Kyle Sarasin
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Nationality:    American

Date of birth:   April 22, 1989
 
U.S. Titles:        2008 Rally America Overall Podium Finisher
                           2007 Rally America Rookie of the Year
                           2007 MaxAttack! Champion
 
Number of class wins:
    3
 
U.S. national debut:
    Sno*Drift 2007, Group 5 Ford Focus

First U.S. stage win:     STPR 2008
 
Best U.S. race finish overall:    
2nd (three consecutive times;  Ojibwe, Rally Colorado, LSPR 2008
 
First U.S. stage record: 
   LSPR 2008 (two stage records)


Kyle Sarasin, at 20 years-old, has rewritten the records in U.S. Rally, becoming the youngest driver in Rally America history to:  win Rookie of the Year (in a Ford Focus, earning a 4th place overall at the 2007 Ojibwe Rally, the only 2WD in the top ten and the highest finish for a 2WD in Rally America history), earn a podium finish (in his first career open class race!), win a special stage, set a new stage record (actually, two, at the oldest performance rally in North America), finish on the overall championship podium, and his highlight… make it to the quarterfinals of the 2008 ESPN X Games. Kyle will compete this season in the Rally America series, contend in select World Rally Championship events, Baja, and again highlight the season with the  ESPN X Games in Los Angeles.



ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Youngest driver on record to accomplish:
Third Place overall
Rally America Championship Series, 2008
All-time stage record holder, Delaware Mine Stage, LSPR, Michigan, 2008
All-time stage record holder, Brockway Mountain Stage, LSPR, Michigan, 2008
3 consecutive second place finishes, Rally America Championship Series, 2008 
Youngest all-time driving competitor, third fastest overall ESPN X Games, 2008
 
Other rally accomplishments:
First career stage win,
STPR, Pennsylvania, 2008
First career podium, Sno*Drift, Michigan, 2008
Top-ten overall finish, Rally America Championship Series, 2007
MaxAttack! Champion, 2007
First career class win, STPR, Pennsylvania, 2007