Today was a disappointing day for both RallyCross racers and fans alike. Just as the course had been completed and practice was underway, rain started pouring from the sky. Although not continuous, it added enough water to make the dirt course extremely slippery. After multiple delays, GRC officials eventually cancelled the event. It was a truly unfortunate outcome and other than a few practice laps no racing of any kind took place. We'll have to wait for X Games Munich to see these awesome cars battle it out on June 30th.

Global RallyCross will air LIVE on ESPN at 10 a.m. ET, Sunday, May 19th

Cherry Hill, N.J., - The Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team will kick off its 2013 season with a three-car effort this Sunday at X Games Barcelona. Returning to race the trio of 600 hp Subaru PUMA WRX STI RallyCross cars, will be three-time European RallyCross Champ Sverre Isachsen, BMX icon and seasoned RallyCross driver Dave Mirra and Skate legend Bucky Lasek, in his sophomore year competing in Rallycross.

The team, managed by Vermont SportsCar, has been extremely busy in the off-season...

Dave Mirra, Bucky Lasek and Sverre Isachsen along with the entire Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team are currently en-route to X Games Barcelona. The rest of the week will be spent preparing for an epic battle in the Montjuic Olympic Stadium on Sunday May 19th. For more information including a 3D animation of the course check out this link. Look for photos and updates towards the end of week as the Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team gets up and running in Spain!

Launch Control - Episode 01: Rinse & Repeat
Subaru Rally and Rallycross Teams prepare for 2013

In this debut episode of Launch Control, Subaru Rally Team USA driver, David Higgins is preparing and training in Wales, UK for the upcoming season, while the Vermont SportsCar team is hard at work preparing the 2013 Subaru race cars. The day their season finished in 2012, was the day preparation for 2013 began.

If there is a team that knows what goes into winning a championship, this would be it. Subaru's 2012 Rally America Championship victory...

Get ready for Launch Control, an original web series that will give you a behind-the-scenes look at Subaru Rally Team USA and the Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team throughout the 2013 race season! The first episode hits mid-April 2013. Engage on Twitter and Instagram with #SubaruRally.

Need your RallyCross fix? Check out the Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team gallery from the 2012 Global RallyCross Series. The action continues this summer! Stay tuned for the 2013 event schedule and other news as we get closer to the start of the season.

Browse the gallery above to download the first set of images from the 2013 Subaru Motorsports Calendar. Want more? Order your own copy at subarugear.com!

The best Subaru Rally Team and Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team USA jump images from 2012. Download by clicking the top right arrow. Enjoy!

Despite a fantastic effort by Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team USA the chance at another podium finish slipped away during the final round of the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship. Team drivers Dave Mirra and Bucky Lasek qualified directly from their heat races to the A Main Final Tuesday evening. Mirra managed to hold off a number of drivers to finish sixth overall. Lasek, in his second consecutive final didn't finish the race, but drove well throughout the event. Sverre Isachsen, coming off a podium finish in the most recent GRC event at the Las Vegas Speedway, became entangled with a number of other cars on the first turn of the opening heat and failed to directly qualify for the finals. Racing in the Last Chance Qualifier...

Check out the latest images from the final round of the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship in Las Vegas. The final race takes place Tuesday in conjunction with the opening of the annual SEMA show.

In preparation for Tuesday's Global RallyCross race and the start of the 2012 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team USA spent the afternoon testing on the freshly built course. Excitement is high for the downtown Las Vegas layout which features more dirt than any previous 2012 tracks. Team driver Sverre Isachsen commented "The track is good; it is like the tracks we have in Europe. We had a good first practice today and I'm very happy. The team has made another step forward with my Subaru since the last race, and we reached the podium there so I'm confident and very happy!"...

Cherry Hill, N.J. Oct. 26, 2012 - The 2012 Global RallyCross Championship (GRC) season will come to a close on Tuesday, Oct. 30 where the series' sixth and final race will serve as the kick-off for the 2012 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team drivers Sverre Isachsen, Dave Mirra, and Bucky Lasek, are eager to build on Isachsen's podium finish at the previous round and close out the season on a high. The trio will each pilot their nearly 600hp 2012 Subaru WRX STI Rallycross cars on the most unique and thrilling GRC track layout yet. The event will be broadcast live on ESPN2 Tuesday Oct. 30 starting at 5pm (PDT) / 8pm (EDT).

The final round of the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship (Round 6) will take place during the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas. The Gold Lot at the Las Vegas Convention Center, directly across from the convention center hall will be transformed into a RallyCross super circuit with pavement to dirt transitions and a high-flying 70-foot gap jump. The event takes place in just over a week on October 29-30th. Stay tuned for updates as the event kicks off!

Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team USA has earned its first podium finish of the season at Global RallyCross round 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sverre Isachsen put on a fantastic show starting with his first heat race and carried his momentum through the A MAIN. The #11 Subaru STI performed flawlessly, with the viking warrior at the controls, and battled its way through a heat of ten cars to a third place finish. Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team USA and Sverre Isachsen are thrilled with the results and are looking forward to the final round of the 2012 GRC series back in Vegas at the end of October.

Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team USA has set up shop at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, just fifteen miles from the strip. The hot desert sun was quick to rise as practice got underway on the Global RallyCross (GRC) course. After an initial course-familiarization session, teams got a crack at the jump. The GRC-spec Subaru STIs flew effortlessly over the gap and returned to service unscathed, where Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team USA techs went to work making final preparations for Saturday's race.

Subaru Rally Team USA and Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team are preparing for a western tour with two different events. The Olympus Rally which has traditionally run in the spring was moved to the fall and will utilize new roads not seen in many years. With David Higgins and Craig Drew having already secured the 2012 Rally America Championship Title the pressure is off and Higgins will surely show off what his 2012 Subaru WRX STI is capable of! The rally is centered around the town of Shelton, Washington about an hour from Seattle and takes place Sept 22-23.

Following the rally is the 5th round of the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sept 29th. Check back soon for event updates!

Check out the action from Global RallyCross Round 4 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH.

At high noon Sunday, teams sidled up to the starting line on South Figueroa Street for the X Games 18 RallyCross heat races. Groups of four cars comprised each of the four heats in which order and starting positions were based on Saturday's seeding times. The fastest two cars in each heat automatically advanced to the final race. In contrast to the rapid scheduling of previous years, the heats were punctuated by TV coverage of the Men's Skateboard Street event. The last-minute addition of SRT USA's David Higgins to the roster meant Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team USA was represented by a driver in each heat.

Practice and qualifying for RallyCross at X Games 18 got underway Saturday afternoon outside the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. This was the racers' first chance to drive the course in its entirety. Results are still pending, but all Subaru PUMA RallyCross USA team members put in qualifying laps and are awaiting their grid assignments for Sunday's heat races. The service paddocks were abuzz as all teams worked diligently to prepare their vehicles for the main event.

Check out some images from the setup and brief jump practice at X Games 18 in downtown Los Angeles early Friday afternoon. RallyCross competitors are scheduled to run qualifying Saturday from 5 to 6 PM.

Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team is in sunny California for X Games 18. The famed action sports event takes place in downtown Los Angeles from June 28th to July 1st. For the past two days, the team has been offsite testing and fine-tuning their Subaru WRX STI RallyCross cars. Bucky Lasek was handed a brand new full-spec machine this week; and Dave Mirra and Sverre Isachsen spent their test days fine-tuning suspension settings and other car configurations.

The stakes are high for 2012 as the Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team fights to reclaim the X Games gold. Don't miss the intense action as 550+ horsepower cars burn rubber and race head to head down Los Angeles' Figueroa Street with the city skyline as a backdrop. RallyCross practice starts at the end of the week with the final race on Sunday July 1st. Stay tuned for photos and updates as the games begin!

Video overview of last weekend's Hoon Kaboom from Texas Motor Speedway in Dallas, Texas. This event was the second one in the 2012 Global RallyCross Series. X Games 18 starts in less than 2 weeks!

There was certainly no shortage of excitement during race day at round two of the 2012 Global RallyCross in Fort Worth, Texas. While SUBARU PUMA RallyCross Team USA was kept off the podium, they were front and center for much of the drama throughout the day's racing.

In the first heat, Sverre Isachsen led the pack off the line and drove the #11 Subaru WRX STI with aplomb to secure a spot in the A-final race with a second place finish in his heat. SUBARU PUMA RallyCross Team USA's Bucky Lasek finished fourth in that same heat and was seated in the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ). Dave Mirra in the #40 WRX STI was also placed in an LCQ, where he put up a tough fight and finished just a few seconds short of advancing to the final.

SUBARU PUMA RallyCross Team USA is in Fort Worth, Texas, for "Hoon Kaboom," the second round of the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship. In preparation for Saturday's main event, teams ran testing and seeding laps today. Organizers are still making final decisions on track layout, which is currently very similar to the course at Charlotte last month. The GRC Open Heat Races & Feature Event are scheduled to run from 3:00 to 5:00 PM Saturday and will be followed by the IZOD IndyCar Series Firestone 550. Visit texasmotorspeedway.com for tickets and event information.

In this video, go behind-the-scenes with Dave Mirra, Bucky Lasek, and Sverre Isachsen of the Subaru PUMA Rallycross Team USA as they battle in Global Rallycross Round 1 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, May 26, 2012.

Ride along with Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team drivers Sverre Isachsen, Dave Mirra and Bucky Lasek as they race their 2012 Subaru WRX STI Rallycross cars at Round 1 of the 2012 Global Rallycross Championship at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The POV footage featured in this clip is highlights taken from various heat races over the course of the event.

The event was held on a unique road course incorporating parts of the oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina and ran following the NASCAR Nationwide race in front of thousands of likely new fans.

On the heels of the History 300 Nationwide Series race, the first round of the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship commenced in front of a cheering crowd at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Two sets of qualifying rounds preceded the last-chance qualifier and the final race on an all-tarmac course. The SUBARU PUMA RallyCross Team USA cars performed competitively but were edged out of a podium finish. It is a disappointing result given the tireless hours and hard work put into preparing the cars for this event; however, the team will have another shot at the GRC podium when the series continues at the Texas Motor Speedway in just two weeks.

The SUBARU PUMA RallyCross Team USA hauler rolled onto the grounds of Charlotte Motor Speedway early Wednesday morning. The crew immediately got to work testing the cars and making preparations for the first round of the 2012 Global RallyCross Championship. This monumental event takes place under the banner of the Coca-Cola 600 Race Weekend. Marking the first time a RallyCross race has taken place in conjunction with a NASCAR event, GRC will be gaining a new audience of horsepower-addicted motorsports fans, this time in a stadium that seats 140,000.

This week the SUBARU PUMA RallyCross Team heads to Charlotte, NC for Round 1 of the Global RallyCross Championship. The awesome livery on the 2012 Subaru WRX STI's will be on display as Sverre Isachsen, Dave Mirra and Bucky Lasek battle head to head on the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Vermont SportsCar has been busy preparing cars and the new hauler. It's ready to roll and headed south. This is one big rig you don't want to miss!

The RallyCross event will follow the NASCAR Nationwide Series HISTORY 300 on Saturday, May 26. Competitor pit areas will be open before and after the race for an up-close look. Tickets & info at charlottemotorspeedway.com.

Subaru of America, Inc. has announced the official sponsorship of sportslifestyle brand PUMA for the Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team. As part of the multi-year sponsorship agreement with Subaru, PUMA becomes the official supplier of team and racewear and an exclusive licensing partner to the team for footwear and apparel.

This week grab action images from the 2011 Olympus Rally and Oregon Trail Rally events. The images correspond to June 2012 - August 2012 in the printed SRT USA Wall Calendar.

Download more action shots from the 2012 Subaru Rally Team USA Calendar! This week features March 2012 - May 2012.

Click the download arrow in the upper right corner to save these awesome 2012 Subaru Rally Team USA calendar images. It's time for a new desktop background!

The Subaru Rally Team USA Show Car Program features an authentic Dave Mirra #40 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car and a customized trailer featuring SPT parts, rally videos and Subaru Rally Team USA information. The 40' wrapped trailer and custom interior immerses you into the rally world! You can also collect SRT USA posters and team collateral. Check the schedule below for a location near you!

Upcoming Schedule:
April 13-14 Dave Mirra appearance: Herb Gordon Subaru - Silver Spring, Maryland
April 21 - Mastro Subaru - Orlando, Florida
May 19 - Bryan Subaru - Metairie, Louisiana
October 6 - Pence Subaru - Midlothian, Virginia

On April 14 join Dave Mirra for the Grand Opening of the new Herb Gordon Subaru dealership in Silver Spring, Maryland. The #40 Subaru WRX STI rally car will be on display along with a mobile display unit jam packed with STI upgrade parts, awesome rally photos, video displays and more. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Dave Mirra, see his rally car and check out the impressive brand new Herb Gordon Subaru dealership! The dealership is located at 3161 Automobile Blvd, Silver Spring, MD 20904, phone: 1-877-360-0317. To RSVP for the event or get more information go to http://www.subarujourney.com/rsvp/

The Global RallyCross Championship (GRC) has partnered with Speedway Motorsports, Inc. for the 2012 season. The relationship will bring select GRC events to NASCAR Sprint Cup and IZOD IndyCar race weekends at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway exposing hundreds of thousands of fans to the emerging action motorsport of Global RallyCross!

2012 Schedule (subject to change):
May 26 Charlotte Motor Speedway
June 9 Texas Motor Speedway
June 30-July 1 X Games Los Angeles
July 14 New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Sept 1 TBA
Sept 29 Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Subaru of America, Inc. Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) announced today that David Higgins, the 2011 Rally America National Champion will continue as factory driver for the team in 2012 in a bid to defend his title. Higgins and SRT USA begin the 2012 Rally America National Championship at the season opener Sno*Drift Rally in northern Michigan, Jan. 27 and 28 against a stacked field of over 70 entries. Co-driver Craig Drew will once again join Higgins; the duo will pilot a Vermont SportsCar-prepared 2012 Subaru WRX STI in all six rounds of the 2012 Rally America National Championship.

The SEMA Show is the premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world and takes place every year at the Las Vegas Convention Center. At the Subaru display SRT USA drivers Dave Mirra and David Higgins were on hand to meet with attendees and to sign memorabilia & posters. The awesome championship winning 2011 Subaru WRX STI open class rally car was also on display for a full dose of rally!

The X Games 17 RallyCross finals concluded in a heated battle of eight cars attacking downtown LA's South Figueroa Street in a cacophony of engine noise and squealing tires. Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Dave Mirra cleanly negotiated the carnage at the first turn and slipped into second and third place. David Higgins suffered significant damage to SRT USA #75 when a high-speed spin late in the race resulted in a collision with the wall. Although his Subaru persevered throughout the remainder of the race, Higgins had lost too much time and finished sixth. Dave Mirra displayed excellent skill and drove a terrific race overall.

Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins has scored an X Games Bronze medal in his 2011 Subaru WRX STI during the Rally Car Racing competition at X Games 17. This is the first time David Higgins has competed in the X Games and his podium finish shows that he has taken well to the competition format. After winning their respective first rounds, both SRT USA drivers, David Higgins and Dave Mirra, were bracketed against each other in the Quarterfinals. It was an extremely close race in which Higgins secured the hole-shot and Mirra followed right on his teammate's tail. The turning point of the battle was when the two drivers came into the Joker lap, Mirra trailing just behind Higgins.

Subaru Rally Team USA has moved operations to downtown Los Angeles as X Games 17 swings into full effect. The vicinity of the rally course was abuzz with spectators as the Skateboard Big Air practice and final proceeded throughout the day. The air was filled not only with the sounds of the cheering crowd and announcers over the PA, but also a chorus of impact wrenches and anti-lag as rally teams made final preparations for the evening's jump practice. After the Skateboard events finished up, a quick reconfiguration of barriers and a bit of water on the gravel readied the track for rally cars.

Subaru Rally Team USA has wrapped up a second day of testing at AutoClub Speedway in Fontana, California. The 2011 Subaru WRX STI RallyCross cars of the SRT USA fleet have performed flawlessly for the past two days and have provided team technicians a trouble-free opportunity to tune and refine the vehicles for competition. The focus of these test sessions has been on the finer details of car configuration, such as suspension setup, sway bar selection, gear ratios and engine settings. These Subarus will undoubtedly deliver an eye-popping performance at X Games 17!

Photo Gallery from X Games 17 testing at Irwindale Speedway with David Higgins, Dave Mirra and Travis Pastrana.

Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew have won the 2011 Susquehannock Trail Rally after an unbelievably tense final day of racing. Higgins and Drew started the day fourteen seconds down and steadily regained lost ground, edging into the lead by five seconds at the end of Stage 7. On the following stage, disaster struck when the in-car intercom system stopped working. At the same time, a sudden rain storm turned the surface from hard gravel to a fine mud that seemed slick as ice. The team struggled to keep up speed through the stage, with Craig using hand signals to indicate crucial stage notes while David combatted limited visibility and treacherous road conditions.

The 2011 Susquehannock Trail Rally began today under clear blue skies with warm summer temperatures and plenty of dust. Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew were first on the road in the #75 WRX STI. Next up were Dave Mirra and Marshall Clarke in SRT USA #40.

With the cancellation of Stage 2, only twenty of the event's one-hundred twenty-five stage miles have been run. Stages 1 and 3 took place on the Waste Management course, an extremely rough and technical nine miles that has damaged rally cars in the past. This was David Higgins' first time on the stage and he chose to take a cautious approach in driving style and in the use of a hard-compound tire.

The 2011 Oregon Trail Rally has culminated in an outstanding win for Subaru Rally Team USA. Piloting the #75 WRX STI, David Higgins and Craig Drew have scored a crushing victory and leapt to the top of the Rally America National Championship standings. After heavy rains drenched the roads to the point of stage cancellations Saturday afternoon, Sunday's schedule was up in the air. The precipitation abated just in time for the first stage, and conditions improved steadily throughout the day.

Keeping the pace set in their successful racing the previous day, David Higgins and Craig Drew won three of Sunday's stages.

At the conclusion of Day 2 at the 2011 Oregon Trail Rally, Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew have amassed a staggering three-and-a-half minute lead. Starting the day in first place, the duo were in the best spot on the road, staying ahead of the dust clouds being kicked up on the dry stage roads. That advantage was, however, diminished by a minor brake issue which left them with front brakes only for three stages. Unwilling to relinquish their lead, SRT USA #75 kept pushing and lost minimal time. The issue was quickly resolved when the car returned to service and Higgins and Drew set out again as the weather began to turn.

The 2011 Oregon Trail Rally got underway Thursday morning at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland, OR. Fans and enthusiasts flocked to the square for a chance to meet the drivers and check out this weekend's lineup of top rally cars. Immediately following the Parc Expose, teams headed to Portland International Raceway to give press rides to journalists and other media. SRT USA's busy day concluded with a visit to Dick Hannah Subaru in Vancouver, WA, where the #75 WRX STI was on display and David Higgins and Craig Drew were on-hand to mingle with fans and sign autographs. The real action kicked off Friday evening as teams ran the first four stages of the rally at Portland International Raceway.

Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Dave Mirra were back in action on the West Coast today in their 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STIs during Day 1 of the Olympus Rally. David Higgins and Craig Drew rocketed ahead to win four of the Saturday’s six stages and ending the day in first place. Dave Mirra and Marshall Clarke in the #40 WRX STI kept on-pace, holding fast to their fourth-place start position and keeping the podium well within reach. Spectators took advantage of a beautiful, sunny day and flocked to the hillsides to watch the rally.

Day 2 of the Global RallyCross Championship's Round 2: Twin Peaks welcomed a sold-out crowd to the muddy grounds of the DirtFish Rally School at the Old Mill Adventure Park in Snoqualmie, Washington. Rally fans in the Pacific Northwest are known for their tenaciousness and this crowd was no exception as they withstood the cycles of wind and rain that punctuated the sunshine and racing in synchronicity with the event schedule. When the sun shone and the engines roared, the action was incomparable. The crowd witnessed everything from neck-and-neck drag races off the start line to overtakings, collisions, rolls, and even a forward somersault by one car who shorted the jump.

The 2011 Global RallyCross Championship (GRC) continues this weekend on to Round 2: Twin Peaks. Held at the Old Mill Adventure Park in scenic Snoqualmie, Washington, the event features an exciting course with all of the makings of an excellent RallyCross. There's plenty of gravel, some tarmac hairpins, a 70-foot jump, and a fast straight through an old lumberyard warehouse. The Twin Peaks event spans two days and warmed up today with the head-to-head SuperRally races for two-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive classes. Piloting the #40 WRX STI, Subaru Rally Team USA's Dave Mirra placed second in qualifying for the AWD SuperRally.

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Dave Mirra debuted his all-new 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rallycross car and finished 4th in the A-Main Final at the Inaugural round of the 2011 Global Rallycross Chamionship at Irwindale Speedway in Los Angeles, CA.

This Saturday, Subaru Rally Team USA competed in the first installment of the three-event Global Rallycross Championship. Named "The Revolution," the race was held at the Irwindale Speedway outside Los Angeles, CA.

Watch as Subaru Rally Team USA races through the foothills of the Ozark Mountains to claim a double podium finish at the 2011 100 Acre Wood Rally.

The 2011 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood concluded with a superb dual podium finish for Subaru Rally Team USA. The #75 WRX STI piloted by David Higgins and Craig Drew scored second place followed by teammates Dave Mirra and Marshall Clarke in third driving SRT USA #40.

This weekend's rally saw a tight race between David Higgins and 2010 Rally America National Champion Antoine L'Estage. As Higgins warmed up to the event on the first day of racing, Antoine gained a 20-second lead. Higgins turned up the heat Saturday morning in an attempt to bridge the gap, but a spin cost him 30 seconds and he remained in second place despite winning four of the day's ten stages.

The Rally in the 100 Acre Wood kicked off today in Potosi, Missouri with a half-mile spectator stage before the cars dashed off to the woods to run thirty-five miles of stage road in the surrounding forests. By the second stage, Subaru Rally Team USA had secured the rankings they would maintain for the rest of the day: David Higgins and Craig Drew in the #75 Subaru WRX STI are in second place with Dave Mirra and Marshall Clarke holding third place in the #40 WRX STI. A mere twenty-two seconds separates Higgins and Drew from first place on the scoreboard and Mirra and Clarke are down a minute from their teammates. Only a third of the event's total stage mileage has been run so far, so this race is far from over.

Subaru Rally Team USA has arrived in Salem, Missouri for the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, the second round of the 2011 Rally America National Championship. The race begins Friday after a Parc Expose in Potosi, MO, and will cover 120 miles of stage road through to Saturday night.

Dave Mirra Stages Comeback to Finish 2nd Overall at Season Opener Sno*Drift Rally

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Dave Mirra achieved a rally career best 2nd Overall finish at the season opening Sno*Drift Rally via a comeback late in the rally. Mirra, at the wheel of his 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car, patiently moved up the leaderboard after a tire puncture early in the rally dropped him down to 5th Overall.

Subaru Rally Team USA's Dave Mirra and Marshall Clarke have started off the 2011 Rally America National Championship season with an outstanding second-place podium finish.

After a puncture last night dropped them to fifth place, Dave and Marshall ran an exceptionally clean rally and worked their way up the ranks. It was a close race to the finish for SRT USA #40 as they entered the final two stages in third place, a mere 1.8 seconds behind their closest challenger. By employing a cautious approach to the final stages, Dave and Marshall fended off the elements and bested their rival to emerge one step up the podium.

As the temperatures lingered below freezing in Lewiston, Michigan, portly snowflakes fell lazily from the sky. Several minutes before three o'clock, rally cars began their screaming launch from the start of Stage 1. Within the first three stages, the first car on the road had overshot a turn and become entrenched in loose snow. Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew, who were a mere 19 seconds behind in car #75, now had a two minute advantage over their closest competitor. This sizable lead grew as the racing continued into the night.

Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) returns to the 2011 Rally America National Championship at the season opener Sno*Drift Rally in northern Michigan. The team conducted a successful pre-event test earlier in Michigan ahead of the event with team drivers David Higgins and Dave Mirra.

The 2011 Sno*Drift Rally marks the first event in which David Higgins and Dave Mirra will be competing together for Subaru Rally Team USA. Beautiful wintery conditions set the scene for the first race of this year's Rally America National Championship. Light snow is in the forecast and surface conditions are already very different from last year's treacherously icy roads. Speeds should be significantly higher this year as the hard-packed snow offers lots of grip, especially with gravel showing through in some spots.

Subaru of America, Inc. has announced that it would be returning to the RallyCar National Championship in the Open class with a 2-car program in 2011. Led by current Subaru Rally Team USA driver Dave Mirra and joined by British seasoned rally driver David Higgins; each driver will be piloting a Subaru WRX STI prepared and fielded by technical partner Vermont SportsCar.

For Round 4 of the U.S. Rallycross Championship at the New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP), spectators turned out in even greater numbers than for yesterday's Round 3. The event certainly wasn't lacking for action with heats starting at 9:30 in the morning and running back-to-back races through the day until the final A Main final late in the afternoon. Fans lined the fences and cheered the heroic efforts of the competitors as they muscled for position through a tangle of car-to-car contact, flying dirt and displaced tire-walls. 

During a lunch-time intermission, over a hundred Subaru owners took a parade lap of the NJMP Lightning Racetrack...

New Jersey Motorsports Park (NJMP) was abuzz with energy and filled with fans as the day kicked off a double-header weekend of Rallycross racing. At the end of the first day, Subaru Rally Team USA's Travis Pastrana finished fourth overall in the A Main Final of Round 3 of the RallyCar U.S. Rallycross Championship. With the strong contingent of experienced competitors fresh from the well-established European Rallycross Championship entered in this event, Travis drove a stellar race to bring home his car just outside the podium. Teammate Dave Mirra in his SRT USA #40 WRX STI was edged out of one of the semi-finals and unable to continue to the final race. Having set extremely fast times in the qualifying laps...

Overcast skies gave way to sunshine over the New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, NJ today as Subaru Rally Team USA arrived for the finale of the 2010 U.S. Rallycross Championship. This weekend's event is slated to be a double-header, as the final two rounds of the season will be held on Saturday and Sunday. With an extra round to the season and a new course layout, the culmination of the series will be an event of epic excitement. The competition will be fierce, as the venue has drawn a contingent of entrants from the European Rallycross Championship, including top teams from Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

Subaru Rally Team USA's Dave Mirra placed 2nd on the podium at Round 2 of the U.S. Rallycross Championship. Mirra's #40 STI had an outstanding start in the A Main Final and after two laps Dave had pulled a substantial gap from the trailing Round 1 winner Tanner Foust. Unfortunately, the race was red-flagged and drivers returned to the starting grid. During the restart Foust took an early lead, with Dave following closely in second and maintained that position to hold off European Rallycross Championship driver Liam Doran who rounded out the podium.

SRT USA returned to New Jersey Motorsports Park for round 2 of the 2010 Rallycross series. For the 1st day, Dave Mirra carried the team flag solo with teammate Travis Pastrana unavailable due to a prior commitment yet scheduled to return for driving duties on Sunday. Following the experience gained from round 1, the Subaru team focused on car testing and development to hone the performance and drivability of the #40 and #199 STI units.

After an exciting day complete with practice, qualifying, and Heat 1 runs on Saturday, fans and spectators alike flocked to New Jersey Motorsports Park the following day expecting a dramatic finish; they weren't disappointed.

Subaru Rally Team USA drivers Travis Pastrana and Dave Mirra gridded 2nd and 4th, respectively, in the Finals Heat after tabulating cumulative lap times over the best of 3 Heat races. Travis was beat into the first corner off the start by competitor Tanner Foust and later made impact with a tire barrier which brought out a red flag. Allowed to grid back for the restart, Travis found himself 6th while Dave had been able to move further up the field prior to the waving red flag.

Coming off X Games 16, Subaru Rally Team USA traveled to New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, NJ, to compete in the inaugural Rallycross event organized under the newly named RallyCar outfit (formerly Rally America). Team drivers Travis Pastrana and Dave Mirra practiced on the Lightning Bolt course, eventually qualifying 2nd and 4th, respectively, piloting their Subaru WRX STIs in the exciting 4wd class. Fans and spectators were treated to an exciting display of blistering speed on both the race track and dirt course layout along with impressive driving skills by each of the entrants.

In front of an excited audience that filled the L.A. Coliseum on Saturday to see fireworks in the form of Rally Car Racing and SuperRally, Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) arrived with its two team drivers Travis Pastrana and Dave Mirra and guest driver Sverre Isachsen along with Subaru STI rally cars prepared by technical partner Vermont SportsCar. After some intense qualifying battles, the SRT USA seeding results were as follows for Rally Car Racing: Pastrana 2nd and Mirra 12th.

After winning Gold in FMX and successfully completing a double back flip at X Games 16 on Thursday, SRT USA driver Travis Pastrana joined teammate Dave Mirra and guest driver Sverre Isachsen along with nine other competitors for Rally Car Racing (RCR) practice at the L.A. Coliseum on Friday. With both RCR and SuperRally events scheduled for Saturday and limited on-course practice time for the entire field of competitors, activity and preparation efforts among the drivers and their respective teams were at a fever pitch. Travis, on the other hand, found the schedule almost relaxing (compared to his typical gamut of X Games commitments), and even took the opportunity to share some of his day's experiences with us as told in pictures contained in our image gallery.

Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) performed a final series of tests on Thursday prior to heading off to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, site of this weekend's X Games 16 hosted by ESPN. Armed with three 2011 Subaru STI rally cars, the team used these runs focusing on a variety of things including vital systems checks. The driver of the #40 SRT USA STI, Dave Mirra, offered up his take on the day's progress found in the image gallery.

With X Games 16 looming, Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) continued its testing preparations Wednesday of the team's three 2011 Subaru STI rally cars, this time with invited journalists in attendance to experience a practice session with regular team drivers Travis Pastrana, Dave Mirra, and reigning European Rally Champion Sverre Isachsen. During that session, media guests interviewed the three drivers while some also had the thrilling opportunity to sit alongside Travis for a ridealong.

Serving as third driver for Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) and invited to this weekend's X Games 16 SuperRally event, Sverre Isachsen reported for team testing duties and car acclimatization the week of the event. Isachsen is the reigning European Rally Cross Champion (ERC) and current points leader in the series. The Norwegian agreed to take some time out of his busy schedule to relay his excitement at participating in his first X Games along with his experiences in joining SRT USA.

Subaru Rally Team USA drivers Travis Pastrana, Dave Mirra, and European recruit Sverre Isachsen prepare for the July 31 start of the 2010 X Games.

Subaru Rally Team USA announced today the selection of Sverre Isachsen of Norway, the defending FIA European Rallycross Champion, to fill the team's guest driver slot at the 2010 ESPN Summer X Games 16 in Los Angeles, California on July 31st. Isachsen will join Subaru Rally Team USA star drivers Travis Pastrana and Dave Mirra for the debut of SuperRally at the X Games, and each will drive a 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI modified for Rallycross with an over 550 horsepower Boxer engine and Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive.

"I'm very excited to come to a huge event like the Summer X Games and to have the opportunity to be teammates to legends like Pastrana and Mirra is very special," said Isachsen...(Continue Reading>>)

After having competed in only a handful of rally events, BMX legend Dave Mirra has won his first rally race, the 2009 Team O'Neil Rally, at the wheel of his 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car. Mirra dominated the New Hampshire-based snow rally by setting fastest time on all but one of the event's eight stages and finishing with a lead of fifty seconds. The wins comes just over one year after Mirra began his burgeoning rally career that has since seen him be named the 2008 Rally America Rookie of the Year as well as earn a Bronze medal at last summer's X Games 14 Rally Car Racing event.

The 2010 Oregon Trail Rally opened up to blue skies and dry roads in the scenic vicinity of Mt. Hood. Unfortunately for Subaru Rally Team USA, their campaign at this event was cut short when Dave Mirra and Martin Headland rolled #40 in a very difficult turn on Stage 6. That same turn also claimed former SRT USA teammate Ken Block later that day. Although the vehicle was too damaged to continue the race, Mirra was eventually able to transit his 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI out of the stage. He retired with four flat tires, a flattened roof, and a missing bumper. The crew is okay...

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana posted a decisive victory at the 2010 Olympus Rally, Round 2 of the Rally America National Championship, while his teammate Dave Mirra earned his first ever national podium with a 3rd place finish. The event featured nearly 100 miles of sinuous, tree-lined logging roads near Aberdeen and Ocean Shores, Washington, as well as one of the strongest entry lists yet for a North American rally. The victory, number two for Pastrana thus far in 2010, moves the defending four-time Rally America Champion up to 2nd Overall in the national point's standings...

Subaru driver Travis Pastrana was nearly untouchable at the 2010 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, convincingly pulling away from a strong field before a seemingly innocuous driving error late in the event damaged his 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI and forced him to retire. Pastrana's Subaru teammate, BMX and X Games icon Dave Mirra, finished cleanly in 4th overall as he grew more familiar with his new higher-specification Open Class Subaru STI rally car. The 100 Acre Wood Rally, based in and around Salem, Missouri, was the second stop on the six-event 2010 Rally America National Championship series...

Subaru Rally Team USA is pleased to announce today the selection of VP Racing Fuels products for their 2010 rally campaign. The partnership includes VP Fuels being designated the Official Fuel of Subaru Rally Team USA. Subaru Rally Team USA, managed by Subaru technical partner Vermont SportsCar, is headed by four-time defending Rally America National Champion Travis Pastrana and BMX legend Dave Mirra. The team is scheduled to compete in the six-event 2010 Rally America National Championship, ESPNs X Games 16 Rally Car Racing event as well as Rally Americas three all-new European-style RallyCross exhibition events this fall.

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana and his co-driver Christian Edstrom overcame treacherous icy conditions to take a dominating win at this weekend's Sno*Drift Rally, round one of the 2010 Rally America National Championship. Pastrana, the defending four-time Rally America National Champion, won by over one minute and thirty seconds driving an Open Class rally specification 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI. In an amazing show of determination and grit, Pastrana completed the event nursing an extremely sore collarbone, which he broke in a motocross accident less than a week ago. His Subaru Rally Team USA teammate, BMX legend-turned-rally pro Dave Mirra, finished 6th overall with co-driver Derek Ringer...

Subaru Rally Team USA announced today that reigning four-time Rally America National Champion Travis Pastrana and BMX Freestyle legend Dave Mirra will both return as factory team drivers. Subaru Rally Team USA will contest the entire 2010 Rally America National Championship, ESPN's X Games 16 Rally Car Racing event as well as participate in Rally America's new and highly anticipated European-style rally cross exhibition events. Pastrana and Mirra will each pilot a 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car prepared by Subaru technical partner Vermont SportsCar.

Piloting a lesser specification Subaru Impreza WRX STI at this past weekend's Rally Colorado, Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) driver Ken Block hovered near the top of the time sheets throughout the event. Block was without his usual high-powered Open Class 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI and instead drove the Super Production (SP) Class Subaru Impreza WRX STI of fellow SRT USA teammate Dave Mirra, who did not attend Rally Colorado due to a schedule conflict with a BMX event. Block and his co-driver, Alex Gelsomino, put in an impressive drive in the lower-specification SP class car, running a majority of the rally in 3rd Overall and winning three stages outright...

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana has mathematically secured his fourth consecutive Rally America National Championship with a dominating win at the Ojibwe Forest Rally in northern Minnesota this weekend. Pastrana and his co-driver Christian Edstrom, cruised to victory in their 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI after several of their closest rivals hit trouble. The win, his fifth of the season, hauled in sufficient championship points to place Pastrana mathematically out of reach to his closest challengers and thus securing his fourth consecutive Rally America national title. Pastrana has won each of his Rally America championships (2006-2009) behind the wheel of a Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car...

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana captured his 15th career X Games medal in the ESPN X Games 15 Rally competition at the Home Depot Center in Los Angeles where he won the Silver medal. Pastrana, driving a BFGoodrich Tires-shod 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car was the clear favorite after winning Gold at the 2008 event. However, Pastrana's bid for a second straight Gold was halted midway through the Gold medal race when he clipped a cement barrier with his right front wheel, nearly ripping the wheel from the car, thus handing former Indianapolis 500 winner Kenny Brack the Gold medal. Pastrana's X Games medals count now includes nine Gold, four Silver and two Bronze...

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana overcame a close battle with his Subaru teammate Ken Block to win the New England Forest Rally, Round 6 of the 2009 Rally America National Championship. The Subaru duo of Pastrana and Block, each driving identically prepared 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally cars, fought all weekend with former Canadian Rally Champion Antoine L'Estage. Mechanical trouble for L'Estage and a late spin and tire puncture for Block handed Pastrana the victory on the final stages. The win extends Pastrana's points lead and puts him one-step closer to winning his fourth consecutive Rally America National Championship...

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block earned his second Rally America victory of 2009 with a dominating win at the 2009 Waste Management Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR). Block and his co-driver, Alex Gelsomino, were untouchable in their 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI, leading from the very first stage and going on to win eight of thirteen competition stages at STPR, round five of the 2009 Rally America National Championship. Block's Subaru teammate and defending three-time Rally America National Champion Travis Pastrana with co-driver Christian Edstrom made it a 1-2 finish for Subaru Rally Team USA by placing 2nd Overall...

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana is back atop the Rally America National Championship standings after winning the 2009 Oregon Trail Rally this past weekend. Pastrana, the three-time defending Rally America National Champion, strode to victory in Oregon with a faultless drive behind the wheel of his 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car, winning by nearly one minute. Pastrana and his co-driver Christian Edstrom have now won three of the first four Rally America rounds and are in prime position to challenge for a fourth consecutive championship with five rounds remaining...

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana came out on top of a hard-fought battle at the Olympus Rally, round three of the 2009 Rally America National Championship, to earn his second win of the season. Pastrana, with co-driver Christian Edstrom, drove a faultless rally in their 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rally car but needed to go flat-out on the final stages of competition to pull away from a strong field of challengers, winning by a convincing forty seconds. Pastrana's Subaru teammate Ken Block led the rally after Day One but an engine problem sidelined him midway through the final day. Bad luck also befell Subaru Rally Team USA's newest team member, BMX legend Dave Mirra, who damaged his STI in a spin late in the rally...

For the fourth year in a row, Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block has won the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood event, hosting round two of the 2009 Rally America National Championship in dominating fashion. Block was uncatchable behind the wheel of his 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI on the fast Missouri roads, cruising to victory by over forty seconds. Subaru teammate Travis Pastrana was Block's only competition early on, but his challenge was cut short when he went off the road while pushing hard to match Block's pace, leading to car damage that forced him to retire from the rally. Subaru Rally Team USA's new third driver, BMX legend Dave Mirra, was the biggest surprise of the event with his debut in the new Super Production Class...

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana has earned a decisive victory at Michigan's Sno*Drift Rally, round one of the 2009 Rally America National Championship, at the wheel of his 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Pastrana, the three-time defending Rally America National Champion, controlled the rally from start to finish, winning eleven of the twenty competitive stages on his way to a margin of victory of nearly two minutes. Pastrana's Subaru teammate Ken Block was forced to retire after a spin damaged the engine on his Subaru early on day one. Meanwhile, new Subaru Rally Team USA signee BMX legend Dave Mirra drove a clean rally to finish 6th Overall, his best ever Rally America result to date...