Subaru Rally Team USA



Hometown	Annapolis, Maryland
Day or night rallying	Day- "Night feels like a video game!"
Favorite surface	Air
Favorite food during a service break	"Anything and everything"
Car type	WRX STI
Car number	199
Longest distance traveled to run in a rally	6000 miles

Subaru Rally Team USA driver Travis Pastrana has dominated rallying in the USA since switching his focus away from Freestyle Motocross. Pastrana has made the switch to rallying, which he refers to candidly as “motocross with a rollcage!” In 2006, at only 23 years-old, he became the youngest ever American Rally Champion and has been the Rally America Champion ever since, winning the series four years in a row; 2006-2009. Pastrana has been on the podium over 36 times, with 19 rally wins. Pastrana has medaled at all four X Games Rally Car events including two Gold medals. Pastrana has driven a Subaru rally car from the very start of his rally career.

Starting at the age of four with a one-speed 50cc dirt bike, Travis was soon hammering his way through a string of National Amateur Motocross titles culminating with the World Freestyle Championship at the age of 14, cementing his place as an icon in the world of Motocross. Although Pastrana began in the Motocross world, he has become a standout in Freestyle Motocross (FMX). Besides winning 6 X Games Gold Medals in FMX, he is also credited with inventing many of the sport’s most demanding tricks and continues every year to elevate the bar for the sport. Pastrana gained additional worldwide fame when he landed the first ever double-backflip at the 2006 Summer X Games 12.

Travis is also well known for his positive, unpretentious attitude, which has made him a media darling and earned him worldwide exposure. He is in constant demand from both the corporate and endemic media, not to mention his millions of fans. Despite drawing huge crowds wherever he goes, Travis makes sure never to forget his fans, and has been known to spend hours signing autographs and taking pictures with every last fan!

When not competing in the Rally America National Championship for Subaru Rally Team USA Travis Pastrana can be seen attempting wild stunts on his hit MTV show "Nitro Circus".



Hometown	New York, New York
Day or night rallying	Day
Favorite surface	Gravel
Favorite food during a service break	Brown rice and lentils
Car type	WRX STI
Car number	199
Longest distance traveled to run in a rally	3500 miles

Born in Sweden and raised in the United States, Christian Edstrom first began rallying in 1997. He has worked with a number of top American rally drivers and has experience on nearly every rally event in the USA. Travis Pastrana began his rally career with Edstrom at his side in 2004. Now Edstrom is best known simply for being the guy crazy enough to sit alongside Pastrana in a rally car! However, Edstrom’s vast rally knowledge and cool composure has helped turn Pastrana into a consistent and patient rally driver, as well as the youngest American Rally Champion in history.



Hometown	Chittenango, New York
Day or night rallying	-
Favorite surface	Gravel
Favorite food during a service break	-
Car type	WRX STI
Car number	40
Longest distance traveled to run in a rally	-

Mirra, who became a pro BMX rider in 1992, holds the record for most X Games medals (including most Gold medals), and has medaled in every X Games since their inception in 1995. He is recognized as one of the World's most well known Action Sports athletes and is credited with bringing freestyle BMX into the mainstream.

Mirra has always been a car enthusiast and became hooked on rallying after friend and Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block introduced him to the sport. Mirra completed a test and training program with Subaru Rally Team USA in late 2007 and ran half of the 2008 Rally America National Championship, earning 2008 Rookie of the Year honors. Mirra impressed everyone in his rally debut at X Games 14 last year where he earned a Bronze medal, after beating two top North American drivers in head-to-head heats.

Mirra's rally program was expanded in 2009 with increased support from Subaru of America, Inc. and Monster Energy that saw him join Subaru Rally Team USA drivers Ken Block and Travis Pastrana at seven rounds of the 2009 Rally America National Championship as well as X Games 15. Mirra spent the 2009 season competing in the new Super Production class. The SP class is a new Rally America competition category introduced in 2009 that features minimally modified, production-based cars with the backing of prize money from Subaru of America, Inc.



Hometown	Catalunya, Spain
Day or night rallying	-
Favorite surface	-
Favorite food during a service break	-
Car type	WRX STI
Car number	40
Longest distance traveled to run in a rally	-

Ringer, a professional co-driver since 1988 is best known for his success co-driving for World Rally Championship (WRC) legend Colin McRrae in the early nineties. The duo won the 1995 World Rally Championship together with the Subaru World Rally Team. Ringer's other major successes include winning the 1993 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship and British Rally Championship in '91, '92 and '98. Ringer now resides with his wife and son in Catalunya, Spain, where he has been involved in organizing rallies.