Subaru Rally Team USA to Compete in ESPN X Games 15

- Pastrana Will Look to Repeat as Rally Gold Medalist -

CHERRY HILL, N.J., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru Rally Team USA will once
again compete in this year's ESPN X Games 15. The team will look to build
upon their success in 2008, when Travis Pastrana won X Games Rally Gold. The
ESPN X Games 15 will take place July 30-August 2, in Los Angeles, California.

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"X Games rally racing events are a great way to expand our marketing efforts
in Southern California and to reach the action sports community," said Tim
Mahoney, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Subaru of America,
Inc. " It's also a great way to showcase the performance and handling of our
Subaru Impreza WRX STI. We are very excited that our team has had such great
success in rally events and we hope they can build upon their success this
year."

Subaru Rally Team USA (SRT USA) is comprised of returning drivers Travis
Pastrana, Ken Block, and Dave Mirra, who each intend on securing gold at X
Games 15 in the Rally Car Racing competition. As a 3-time Rally America
National Champion and defending X Games Rally gold medalist, Pastrana will be
looking to repeat the achievement in 2009. Each SRT USA driver will be
piloting rally cars based on the 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI model and
identically prepared by technical partner Vermont SportsCar.

Rally car racing returns to Los Angeles, California for the fourth year in a
row at the Summer X Games. The event takes place at The Home Depot Center. For
a schedule of X Games 15 rally events and a complete event schedule visit
www.expn.com.

About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries
Ltd. Of Japan. Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and
distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive vehicles, parts and accessories
through a network of nearly 600 dealers across the United States. Subaru
boasts the most fuel efficient line-up of all-wheel drive products sold in the
market today based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy
standards. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill production
plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. is the only U.S. automobile
production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife Habitat by the National
Wildlife Federation. For additional information visit www.subaru.com.
Contacts: Michael McHale
Subaru of America, Inc.
(856) 488-3326
mmchale@subaru.com

Ryan Johnson
Subaru of America, Inc.
(856) 488-3439
rjohnson@subaru.com

SOURCE Subaru of America, Inc.

Michael McHale, +1-856-488-3326, mmchale@subaru.com, or Ryan Johnson,
+1-856-488-3439, rjohnson@subaru.com, both of Subaru of America, Inc.