2018 Americas Rallycross Championship

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The 2018 Americas Rallycross Championship is the first season of the Americas Rallycross Championship, a feeder championship to the FIA World Rallycross Championship representing North America. This championship can be seen as the spiritual successor to the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship, which folded in early 2018. [1] The season consists of four rounds across two categories; Supercar and ARX2. The season commenced on 27 May with the special round at Silverstone in the UK, and culminated on 30 September in Austin at the Circuit of the Americas.

Contents

Calendar

Rnd.EventDatesVenueClassWinnerTeamReport
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg World RX of Great Britain 27 May Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Supercar Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Foust Flag of the United States.svg Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Report
2 Flag of the United States.svg Dirtfish ARX of COTA 14 July Circuit of the Americas, Austin Supercar Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed Flag of the United States.svg Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Report
ARX2 Flag of the United States.svg Conner Martell Flag of the United States.svg Dirtfish
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg World RX of Canada 4–5 August Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Supercar Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed Flag of the United States.svg Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Report
ARX2 (Day 1) Flag of the United States.svg Conner Martell Flag of the United States.svg Dirtfish
ARX2 (Day 2) Flag of the United States.svg Conner Martell Flag of the United States.svg Dirtfish
4 Flag of the United States.svg World RX of the United States 30 September Circuit of the Americas, Austin Supercar Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Foust Flag of the United States.svg Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Report
ARX2 (Day 1) Flag of the United States.svg Alex Keyes Flag of the United States.svg Robbie Buhl
ARX2 (Day 2) Flag of the United States.svg Alex Keyes Flag of the United States.svg Robbie Buhl

Entries

Supercar

[2] [3] [4]

Americas RX Teams
ConstructorEntrantCarNo.DriversRounds
BMW Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Xite Racing BMW MINI Cooper 42 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bennett 2–4
Citroën Flag of the United Kingdom.svg LD Motorsports Citroën DS3 33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Doran 1, 4
Renault Flag of France.svg GC Kompetition Renault Mégane R.S
Ford Flag of the United States.svg Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS RX 43 Flag of the United States.svg Ken Block 2–4
100 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Arpin 2–4
Peugeot Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Scott 1
Renault Flag of France.svg G-Fors Renault Clio R.S. 121 Flag of France.svg Philippe Maloigne 1
SEAT Flag of Germany.svg Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 44 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Scheider 1
77 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich 1
Ford Ford Fiesta 3
Subaru Flag of the United States.svg Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STi 18 Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Sandell All
55 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson All
75 Flag of the Isle of Man.svg David Higgins 1
199 Flag of the United States.svg Travis Pastrana 2
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve 3
57 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen 4
Volkswagen Flag of the United States.svg Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen Beetle 34 Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Foust All
41 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed All

ARX2

[5] [6]

ARX2 Teams
ConstructorEntrantCarNo.DriversRounds
OMSE Flag of the United States.svg Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Olsbergs MSE RX2 2 Flag of the United States.svg Cabot Bigham 2–3
3 Flag of the United States.svg Travis PeCoy All
24 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Carpoff All
44 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks All
Flag of the United States.svg Robbie Buhl 4 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Keyes All
Flag of the United States.svg Dirtfish 21 Flag of the United States.svg Conner Martell All
25 Flag of the United States.svg James Rimmer All
35 Flag of Jamaica.svg Fraser McConnell All
77 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Anderson All
Flag of the United States.svg Keatts Motorsport 53 Flag of the United States.svg Cole Keatts All

Results and standings

Championship points are scored as follows:

Position
Round1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th
Heats16151413121110987654321
Semi-Finals654321
Final854321

Supercar

(key)

Pos.Driver GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
USA1
Flag of the United States.svg
CAN
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
USA2
Flag of the United States.svg
Points
1 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed 2112112
2 Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Foust 1321107
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Sandell 454575
4 Flag of the United States.svg Ken Block 23668
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson 865766
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Steve Arpin 76354
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bennett 89932
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Doran 3830
9 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich 7729
10 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Scheider 521
11 Flag of the United States.svg Travis Pastrana 417
12 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen 417
13 Flag of the Isle of Man.svg David Higgins 616
14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve 812
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Scott 910
16 Flag of France.svg Philippe Maloigne 109
Pos.Driver GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
USA1
Flag of the United States.svg
CAN
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
USA2
Flag of the United States.svg
Points

ARX2

(key)

Pos.Driver USA1
Flag of the United States.svg
CAN1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
CAN2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
USA2
Flag of the United States.svg
USA3
Flag of the United States.svg
Points
1 Flag of the United States.svg Conner Martell 11126131
2 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Brooks 22253114
3 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Keyes 58311110
4 Flag of Jamaica.svg Fraser McConnell 4964296
5 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Anderson 6753786
6 Flag of the United States.svg Cole Keatts 3687582
7 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Carpoff 81078960
8 Flag of the United States.svg Travis PeCoy 939a9856
9 Flag of the United States.svg James Rimmer 75454
10 Flag of the United States.svg Cabot Bigham 410a6451
Pos.Driver USA1
Flag of the United States.svg
CAN1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
CAN2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
USA2
Flag of the United States.svg
USA3
Flag of the United States.svg
Points

a Did not finish the event and so got no points.

See also

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