Subaru Motorsports USA (formerly known as Subaru Rally Team USA) is Subaru of America's

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arm that participates in events in the United States and its operations are managed by Vermont SportsCar, previously

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History

The team was started in 2000 with cars prepared by

and raced in the

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championship and continued until 2004. In 2006, the team management was handed over to Vermont SportsCar. Since 2001 Vermont SportsCar has had a relationship with

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who has served as both a sponsor and partner. Subaru utilizes the sport of

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to promote their line-up of

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vehicles, specifically the

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which has dominated rallying in both the US and internationally for decades. Starting in 2006 Vermont SportsCar began managing the operations of Subaru Rally Team USA. In their first year Vermont SportsCar took Subaru Rally Team USA to four straight Rally America National Championship driver's titles with driver

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(2006-2009). In 2010 the team welcomed

Dave Mirra David Michael Mirra (April 4, 1974 – February 4, 2016) was an American BMX rider who also competed in rallycross racing. He set the record for most medals in BMX Freestyle at the X Games (later tied by Scotty Cranmer) and earned at least one ...

to a full-time role as the team's 2nd driver alongside Pastrana, who was participating in a limited schedule of events. In 2011 Pastrana left the team to pursue

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and was replaced by multi-time British and American rally champion David Higgins. Alongside his co-driver

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, David drove his WRX STI to 8 National Championships in a 9-year span, including a Perfect Season in 2015. Pastrana made a return to the team in 2014 and continues to be their main driver for stage rally competition with the

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. The team utilizes the Subaru WRX STI and rally prepares the cars nearly entirely in-house at Vermont SportsCar, including the shell prep,

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s, engines and many of the

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parts. The same highly skilled rally technicians that build each of team's cars at Vermont SportsCar also serve as the service crew that travel to each event. Although they primarily compete in the American Rally Association National Championship and

Americas Rallycross Championship The Americas Rallycross Championship, also known as ARX Rallycross, was an American rallycross series organized by IMG Motorsport. Formed in 2018, it was a feeder series to the FIA World Rallycross Championship. After two seasons, ARX shut down ...

(ARX), the team also competes occasionally in the

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, the

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and the

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. In 2019, the team changed its name to Subaru Motorsports USA along with a revision to the structure of its U.S. racing activities, which now combines stage rally, rallycross, record attempts,

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, and

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under the banner of Subaru Motorsports. Subaru Motorsports USA has been a seminal force in the rise in popularity of rallying in North America.

Rally

Subaru Rally Team USA participated in

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events,

events, and previously participated in the

for a short time. Since taking on the American rally stages they have amassed 13 National Championships (5 with Pastrana, 8 with Higgins). Occasionally, the team has made entries in WRC with Ramana Lagemann at

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in 2003 and David Higgins at

Rally GB Wales Rally GB was the most recent iteration of the United Kingdom's premier international motor rally, which ran under various names since the first event held in 1932. It was consistently a round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) calen ...

in 2015. Stage Rally competition with the

continues to be a staple of the teams focus.

Rallycross

The team participated in the

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and

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events until they were replaced by the

in 2018. In 2006 and 2007,

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participated in X-Games with the team. He rolled the car due to an awkwardly landed jump, but still managed to finish in second place, right behind

. On May 4, 2012, Subaru announced their partnership with Puma and their new rallycross team, Subaru Puma Rallycross Team USA. The three-driver team consisted of

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, and Sverre Isachsen. On September 11, 2013, SRT USA contracted their Global Rallycross effort to two cars, releasing Dave Mirra. The team eventually made a shift in their lineup switching out Lasek and Isachsen with global rallycross star

Patrik Sandell Patrik Sandell (born April 21, 1982) is a rally driver from Sweden. Sandell won the Swedish Junior Championship in 2004 and the Swedish Group N3 Championship in 2005. In 2006, he won the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) title driving for ...

and former

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driver

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before the Global RallyCross Championship ended in 2017. In 2018

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founded the Americas Rallycross Championship which effectively replaced GRC. Sandell and Atkinson continued with the team during the transition and added

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to the roster the following year. Despite countless podiums, overall wins, and a championship within grasp, ARX wrapped up after just two seasons with no further rallycross programs in sight.

Championship wins

Video games

SRT USA heavily appeared in the racing game '' Colin McRae: DiRT 2'' with 2008 drivers Ken Block,

, and

. The #199 and #40 SRT USA cars also appeared in ''

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'' Ramana Lagemann's

#4 rally car appears on the cover ''

Colin McRae Rally 2005 ''Colin McRae Rally 2005'' is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters. Gameplay As with previous games in the series, ''Colin McRae Rally 2005'' is presented as a realistic rally simulation, with players participating in ralli ...

''. SRT USA cars also are included in ''

RalliSport Challenge ''RalliSport Challenge'' is a 2002 rally racing video game for Microsoft Windows and the Xbox. It allows a career with up to 29 cars including the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 and the Suzuki Grand Vitara. Four race types that are included in the gam ...

'', '' RalliSport Challenge 2'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

V-Rally 3 ''V-Rally 3'' is a racing video game developed by Eden Studios and published by Infogrames Europe. It was released for the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance platforms in 2002, and ported to the Xbox, GameCube, and Microsoft Windows in 2003. Game ...

'', and ''

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''. In 2016 both Travis Pastrana and David Higgins appeared in

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, as DLC.

Racing record

Complete Global Rallycross Championship results

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)

AWD

Supercar

Complete Nitro Rallycross results

Supercar

References

External links

{{Commons category, Subaru Rally Team USA
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Global RallyCross Championship teams 2001 establishments in the United States Auto racing teams established in 2001 World Rallycross Championship teams World Rally Championship teams