Ben oui, c'etait organise par Edmunds.com. J'ai decider d'aller faire un tour et j'ai pu poser quelques questions. Voici des reponses qui pourraient vous interesser:
Q: When is the STi coming
Ed: sometimes next year.
Q: Where will Prodrive products be available.
Ed: Through Tirerack.com
Q: Are you planning on running in any Canadian events
Ramana: Not at the moment, focusing on the SCCA championship
Q: What's your favorite road surface?
Ramana: gravel
Q: Will the SCCA tv coverage expand this year, a bit like the WRC?
Ed: Yes, we will do driver profiles, inside stories and in car shots. It's coming.
ok, c'est ce que je me rappelle! Pour ceux qui veulent savoir qui ils sont, voila!
MattRamana Lagemann
Ramana's first encounter with rallying was at the age of eight, watching the ESPN show "Secrets of Speed," which featured classic Audi racing and rallying footage; he has been in awe with the sport ever since. The 1999 Maine Forest ProRally was Ramana's first event, driving a 1985 Volkswagen Golf. He drove the VW for two rallies, before moving up to an Open class Mitsubishi Galant in 2000. Teething problems with the Galant yielded relatively unimpressive results, (3 Mechanical DNFs in 5 events) despite many top-five stage times.
For 2001, Ramana was partnered by 2000 Gp. N co-driver champion Russ Hughes in a Gp. N Subaru Impreza WRX, run by the Vermont SportsCar team. Missing the first round in Michigan and retiring from the second round in Tennessee due to a small mechanical fault, the team was off to a slow start. Ramana and Russ quickly picked up the pace in the following six rounds, however, amassing several impressive results including 2 Gp. N wins and a 3rd overall at the Wild West Pro Rally.
For 2002, Ramana has signed with Subaru of America and Prodrive to drive for the Subaru Rally Team USA. This makes him the youngest driver on a factory backed team, and the youngest driver seriously contesting the U.S. Championship. This is an incredible opportunity for Ramana, and he plans to make the most of the experience, hopefully leading to a drive on the World Championship.
Ed Bentley
Graduated from The University of Central England in Birmingham England with a degree in Business Studies and German. He then took up a role as Account Executive within the largest motor finance house in the UK. Ed has been involved in motorsport for over 12 years, co-driving in 2 British Championship's and numerous national events. Ed has worked at Prodrive for 5 years - originally starting out as Group N Product Manager, followed by WRC and Group N Car Sales Manager. This role took him all over the world including the World Rally Championship where he promoted and sold the highly successful half million dollar machines. More recently Ed moved into a role as having responsibility of the US market and in particular the Subaru Rally Team USA.
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