John Buffum World Rally Championship Driver: The Stuff of Legend More Americans have walked on the moon than have scored points in the World Rally Championship. John Buffum, eleven-time US national rally champion, was the first American-born rally driver to score points in FIA competition. We caught up with Buffum in the forests of Washington State and talked him into taking the wheel of the awesome Audi S1 Sport Quattro and modern Audi RS5.