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For Immediate Release

SCCA Rally Department Unveils 2006 RallyCross National Challenge

TOPEKA, Kan. (March 27, 2006) – On the heels of the highly successful
SCCA RallyCross National Challenge last October at Motorsports Park
Hastings (MPH) in Hastings, Neb., SCCA’s Rally Department has
announced an expansion of the National Challenge schedule, with five
summer and fall events planned beginning in June.

Designed to expose the country to high-caliber RallyCross competition
while providing an entertaining experience for all participants, the pilot
series, which features eight classes total within the Rally Stock, Rally
Prepared and Rally Modified categories, will attack a variety of off-road
surfaces in states on both coasts and in between.

“The five SCCA RallyCross National Challenge events we have planned in
2006 are the next big step for this program,” SCCA Vice President of
Program Development and Operations Howard Duncan said. “We began
with a prototype event at Motorsports Park Hastings in 2005, and it was
met very warmly from competitors as well as the city of Hastings and
surrounding communities.

“All of the positive feedback we received told us the right decision was to
move the National Challenge forward, and we feel that this schedule has
the potential to open the door for even better things in the future.”

SCCA RallyCross National Challenge cars will be adorned with “SCCA
RallyCross” windshield banners in 2006, thanks to Solo Performance
Specialties, which, as the initial associate sponsor, will also provide
stickers at technical inspections and timing pads for each run.

The 2006 schedule is slated to start June 2-4 at the Fowlerville
Fairgrounds, in Fowlerville, Mich., where competitors will get their first
crack at a clay track and dirt infield.

Taking a giant step left, the National Challenge will make its way west as
Thunderhill Motorsports Park, in Willow, Calif., hosts the second stop
June 24-25.

>From there, competitors will have a couple of weeks to make a cross-
country skip to Orange, Va., where the clay of Oakland Acres will serve as
the home for the third event, scheduled for July 7-9.

After two lengthy hauls across the United States, competitors will get a bit
of a travel reprieve as the next-to-last round is just a stone’s throw away
in Lebanon, Tenn., at Nashville Superspeedway, Aug. 18-20.

The fifth and final event of 2006 will be in familiar territory as the dark,
rich dirt of Motorsports Park Hastings will cap off the National Challenge
Oct. 27-29.

A complete set of SCCA RallyCross rules and car classifications can be
obtained by going to www.scca.com <http://www.scca.com/> and
clicking the “Rally” button on the left side of the page. Once there, click
the gray “Cars and Rules” button.

For other information, visit www.scca.com <http://www.scca.com/> .

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2010 Honda Fit Sport
Couple of bicycles

Now that's real close to home If I wasn't scared so much of that course, then again, I may highly consider making that trek.

Duuuude... I am so there.

Kevin needs to get faster, FTW!

- dow

Why are scared of Oakland Acres? That course is great, huge amounts of grip when it is dry and super slippy when it has rained recently.

Looks like a good schedule although a trip to cali for a rallyx doesn't seem worth it.

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Mk1 Scirocco Rally Car

He's scared of the tractor tires, haybales, trees and mounds of dirt.

Hey hey!! I'm not afraid of all those! Just the big things!

If you stay on the racing line they aren't a problem

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Mk1 Scirocco Rally Car

Details.

You've obviously never ridden with or watched Cosby at a rallyx.

Me -> <- Cosby

More like
You -> <- Me

Here is the link to the page of the rallycross national challenge at Oakland Acres. http://www.scca.com/Event/Event.asp?IdS=007844-EE9CB70&Id=5505

So who is actually considering going?

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2010 Honda Fit Sport
Couple of bicycles