Rally Challenge defined...

To a rally driver it's an all out, middle of the night race on an unknown dirt road, trying by sheer concentration to blend a high-strung, production based race car and the road into an unbeatable stage time.

To a co-driver it's the thrill of the world's greatest amusement park ride, combined with the challenge of performing with great mental accuracy under the most physically demanding conditions.

For the spectator it's a view of the most exciting and demanding of motor sports. At most events, it's a view for only those who are willing to travel to remote areas and endure long, dark waits for the pleasure of seeing the cars go by once, then move all over in order to see them again. Not so at the 2007 Subaru Rim of the World Rally Challenge! At Rim this year, all the action is being brought to the AV Fairgrounds on the Super Special Stage. High speeds can be reached on the straightaways, with the team achieving the fastest combined times over all the competition stages winning the event.

The US Rally Championship Series consists of events that run around the country, in conditions from the muddy, rainy forests, to the hot dry areas of Southern California, and pit Subarus, Mitsubishis, Audis, Fords, Dodges, Toyotas, Volkswagens, Mazdas, Chevys, and other marques against each other. The series is sanctioned by the National Auto Sport Association (NASA).

Rallying concurrently with the national competitors are the regional-level California Rally Series (CRS) cars. These are mostly local or regionally based rallyists who compete in their own local championships alongside the national competitors. Many are from this area and take their "hobby" very seriously, competing hard in most of the locally run events in the popular California Rally Series. For those with a desire to compete in a larger area without the expense of running a national program there is the Western States Rally Championship (WSRC), which includes events from Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado.

Like what you see? Want to see more? The CRS would like to get you involved in rallying locally. There is plenty of camaraderie, fun and excitement on a rally schedule that runs from February through December. Help is always needed to work the courses, help with timing and scoring, HAM radio operation for communications and a hundred other chores that make a rally happen. Or maybe you yearn to get in a car at speed as a driver or co-driver in a real rally. It's all done with volunteers who, like you, watched a rally for the first time and got hooked on the excitement.