2014 Global RallyCross Championship

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]

Schedule edit

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

Entries edit

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

Results and standings edit

Events edit

No. Event 3rd Place 2nd Place Winner Winning Team Manufacturer
1   Top Gear Festival, Barbados   Brian Deegan   Steve Arpin   Scott Speed[3]   Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross   Volkswagen
2   X Games Austin   Nelson Piquet Jr.   Bucky Lasek   Scott Speed[4]   Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross   Volkswagen
3   Volkswagen Rallycross DC   Joni Wiman   Nelson Piquet Jr.   Patrik Sandell   Olsbergs MSE   Ford
4   Volkswagen Rallycross NY   Nelson Piquet Jr.   Scott Speed   Tanner Foust   Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross   Volkswagen
5   Red Bull Global Rallycross Charlotte   Nelson Piquet Jr.   Sverre Isachsen   Ken Block   Hoonigan Racing Division   Ford
6   Red Bull Global Rallycross Daytona   Bucky Lasek   Ken Block   Rhys Millen   Rhys Millen Racing   Hyundai
7   Port of Los Angeles Rallycross   Ken Block   Joni Wiman   Scott Speed   Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross   Volkswagen
8   Joni Wiman   Ken Block   Rhys Millen   Rhys Millen Racing   Hyundai
9   Red Bull Global Rallycross Seattle   Brian Deegan   Joni Wiman   Sverre Isachsen   Subaru Rally Team USA   Subaru
10   Red Bull Global Rallycross Las Vegas   Bucky Lasek   Joni Wiman   Ken Block   Hoonigan Racing Division   Ford

Drivers' championship edit

Points are awarded to event finishers using the following structure:[5]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Others 
Points 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 1
  • 3 Points for a Heat Win
  • 2 Points for a Heat 2nd Place
  • 1 Point for Heat Participation

Supercars edit

GRC Lites edit

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

Manufacturers' championship edit

Pos Manufacturer Pts
1   Ford 946
2   Volkswagen 553
3   Subaru 495
4   Hyundai 263
5   GM 8
Pos Manufacturer Pts

References edit

  1. ^ "Toomas Heikkinen joins Marklund for 2014 World Rallycross". autosport.com. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ^ a b DiZinno, Tony (July 10, 2014). "Second LA round replaces Detroit on schedule". MotorSportsTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "Speed Wins Red Bull Global Rallycross in Barbados". redbull.com. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "Scott Speed Wins X Games Rallycross Gold". redbull.com. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  5. ^ "About GRC". redbullglobalrallycross.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.

External links edit