GOLDEN VALLEY, MN -- X Games 12 is primed and ready to get the grandest Action Sports competition of the year underway. The wait is almost over to see your favorite X Games athletes dazzle and surprise us once again. This year, X Games is bringing Rally Car Racing to the masses as the newest sport to be added to X Games 12. Rally Car Racing will take place live on Saturday, Aug. 5 at The Home Depot Center and will be televised live on ABC at 5 pm EST.

Rally Car Racing is a great fit for the X Games as this sport is like no other motorsport. X Games 12 has announced that Rally Car Racing drivers and co-drivers will be racing for Gold, Silver and Bronze medals as well as a prize purse of $110,000. The twelve Rally Cars participating in the first Rally Car Racing event will all be awarded prize money.

Rallying consists of one driver and one co-driver. Many believe that Rally Car drivers are the best drivers on the planet. These drivers don’t drive on oval tracks or stop for rain delays, they must master every road surface and every weather condition while possessing the endurance and stamina needed to make it through long hours and hundreds of miles. The key to a rally driver’s success is through their co-driver. Rally co-drivers constantly give the drivers instructions on what lies ahead on the road.

A Rally Car is the ultimate real world sports car; one that is capable of high speed and incredible handling and any road surface and in every weather condition. All Rally Cars must be street legal to compete.

Travis Pastrana, Ken Block, Colin Mcrae and Tanner Foust are just a few of the Rally America superstars that will be competing in X Game 12. Get ready to cheer on your favorite Rally Car racers and co-drivers.