2015 Global RallyCross Championship

Last updated November 10, 2022

The 2015 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship was the fifth season of the Global RallyCross Championship. Joni Wiman was the reigning champion in the Supercars class and drove for the same team, Olsbergs MSE. 2014 GRC Lites runner-up Sebastian Eriksson stepped up to the GRC.

Schedule

A seven-round provisional calendar was revealed on January 13, 2015.^[1]

Round	Event	Location	Date
1	Red Bull Global Rallycross Florida	Bahia Mar Resort & Marina, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	May 31
NC	X Games Austin 2015 Rally Car Racing	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	June 6
2	Red Bull Global Rallycross Daytona	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	June 20–21
3	Red Bull Global Rallycross Daytona	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	June 20–21
4	Red Bull Global Rallycross The Base	MCAS New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina	July 5
5	Red Bull Global Rallycross Detroit	The Raceway at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan	July 25–26
6	Red Bull Global Rallycross Detroit	The Raceway at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan	July 25–26
7	Red Bull Global Rallycross Washington	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.	August 15
8	Red Bull Global Rallycross Los Angeles	Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	September 12–13
9	Red Bull Global Rallycross Los Angeles	Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	September 12–13
10	Red Bull Global Rallycross Barbados	Bushy Park Circuit, Barbados	October 3–4
11	Red Bull Global Rallycross Barbados	Bushy Park Circuit, Barbados	October 3–4
12	Red Bull Global Rallycross Las Vegas	The Linq Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	November 4

Entries

Supercars

Constructor	Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Round(s)
Chevrolet	PMR Motorsports	Chevrolet Sonic	59	Pat Moro	NC, 7, 12
Citroën	LD Motorsports	Citroën DS3	33	Liam Doran	NC
Ford	Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford Fiesta ST	00	Steve Arpin	All
			38	Brian Deegan	NC, 4–6, 8–12
			360	Jeff Ward	2–3, 7
	SH Racing Rallycross		07	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1, 2–12
	SH Racing Rallycross		07	Andreas Bakkerud	NC
	Bryan Herta Rallysport		14	Austin Dyne	All
	Bryan Herta Rallysport		18	Patrik Sandell	All
	Olsbergs MSE		31	Joni Wiman	All
	Olsbergs MSE		93	Sebastian Eriksson	All
	Royal Purple Racing		77	Logan Gomez	7
	Hoonigan Racing Division		43	Ken Block	All
Hyundai	Rhys Millen Racing^[2]	Hyundai Veloster	67	Rhys Millen	10–11
			89	Brian Wong	8–9
			99	Victor Gonzalez Jr.	1
Subaru	Subaru Rally Team USA	Subaru WRX STi	11	Sverre Isachsen	1–6, 8–12
			75	David Higgins	8–9, 12
			81	Bucky Lasek	1–6, 8–9, 12
			199	Travis Pastrana	NC, 8–9
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen Beetle	34	Tanner Foust	All
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen Beetle	41	Scott Speed	All

GRC Lites

All competitors drove an Olsbergs MSE-built GRC Lites car.

Team	No.	Drivers	Round(s)
Buhl Sport Detroit	4	Augie Lerch	12
DTV Solutions	6	Geoff Sykes	1–3
River Racing with Bryan Herta Rallysport	07	Collete Davis	All
DirtFish Motorsports	15	Tanner Whitten	All
Olsbergs MSE	16	Oliver Eriksson	All
	28	Gustavo Menezes	12
	51	Sandra Hultgren	12
	77	Austin Cindric	All
	89	Andreas Wernersson	12
	99	Joachim Hvaal	7
Rhys Millen Racing	21	Connor Martell	4, 8–9
	22	Blake Williams	10–11
	57	Jackie Heinricher	1–4
	69	Blas Zapag	7
	88	Harry Cheung	2–3, 5–6, 8–11
	88	Stephan Verdier	12
	89	Brian Wong	5–6
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24	Miles Maroney	All
	61	Duncker Felix Jr.	1
	61	Alex Keyes	2–12
AF Racing	42	Nur Ali	All
AF Racing	126	Alejandro Fernández	All
Harlien Racing	55	Gavin Harlien	4–6

Results and standings

Events

No.	Event	3rd Place	2nd Place	GRC Lites Winner	Winner	Winning Team	Manufacturer
1	Red Bull Global Rallycross Florida	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Scott Speed	Austin Cindric	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford
NC	X Games Austin	Sebastian Eriksson	Steve Arpin	Did not participate	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
2	Red Bull Global Rallycross Daytona	Sebastian Eriksson	Austin Dyne	Oliver Eriksson	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
3	Red Bull Global Rallycross Daytona	Steve Arpin	Ken Block	Austin Cindric	Sebastian Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford
4	Red Bull Global Rallycross The Base	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Patrik Sandell	Alex Keyes	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford
5	Red Bull Global Rallycross Detroit	Sebastian Eriksson	Scott Speed	Tanner Whitten	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford
6	Red Bull Global Rallycross Detroit	Sebastian Eriksson	Scott Speed	Miles Maroney	Patrik Sandell	Bryan Herta Rallysport	Ford
7	Red Bull Global Rallycross Washington DC	Ken Block	Patrik Sandell	Alex Keyes	Nelson Piquet Jr.	SH Racing Rallycross	Ford
8	Red Bull Global Rallycross Los Angeles	Patrik Sandell	Tanner Foust	Oliver Eriksson	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
9	Red Bull Global Rallycross Los Angeles	Tanner Foust	Brian Deegan	Austin Cindric	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
10	Red Bull Global Rallycross Barbados	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Scott Speed	Oliver Eriksson	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
11	Red Bull Global Rallycross Barbados	Joni Wiman	Scott Speed	Austin Cindric	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
12	Red Bull Global Rallycross Las Vegas	Scott Speed	Sebastian Eriksson	Alex Keyes	Joni Wiman	Olsbergs MSE	Ford

Drivers' championships

Points are awarded to event finishers using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Others
Points	50	45	40	35	30	25	20	15	10	5	1

In addition, points are awarded in the second and third rounds of heats. First place earns three points, second place earns two points, and all other drivers to start the heat earn one point.

Supercars

Pos.	Driver	Team	FTA	AUS†	DAY1	DAY2	MCAS	DET1	DET2	DC	LA1	LA2	BAR1	BAR2	LV	Pts.
1	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	2²	1¹	DNS	9	DNS¹	2	2¹	7^LCQ	1^{2 A}	1^{1 A}	2	2	3^{1 B}	456
2	Sebastian Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	4	3¹	3^LCQ	1^{1 B}	9^B	3	3	6	13	7	4	7	2¹	400
3	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	5^LCQ	5^LCQ	1	5	DNS	10	10^B	5	2	3^{1 B}	1^B	1^{1 B}	9	388
4	Nelson Piquet Jr.	SH Racing Rallycross	3²		7	6	3	8	9	1^{2 B}	8²	DSQ	5^LCQ	3	6¹	380
5	Joni Wiman	Olsbergs MSE	DNS¹	14	4	8	8¹	5^LCQ	4	10¹	9	8	3	5	1^A	370
6	Steve Arpin	Chip Ganassi Racing	7^{1 A}	2	5	3	5¹	7	11	4	5	5¹	8	4	4¹	357
7	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	1^B	11	8^{2 B}	2^A	1^A	1^{1 A}	7	3	11	9	11	10	10	345
8	Patrik Sandell	Bryan Herta Rallysport	DNS	DNS	9^{2 A}	10	2¹	9^{1 B}	1^{1 A}	2^A	3^B	4^LCQ	DSQ	6	DNS	328
9	Austin Dyne	Bryan Herta Rallysport	6	8	2	7^LCQ	4	6	6	8	DNS	11	9^A	8¹	7	277
10	Brian Deegan	Chip Ganassi Racing		4			10	4	5^LCQ		6²	2	6¹	9^LCQ	5^LCQ	229
11	Sverre Isachsen	Subaru Rally Team USA	9	10	DNS	11	6	12	DNS		4	13	7	12	DNS	136
12	Bucky Lasek	Subaru Rally Team USA	10	7	DNS	12	7^LCQ	11	8		DNS	DNS			8	88
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Jeff Ward	Chip Ganassi Racing			6¹	4¹				9¹						0
	Travis Pastrana	Subaru Rally Team USA		13							7^LCQ	6				0
	Andreas Bakkerud	SH Racing Rallycross		6¹												0
	Victor Gonzalez Jr.	Rhys Millen Racing	8													0
	Liam Doran	LD Motorsports		9												0
	Rhys Millen	Rhys Millen Racing											DNS	11		0
	Logan Gomez	Royal Purple Racing								11						0
	Pat Moro	PMR Motorsports		12						12					11	0
	Brian Wong	Rhys Millen Racing									12	12				0
	David Higgins	Subaru Rally Team USA									14	14			12	0

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Fastest time in qualifying
^{1 2} – Number of heat wins
^{A B} – Winner of Semifinal A or B
^LCQ – Winner of the Last Chance Qualifier

Notes:

† — Non-championship round

GRC Lites

Pos.	Driver	Team	FTA	DAY1	DAY2	MCAS	DET1	DET2	DC	LA1	LA2	BAR1	BAR2	LV	Pts.
1	Oliver Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	3	1²	10²	2¹	5¹	7^LCQ	2²	1¹	3	1²	2¹	3	501
2	Austin Cindric	Olsbergs MSE	1²	9¹	1²	5¹	3	3	8	2	1²	2	1²	10	473
3	Miles Maroney	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	7	3	4	4¹	2	1²	3	4	2	5	4	8	441
4	Alejandro Fernández	AF Racing	2²	2	6	6^LCQ	4	2²	4	7	6	3	3	5^LCQ	427
5	Tanner Whitten	DirtFish Motorsports	4	4¹	2	3	1¹	10	9	10¹	4¹	6¹	6	4	376
6	Alex Keyes	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing		5^LCQ	5	1¹	9	DNS	1²	3²	9¹	4¹	10¹	1¹	350
7	Nur Ali	AF Racing	6^LCQ	6	9	9	10	4	7	6	7	9	7	13	226
8	Harry Cheung	Rhys Millen Racing		8	3^LCQ		6^LCQ	9		5	8	10	5		185
9	Collete Davis	River Racing with Bryan Herta Rallysport	9	11	8	10	8	6	10	8	10	8	8	12	146
10	Connor Martell	Rhys Millen Racing				7				9	5				67
11	Geoff Sykes	DTV Solutions	5	DNS	7										62
12	Blake Williams	Rhys Millen Racing										7	9	7	55
13	Brian Wong	Rhys Millen Racing					7	5							53
14	Andreas Wernersson	Rhys Millen Racing												2¹	48
15	Jackie Heinricher	Rhys Millen Racing	8	7	11	11									45
16	Gavin Harlien	Harlien Racing				8	DNS	8							36
17	Joachim Hvaal	Olsbergs MSE							5						32
18	Blas Zapag	Rhys Millen Racing							6						27
19	Augie Lerch	Buhl Sport Detroit												6	26
20	Gustavo Menezes	Olsbergs MSE												9	11
21	Duncker Felix Jr.	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	DNS												7
22	Sandra Hultgren	Olsbergs MSE												11	2
23	Stephan Verdier	Rhys Millen Racing												14	1

Manufacturers' championship

No Manufacturers' championship in GRC Lites class

Pos.	Manufacturer	Pts.
1	Ford	55
2	Volkswagen	52
3	Subaru	34

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References

↑ "Red Bull Global Rallycross Announces 2015 Schedule". redbullglobalrallycross.com. January 13, 2015. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
↑ "Victor Gonzalez Jr. brings latin fire to Red Bull GRC with Rhys Millen Racing". redbullglobalrallycross.com. May 18, 2015. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.

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[1] "Red Bull Global Rallycross Announces 2015 Schedule". redbullglobalrallycross.com. January 13, 2015. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.

[2] "Victor Gonzalez Jr. brings latin fire to Red Bull GRC with Rhys Millen Racing". redbullglobalrallycross.com. May 18, 2015. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.

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v t e Global Rallycross/Titans-RX seasons
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Europe	2019
International Series	2020

2015 Global RallyCross Championship

Contents

Schedule

Entries

Supercars

GRC Lites

Results and standings

Events

Drivers' championships

Supercars

GRC Lites

Manufacturers' championship

Related Research Articles

References

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