David Higgins made an impressive debut in his first RallyCross competition this past weekend with a 2nd Overall finish at 3rd round of the Global RallyCross Championship held at Pikes Peak International Raceway near Colorado Springs.
Subaru Rally Team USA has announced today the entry of team driver David Higgins for the final round the Global Rallycross Championship as well as the famed Mt. Washington Hillclimb this month. The multi-time British and American Rally Champion will drive the team’s latest specification 2011 Subaru WRX STI rallycross car at the third and final round of the Global Rallycross Championship June 17-18 at Pikes Peak International Raceway in Colorado Springs. The following weekend, June 24-26, Higgins will travel to New Hampshire to compete in the legendary Mt. Washington Hillclimb in a Subaru STI built to the event’s Open Class regulations.
David Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew have won the Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (STPR), round five of the 2011 Rally America National Championship, by a mere 1.3 seconds over rival Antoine L’Estage. Higgins and L’Estage battled back and forth throughout the event with Higgins staging a late rally comeback that saw him take the rally lead on the penultimate stage after overcoming a thirty-seven second deficit midway through the final day of action.
David Higgins, at the wheel of his BFGoodrich Tires-shod 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI, won convincingly at the 2011 Oregon Trail Rally, round four of the 2011 Rally America Championship. Higgins and his co-driver Craig Drew won the event with a gap of nearly three and a half minutes ahead of his closest rival after a dominating performance on the event’s technical and rain drenched roads.
Video: Sights and sounds of Dave Mirra at Round 2 of the Global Rallycross Championship. Subaru driver Dave Mirra, entered in the #40 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI set extremely competitive lap times but ultimately experienced a challenging weekend. Mirra finished in 6th Overall in the Rallycross event after ripping a rear wheel off in an impact with a cement barrier in the hotly contested A-Main Final.
Subaru Rally Team USA driver Dave Mirra finished an impressive fourth overall in round one of the newly announced three-event Global Rallycross Championship in the debut event’s A-Main Final.
Higgins and Mirra Achieve Double Podium for Subaru Rally Team USA at 2011 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood.
(January 31, 2011) Subaru Rally Team USA driver Dave Mirra achieved a rally career best 2nd Overall finish at the season opening Sno*Drift Rally via a nail biting comeback late in the rally. Mirra, at the wheel of his 2011…
Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) returns to the 2011 Rally America National Championship today at the season opener Sno*Drift Rally in northern Michigan. The two-car team has undergone some changes in the off-season including the signing of multi-time British…
January 13, 2011 – Officials at Vermont SportsCar, organizers of the 2011 Mt. Washington Hillclimb planned for June 22-26, 2011 at the Mt. Washington Auto Road in Pinkham Notch, Gorham, NH, released details today regarding the competition classes and Entry Application process for the event. The Mt. Washington Hillclimb, known as the Climb to the Clouds, was first run in 1904 and is one of America’s oldest motorsports events. The 2011 Climb to the Clouds, which makes a comeback after a ten year hiatus, will be a 5-day festival of motorsports that hopes to attract a 70-car competition field filled with some of the best drivers from around the world competing for “King of the Hill” honors.