2019 Americas Rallycross Championship
The 2019 Americas Rallycross Championship was the second and final season of the Americas Rallycross Championship, a feeder championship to the FIA World Rallycross Championship representing North America. The season consists of six rounds across two categories; Supercar and ARX2. The season commenced on 8 June at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio and finished on the 6 October at the same location.
The series folded after the 2019 season.[1]
Calendar
The calendar was unveiled on 31 January 2019.[2]
| Rnd | Event | Date | Venue | Class | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARX of Mid-Ohio | 8–9 June | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington | Supercar | Scott Speed | Subaru Rally Team USA |
| ARX2 (Day 1) | Alex Keyes | Racing4Detroit | ||||
| ARX2 (Day 2) | Fraser McConnell | Dirtfish | ||||
| ARX3 (Day 1) | John McInnes | SIERRA | ||||
| ARX3 (Day 2) | John McInnes | SIERRA | ||||
| 2 | ARX of Gateway | 13 July | World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison | Supercar | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Rally Team USA |
| ARX2 | Conner Martell | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | ||||
| ARX3 | Blake "Bilko" Williams | SIERRA | ||||
| 3 | 14 July | Supercar | Patrik Sandell | Subaru Rally Team USA | ||
| ARX2 | Conner Martell | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | ||||
| ARX3 | Blake "Bilko" Williams | SIERRA | ||||
| 4 | ARX of Canada | 3–4 August | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières | Supercar | Tanner Foust | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross |
| ARX2 (Day 1) | Fraser McConnell | Dirtfish | ||||
| ARX2 (Day 2) | Fraser McConnell | Dirtfish | ||||
| 5 | ARX of Austin | 28 September | Circuit of the Americas, Austin | Supercar | Tanner Foust | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross |
| ARX2 | Fraser McConnell | Dirtfish | ||||
| ARX3 | Dave Carapetyan | SIERRA | ||||
| 6 | ARX of Mid-Ohio | 5–6 October | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington | Supercar | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Rally Team USA |
| ARX2 (Day 1) | Sage Karam | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | ||||
| ARX2 (Day 2) | Fraser McConnell | Dirtfish | ||||
| ARX3 (Day 1) | Keegan Kincaid | SIERRA | ||||
| ARX3 (Day 2) | Keegan Kincaid | SIERRA |
Calendar changes
- The calendar was expanded from four rounds to six, with the inclusion of two rounds at Mid-Ohio[3] and a double-header at Gateway.
- The round supporting the World RX of Great Britain was dropped.
- The ARX of COTA was rebranded as the ARX of Austin and was moved from July to September to replace the cancelled FIA World Rallycross Championship round.
- The ARX of Canada will run in conjunction with FIA World Rallycross Championship once again.
Entries
Supercar
| Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford | Loenbro Motorsports[4] | Ford Fiesta ST | 00 | Steve Arpin[4] | All |
| 3 | Travis PeCoy[5] | All | |||
| Subaru | Subaru Motorsports USA[6] | Subaru WRX STI | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | 5–6 |
| 18 | Patrik Sandell[6] | All | |||
| 31 | Joni Wiman | 5–6 | |||
| 41 | Scott Speed[6] | 1–4 | |||
| 55 | Chris Atkinson[6] | All | |||
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross[7] | Volkswagen Beetle | 02 | Cabot Bigham[7] | All |
| 34 | Tanner Foust[7] | All |
ARX2
| Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMSE | Racing4Detroit[8] | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 4 | Alex Keyes[9] | 1–4, 7–9 |
| Loenbro Motorsports | 09 | Michael Leach | 3–9 | ||
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing[10] | 21 | Conner Martell | 3–9 | ||
| 24 | Sage Karam[11] | 1–2, 7–9 | |||
| 28 | Gray Leadbetter[12] | All | |||
| 48 | J. R. Hildebrand[13] | 1–4 | |||
| 53 | Cole Keatts[10] | All | |||
| 55 | Lane Vacala | 5–9 | |||
| Dirtfish[14] | 35 | Fraser McConnell[14] | All | ||
| 70 | Brad Deberti[14] | 1–4, 7 |
ARX3
| Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIERRA | SIERRA | SIERRA RX3 | 1 | Bill Shuster | All |
| 2 | Aaron Kaufman | 1–4 | |||
| 3 | Jim Jonsin | 1–2 | |||
| 4 | John McInnes | All | |||
| 5 | James Kirkham | 1–4 | |||
| 6 | Dave Wallingford | 1–2 | |||
| 8 | Michael Leach | 2 | |||
| 15 | Clay Note | 5 | |||
| 21 | Dave Carapetyan | 5 | |||
| 22 | Blake "Bilko" Williams | 3–4 | |||
| 25 | Dylan Towne | 5 | |||
| 31 | Tommy Boileau | 3–7 | |||
| 41 | Keegan Kincaid | 6–7 | |||
| 43 | Steve Burns | 5–7 | |||
| 49 | Justin Peck | 5 |
Driver Changes
- Scott Speed moved from Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross to Subaru Rally Team USA[6]
- Cabot Bigham moved from Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in ARX2 to Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross to replace Speed.
- Steve Arpin left Hoonigan Racing Division to start his own team, Loenbro Motorsports.[4]
- Travis PeCoy moved from Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in ARX2 to Loenbro Motorsports.[5]
Results and standings
Championship points are scored as follows:
| Position | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th |
| Heats | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Semi-Finals | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Final | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
- A red background denotes drivers who did not advance from the round
Supercar
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ARX2
| Pos. | Driver | MO1 |
GTW |
CAN |
COT |
MO2 |
Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fraser McConnell | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 219 |
| 2 | Cole Keatts | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 186 |
| 3 | Conner Martell | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 155 | ||
| 4 | Alex Keyes | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 139 | ||
| 5 | Gray Leadbetter | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 132 |
| 6 | Sage Karam | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 129 | ||||
| 7 | Brad Deberti | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 95 | ||||
| 8 | Michael Leach | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 93 | ||
| 9 | J. R. Hildebrand | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 79 | |||||
| 10 | Lane Vacala | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 71 | ||||
| Pos. | Driver | MO1 |
GTW |
CAN |
COT |
MO2 |
Points | ||||
ARX3
| Pos. | Driver | MO1 |
GTW |
COT |
MO2 |
Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John McInnes | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 121 |
| 2 | Bill Shuster | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 113 |
| 3 | Tommy Boileau | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 94 | ||
| 4 | James Kirkham | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 68 | |||
| 5 | Aaron Kaufman | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 55 | |||
| 6 | Keegan Kincaid | 1 | 1 | 48 | |||||
| 7 | Blake "Bilko" Williams | 1 | 1 | 46 | |||||
| 8 | Jim Jonsin | 2 | 3 | 38 | |||||
| 9 | Steve Burns | 8 | 5 | 5 | 37 | ||||
| 10 | Dave Wallingford | 3 | 5 | 33 | |||||
| 11 | Dave Carapetyan | 1 | 24 | ||||||
| 12 | Dylan Towne | 3 | 19 | ||||||
| 13 | Michael Leach | 4 | 14 | ||||||
| 14 | Justin Peck | 6 | 13 | ||||||
| 15 | Clay Note | 7 | 10 | ||||||
| Pos. | Driver | MO1 |
GTW |
COT |
MO2 |
Points | |||
References
- Ridge, Hal (November 15, 2019). "Americas Rallycross series cancelled after two seasons". Motorsport.com. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- Ridge, Hal (31 January 2019). "Americas Rallycross adds Gateway, Mid-Ohio to Calendar". motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- "ARX Signs Multi-Year Agreement to Compete at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course". ARX. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- "Steve Arpin Excited for 2019 ARX Schedule". ARX Rallycross. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- "Travis PeCoy Joins Loenbro Motorsports for 2019 Americas Rallycross Season". ARX Rallycross. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- Ridge, Hal (1 November 2018). "Ex-F1 driver Scott Speed joins Subaru for 2019 ARX title defence". Autosport. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- "Volkswagen Beetle Supercars To Compete In Americas Rallycross In 2019". www.arxrallycross.com. 8 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- "Buhl Sport Detroit Confirms ARX2 Entry with DRIV for 2019 Season". ARX Rallycross. 25 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- "Alex Keyes back with Racing4Detroit for 2019 Americas Rallycross Season". ARX Rallycross. 28 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- "Cole Keatts set for 2019 ARX2 Campaign in Dreyer & Reinbold Racing machine". ARX Rallycross. 4 April 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- "Indy 500 Driver Sage Karam to Compete in ARX2 with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing at Mid-Ohio & Gateway". www.arxrallycross.com. 18 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- "Gray Leadbetter, 14, Signs with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for Full 2019 ARX2 Rallycross Campaign in Oil2Soil Car". ARX Rallycross. 4 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- "Indy 500 Racer JR Hildebrand Joins Sage Karam in DRR WIX Team for ARX2 Rallycross Season Opener at Mid-Ohio". ARX Rallycross. 6 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- "Dirtfish Announces Two-Car ARX2 Team for Cooper Tires ARX of Mid-Ohio". ARX Rallycross. 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
External links
- Official website Archived 2019-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
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