Most of us have some idea of how much faster race cars are than stuff that can be road legal but this video of Rob Dahm and Travis Pastrana driving their signature cars makes it even more clear. Rob has been crafting numerous videos just like this one above for some time as he has slowly improved his 3-rotor RX-7. This, of course, after he destroyed his 4-rotor RX-7 racing Ken Block in the Hoonicorn. His commitment to the triangle-shaped engine is admirable and few other YouTube personalities have the working knowledge of the platform to reliably make the kind of power he does. Still, in the background of many shots during this film, we see a big factory-backed Subaru racing team trailer. That's where things get flipped on their head.

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If There’s One Thing Subaru Does Great, It's Building Rally Cars

Subaru has been a rally champion for decades and that wisdom has allowed them to create a chassis in the 2020 Subaru WRX STI that is perfectly suited to its craft. Beyond that, the folks at Vermont SportsCar have been collaborating with Subaru and its STI division to ensure that whatever customizing this car needs it gets. To that end, it makes somewhere around 860 horsepower. Combine that with all-wheel-drive and a super-advanced suspension with tons of travel as well as super-sticky Yokohama tires and it's easy to see why this race goes the way it does.

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Why Win By An Inch When You Can Win By A Mile

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Race one between these two cars really demonstrates how much faster the Subaru is within the first 60 feet. While the RX-7 revs higher and has more overall horsepower, it simply can't keep up as the WRX digs in with all four tires and rockets off the line. In fact, it's so powerful that after the race, Travis points out that all four tires actually continued to spin in second gear. Had the tires actually been able to grip and go the difference would've been even bigger.

In race two, from a rolling start, we see much of the same result with Dahm looking only slightly more competitive at the start and four cars back at the end. Finally, just to see if the RX-7 can outrun the WRX with a bit of a head start, Travis is forced to start from a dig while Rob rolls by at 30mph. In this single scenario, the RX-7 reaches the finish line first. It's really wild to see the difference between highly engineered race cars and what a person with a seemingly endless budget can pull off.

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