Mirra, Pastrana Win Season-End Rally Honors
November 20, 2008 – 1:15 am PT by GregTags: Dave Mirra, Ken Block, Kenny Bartram, Rally Car, Travis Pastrana —
In the last few years it seems more and more familiar faces from other action action sports keep showing up in rally car racing. A few years back, freestyle motocross riders Travis Pastrana and Kenny Bartram made the transition, with success. In fact, Pastrana has conquered the sport with the same intensity that made him a FMX superstar.
Pastrana won his third-straight Rally America Championship this season, edging teammate Ken Block (founder of DC Shoes) and cementing his place among the best of the sport.
Joining Pastrana and Block on the Rally America Championship series this season was BMX rider Dave Mirra, who juggled his rally racing with BMX contests. Still, Mirra performed better than any other rookie driver this season and was honored as “Rookie of the Year” as a result.
The first of the 2009 season’s nine stops will kick off on January 30 with the SnoDrift Rally. Visit the Rally America site for more.
