The new Fiesta Rallycross cars make their debut with all-star driver lineup in ESPN’s X Games 15.

The Fiesta makes its U.S. motorsport debut with the Swedish Olsbergs Motor Sport Evolution (MSE) race team in July’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado. The team will also compete in ESPN’s X Games 15 in Los Angeles, Calif., July 30 – August 2 with famous Swedish driver Kenny Brack behind the wheel of a 2009 Fiesta 3-door hatchback.

Olsbergs MSE drivers Tanner Foust and Brian Deegan will also field two Ford Fiestas for ROCKSTAR Energy Drink. Tanner Foust will drive a race-prepared 2009 Fiesta 5-door hatchback and Brian Deegan, who has competed at every X Games rally event, will drive a 2008 Fiesta 3-door hatchback.

All three Fiestas will comply with Rally America Open Class specifications.

The X Games 15 will be covered live on ESPN's family of networks, including ABC, as well as across ESPN's many digital media assets, including Xgames.com (or you can use ESPN.com/action or simply ESPN.com) and ESPN360.com.

About Kenny Brack
Brack was the 1998 IndyCar Series champion and was a factory driver for Ford Racing’s Champ Car entry Rahal Letterman Racing (RLR). Brack sustained significant injures in a major accident at Texas Motor Speedway in 2003 while driving for RLR, but he returned to the car at the Indy 500 in 2005, subbing for the injured Buddy Rice and posting the fastest qualifying speed (227.598 mph) of the field.

About Tanner Foust
In addition to winning the both the 2007 and 2008 Formula Drift Pro Drift Championship, he also took the Silver medal as runner-up in the 2008 Summer X Games Pro Rally race. Foust won the 2007 X Games Gold Medal in the Pro Rally for the ROCKSTAR Energy Rally team. He was selected to represent Team USA in the annual Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium in London, UK this past December. He teamed with Ford Racing NASCAR star Carl Edwards to do battle with the world's fastest drivers and riders from Formula One, World Rally Championship, Superbike and Touring Car racing.

About Brian Deegan
Brian Deegan is a 10-time medalist at the X Games, including three gold medals for Moto X Best Trick (2002, 2003, 2005). Earlier this year, Deegan launched a Pro-Lite class off road truck team in Championship Off-Road Racing (COOR) under a newly formed ROCKSTAR/Metal Mulisha/Caffaro Motorsports banner. In 2004, he was named one of the Top 100 Action Sports Stars by ESPN.


Quotes

“The new Fiesta is already creating headlines around the world. The announcement that it would compete at Pikes Peak was greeted so positively by enthusiasts everywhere. Now, to back it up with competition at the X Games will just create even more buzz for the car.”
- Brian Wolfe, Director of Ford North America Motorsport

"We are very excited to see the Fiesta competing not only at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, but also at the X Games in LA. The competition will be extremely strong in both events, but we’ve put together a strong team with the ROCKSTAR/BF Goodrich Tires Fiestas and our all-star drivers. The Olsbergs Motor Sport Evolution race team is doing an outstanding job in preparing the cars for both of these world famous events."
- Jost Capito, Director of Ford Global Motorsport Business Development

“Pikes Peak and the X Games give our agents two more exciting events to attend and show off their Fiesta’s.”
- Connie Fontaine, Brand Content and Alliance Manager for Ford Motor Company

Links

The Fiesta Movement
Ford Racing