STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO -- A decisive win at the muddy Colorado Cog rally this weekend makes it two in a row for Travis Pastrana and co-driver Christian Edstrom.

The victory makes them the first crew to stand atop the podium for a second time in 2006. Each of the previous six rounds of the Rally America championship have seen a different winner.

Despite pushing their Subaru Impreza hard over two days � and more than 100-miles - of competitive racing, Matt Iorio and co-driver Ole Holter had to settle for second.

�We worked really hard all weekend,� said an obviously disappointed Iorio. �But it was good to finish on the podium.�

Pastrana and Edstrom set the pace early, taking the fastest times on more than half the stages.

The win gives Pastrana a commanding lead in the Rally America drivers� championship, but Iorio said he doesn�t plan to make it easy for his rival at the remaining two rounds of the season.

�I have a feeling Travis likes to race; he�ll come out to the next two rounds and he�ll be racing,� said Iorio. �We�ll be there to challenge him right to the end.�

Edstrom has predicted his crew will sweep the remaining rounds.

Canadian Andrew Comrie-Picard and co-driver Marc Goldfarb finished third overall in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV. It was the team�s first time at the Steamboat Springs-based rally, and Comrie-Picard said he�ll be back.

�The speeds here are amazing. This type of rally is one of the reasons that I love rally,� said Comrie-Picard. �Cog is the epitome of the improbable things we do to cars.�

Matthew Johnson and co-driver Kim DeMotte finished fourth overall and took the Production-GT win over the rival crew of Tanner Foust and Scott Crouch. Foust and Crouch crashed hard late in the race and didn�t finish.

Pastrana�s Subaru teammates Ken Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino also suffered hard luck. They had looked like early contenders for the podium, but a blown engine partway through Day 1 put them out of the race.

David Anton and co-driver Dominik Jozwiak won the Group N class.

Kenny Bartram and co-driver Dennis Hotson were the fastest two-wheel drive competitors. The pair finished eighth overall and took the Production class win in their Volkswagen Beetle.

The Group 5 win went to John Conley and co-driver Steven Treml in a Dodge Colt, while Eric Duncan and Matt Duncan won Group 2 in their Honda Civic.

There are now two rounds remaining in the Rally America National Championship. Competitors head to Michigan�s Upper Peninsula for round eight, the Lake Superior Performance Rally, October 20�21.