You shift into top gear and plant the throttle. Strange looking plants, native cacti, and chaparral blur past your windows. At the crest of the next hill you can see the valley floor of Mojave expand out hundreds of miles ahead of you. You have only seconds to enjoy the view as you negotiate the next set of fast sweeping corners through fields of Joshua Trees. You are racing flat out across the high desert in one of the most challenging motorsports in the world. The High Desert Trails Rally on Saturday, May 12th, 2012 is the excitement and challenge rally teams ask for.

Expanded last year onto the gorgeous roads of Kern County, the rally will be celebrating it's 39th anniversary on stages south and west of Ridgecrest, California. With the spirit of that first event run in 1973, the exact route and stages will not be disclosed to the competitors until the organizer provided stage notes hit co-drivers hands. We have added to the mileage from last year, and we're excited to keep things fresh for teams offering a Coefficient 3 event, with 70+ planned stage miles. To celebrate our history, High Desert Trails will be offering an "Alumni Reserved Early Entry" for those of you that have run High Desert Trails in the past (1973-2011), as well as a discounted early entry fee that closes on April 7th. All you will need is verifiable documentation that you were on the entry list and started the High Desert Trails Rally anytime in the past thirty eight years.

This event proudly kicks off the California Rally Series Championship for 2012. As the premiere rally series in the Southwest, and one of the biggest regional championships in the country, the California Rally Series provides an exciting, well run championship for competitors, plus support, equipment, and volunteers for the rally. The event will be sanctioned by NASA Rally Sport, the grassroots rally sanctioning body for the US. NASA Rally Sport focuses on competitor fun and providing support for rally organizers. Providing tools to the racers, organizers, and fans to increase their enjoyment of rally is one of the core missions of the organization.

Please join us in the beautiful high desert!
Kristopher & Christine Marciniak
High Desert Trails Rally Organizers

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

Los Angeles – The California Rally Series (CRS) 2012 Championship schedule has been revised in order to accommodate a variety of unforeseen conflicts. Three events have moved their date to best comply with the schedules of competitors, volunteers and road owners. The revised 2012 calendar is as follows:

The California Rally Series is the premier performance rally championship in the southwesternUnited States. The Series incorporates events from various sanctioning bodies in order to createa meaningful regional championship for its members. The Series celebrates more than 35continuous years of performance rally, making it the longest running rally series in the UnitedStates. To learn more about the California Rally Series visit www.californiarallyseries.com and follow @crspress on twitter.