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The National Auto Sport Association Announces New National Rally Championship

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NAPA VALLEY, CA (December 3, 2012)


The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) is excited to announce the formation of a new national rally championship for the 2013 season. It will be the first NASA National Rally Championship and will introduce a new format for determining overall national champions. The structure of the series is designed to determine the fastest rally drivers in the nation while still remaining accessible to grassroots racers by minimizing travel costs and entry fees.

The structure of the championship is inspired by the NASA’s very successful annual road racing championship event, the NASA National Championships presented by Toyo Tires. Rallyists around the country will compete in various National Qualifier events and series in order to be eligible for the National Championship. Those who qualify, via a variety of methods, will go head-to-head with each other at a winner-takes-all finale event. The two teams that win their respective classes, Two Wheel Drive and All Wheel Drive, will be crowned the National Champions.

NASA Rally Sport (NRS), the rally arm of NASA’s organization, will also offer Atlantic and Pacific Cup series along with significant incentives to help potential competitors get to the national championship finale. The venue for the championship event will change each year so competitors and organizers can all have a shot at participating in the big event.

NASA Chief Divisional Director John Lindsey weighed in on the move stating that, "The creation of this series follows NASA’s customer-centric model. We looked at what both competitors and organizers need, which is a reasonably priced program with creative freedom for organizers so they can get the job done right. We have already locked in some great events for our 2013 schedule, but we're now in an 'open invite' period, where other events who are interested in being part of the championship are welcome to contact us to discuss participating in the program."

Ray Hocker of NASA Rally Sport (NRS) also discussed the scenario. "All of the Directors and event promoters involved with NRS actually organize and compete in rallies. When you know every competitor personally, you get a pretty good idea of what they are looking for, and for 98 percent of the rallyists in the country, that hasn't changed. They’re looking for good competition at well-organized, safe events. But perhaps one of the most important factors these days is affordable entry fees and travel costs."

"I'm super excited about the format." said Anders Green of NASA Rally Sport. "Anyone who's been paying attention to the sport of rally in the last five years saw the energy and intensity that showed up when the final MaxAttack round was held each year. When you toss out the conservative 'finish for the points' attitude, every team will be pushing on every stage. The last thing rally needs in a country as large as America is a towing championship. The championship shouldn’t go to the guy with the highest limit on his credit card. I'll feel great seeing our national trophies go to the team that wins comes out on top in a single head to head contest."

The National Auto Sport Association (NASA) was formed in 1991 to deliver high quality motorsports events to enthusiasts at major racing venues throughout the nation. It annually sanctions over 200 motorsport events. NASA Rally Sport was founded in 2003 and coordinates the organizations rally events including stage rally, Rallymotoâ„¢, rally sprints, rally-x, and hybrid time-speed-distance events.

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M.Samli
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Rallies are no place for traitors

Most importantly... it's for IMMEDIATE RELEASE. So, keeping this to yourself will result in being punished severely.

Anders

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

I didn't wanna get punished SEVERELY so I posted ASAP.

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Cheers
M.Samli
Phoenix AZ
Gaylant VR4
EVO III GSR (Stolen)


Rallies are no place for traitors

Cool. It sounds like a good idea. How about some details. Are you going to pick up Olympus?

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.

Nice hype.
Add a stand alone class for Open Light.

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Grant Hughes

i concur that open light needs its own class.

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Colorado is in the middle of the country (ish) - would be a great place for the finals one year! Snow rally with studs...errr...emmm...we need snow!!

Dave

I think the only two classes should be Open Light and Open 2WD but that's not a popular or realistic option really. If I ever get my new regional championship going those will be the only two classes that will be awarded.

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DaveK
Colorado is in the middle of the country (ish) - would be a great place for the finals one year! Snow rally with studs...errr...emmm...we need snow!!

Dave

We were up in the high country Sunday. Nothing up there at all. Good thing that early December snow rally didn't happen this year because it would have been a stupid rough gravel rally.
Drove around Lost Park area. Man I wish the Forest Service would let us rally up there. We should do a winter camping trip and bring the rally cars.

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Grant Hughes

id love to hear the tenative events

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First Rally: 2010 First RallyX: 2004 (a bunch)
Driver (0), Co-Driver (7)
Organizer (3), Volunteer (3)
Cars Built (2.5), Engines Blown (2) Cages Built (0) # of rotations (3.5)
Last Updated, Apr 9, 2023

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NoCoast
I think the only two classes should be Open Light and Open 2WD but that's not a popular or realistic option really. If I ever get my new regional championship going those will be the only two classes that will be awarded.

Without the factory teams the Open light cars are very competitive in the NASA ARC. With an open light car winning the championship in 2011. Heck a 2wd car won the overall championship this year.

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NoCoast
I think the only two classes should be Open Light and Open 2WD but that's not a popular or realistic option really. If I ever get my new regional championship going those will be the only two classes that will be awarded.

Close, ARC is just 2 classes 2wd and awd.

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NoCoast
I think the only two classes should be Open Light and Open 2WD but that's not a popular or realistic option really. If I ever get my new regional championship going those will be the only two classes that will be awarded.

Without the factory teams the Open light cars are very competitive in the NASA ARC. With an open light car winning the championship in 2011.

Ahem... 2010 and 2011!

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Jard

Ahem... 2010 and 2011!

Good point, sorry for the oversite. Althougth Grant lives in Colorado so based on the election results and what I have learned from Fox News he is likely so high he can't remember last week let alone 2010.

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Jard

Ahem... 2010 and 2011!

Good point, sorry for the oversite. Althougth Grant lives in Colorado so based on the election results and what I have learned from Fox News he is likely so high he can't remember last week let alone 2010.

No way! 2010 was the year ... uh... uh... Nevermind.

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Grant Hughes