The 2017 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship was the seventh and final season of the Global RallyCross Championship. Scott Speed was the reigning Supercars champion for a second season and Cabot Bigham was the reigning GRC Lites champion. The schedule consisted of twelve rounds at eight different venues. [1]
Round | Event | Location | Date |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Memphis | Memphis International Raceway, Millington, Tennessee | 29 April |
2 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Louisville | Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky | 21 May |
3 | Red Bull Global RallyCross New England | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut | 3-4 June |
4 | |||
5 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Ottawa | Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario | 17-18 June |
6 | |||
7 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Indianapolis | Lucas Oil Raceway, Brownsburg, Indiana | 9 July |
8 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City | Bader Field, Atlantic City, New Jersey | 12-13 August |
9 | |||
10 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle | Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington | 9-10 September |
11 | |||
12 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Los Angeles | Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California | 14 October |
Manufacturer | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ford | Loenbro Motorsports | Ford Fiesta ST | 00 | Steve Arpin | All |
Bryan Herta Rallysport | 2 | Cabot Bigham (R) | 1–9, 12 | ||
19 | Austin Cindric (R) | 10–11 | |||
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | 14 | Austin Dyne | All | ||
Honda | Honda Red Bull OMSE | Honda Civic Coupe | 16 | Oliver Eriksson (R) | All |
24 | Mitchell DeJong | All | |||
93 | Sebastian Eriksson | All | |||
Subaru | Subaru Rally Team USA | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 18 | Patrik Sandell | All |
55 | Chris Atkinson | All | |||
Volkswagen | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen Beetle | 34 | Tanner Foust | All |
41 | Scott Speed | All |
Every driver competes in an Olsbergs MSE-built GRC Lites car.
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 3 | Travis PeCoy | All |
24 | Alex Keyes | All | |
44 | Christian Brooks | All | |
AF Racing | 4 | Gustavo Yacamán | 2 |
5 | Burt Jenner | 1 | |
42 | Matt Halliday | 7 | |
126 | Alejandro Fernández | 1–6, 8–12 | |
Olsbergs MSE X Forces | 13 | Cyril Raymond | All |
53 | Cole Keatts | All | |
77 | Scott Anderson | 8–12 | |
242 | Mark Brummond | 10–12 | |
DirtFish Motorsports | 21 | Conner Martell | 1–10, 12 |
25 | James Rimmer | All | |
CORE Autosport | 54 | Jon Bennett | 1–6, 8–9 |
56 | Colin Braun | 1–6, 8–9 | |
Points were awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
In addition, points were awarded in all rounds of heats and semifinals. [2] Heat winners earned seven points and semi winners earned ten points.
|
Bold – Fastest time in qualifying |
Pos. | Driver | Team | MEM | LOU | NE1 | NE2 | OTT1 | OTT2 | IND | AC1 | AC2 | SEA1 | SEA2 | LA | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE X Forces | 22 | 91 | 12 A | 12 A | 12 A | 1 A | 22 | 12 | 62 A | 11 B | 21 B | 91 B | 786 |
2 | Christian Brooks | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 31 | 11 A | 21 | 3 | 9B | 10 | 1B | 8 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 692 |
3 | Travis PeCoy | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 8 | 81 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4B | 3 | 3A | 71 | 41 | 672 |
4 | Conner Martell | DirtFish Motorsports | 11 B | 21 B | 10 | 41 | 3 | 51 | 61 A | 21 A | 1 B | 8 | 12 A | 656 | |
5 | Alex Keyes | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 9A | 10 | 5B | 6 | 81 | 31 B | DSQ | 31 | 51 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 603 |
6 | James Rimmer | DirtFish Motorsports | 5 | 6LCQ | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | DNQ | 5 | 82 A | 8 | 562 |
7 | Cole Keatts | Olsbergs MSE X Forces | DNQ1 | 7 | 6 | 91 B | 6 | 6 | 41 | 101 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 543 |
8 | Alejandro Fernández | AF Racing | 6 | DNQ | 9 | 10 | 5 | 71 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 458 | |
9 | Colin Braun | CORE Autosport | 41 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 81 | DNQ1 | 41 | 405 | ||||
10 | Jon Bennett | CORE Autosport | 7 | 51 | 8 | 8 | DNS | 9 | 9 | 9LCQ | 281 | ||||
11 | Scott Anderson | Olsbergs MSE X Forces | 6LCQ | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 242 | |||||||
12 | Mark Brummond | Olsbergs MSE X Forces | DSQ | 9 | 6 | 79 | |||||||||
13 | Gustavo Yacamán | AF Racing | 3 | 60 | |||||||||||
14 | Matt Halliday | AF Racing | 7 | 45 | |||||||||||
15 | Burt Jenner | AF Racing | 10LCQ | 16 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | Pts. |
---|---|---|
1 | Volkswagen | |
2 | Ford | |
3 | Honda | |
4 | Subaru |
The AMA Supercross Championship is an American motorcycle racing series. Founded by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) in 1974, the AMA Supercross Championship races are held from January through early May. Supercross is a variant of motocross which involves off-road motorcycles on a constructed dirt track consisting of steep jumps and obstacles; the tracks are usually constructed inside a sports stadium. The easy accessibility and comfort of these stadium venues helped supercross surpass off-road motocross as a spectator attraction in the United States by the late 1970s.
Rallycross is a form of sprint style automobile racing, held on a closed mixed-surface racing circuit, with modified production or specially built road cars, similar to the World Rally Cars. It is mainly popular in the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Great Britain. An inexpensive, entry level type of rallycross is the Swedish folkrace or its Norwegian counterpart, the so-called bilcross. The folkrace is most popular in Finland where it was founded back in the late 1960s. In Europe, rallycross can also refer to racing 1:8 scale off-road radio-controlled buggies.
Scott Andrew Speed is an American race car driver who has competed in numerous disciplines, including open-wheel, stock car, and rallycross racing.
Chris Atkinson is a professional rally driver. In the World Rally Championship (WRC), Atkinson drove for the Subaru World Rally Team between 2004 and 2008. His best finish on an individual WRC event is second, which he achieved at the 2008 Rally México and Rally Argentina. Other podium placings include third-place finishes at the 2005 Rally Japan and the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally.
The Motorsport Australia Rally Championship, also commonly known as the Australian Rally Championship (ARC), is Australia's premier gravel rally competition. A multi-event national championship has been held each year since 1968.
Patrik Sandell is a rally driver from Sweden. Sandell won the Swedish Junior Championship in 2004 and the Swedish Group N3 Championship in 2005. In 2006, he won the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) title driving for Renault. In 2008, Sandell contested both the JWRC and the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC).
Bryan Herta Autosport is an American auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series and the Michelin Pilot Challenge. It is owned by former IndyCar driver Bryan Herta. The team won the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with driver Dan Wheldon.
Global Rallycross was a rallycross series operated by businessmen Chip Pankow and Colin Dyne. The series ran for seven seasons, primarily in North America, from 2011 to 2017. It folded in early 2018, and was succeeded by the Americas Rallycross Championship.
Sverre Isachsen is a Norwegian rallycross driver.
The 2013 Global RallyCross Championship was the third season of this championship. The season consisted of nine weekends, three in X Games events. Toomas Heikkinen earned his first series championship after a record-setting streak of five consecutive victories.
The 2012 Global RallyCross Championship was the second season of this championship. The season was composed by 6 rounds, including one round in the X Games. Tanner Foust was crowned champion for the second time, beating teammate Brian Deegan.
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.
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.
Olsbergs MSE, which also competes under the title OMSE, is an auto racing team founded by Swedish former rally champion Andréas Eriksson as Motorsport Evolution (MSE) in 2005. In 2008 it ran under the name Ford Team RS Europe, while in 2009 Swedish electro-hydraulic control systems manufacturer Olsbergs bought 50% of the team and it was renamed Olsbergs MSE.
Austin Louis Cindric is an American professional auto racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 2 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske.
The 2016 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship was the sixth season of the Global RallyCross Championship. Scott Speed was the reigning Supercars champion and Oliver Eriksson was the reigning GRC Lites champion. The schedule consisted of twelve rounds at eight different venues. The season started at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on May 21 and it concluded at the Port of Los Angeles on October 9.
The 2017 European Rally Championship was the 65th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the fifth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Kajetan Kajetanowicz was the reigning champion and went on to win the third straight ERC title.
The 2018 European Rally Championship was the 66th season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season was also the sixth following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Kajetan Kajetanowicz was the reigning champion but he didn't return to defend his title.
The 2020 FIA Junior World Rally Championship was the nineteenth season of the Junior World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. The Junior World Rally Championship was open to drivers under the age of thirty—although no such restriction existed for co-drivers—competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport. The championship was contested over four selected WRC rounds with the winning crew awarded a new Ford Fiesta R5 car, 200 tyres, free registration into the 2021 World Rally Championship-3 and five free rally entries. The championship offered an additional prize of €15,000 to the highest-placed rookie driver to fund a drive in the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship.
The 2021 FIA Junior World Rally Championship was the twentieth season of the Junior World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. The Junior World Rally Championship is open to drivers under the age of thirty—although no such restriction existed for co-drivers—competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport. The championship began in April 2021 at the Croatia Rally.