Watch this Subaru Crosstrek Desert Racer rip around the desert gymkhana style! @madmedia did an astonishing job with this edit and being behind the scenes for it was incredible! Rocks were flying everywhere! @grabowskibrothersracing did an amazing job with throwing the car around as well! The motor is running perfectly and ready for Vegas to Reno! We are more prepared than ever for the race this weekend!

View Video & Photos Here!

Definitely a dirt thrower! Looks bad ass to me!

Nice work and good luck at Vegas to Reno!

Thanks for the support, we need this bad boy to finish this 550 mile off road race this weekend!

QC

Kinda neat the Crawford in Crawford posts in the N/A section

Thanks

QC

That's a Crosstrek?

Actually it's a Crosstrek Desert Racer.

We are currently building a Crosstrek Desert Trekker that will be based on the Crosstrek you are familiar with though.

QC

So the vehicle featured in this thread is a "Crosstrek Desert Racer", which has a Crosstrek engine, but chassis- & body-wise is not related to the Crosstrek, correct? I see the SoA press release thread that says it's a Group 5 racer - so is it a spec chassis and body or what? Engine still N/A?

This race car started life as a Class 5 unlimited car which is based on a VW style body and suspension. The unlimited class lets you run any motor as long as it does not exceed 2.5L and is NA, so it was a perfect fit for one of my Subaru FB2.5 experiments.

SOA asked us if we could design a body to resemble a Crosstrek so we tossed the VW body and built the one you see in the photos. This season has been a test to see how the motor performs and if it is capable of beating the other 4 cylinder motors used in the class.

QC

Cool! Thanks for the details.