For 2008 Dave Mirra has been getting his feet wet in rally racing, competing in select events with the help of his friend, fellow rally driver, and DC Co-founder Ken Block. Last Sunday at Oregon Trail was graduation day, as Ken Block surprised him by trading Dave's rally car for his!
It all went down after Dave and Ken were both forced to withdraw from Oregon Trail because they slide off the road and got stuck. With both drivers out of competition for the weekend, Ken presented Dave with his higher-power Subi Ken finished the day in Dave's Subaru, and Dave got the chance to finish the rally in a high power, fully decked Subaru.
The timing was perfect to upgrade Dave to the new whip: he's been using a lower spec, non-turbo Impreza all year and he's now got some solid rallying hours under his belt. Anyway, Ken was ready to upgrade to the new 2008 Subaru WRX STi platform for the next rally, Susquehannock (STPR).
Look out for Dave behind the wheel of Ken's old car, and Ken piloting his all-new Subaru next month at STPR!