dude

[@fifty3motorsports]

Touching a bit over 100mph on these stages is just BONKERS.

[@pauldombrowski2330]

Lol. "Oh boy"! Of Course Rhi keeps him focused.

[@anonymous_forester2681]

That white awning at 4:04 is me my friend and his son !!!! Had an amazing day.... Check my two shorts ... One of this run and of Ken Blocks run

[@gokulkrishm51]

Suddenly I feel so jealous of you 😂 Cool videos!

[@anonymous_forester2681]

@@gokulkrishm51 we volunteered to work ... You could too

[@gokulkrishm51]

@@anonymous_forester2681 I wish. But I'm from another continent, lol!

[@anonymous_forester2681]

@@gokulkrishm51 if they have rally where you live then they have volunteers. If they do just go to their website and they should have a volunteer section

[@gokulkrishm51]

@@anonymous_forester2681 In India, motorsports aren't really considered as a "sport" But yeah we do conduct rallies and some motorsports. Very sparsely but it's growing. I've been to a few. Nothing like you guys have but it's still good! I'll be visiting again and try to volunteer!

[@jakeguello6814]

more please.

[@01FozzyS]

Bad ass!

[@paerox48]

Does anyone know what camera it is?

[@imadrifter]

God bless Travis Pastrana

[@roadfly360]

More Onboards from the ARA .👍👍.

[@bystander1489]

Just tells you how far ahead are wrc drivers

[@YeahDudeItsReallyMe]

Ah yes. Comparing apples to oranges.

[@janeessex9004]

Shane Essex : that is very impressive good job you're a legend mate k awesome

[@KR-ff5kz]

The Driver The Navigator The Car ~ Trinity

[@thatrallycarguy]

That was Badass!!!

[@uble8978]

shout that codriver

[@richardnorman7045]

Ahhhh. If only Group B would make a comeback…

[@blairwalton4456]

I have a question on the rallies in America why do a lot of them have "Forest Rally" in the name are there rallies in the same area that aren't in the forest????

[@blackbeardoutfitters]

As a competitor in the states I can't think of a single event that isn't in a forest 🤣 but not all of the events have Forest Rally in the name. Just most.

[@velo_murph]

@@blackbeardoutfitters Also, can't imagine local authorities giving the OK to close any tarmac roads for rally in the USA. Understandable most are run on very rural logging/service roads.

[@blackbeardoutfitters]

@@velo_murph there is a tarmac event in Kentucky. It's in a rural area. All roads require permits to be closed for competition.

[@dillonh321]

@@velo_murph Idaho rally closes roads. They aren’t tarmac, dirt and gravel. But they are public roads nonetheless and they are used for logging and recreation. If you have got enough money it is possible to shut down a tarmac road. They do it for Movies and TV in the US all the time.

[@unclegrandpah8400]

Am i the only person that can never figure out the navigators instructions?

[@rroberts2355]

How do they manage all that info I was trying to keep up with commands and ended up at least 4 corners late! Incredible .

[@DirtFish]

Good question!

[@mohammedshareef3714]

That girl be like : my friend (who don't know how to drive a car) to me while I'm driving

[@chrisvalleqatsi]

@dirtfish Rhiannon Gelsomino, not Alex

[@AtipThahir]

Can't wait to see Travis dancing on WRC car next year with full calenders of WRC, not in R5 WRC car 💯👍🏻. Because Subaru not involving WRC anymore so better Ford Motorsport USA should back up him full thortle to join FRT under Malcom Wilson squad🙏

[@DrMcKay66]

Nice stage but still would be miles behind the WRC drivers 😊

[@pommycalva]

What a COOL lady!

[@joeleonard9965]

So how would this work in an EV rally car? The pace notes all indicate which gear to be in to inform on the speed so you'd have to go on a mph range I guess?

[@fluxquantations]

The pace note numbers aren’t really about gear, they’re more associated with the angle of the curve. It just so happens to line up with the gear a lot of the time, but it’s not an instruction to be in a certain gear.

[@Dagrond]

She's great, Travis needs to focus. And what the heck is nips?

[@MetallvmPT]

'nips' indicates a corner tightening slightly at the exit.

[@MetallvmPT]

@@Dagrond You're welcome!

[@SpatialDragon]

I never was a fan of Travis' but I am impressed with his rally driving. Too bad he waited so long to drive rally.

[@alanb9337]

Hopefully, the ARA lets the Subaru Rally Team scale the WRX 2023 rally car to have an equivalent wheelbase etc to the European-built Rally 2 cars.

[@Patrichor777]

👀👀👀

[@QuinnBoone]

nothing against Pastrana, he's taking the car as hard or close to as hard as he can but look at Oliver solburg when he drove these cars in ara, he was super fast and he's not even one of the fastest wrc drivers. The wrc cars and drivers are just a tier ahead of the ara guys. Helps that they have the best cars and teams though. I dint take anything from Travis or any ara driver, they're doing it and we aren't so.....

[@fragmentalstew]

@@kleist5083 Solberg wasn't demoted. At least not yet. He was always sharing the car with Dani Sordo. He's racing Rally1 in Kenya this weekend.

[@QuinnBoone]

Don't get me wrong, I love rally, I wish it was bigger here in us, it's just a niche sport, auto racing is getting away from being an in person sport to being an online sport, imo. Americans are to lazy and apathetic, a sign of the times unfortunately....

[@mullaslin3594]

Seen faster at the bushwhacker!!😂

[@digirally97]

Haha

[@AllenDobasu]

Ahhh so you’re telling me the cars aren’t the problem.. it’s just block is a superior driver than Travis and Brandon!🤣 lots of corners in a lower gear than could be taken. 🤷🏽‍♂️