Driving Sports TV announces official live coverage of round 5 of the Rally America racing series.

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Redmond, WA (PRWEB) June 2, 2008 -- Driving Sports today announced that it would be presenting live worldwide coverage of the 2008 Waste Management Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally presented by Citizen's and Northern Bank, Round 5 in the Rally America Championship series, scheduled for June 6th and 7th.

As part of this groundbreaking coverage, Driving Sports will present live video streams, a dynamic event blog, cell phone SMS alerts and daily action recaps through its web site www.drivingsports.com (http://www.drivingsports.com/blog/live.html). This will be the first time a Rally America regular series round has featured such extensive live coverage. The event is a crucial step for competitors as they fight for coveted invitations to the 2008 ESPN X Games in Los Angeles.

“We are very excited to bring some of the best rally action in the world to a wider global audience,” said Driving Sports Producer, Ryan Douthit. He continued, “We’ve lined up a talented team to bring the unfiltered excitement of professional rally to new and existing fans of the series!”

Viewers will have the opportunity to watch and interact with action sports stars, Dave Mirra, Travis Pastrana, Ken Block and Andrew-Comrie Picard, as they fight against the elements and a large field of seasoned challengers – all from the comfort of their home computers or on select 3G smartphones.

“Rally America appreciates the coverage that MediaSpigot has provided over the years through its print magazines, and we're really excited about the live updates they have planned for Round 5,” said J.B. Niday, Managing Director for Rally America.

The first live broadcast from the event will commence at 9am EST on Friday, June 6, with additional live feeds and updates posted regularly throughout the day, including exclusive interviews from the service-park and tape-delayed stage action. Viewers can point their web browsers to www.drivingsports.com for more details, or text RALLY to 38714 for SMS alerts delivered to their cell phones.

About MediaSpigot LLC
Based in Redmond, Wash., MediaSpigot is one of the fastest growing, privately held producers of automotive-enthusiast media in the United States. Its print titles include Subiesport Magazine, among others, available through major booksellers in the United States, Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong. Under the Driving Sports and Driving Sports TV brands, MediaSpigot produces enthusiast lifestyle events, television specials, web destinations and streaming video programming. For more information, visit www.mediaspigot.com.

About Rally America
Based in Golden Valley, Minn., Rally America sanctions the premier rally racing series in the United States, the Rally America National Championship Series. In 2008, Rally America will conduct nine National Championship events at venues across the country, from Pomeroy, Wash., to Bethel, Maine. Rally America competitors reach speeds well over 100mph in modified street cars on natural-terrain courses of gravel, dirt or snow. Additionally, through a partnership with ESPN, qualifying Rally America drivers will be invited to compete in the Summer X Games, the annual leading action-sport event that is broadcast live on ABC and ESPN. For more information, visit www.rally-america.com.

Live coverage of Round 5 is sponsored by:
Perrin Performance (http://www.perrinperformance.com)
Subiesport Magazine (http://www.subiesport.com)
NASIOC (+PRoN)

Live coverage schedule (subject to change... often)
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more coverage for real racing!!!!!!:banana:

No Rally, No Life~

Thats awesome to hear someone is doing some live coverage. I can't wait for friday to watch it all... :D I am going to be there in person :banana:

Finally Rally gets the coverage it needs and deserves! I look forward to meeting you guys. See you there:D

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Tune in tonight for an exclusive first look at the new SRT USA 2008 Open Class STI!

Good times at STPR today. 08 rally car is beautiful.

Everyone watch the live coverage tomorrow morning!
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This is awesome! Virtual spectating is WAAAAAAY better than just reading a blog entry after the event.

Been at it all morning long and "AWESOME" just doesn't cover it!!!
I think this is going well and does promise to be, probably, the only way to enjoy this sport of RALLY in a "LIVE" type of manner or so.
Thank you so much DrivinSports for the coverage. This is history in the making!!!:banana::banana::banana:

The live camera is back online. Pointed at start right now. We'll bring you live interviews later today.

Update:

Ken Block got his new car today... and put it off the course on stage 2. They are ok.

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%$@%$#@ can't get the live feed at work

Don't use quicktime!!! Please use flash player next time...

Everyone watch the live coverage tomorrow morning!
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Watch the live coverage...meh. I will be there in person :banana: Leaving in a couple hours to head up the the Asaph spectator point.

Who's the chick hosting

Who's the chick hosting

Catherine Woods, she's a co-driver in Canada.

Did anyone hear a verdict on what happened with Pastrana and his co-driver? Rumors were flying all around the twelve mile spectator point and nobody could confirm anything.... a few days later and I still can't find anything. Awesome event to watch live - if anyone wants to come next year and needs a place to crash let me know. I'm about 45 min. from Wellsboro. I work for C&N bank which has sponsors and has logos on all the cars! I was the two toned red / flat black WRX for anyone who was paying attention!

awesome! really great stuff and a awesome idea. thanks a lot.

will we see you at maine? it won't matter, since ill be there, but i'll look forward to checking it out when i get home.

Ringer was grazed by another car when he was deploying triangles. That caused the cross to be thrown on the course. However, it was just a bruise -- he was checked out and is fine.

We're looking at continuing live coverage at NEFR (Maine), if we go (or not) will be dependent on sponsors: It's expensive to do this coverage, even with volunteers helping out. If we do go, we now know of many things we'd do differently... that would kick coverage up a level.

Ryan Douthit

i was wording does my car have to be tuned for yhis or does it and if its not tuned for e85 what will the side effects be will it perform better of blow up