[USRallycross]

My news embargo was just lifted! This is the huge news. In addition to running a series up to and including X Games in association with RallyCar. RallyCar themselves will run a six event series post X Games till the end of the year. Teaming up with the off-road guys is awesome as their crowds at 50k plus per event! and we will have a custom build track as opposed to their all mud, jump heavy venues. This is BIG!

RallyCar was not in a position to invest in the kind of events that we all wanted to see so it was decided that Gale + Co. would do the promotion and marketing while RallyCar would sanction the events and manage the race operations.

Gale + Co. created a new organization, RallyCross Management, with a long term vision for their Global RallyCross Championship with ESPN as their media partner. In 2011, this will consist of four events; Irwindale, Old Mill Rally Park, Pikes Peak Int'l Raceway, and X Games 17. They plan to expand internationally over the next several years. RallyCar will sanction the first three events. Our role at X Games has not yet been determined. Each Global RallyCross event will consist of a head-to-head, single elimination SuperRally on one day and a European-style rallycross on the other day.

In 2011 RallyCar will conduct a six event U.S. Rallycross Championship. Our first three events will be; Irwindale, Old Mill Rally Park, and Pikes Peak Int'l Raceway. This means that when you enter any of these three events you earn points in both the Global RallyCross Championship and the RallyCar U.S. Rallycross Championship. The SuperRallies are not part of the U.S. Rallycross Championship.

Our final three events will be run in conjunction The Off Road Championship. Details about this will be announced on Monday, March 7. I would very much like to add a seventh event back at NJMP if both party's financial requirements can be met, and a satisfactory date agreed upon.

In 2012 and beyond the U.S. Rallycross Championship will grow to be a healthy National race series and the Global RallyCross Championship will expand worldwide. We expect that a few events will be part of both series each year, just as Irwindale, Old Mill Rally Park, and PPIR are this year.