LOS ANGELES, CA — 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. �We�ve 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 didn�t 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 that�s exactly what we did,� said Comrie-Picard.

Ford drivers Tanner Foust and Brian Deegan took first and second place respectively, and fellow Canadian Antoine L�Estage tied with Comrie-Picard for the Bronze in lieu of a showdown medal match. He, 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.

�You work with what you have,� quipped ACP. �We�ll be back next year with all the game we can muster, and we�ll be in it for the gold.�

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ABOUT THE DRIVER: Andrew Comrie-Picard is the current North American Rally Champion and in 2010 competed in X Games for a fifth time. He also drifts at the professional level for Dodge Motorsports and BFGoodrich in the FormulaD drift championship in a Viper. When he isn�t racing, Comrie-Picard works in film, television, and print media as an automotive expert; he hosts the television show Ultimate Car Build-off (http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/ultimate-car-build-off/) airing at 9pm Mondays on Discovery Channel. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

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