PRESS RELEASE: High Desert Trails Congratulates the 2009 Winners!

PRESS RELEASE
High Desert Trails Rally
Ridgecrest, California
rally@highdeserttrails.com
Release Date: 2/26/2009 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Event Announcement – Presented by Kris & Christine Marciniak

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“HIGH DESERT TRAILS CONGRATULATES THE 2009 WINNERS!”

Lots of fun was had last weekend in Ridgecrest, California. We would
like to thank all the competitors, workers and volunteers for coming
out and making the 2009 High Desert Trails a big success!
Congratulations go out to Bill Holmes & Sean Gallagher for the overall
win. Consistent all day, the team did run into some fuel pump issues
and needed every minute of service to get it going for the second
event. The experienced team got it together and they took the win, as
well as collected some Group 5 points for the CRS Championship.

Second place overall in their Open Class Subaru WRX, Keith Jackson &
Marra Estep were quite fast even while Marra was gaining experience
reading notes. Bill Holmes even commented that he had to “stay fast”
in order to keep ahead of the AWD Subaru. They take home points for
the CRS Open Class in both events.

First in CRS-GT in both events were Kevin Welker & Nolan Sambrano
driving a non-turbo Subaru Impreza. You would think they had a boost
from a turbo with their stage times that were right up in the top five
all day. Their experience showed as the team had a solid running here,
and they have collected a lot of CRS-GT points already this season!

First in the hotly contested Group 2 Class was Aurimas (Odi) Bakchis &
Amy Bakchis. The team pushed their non-turbo Mitsubishi Eclipse hard
and suffered no major mechanical issues at this event. Look for the
team to continue to do well this season! Second place went to a new
team driving their Nissan Sentra - Chris Palermo & Jeremy Fry who did
well in their second rally and first time on notes.

The CRS P-Stock class had an event tie with John Black & Kacie Webb
winning the first event with their Ford Ranger, and Chuck Wilson &
Aaron Laeng taking the top spot back for the second event in their
Toyota Corola FX. Both these teams expressed how much fun they had at
High Desert Trails, and we’re glad they could come out.

The rally kick started the CRS-Moto (Bikes) Championship with two
entries. Roger Eggars finished both events and took the points for the
Over 800 class in a 1200cc BMW. Andrew Sutherland finished both events
and took the points home for the Under 800 class in a KTM Enduro. We
hope to see them out on the stages again this year!

Thanks to ALL the teams for coming out and having fun with us!

Kristopher & Christine Marciniak
High Desert Trails Rally Organizers

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