Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 1, 2006
  Contact: Donna Hocker
Series Administrator
United States Rally Championship Series
Office: 760-375-3289
Direct Cell: 909-908-2429
E-mail: Donna@RallyUSA.com
Website:www.unitedstatesrallychampionship.com

Ramada Express Rally Broadcast Scheduled on HDNet Network on June 24, 3:00PM Eastern

Laughlin, Nevada -- The Ramada Express International Rally will premier in a one-hour high definition broadcast on the HDNet Network, Saturday, June 24th at 3:00 PM Eastern and Noon Pacific. The show will be repeated in at least four additional broadcasts but the schedule for these additional dates have not yet been announced.

This event was the season finale for the 2005 United States Rally Championship. The rally proved to be an exciting closer for the close points battle that brought three teams to Laughlin each with a shot at the season championship. The next event to be broadcast is the first event of the 2006 Championship, Rally New York USA from Monticello, New York. Rally New York USA will air on HDNet in late July or August followed by the Subaru Rim of the World Rally from Lancaster, California to be broadcast in August. For those without access to high definition broadcasts, the programs are available for purchase on DVD at www.USRallyChampionship.com.

HDNet is the leader in high definition broadcasting producing and televising more hours of original HDTV sports, entertainment and news programming each week than any other network. Other HDNet sports productions include National Hockey League games, Major League Soccer games, NASCAR Grand National Division auto racing, and The Race of Champions from Paris. HDNet is available on Adelphia Communications, Charter Communications, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight Communications, Mediacom Communications, Time Warner Cable and several National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) cable affiliate companies. Program Schedules are available at www.hd.net.

The United States Rally Championship, America’s premier rally championship, consists of Federation Internationale de L’Automobile (FIA) internationally listed events sanctioned by the United States Auto Club (USAC) and presented by the National Auto Sport Association (NASA). More information on the Championship is available at the series website at www.usrallychampionship.com. More information on USAC is available at www.usacracing.com, on NASA at www.nasarallysport.com and on FIA at www.fia.com.

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