Los Angeles – The summer break is over as the California Rally Series (CRS) Championship returns to the Hungry Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Park for the Gorman Ridge Rally on Saturday August 25th. Located just over an hour north of Los Angeles, the rally features a compact, spectator friendly forma…
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High Desert Trails Rally Opens the 2018 California Rally Series Rally Championship
Los Angeles – The California Rally Series (CRS) kicked off its 44th season with the High Desert Trails Rally on May 4th and 5th. The rally switched to a two-day format for 2018, with a double-points (coefficient 2) event going into the night on Friday followed by a triple-points (coefficient 3) e…
Read More2018 California Rally Series Rally Championship Kicks Off This Weekend with the High Desert Trails Rally
Los Angeles – The 2018 California Rally Series (CRS) Rally Championship kicks off this weekend, May 4th and 5th, with the High Desert Trails Rally. The rally takes place on smooth dirt roads outside of Ridgecrest, CA where teams race from the floor of a wide desert valley up a forested mountain,…
Read MoreSide by Sides Dominate in California Rally Series Championship Debut at Frazier Mountain
Los Angeles – California Rally Series (CRS) Championship season introduced new championship classes for Side by Side (SxS), vehicles, which have exploded in popularity of the last few years. The Frazier Mountain Rally, held on May 20, was the first event to feature these new classes, and what an…
Read MoreCalifornia Rally Series Championship Closes Out the Season at the Prescott Rally
Los Angeles – On October 5 & 6, the Prescott Rally marked the finale of the California Rally Series 2017 championship. Held amongst the red rock canyons and lush Verde River Valley northeast of Prescott, AZ, the rally offered its usual amalgam of smooth, flowing stages with picturesque scenery. …
Read MoreCalifornia Rally Series Celebrates 2016 Champions!
Los Angeles – The California Rally Series (CRS) continued its over forty year tradition of honoring regional rally champions at its annual awards banquet. Five classes were recognized, including the return of the two-wheel drive, large displacement CRS-5 class.
The Open four-wheel drive class wa…
California Rally Series 2016 Season Set to Begin at High Desert Trails Rally
Los Angeles – The 2016 California Rally Series (CRS) Season begins this weekend with the High Desert Trails Rally near Ridgecrest, CA. Competitors will tackle over 100 miles of competitive stages on Saturday, May 7th as they race from the desert floor up into the forest on top of Piute Mountain o…
Read MoreCalifornia Rally Series Rally School Celebrates Twenty Years of Teaching Rally
Los Angeles – 2016 marks the twentieth annual rally school hosted by the California Rally Series. The school is an opportunity for people interested in performance rally and rallycross to get an introduction the sport, either in the driver or co-driver seat. On February 20th in Ridgecrest, CA, fo…
Read MoreCalifornia Rally Series Announces the Return of CRS- 5
The California Rally Series (CRS) is proud to announce the return of the large displacement, two-wheel drive class known as CRS-5 for the 2016 rally season. This class was put on hiatus after a period of low participation in the 2012 and 2013 seasons. However, the 2015 rally season saw a surge in…
Read MoreCalifornia Rally Series Championship Heats up at the Gorman Ridge Rally
Los Angeles – The Gorman Ridge Rally celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary August 23 as the penultimate round of the California Rally Series (CRS) Championship. The event is the closest rally to the Los Angeles metropolitan area, located in the Hungry Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Park, which make…
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