Sebastian Loeb heads for X-Games

Sebastian Loeb, the 300-time* World Rally Champion, is to enter the X-Games Rallycross event in Los Angeles from 28 June.

The idea is for Loeb to race against American Travis Pastrana, a hero of the US Rallycross scene. Loeb said of the new challenge: "I love racing and I'm always interested in trying out new categories. A week after the New Zealand Rally has finished, I'll be in Los Angeles to take up the challenge set for me by Travis! Rallycross here in Europe provides some very spectacular racing, but the American version seems to be even more extreme. So, I didn't need to be asked twice when the opportunity arose to race against drivers like Marcus Grönholm in a 545bhp Citroën DS3!"