Race2Play announces sanctioned championships

RACE2PLAY ANNOUNCES SANCTIONED CHAMPIONSHIPS OF ONLINE AUTO RACING

The most sought-after competition of 2008 will take place in the final weeks of the year at Race2Play: The first annual Championships of Online Auto Racing presented by the National Auto Sport Association to crown and recognize the best in the disciplines of Sports Car, Open Wheel, Touring Car and Stock Car online auto racing!

In a unique playoff series format introduced by Race2Play, qualified competitors will have to prove their mettle in not just one car, one track, one sim, but in multiple cars, tracks and sims for a given racing discipline. The "equipment" of modern online auto racing is greater than just one platform, and so will be the test of mastery for online Sports Car, Open Wheel, Touring Car and Stock Car racers.

Race2Play is the world's largest online auto racing organization. It conducts more than 100 sanctioned events each month, supporting unrestricted access to more than 150 car types and 250 track layouts across multiple racing platforms and disciplines. Race2Play is the only such organization recognized by a real-world motorsport body, the National Auto Sport Association.

Last year Race2Play hosted more than 18,000 entries from drivers in more than 50 countries. To qualify for the Championships and compete at year's end is an opportunity unrivaled in the world of organized sim racing ... To win truly is to earn the title of World Champion of Online Auto Racing!

All events in the playoff series will be conducted by live Stewards and broadcast across the World Wide Web. Thousands of dollars in sponsorship prizes will be awarded.

For more details on the Championships of Online Auto Racing and qualifying conditions see Race2Play's website at http://www.race2play.com/sim/championships