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The 2014 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship was the fourth season of the Global RallyCross Championship. Reigning champion Toomas Heikkinen only competed at the X Games event, as he went to the World Rallycross Championship. [1]
In July, it was announced that a second event would be held at the Port of Los Angeles event, to replace an event in Detroit which was cancelled. [2]
| Round | Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top Gear Festival |  Bushy Park Circuit, Barbados | May 17–18 |
| 2 | X Games Austin |  Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas | June 7 |
| 3 | Volkswagen Rallycross DC | RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. | June 21–22 |
| 4 | Volkswagen Rallycross NY | Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York | July 19–20 |
| 5 | Red Bull Global Rallycross Charlotte | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina | July 25–26 |
| 6 | Red Bull Global Rallycross Daytona | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | August 22–23 |
| 7 | Port of Los Angeles Rallycross [2] | Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles | September 19–21 |
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| 9 | Red Bull Global Rallycross Seattle | DirtFish Rally School, Snoqualmie, Washington | September 26–27 |
| 10 | Red Bull Global Rallycross Las Vegas | The Linq Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada | November 5 |
| Constructor | Team | Car | No. | Driver(s) | Round(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet |  BMI Racing | Chevrolet Sonic | 04 | Sarah Burgess | 6 |
| PMR Motorsports | 59 | Pat Moro | 2, 6, 10 | ||
| Citroën |  LD Motorsports | Citroën DS3 | 33 | Liam Doran | 2 |
| Ford |  OMSE2 | Ford Fiesta ST | 00 |  Steve Arpin | All |
| SH Racing Rallycross | 07 |  Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1–2, 4–8, 10 | ||
| 75 | 3, 9 | ||||
| Barracuda Racing | 14 | Austin Dyne | All | ||
| Olsbergs MSE | 18 | Patrik Sandell | All | ||
| 31 |  Joni Wiman | All | |||
| 48 | Ricky Johnson | 2 | |||
| Rockstar Energy Drink | 38 | Brian Deegan | 1–2, 5, 9–10 | ||
| Hoonigan Racing Division | 43 | Ken Block | All | ||
| Hyundai |  Rhys Millen Racing | Hyundai Veloster Turbo | 27 | Emma Gilmour | All |
| 67 | Rhys Millen | All | |||
| Subaru | Subaru Rally Team USA | Subaru WRX STi | 11 |  Sverre Isachsen | All |
| 81 | Bucky Lasek | All | |||
| 199 | Travis Pastrana | 2, 7–8 | |||
| 715 | David Higgins | 9 | |||
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen Polo | 34 | Tanner Foust | All |
| 77 | Scott Speed | All | |||
| Marklund Motorsport | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | 2 | ||
| 92 | Anton Marklund | 2 | |||
Points are awarded to event finishers using the following structure: [5]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Others |
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| Points | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
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| Pos. | Driver | No. | Team | DC | NY | CHA | DAY | LA1 | LA2 | SEA | LV | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell deJong | 24 | Olsbergs MSE | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 489 |
| 2 | Kevin Eriksson | 96 | Olsbergs MSE | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 331 | ||
| 3 |  Alejandro Fernández | 126 | Olsbergs MSE | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 206 |
| 4 | Tyler Benson | 60 | Rhys Millen Racing | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 273 |
| 5 | Austin Cindric | 77 | GO PUCK/Nightrain C4 Motorsports | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 257 | ||
| 6 | Geoff Sykes | 6 | DTV Solutions | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 235 | |
| 7 | Oliver Eriksson | 16 | Olsbergs MSE | 4 | 3 | 6 | 110 | |||||
| 8 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 07 | Piquet Sports | 3 | 75 | |||||||
| 9 | Kevin Hansen | 81 | Hansen Motorsport | 3 | 6 | 73 | ||||||
| 10 | Atila Abreu | 51 | Olsbergs MSE | 4 | 72 | |||||||
| 11 | Andreas Bakkerud | 13 | Olsbergs MSE | 2 | 51 | |||||||
| 12 | Pedro Piquet | 5 | Piquet Sports | 3 | 43 | |||||||
| 13 | Blake Fuller | 79 | GO PUCK/Nightrain C4 Motorsports | 4 | 37 | |||||||
| 14 | Nick Roberts | 202 | Nick Roberts Global Rally Team | 7 | 22 | |||||||
| 15 | Colton Herta | 98 | AD Racing | 16 | ||||||||
| 16 | Mark McKenzie | 27 | Cohesive Front Racing | 0 | ||||||||
| 17 | Tanner Whitten | 15 | DirtFish Motorsports | 0 | ||||||||
| Pos | Manufacturer | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ford | 946 |
| 2 |  Volkswagen | 553 |
| 3 |  Subaru | 495 |
| 4 |  Hyundai | 263 |
| 5 | GM | 8 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Pts |
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