The three kings of RallyCross

Travis Pastrana, Ken Block and Brian Deegan are one of the big names of this discipline

The RallyCross has become one of the most spectaculars and enjoyable fot the public. In this race, that is playing in a circuit, the drivers have to challenge the asphalt and the soil and fight against impossible jumps and curves. And with 10 cars on track struggling to be the head of the race. A discipline, like skateboarding, will be in Barcelona and the final will be on the 19th of may at 16.00 in the Monjuic’s Olympic Stadium.

It has a lot of importants names in the automotive world. Possibly one of the greatest exponents of the extreme sports, Travis Pastrana, eleven times gold medal at X Games, is participating in the RallyCross. The driver of Maryland, who came to compete with the wrist and ankle broken and he could win the race, successfully combines the car and the motorbike. Moreover, in the Moto Freestyle, he was the first driver who got the 'double blackflip'. In 2008, he decided to change to the wheel and he has won four metals with the car. In the last edition in Los Angeles, Pastrana had a bad luck and he can not qualify for the final.

That was luckier last year was one of the legendary riders, and one of the best friends of Pastrana, Ken Block. A name that represent a show. The American driver was able to his famous 'gymkhana' has been played over 160 million times. And in these videos the rider from California, who began his career in the world of extreme sports such as snowboarder and skateboarder, demonstrates his pinpoint accuracy with the wheel. Apart from these videos that have helped to millions of people to know the world of the rally, in the purely competitive, Block, after compete for a year in the WRC, nowadays he is participating in the American rally championship and, last year, at the X Games in Los Angeles could get the second place.

And if we talk about the American riders, we can not forget Brian Deegan. He is not a big media icon such as can be Pastrana or Block. But this rider of Nebraska has won the merit of bringing the legend band with him. Before change to the four wheels, was the first freestyler who make a 360 degree turn in the air. This good work was translated in eight medals in the X Games on his bike. And now, immersed in the transition to cars, he has already begun to triumph and he won three metals with his Ford Focus. His latest gold medal, precisely, was in the RallyCross of Los Angeles 2011.