Subaru Motorsports USA didn’t just win at the Overmountain Rally in Tennessee last week—they flat-out dominated to clinch a championship. It was a tough fight against brutal roads and unpredictable weather, but the team’s victory in the Limited Four-Wheel-Drive class locked in another title and added to Subaru’s long history in the sport.

Drivers Travis Pastrana and Rhianon Gelsomino muscled their new WRX ARA25L over 100 miles of rough Tennessee gravel. Though the stages have a reputation for breaking cars, the Subaru held strong, allowing the pair to keep a blistering pace all weekend.

Gelsomino made it clear the course was no joke. “Lots of technical stage miles, tight, twisty, jumps, bumps, these roads have it all,” she said. “It’s been a real challenge of a rally, and that’s what we love.”

The weather was just as wild as the roads. Intermittent rain kept the surfaces shifting constantly. “We had little pockets of rain, the stages going from dust to mud to dust again, then to slick pavement and dry pavement,” Pastrana said. On top of that, the Overmountain Rally treated fans to its signature Super Special stages at Newport Speedway, where cars battled door-to-door under the lights on a banked oval. Talk about a show!

That victory officially secured the 2025 ARA Limited Four-Wheel-Drive class championship for Subaru, with one race still left on the calendar. It’s their 20th class title in the last 25 years—a stunning record of consistency. This win also comes just a month after fellow Subaru drivers Brandon Semenuk and Keaton Williams won their own championship in the Open Four-Wheel-Drive class, proving the entire program is firing on all cylinders.

Pastrana was pumped about the win. “It’s been awesome, a really great battle, just a heck of a day in Tennessee,” he said. “We’re super excited to come in first in class and lock the championship.” Beating the tough and chaotic stages of the Overmountain Rally was the perfect way for Subaru to prove, once again, why they’re champions.