In less than a week, a fierce competition will kick off in Missouri's Ozark Mountains. The Rally in the 100 Acre Wood gets underway at 1:30PM, Friday February 24th after the Parc Expose in Steelville, Missouri. Subaru Rally Team USA and Vermont SportsCar have just finalized event preparations and confirmed the #75 Subaru WRX STI is ready for action. After an extremely slippery Sno*Drift event last month, the hungry rally machine is craving fast gravel roads! David Higgins and Craig Drew are determined to break the 5-year winning streak held by former SRT USA driver Ken Block and are confident the 2012 Subaru WRX STI is the car to do it. Check back next week for race updates and photos.

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.

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.

Subaru Rally Team USA driver David Higgins has finished 2nd Overall at the hotly contested 2011 Rally of the Tall Pines in Bancroft, Ontario. Higgins and the Subaru Rally Team USA squad attended the Tall Pines Rally, the final round of the Canadian Rally Championship, to test various development components on their Vermont SportsCar-prepared 2011 Subaru Impreza STI rally car ahead of the 2012 Rally America National Championship. For Higgins, the 2011 Rally America Champion, this was the first time attending the Tall Pines Rally and he notes it was one of the most challenging events of his career.

The storyline and the results of the 2012 Oregon Trail Rally mimicked the 2011 edition of the event with Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins again leading from the start and pulling away for victory. The win, his fourth Oregon Trail Rally career victory, vaults Higgins even farther out of reach of his rivals in the points standings as he seeks to defend his 2011 Rally America Championship title. Higgins and his co-driver Craig Drew kept their mettle while at the wheel of their BFGoodrich Tires-shod 2012 Subaru WRX STI after their closest challenger dropped out of the event and Higgins ran nearly unchallenged for a large portion of the event.

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!

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On the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Mt. Washington Auto Road, Subaru Rally Team USA has entered driver David Higgins in a race to the 6,288 foot summit, known as the "Climb to the Clouds." First raced in 1904, the 7.6 mile ascent is the oldest motorsports event in the United States. This year, SRT USA's David Higgins will be campaigning this historic event in a 2011 Subaru WRX STI with more than ten times the horsepower of the vehicle that won the inaugural event. All of that power coupled with Subaru's incomparable Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive certainly provides a fantastic platform for attacking this mountain.

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.

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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.

Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew dominated at the 2012 Sno*Drift Rally in Atlanta, Michigan. Driving a 2012 Subaru WRX STI, the duo took the lead early on and never looked back winning the event by nearly two minutes. "The completely unpredictable surface conditions and our lack of experience in winter rallying made for a huge challenge," said Higgins after the race, "but I feel, after this, we've proved ourselves in the snow." This decisive win has given SRT USA the initial points lead in the 2012 Rally America National Championship.

Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew have won Sno*Drift, the first round of the 2012 Rally America National Championship. Though their 2012 Subaru WRX STI performed flawlessly and they walked away with a massive lead of 1 minute 48 seconds, the victory was not won without a fight. Although Friday's conditions were somewhat disappointing for a winter rally, Sno*Drift earned its moniker with a substantial dumping of powder early Saturday morning. "The completely unpredictable surface conditions and our lack of experience in winter rallying made for a huge challenge," said Higgins after the race, "but I feel, after this, we've proved ourselves in the snow."

Subaru Rally Team USA’s David Higgins and Craig Drew have accrued a phenomenal lead during day 2 of the 2012 Oregon Trail Rally. Winning five of the day’s seven stages, SRT USA #75 is two minutes and fifty-four seconds ahead of the competition. While they’ve done well overall, the day got off to a rough start with a dramatic surface change that resulted in a nearly race-ending off. With teeth clenched, Higgins kept the throttle pinned while his 2012 Subaru WRX STI clawed itself back onto the road.

The Rally America National Championship Title is back in the hands of Subaru Rally Team USA. Through an exciting season culminating in a heated battle at the New England Forest Rally, SRT USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew have piloted the #75 WRX STI to victory in the 2011 Rally America National Championship. Winning three out of six events and finishing second in two others, the skilled duo of Higgins and Drew have restored the Subaru marque to the head of the pack and unquestionably proved the competitiveness of the 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI in the most demanding of motorsports. At this weekend's New England Forest Rally, David Higgins and Craig Drew raced the #75 WRX STI to a second-place podium finish.

Subaru Rally Team USA driver David Higgins, the defending Rally America National Champion, has significantly extended his 2012 championship points lead with a second place finish at The Rally in the 100 Acre Wood. Higgins' two primary season-long rivals failed to finish the event thus providing...

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 and Craig Drew are eager to defend their Rally America National Championship title in SRT USA #75. With two days of winter testing completed, the 2012 Subaru WRX STI is ready to take on the winter roads of Michigan at the Sno*Drift Rally. This will perhaps be the most challenging event of the season, as significant rainfall in the past week has formed up to an inch of hard, clear ice on many of the stage roads.

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.

When not racing for Subaru Rally Team USA, David Higgins keeps his skills sharp by teaching others the art of rally driving. David and his wife Kara run the Higgins Forest Experience Rally School located in Carno, Mid Wales, England. The 900 acre facility features 9 miles of classic Welsh stage roads with a wide variety of bends and straights. The Higgins Forest Experience Rally School is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading rally schools – and who better to teach you than lead instructor and 2011 Rally America National Champion David Higgins! Lessons are also available on a one-on-one basis worldwide. To learn more or to book an introductory rally lesson click here.

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.

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.

The third event of the 2012 Rally America National Championship brings teams to the Pacific Northwest for the Oregon Trail Rally. As in years past, fans flocked to Portland International Raceway to see the action on the first day of racing. Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew are off to a fantastic start, winning all four stages of the day and gaining a lead of nine seconds in just eight stage miles. Running BFGoodrich rallycross tires was an excellent choice as it allowed the Vermont SportsCar prepared 2012 Subaru WRX STI to put down all of its power on the mixed tarmac and gravel surfaces at the track.

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.

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'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 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

Subaru Rally Team USA has landed in Colorado Springs for the final round of the Global Rallycross Championship at Pikes Peak International Raceway. This event, labeled Last Chance, features two separate days of racing with the one-on-one SuperRally on Friday and the RallyCross competition on Saturday. This weekend marks the first time SRT USA's David Higgins has campaigned in a Rallycross format event. Jump practice was first on the schedule today, and went very smoothly for Higgins in his 2011 Subaru WRX STI. Though he had never previously attempted the huge 50-foot gap jump, he was immediately comfortable tackling this essential component of Rallycross.

The final event of the 2011 Rally America National Championship is underway at the New England Forest Rally. Spanning both sides of the border between Maine and New Hampshire, this event features one hundred miles of stage roads which follow shorelines and cross mountains with road conditions ranging from smooth and fast to rough and technical. Coming into the event, Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew sit at the top of the National Championship standings. While first place is always the preferred result, any spot on the New England Forest Rally podium will secure the championship win for Higgins and Drew in the #75 Subaru WRX STI.

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.

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 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.

A cold calm set in as teams prepared for another day of racing near Salem, Missouri. Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew were 18.6 seconds behind first place at the start of Day 2 of the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood. The plan was simple: proceed with normal effort through the first two stages; and if the gap starts closing, push for the rest of the race. With their major Rally America National Championship rivals out of the running, any finish on the podium would suffice and excessive risks would be futile.

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.

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.

David Higgins has absolutely crushed the Mt. Washington Hillclimb course record in his 2011 Subaru WRX STI. Battling rain-soaked tarmac and treacherously low visibility, David Higgins piloted SRT USA #75 through two record-breaking runs of the 7.6-mile Auto Road. "It was a very big challenge because the road was still wet in spots and would turn very slick suddenly. With the clouds the visibility was so low I could hardly see past the hood of my car," explained Higgins. On the first run in his WRX STI, Higgins rocketed up the mountain twenty seconds faster than the outgoing record set by Frank Sprongl in 1998.

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!

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 Rally Team USA driver David Higgins drives his #75 Subaru Impreza WRX STI rallycross car to 2nd place at round 3 of the 2011 Global RallyCross Championship.

The Global Rallycross Championship consists of 3 rounds, each scheduled at different venues across the country, leading up to X Games 17 which will be held within the L.A. Live complex and Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA, scheduled for July 30-31, 2011.

Subaru Rally Team USA takes to the rural roads of Missouri for a fast-paced test session prior to the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood. "The feeling with our Subaru is very good," explained Higgins. "During testing this week we made some great progress and found some speed on the faster sections, which will be crucial at this event. Our goal is always to win, but I'm mindful that we are looking at the big picture and need to secure championship points first and foremost."

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

The final round of the 2011 Global RallyCross Championship has concluded with a dramatic final race just south of Colorado Springs, CO. Spectators packed Pikes Peak International Raceway on Saturday and the drivers signature session tent was mobbed as fans eagerly met with competitors. The racing got underway early in the afternoon and Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins won both of his heat races in his 2011 Subaru WRX STI. The car has really come into its own as a competitive rallycross machine and it was very exciting for SRT USA to see their hard work paying off. The A Main Final was fully stacked with an unprecedented eight vehicles on the starting grid.

In the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood has begun in epic style. An unprecedented sixty-three teams have entered this event, the second stop of the 2012 Rally America National Championship. Fast and flowing Missouri roads characterize this race, and they've been left parched and dusty by this year's strangely dry winter. In the early stages, the top three competitors tightly traded fastest times. David and Craig won Stage 2, but lost some time in the subsequent stages and ended the day just 18 seconds behind the lead.

With a second place finish at the New England Forest Rally in Newry, Maine Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins with co-driver Craig Drew have won the 2011 Rally America National Championship in a 2011 Subaru WRX STI.

Subaru Rally Team USA's David Higgins and Craig Drew have raced their #75 Subaru WRX STI to an outstanding victory at the 2012 Oregon Trail Rally. At the Sunday morning Parc Expose in Dufur, Oregon, David and Craig had a relaxed demeanor afforded to them by the comfortable lead they earned the day before. Road conditions were significantly better and the team's 2012 Subaru WRX STI performed flawlessly as it rocketed along the scenic Oregon farmland under clear blue skies. Averaging two seconds per mile faster than their closest competition, Higgins and Drew pulled up to the podium with an astonishing lead of four minutes and twenty-six seconds.

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.

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.

New 2012 Subaru WRX STI papercraft models of SRT USA #75 are being printed! The new version contains lots of great new imagery, an even more detailed model of the car, 2012 rally schedule, car specs and more. Don’t miss out on your chance to get one. Come see us at a rally or dealer event near you to get a free copy. They will be available at the next event - Rally in the 100 Acre Wood on Feb 24-25. The event is based out of Salem, Missouri located about two hours south of St. Louis. We hope to see you there!

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 Craig Drew are off to a phenomenal start in their 2012 Subaru WRX STI at the Sno*Drift Rally. Unseasonably warm daytime temperatures exacerbated the difficulty imposed by the already icy roads. Sand and slush on top of ice forced teams to take a cautious approach or risk damage in the unforgiving road edges, which are lacking their usual snowy cushion. After the first leg of five stages, SRT USA #75 had an early 1 minute and 47 second lead over rivals Antoine L'Estage and Nathalie Richard.

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.