Los Angeles, California (ACP Racing) August 1, 2010 North American Rally Champion Andrew ACP Comrie-Picard took third place overall and the Bronze Medal in Rally Car Racing at X Games 16 this weekend in a hard-fought battle that saw twelve of the best drivers and teams in the country and from around the world fighting in the Los Angeles Coliseum.

For Comrie-Picard, the result was the culmination of successful year as a driver, TV host, and now team owner. Weve competed at every X Games, but this year was probably the most challenging. The venue change, the rules changes, and running a car for a guest driver all these things made concentrating on my own driving difficult, and yet we were lucky enough to come through with a medal said ACP.

The X Games Rally Car Racing had previously taken place at the Home Depot Center, but this year was at the historic LA Coliseum. Rules changes saw the allowance of European-format 600-horsepower cars, and Comrie-Picard supported FormulaDrift teammate Samuel Hubinette by lending Hubinette his newer Mitsubishi Evoluiton X for the SuperRally competition.

Actually all the pressure and complexities that this year threw at us were probably a good thing. We didnt have time to think about anything else, so when race day came, we just went for it. X Games is all about putting it out there, and thats exactly what we did said Comrie-Picard.
Ford drivers Tanner Foust and Brian Deegan took first and second place respectively, and fellow Canadian Antoine LEstage tied with Comrie-Picard for the Bronze in lieu of a showdown medal match. Antoine, like Hubinette, was competing in a newer Mitsubishi Evolution X.
The result was a tremendous success for ACP Racing and Comrie-Picard, as only a day before they blew their high-spec large turbo and so competed with a stock Mitsubishi turbo and 40mm intake restrictor. This meant they were competing with about 200hp less than their main rivals on 45mm intake restrictors.