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A good buddy of mine is currently considered to be the "young up-and-coming American driver to watch" in the Rally world. I've been watching him eviscerate and rebuild a WRX for the coming rally season.
He's taking it on like it's a full-time job. There's no room for a half-assed approach for an American driver right now; the rides just aren't available for people who aren't 100% game faced about it. Not that you can't have a lot of fun with rallycross and autocross events. But to be competitive on the world level (Collin McRae-level, for instance) is not for the weak. There are LOTS of rich car-lovers who drive rally, though. They're not competitive and they really don't intend to be. They just want to go fast in the woods, which is cool too.
I went as fast as I've ever been with him, incidentally, in a Porsche 911 Turbo. I was in the passenger seat when we hit 170 at about 3am on I-85 in Durham, NC.
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