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" With X Games Rally Car Racing and Rallycross setting to throw dirt plumes into the Los Angeles air this weekend, here are seven rally drivers who are notable. Meaning, the safe bet has these seven dominating the podium.  Name: Dave Mirra Car: 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Approximate Power: 550-plus bhp, 750 lb-ft torque Few athletes are as analogous to X Games as Dave Mirra. With 24 medals, Mirra is the all-time medal holder in X Games history, 14 of them Gold. A living legend on the BMX, Mirra turned his attention to rally racing, debuting at the Rally of the Tall Pines in Ontario, Canada in November of 2007. After being picked up by Subaru in 2009, Mirra&amp;#039;s been loyal to flat-engine OE ever since, campaigning STIs in Subaru&amp;#039;s U.S. rally efforts.  Name: Travis Pastrana  Car: 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Approximate Power: 550-plus bhp, 750 lb-ft torque 2011&amp;#039;s been a busy year for Pastrana. Between devloping a NASCAR program, rally racing at 100 Acre Woods, filming a Nitro Circus film and practicing his Rodeo 720 motocross trick, it&amp;#039;s a wonder how he&amp;#039;s able to recover from a lifetime of 50-plus broken bones and 17 knee injuries. X Games 17 weekend is going to be no less busy for Pastrana\u2014he&amp;#039;ll be competing in three X Games disciplines (Best Trick and Freestyle on a dirt bike and Rallycross in a dirt car) and making his NASCAR Nationwide debut at the Kroger 200 between all of this. No rest for the wicked...  Name: Tanner Foust Car: 2011 Ford Fiesta Approximate Power: 550 bhp, 600 lb-ft torque Despite being part of the travesty that is Top Gear USA, Tanner Foust is one talented wheelsmith. He&amp;#039;s competed at the Race of Champions, is the only American that competes in the European Rallycross Championship and set the long-distance record for jumping a 4-wheeled vehicle, to name just a few of his accomplishments. For the topic at hand, Foust holds 5 medals total in rally, three of them Gold, making him the winningest driver in X Games.  Name: David Higgins  Car: 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Approximate Power: 550-plus bhp, 750 lb-ft torque David Higgins is a product of three generations of rally. His grandparents and parents rallied. The results of his dirt-crusted lineage speak for itself: multiple British Rally Championships in Group N (1997, 1999, 2002) and an overall (2004), two SCCA Pro Rally Championships (2002, 2003), an effort that helped his team win three Chinese Rally Championships (2004, 2007, 2009), and most recently, the 2011 Rally America Champion. Whew. During Higgins&amp;#039; &amp;quot;downtime,&amp;quot; he and his family operate the world-class Higgins Rally School.  Name: Brian Deegan Car: 2011 Ford Fiesta Approximate Power: 550 bhp, 600 lb-ft torque For the uninitiated, Brian Deegan can look like a Travis Pastrana knock-off. Yes, he&amp;#039;s from the action sports world. Yes, he&amp;#039;s a motocross star. Yes, he parlayed his two-wheeled skills to four-wheeled rally. But that&amp;#039;s where the similarities end. A founder of Metal Mulisha, a posse of motocross drivers turned brand, and winner of 10 X Games medal, Deegan took home Silver medals last year in Rally Racing and Rallycross, beating Pastrana in both disciplines.  Name: Rhys Millen  Car: 2011 Hyundai Veloster Approximate Power: 480 bhp, 520 lb-ft torque Carrying the proud Millen name, Rhys Millen is the son of Rod Millen, Pikes Peak record holder and New Zealand Rally Champion. This apple didn&amp;#039;t fall far from the tree, Rhys too held his own Pikes Peak record and has recently focused his efforts in rally racing. An accomplished stunt driver and Red Bull World Drifting Champion, Rhys Millen looks to carry forth his proud family name.  Name: Marcus Gr\u00F6nholm  Car: 2011 Ford Fiesta Approximate Power: 550 bhp, 600 lb-ft torque Gr\u00F6nholm. Pronounced &amp;quot;grun-home,&amp;quot; the seasoned veteran has the name worthy of a Tolkien villain. As if saying his name out loud isn&amp;#039;t foreboding enough, Marcus Gr\u00F6nholm is not only a two-time WRC Champion (2000, 2002), but his father was a rally driver who passed away driving a rally car. Safe to say, dirt and fire runs through Gr\u00F6nholm&amp;#039;s veins. Of Finnish ethnicity, there&amp;#039;s an old saying in rally racing: &amp;quot;Hire a Finn to win.&amp;quot; Visit www.xgames.com for up-to-date info on Rally Car Racing and Rallycross, as well as all other disciplines. Related posts:  Ford Triumphs in X Games Rallycross Getting Ready to Rally: X Games 17 X Games 17: Rally Returns  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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