GOLDEN VALLEY, MN -- With the sport of rally racing enjoying national recognition in 2006, ESPN and Rally America have announced a multi-year agreement, in which ESPN2 will air the Rally America 2007 National Championship Series.

Rally America began its relationship with ESPN in 2006 and brought rally car racing to X Games 12,, which helped spark the re-birth of rally racing in the U.S. and introduced the purest form of racing to a new audience. As part of the agreement, Rally Car Racing will be included in X Games 13 and X Games 14. A qualifying system will be established whereby the results of the 2007 Rally America National Championship will be used in determining invitations to X Games 13.

�I am very excited about our relationship with ESPN,� said Rally America Managing Director J.B. Niday. �The X Games gives us the opportunity to present our athletes to a broad audience and now the National Championship coverage gives our fans a chance to see their heroes perform throughout the season.�

As ESPN continues to build its motor sports division, it sees the Rally America National Championship Series as unique property that has crossover appeal with the X Games brand as well.

�We�re very happy to expand our relationship with Rally America,� said Frantz Cayo, Director of Motorsports Programming for ESPN. �With more than 500 hours of motorsports programming, ESPN2 is definitely the destination network for motorsports fans in 2007.�

The Rally America/ ESPN2 TV Schedule will be released in mid December. Highlights and interactive features from the television broadcasts will be available on the Rally America website at www.rally-america.com.

ESPN2 is now in 91 million homes and virtually mirrors the distribution of ESPN.

RA 2007 National Championship Series Schedule

Sno*Drift Rally	Atlanta, Michigan	January 26-27
Rally in the 100 Acre Wood	Salem, Missouri	February 23-24
Oregon Trail Rally	Hillsboro, Oregon	April 20-22
Olympus Rally	Olympia, Washington	May 19-20
Susquehannock Trail Rally	Wellsboro, Pennsylvania	June 2
New England Forest Rally	Bethel, Maine	July 13-14
Ojibwe Forests Rally	Bemidji, Minnesota	August 24-25
Colorado Rally	Steamboat Springs, Colorado	September 22-23
Lake Superior Rally	Houghton, Michigan	October 26-27
TBD Rally	Location TBD	November 9-10