10-time X Games medalist Brian Deegan tackles new event

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Brian Deegan

, a driver from Temecula, has won 10 X Games medals, three of them gold in freestyle motocross. But he is ditching his dirt bike for a rally car for this weekend’s X Games. He will be teamed with 1999 Indianapolis 500 winner Kenny Brack and two-time X Games rally car medalist Tanner Foust in Ford Fiestas for Sunday races at the Home Depot Center.

Ron Hornaday Jr. is seeking to add to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series record he set last weekend in Indianapolis. He became the first Truck Series driver to win four races in a row. The Truck Series is at Nashville Superspeedway for a race Saturday.

The NASCAR Camping World Series West is at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah for a race Saturday. It is the second road course in a row for the West Series drivers. Ontario’s Jason Bowles leads the West Series standings. Greg Pursley, a driver from Newhall, is coming off a runner-up finish at Portland International Raceway in Oregon two weeks ago.

Go to www.haddockinthepaddock.com for comments from the drivers and updates from Nashville Superspeedway, Miller Motorsports Park and the X Games.

-- Tim Haddock

Photo: Brian Deegan was satisfied with his first practice session in his Ford Fiesta. Photo credit: Paul Webb, USA LAT Photographic.