Thursday, April 27, 2006

United States Rally Championship Events to be broadcast in High Definition on HDNet


Courtesy USRC Media

Laughlin, Nevada (April 26, 2006) The United States Rally Championship announced today plans for the four rounds of the 2006 Championship to be broadcast in high definition TV (HDTV) on the HDNet network.

Rally New York USA held April 7 and 8 in Monticello, New York was the first round of the 2006 United States Rally Championship taped for later broadcast. It will air shortly after the broadcast of the 2005 USRC season finale the Ramada Express International Rally airing this spring. The Subaru Rim of the World Rally, International Rally New York, and Laughlin International Rally are scheduled to follow in the late summer and early fall. Each rally’s program will be repeated in five separate broadcasts. Other events from the Championship maybe added to the schedule at a later date. Broadcasts dates and air times will be posted to the series web site as soon as they are announced.

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.

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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