With much of the excitement around the RallyCross event at this year’s X Games focused on the potential battle for top honours between the established RallyCross names such as Travis Pastrana and Ken Block, and visiting WRC legend Sebastian Loeb, it’s easy to forget that this extreme form of racing can also be very dangerous. A small reminder of this fact was highlighted during practice for the main event when Finnish driver and X Games rookie Toomas Heikkinen came up short on one of the many jumps on the course.
Amazingly Heikkinen escaped the crash with only a broken ankle and minor abdominal pain.
With much of the excitement around the RallyCross event at this year’s X Games focused on the potential battle for top honours between the established RallyCross names such as Travis Pastrana and Ken Block, and visiting WRC legend Sebastian Loeb, it’s easy to forget that this extreme form of racing can also be very dangerous. A small reminder of this fact was highlighted during practice for the main event when Finnish driver and X Games rookie Toomas Heikkinen came up short on one of the many jumps on the course.
Amazingly Heikkinen escaped the crash with only a broken ankle and minor abdominal pain.
