2019 Americas Rallycross Championship

The 2019 Americas Rallycross Championship was the second and final season of the Americas Rallycross Championship, a feeder championship to the FIA World Rallycross Championship representing North America. The season consists of six rounds across two categories; Supercar and ARX2. The season commenced on 8 June at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio and finished on the 6 October at the same location.

The series folded after the 2019 season.[1]

Calendar edit

The calendar was unveiled on 31 January 2019.[2]

Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team
1   ARX of Mid-Ohio 8–9 June Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington Supercar   Scott Speed   Subaru Rally Team USA
ARX2 (Day 1)   Alex Keyes   Racing4Detroit
ARX2 (Day 2)   Fraser McConnell   Dirtfish
ARX3 (Day 1)   John McInnes   SIERRA
ARX3 (Day 2)   John McInnes   SIERRA
2   ARX of Gateway 13 July World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison Supercar   Chris Atkinson   Subaru Rally Team USA
ARX2   Conner Martell   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
ARX3   Blake "Bilko" Williams   SIERRA
3 14 July Supercar   Patrik Sandell   Subaru Rally Team USA
ARX2   Conner Martell   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
ARX3   Blake "Bilko" Williams   SIERRA
4   ARX of Canada 3–4 August Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Supercar   Tanner Foust   Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross
ARX2 (Day 1)   Fraser McConnell   Dirtfish
ARX2 (Day 2)   Fraser McConnell   Dirtfish
5   ARX of Austin 28 September Circuit of the Americas, Austin Supercar   Tanner Foust   Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross
ARX2   Fraser McConnell   Dirtfish
ARX3   Dave Carapetyan   SIERRA
6   ARX of Mid-Ohio 5–6 October Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington Supercar   Chris Atkinson   Subaru Rally Team USA
ARX2 (Day 1)   Sage Karam   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
ARX2 (Day 2)   Fraser McConnell   Dirtfish
ARX3 (Day 1)   Keegan Kincaid   SIERRA
ARX3 (Day 2)   Keegan Kincaid   SIERRA

Calendar changes edit

Entries edit

Supercar edit

Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
Ford   Loenbro Motorsports[4] Ford Fiesta ST 00   Steve Arpin[4] All
3   Travis PeCoy[5] All
Subaru   Subaru Motorsports USA[6] Subaru WRX STI 13   Andreas Bakkerud 5–6
18   Patrik Sandell[6] All
31   Joni Wiman 5–6
41   Scott Speed[6] 1–4
55   Chris Atkinson[6] All
Volkswagen   Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross[7] Volkswagen Beetle 02   Cabot Bigham[7] All
34   Tanner Foust[7] All

ARX2 edit

Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
OMSE   Racing4Detroit[8] Olsbergs MSE RX2 4   Alex Keyes[9] 1–4, 7–9
  Loenbro Motorsports 09   Michael Leach 3–9
  Dreyer & Reinbold Racing[10] 21   Conner Martell 3–9
24   Sage Karam[11] 1–2, 7–9
28   Gray Leadbetter[12] All
48   J. R. Hildebrand[13] 1–4
53   Cole Keatts[10] All
55   Lane Vacala 5–9
  Dirtfish[14] 35   Fraser McConnell[14] All
70   Brad Deberti[14] 1–4, 7

ARX3 edit

Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
SIERRA   SIERRA SIERRA RX3 1   Bill Shuster All
2   Aaron Kaufman 1–4
3   Jim Jonsin 1–2
4   John McInnes All
5   James Kirkham 1–4
6   Dave Wallingford 1–2
8   Michael Leach 2
15   Clay Note 5
21   Dave Carapetyan 5
22   Blake "Bilko" Williams 3–4
25   Dylan Towne 5
31   Tommy Boileau 3–7
41   Keegan Kincaid 6–7
43   Steve Burns 5–7
49   Justin Peck 5

Driver Changes edit

Results and standings edit

Championship points are scored as follows:

Position
Round 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Heats 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Semi-Finals 6 5 4 3 2 1
Final 8 5 4 3 2 1
  • A red background denotes drivers who did not advance from the round

Supercar edit

Pos. Driver MO1
 
GTW
 
CAN
 
COT
 
MO2
 
Points
1   Tanner Foust 4 6 3 1 1 7 143
2   Chris Atkinson 6 1 4 4 5 1 131
3   Patrik Sandell 5 3 1 7 2 3 130
4   Steve Arpin 3 2 5 6 3 2 124
5   Travis PeCoy 2 5 6 5 8 5 104
6   Scott Speed 1 4 2 3 100
7   Cabot Bigham 7 7 7 2 6 8 94
8   Andreas Bakkerud 4 6 44
9   Joni Wiman 7 4 36
Pos. Driver MO1
 
GTW
 
CAN
 
COT
 
MO2
 
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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)

ARX2 edit

Pos. Driver MO1
 
GTW
 
CAN
 
COT
 
MO2
 
Points
1   Fraser McConnell 6 1 7 2 1 1 1 5 1 219
2   Cole Keatts 5 6 2 5 3 3 6 2 4 186
3   Conner Martell 1 1 2 2 3 4 7 155
4   Alex Keyes 1 3 5 6 4 3 3 139
5   Gray Leadbetter 7 5 8 7 4 4 5 7 8 132
6   Sage Karam 2 2 2 1 2 129
7   Brad Deberti 3 7 4 3 7 95
8   Michael Leach 6 8 5 6 8 8 5 93
9   J. R. Hildebrand 4 4 3 4 79
10   Lane Vacala 6 5 9 6 6 71
Pos. Driver MO1
 
GTW
 
CAN
 
COT
 
MO2
 
Points

ARX3 edit

Pos. Driver MO1
 
GTW
 
COT
 
MO2
 
Points
1   John McInnes 1 1 5 6 2 4 4 121
2   Bill Shuster 5 7 3 4 5 2 3 113
3   Tommy Boileau 2 2 4 3 2 94
4   James Kirkham 6 2 4 3 68
5   Aaron Kaufman 4 6 6 5 55
6   Keegan Kincaid 1 1 48
7   Blake "Bilko" Williams 1 1 46
8   Jim Jonsin 2 3 38
9   Steve Burns 8 5 5 37
10   Dave Wallingford 3 5 33
11   Dave Carapetyan 1 24
12   Dylan Towne 3 19
13   Michael Leach 4 14
14   Justin Peck 6 13
15   Clay Note 7 10
Pos. Driver MO1
 
GTW
 
COT
 
MO2
 
Points

References edit

  1. ^ Ridge, Hal (November 15, 2019). "Americas Rallycross series cancelled after two seasons". Motorsport.com. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Ridge, Hal (31 January 2019). "Americas Rallycross adds Gateway, Mid-Ohio to Calendar". motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. ^ "ARX Signs Multi-Year Agreement to Compete at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course". ARX. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b c "Steve Arpin Excited for 2019 ARX Schedule". ARX Rallycross. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b "Travis PeCoy Joins Loenbro Motorsports for 2019 Americas Rallycross Season". ARX Rallycross. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e Ridge, Hal (1 November 2018). "Ex-F1 driver Scott Speed joins Subaru for 2019 ARX title defence". Autosport. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Volkswagen Beetle Supercars To Compete In Americas Rallycross In 2019". www.arxrallycross.com. 8 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Buhl Sport Detroit Confirms ARX2 Entry with DRIV for 2019 Season". ARX Rallycross. 25 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Alex Keyes back with Racing4Detroit for 2019 Americas Rallycross Season". ARX Rallycross. 28 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Cole Keatts set for 2019 ARX2 Campaign in Dreyer & Reinbold Racing machine". ARX Rallycross. 4 April 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Indy 500 Driver Sage Karam to Compete in ARX2 with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing at Mid-Ohio & Gateway". www.arxrallycross.com. 18 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Gray Leadbetter, 14, Signs with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for Full 2019 ARX2 Rallycross Campaign in Oil2Soil Car". ARX Rallycross. 4 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Indy 500 Racer JR Hildebrand Joins Sage Karam in DRR WIX Team for ARX2 Rallycross Season Opener at Mid-Ohio". ARX Rallycross. 6 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  14. ^ a b c "Dirtfish Announces Two-Car ARX2 Team for Cooper Tires ARX of Mid-Ohio". ARX Rallycross. 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

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