Deegan Leads Off For X Games Gold

Win Marks Second Medal Of Weekend For Deegan

 

It was mayhem in the streets of Downtown Los Angeles, and Brian Deegan was the master as he beat out an international field of expert rally car drivers to take the X Games gold in RallyCross Finals Sunday.

“That was the highlight of my life. I’ve done a lot of things on a dirt bike, and I’ve done a lot of things in a car, but nothing tops that moment, winning X Games in RallyCross,” Deegan said. “I’ve wanted to beat Tanner Foust all year. Luckily I got lucky off the start, but that’s what it takes.”

Deegan, a Bellevue, Neb. native who also took bronze in Moto X Step Up this week, made his first appearance in Rally at X Games 15. He earned the silver medal in both RallyCross and Rally Car Racing at X Games 16, and so it only made sense that he wanted to make the upgrade to a gold at X Games 17.

“Sometimes you just have to dig deep and believe in yourself,” Deegan said. “I set the goal to win this, I achieved my goal, now what’s next?”

Capistrano Beach, Calif. resident Tanner Foust added to his collection of RallyCross medals, finishing second to take his second silver medal in the sport.

“I held up my teammate a little bit, but going 1-2 for Rockstar, you can’t complain,” Foust said.

And, making his first appearance at X Games, Finland’s Marcus Grönholm followed up his silver in Rally Car Racing with the bronze in RallyCross.

“I had a really bad start and there were so many cars in front of me, so I had to dig to come up with it,” Grönholm said.

RallyCross features heats of multiple drivers racing side-by-side for five laps, with finish order determining who advances to more rounds.

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X Games 17

In its ninth year in Los Angeles, X Games 17 will feature more than 200 athletes at competition venues and event spaces including STAPLES Center and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. The 17^th annual action sports competition to be held in Los Angeles July 28 – 31 and will debut the new discipline of Enduro X, as well as the first-ever rally street circuit running through the downtown area. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to telecast 25 hours of live X Games 17 competition. In addition to the 25 original hours in high definition, the Worldwide Leader in Action Sports will also televise 21 hours of X Games action on ESPN 3D. More than 29 hours will also be distributed on ESPN3.com.

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