Last year, despite a broken foot, Travis Pastrana wowed the TV audience during the Rallycross portion of ESPN’s X-Games, just as he had always done since the sport was first included in the games back in 2006.
He might be competing in Nascar this year, but in a surprise announcement Chrysler has just revealed that he will be driving a Dodge Dart in the expanded 2012 Global RallyCross series, which includes the X-Games.
This is no stock 2013 Dodge Dart – it is custom built specifically for rallycross with a purpose-built, 2.0-liter, 4-cylinder, 16-valve turbocharged 600-bhp engine mated to a Sedav 4-wheel-drive gear box that delivers more than 550 lb.-ft. of torque. David Bailey, Senior Engineering Manager for SRT Motorsports, claims the Dart rallycross car has a 0-60 mph time as low as 1.9 seconds.
It sounds ready to take on the Ford Fiesta, Hyundai Veloster, Subaru WRX, Skoda Fabia and Citroen DS3 rallycross cars that competed in the four rounds of the inaugural Global RallyCross series last year.
Undoubtedly it’ll be far more fun for Pastrana than driving his Nascar stock car!
Visitors to the upcoming 2012 New York Auto Show will be able to see the Dart rallycross car in person when it is unveiled for the first time in April. But you’ll really want to see Pastrana in action by attending one of the Global RallyCross events. And if you can’t get to one in person you’ll be able to watch each race live on ESPN.
2012 Global RallyCross Race Schedule:
- May 26 – Charlotte Motor Speedway
- June 10 – Texas Motor Speedway
- June 30 – X Games, Los Angeles
- July 1 – X Games, Los Angeles
- July 14 – New Hampshire Motor Speedway
- Sept. 1 – TBD
- Sept. 29 – Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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