X Games Los Angeles Attracts Largest Field Of Global Rallycross Season
Company press release.
Global Rallycross will see no fewer than 18 Supercars—a season high—at X Games Los Angeles, the final X Games event of the 2013 schedule. Besides 13 GRC regulars, three drivers will make their season debuts, including two who competed in the 2012 season.
Rhys Millen, who fielded two Hyundai Velosters for himself and Stephan Verdier last year, will return to GRC competition for the first time since scoring a third place finish in last year's season finale. Millen finished in a tie for third place in last year's championship, despite skipping the New Hampshire round.
Millen's team will campaign the same two vehicles, with Rally America veteran David Sterckx making his GRC debut in the other car. Sterckx comes to X Games with momentum, having won the Super Production class and finishing fourth overall in this weekend's New England Forest Rally.
Verdier will be back as well, reviving the Subaru WRX STI that he campaigned to three podiums and fifth place in the 2011 championship. He will be the only true privateer in the field, racing on his own dime with limited sponsorship.
Meanwhile, two more familiar faces will return to the series in the two Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polos. Anton Marklund, who still ranks 10th in points despite missing the past two events, returns to the team's #92 car, while Timur Timerzyanov, who has substituted for Travis Pastrana in three races this season, will join the team in the #29. In six combined starts this year, the two Marklund cars have made it to five main events, scoring three top-five finishes (all in Munich).
Photo credit: QBA/QNIGAN.com
Global Rallycross will see no fewer than 18 Supercars—a season high—at X Games Los Angeles, the final X Games event of the 2013 schedule. Besides 13 GRC regulars, three drivers will make their season debuts, including two who competed in the 2012 season.
Rhys Millen, who fielded two Hyundai Velosters for himself and Stephan Verdier last year, will return to GRC competition for the first time since scoring a third place finish in last year's season finale. Millen finished in a tie for third place in last year's championship, despite skipping the New Hampshire round.
Millen's team will campaign the same two vehicles, with Rally America veteran David Sterckx making his GRC debut in the other car. Sterckx comes to X Games with momentum, having won the Super Production class and finishing fourth overall in this weekend's New England Forest Rally.
Verdier will be back as well, reviving the Subaru WRX STI that he campaigned to three podiums and fifth place in the 2011 championship. He will be the only true privateer in the field, racing on his own dime with limited sponsorship.
Meanwhile, two more familiar faces will return to the series in the two Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polos. Anton Marklund, who still ranks 10th in points despite missing the past two events, returns to the team's #92 car, while Timur Timerzyanov, who has substituted for Travis Pastrana in three races this season, will join the team in the #29. In six combined starts this year, the two Marklund cars have made it to five main events, scoring three top-five finishes (all in Munich).
Photo credit: QBA/QNIGAN.com
