Tim O'Neil Rally to Sponsor SouthWest RallyCup Series
( Lakewood , Ca) Southwest RallyCup , comprised of eight Rally America regional events ( www.southwestrallyseries.com ), announced today that Team O'Neil, the nation's foremost rally school, will be sponsoring the series for the remainder of 2006 and all of 2007.
In an effort to get more regional rally drivers more experience at little cost, Team O'Neil has offered a gift certificate valued at $4150 for a four-day rally school program. In 2007, team O'Neil will provide prize funds to each Southwest RallyCup organizer as well as the season ending 4-day rally school gift certificate.
Both the 2006 and 2007 gift certificate will be given away as a prize drawing for a lucky championship podium finisher at the series ending event. In 2006, this will be the Reno Regional Rally on December 2nd. The drawings will be limited to drivers with 1-2 years maximum experience and with current Rally America competition licenses. The goal is to give one lucky novice competitor a chance to enhance their driving skills and knowledge then bring this new knowledge back to the regional events. The drawing pool will consist of first, second and third place champions with the above mentioned experience only.
The Team O'Neil Rally School ( www.teamoneil.com ) is located in northern New Hampshire near the towns of Littleton and Franconia - 2 hours north of Boston and just minutes off Interstate I-93. Set among thickly forested evergreens in a private 560-acre valley, the site consists of a 6.5 mile forest road course, separate skid pad & braking zone, obstacle avoidance area, and a slalom course.
Owner and lead instructor, Tim O'Neil is a five-time US and North America Rally Racing Champion. As a privateer and factory driver for Volkswagen and Mitsubishi, he has broken records, field-premiered new technology and earned a reputation of winning with underpowered cars.
The Southwest RallyCup is a non-profit organization supporting regional Rally America competitors and organizers. For more information regarding individual events please see the links on the Southwest RallyCup website. For 2007, we are pleased to announce that Colorado COG Rally will be a part of the championship.
For more information please contact ….Denise McMahon at marymountdenise@aol.com
