Re: PRESS RELEASE: High Desert Trails Rally to run February, 21st in California!

PRESS RELEASE
High Desert Trails Rally
Ridgecrest, California
rally@highdeserttrails.com
Release Date: 2/18/2009 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Event Announcement – Presented by Kris & Christine Marciniak

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"TWENTY TEAMS SET TO CHALLENGE THE HIGH DESERT!"

Receiving a great competitor turnout, the High Desert Trails Rally
will be run this weekend, Saturday, February 21st, 2009 in Ridgecrest,
California. The high turnout actually forced a slight change in
schedule, Co-Organizer Kristopher Marciniak explains, "As a novice
style event, run at a small private venue, we were looking for around
fifteen competitors. Once the numbers went up to twenty, we had to
re-evaluate the schedule. In order to keep the eight stages and 45
event miles from going into the late evening, we're going to get
started a little earlier and try to stick with one minute intervals."
Please visit our website for the updated schedule.
http://highdeserttrails.com

Teams are in for a couple of fun surprises as the course was altered
and lengthened just before this event. The rally will also use a
twisty section of road not previously used in competition. To prepare
them for this, all cars will be provided stage notes, and will be
doing a single pass reconnaissance just before the event. A recce and
notes class will be offered Friday night by Co-Organizer and National
Championship winning Co-Driver, Christine Marciniak. "I'm excited to
give teams that have never run notes the opportunity to use them in a
low-pressure event," explains Christine.

Even though this is a low pressure event, look for this to be the
launch pad for some of these teams in their quest for a 2009
California Rally Series Championship. Real time scoring will be
provided by the CRS and can be found at: http://rallydata.com

The course is ready, the notes are printed, and the stage is set.
Twenty teams will challenge the High Desert Trails, and look to have a
fantastic weekend in Ridgecrest!

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High Desert Trails Website: http://highdeserttrails.com
NASA RallySport: http://www.nasarallysport.com/
California Rally Series: http://californiarallyseries.com