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New Event Added to 2000 SCCA ProRally Championship

15 November 1999

     Denver, CO -- The SCCA ProRally Championship announced today that
a long-standing favorite event on the ProRally circuit, the Wild West
ProRally in western Washington state, has returned to the schedule.
The addition brings the total number of Championship events for 2000
to nine.

     The event, which uses spectacularly scenic, privately owned
lumber company roads in the shadow of Mount Olympus, had scheduling
challenges in 1999 as well. The organizers coordinated with
environmental groups, state and local governments, and the lumber
companies, who all worked together to limit the impact the popular
event might have on the salmon runs in the spring, and on lumber
harvesting in the fall. The situation was compounded for the 2000
season with the addition of the FIA Asia-Pacific Championship event in
Colorado in late June, which fell on one of the few dates the Wild
West organizers had available to them.

     Robert Grass, Chairman of the SCCA Performance Rally Board, and
organizer of the Wild West event, was jubilant in this scheduling
victory. "Wild West has a long history of excellent competition and
presents a challenging venue. We are delighted to be back on the
ProRally schedule. That this event will happen proves that big
business, environmental concerns and motorsports can, and will, work
together to provide exciting racing action that is responsive to
public and corporate needs."

     SCCA Performance Rally, comprised of the national SCCA ProRally
Championship, the regional SCCA ClubRally Championship, and local SCCA
RallyCross events, starts its 27th consecutive season in late January.
Performance Rally is a globally recognized sport, with millions of
fans worldwide. The sport is a unique test of endurance for both the
participant and the machine, and thrives in environments where
traditional racing activity never treads.

     Typical performance rally events will feature fields of 40-80
production-based automobiles, and cover hundreds of miles over a 12-24
hour period, with much of the competition under the cloak of darkness.
The roads used for competition are intentionally rugged, making the
logging trails of Washington state naturals.