2019 Americas Rallycross Championship
Appearance
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 |
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8–9 June | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington | Supercar | ![]() |
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ARX2 (Day 1) | ![]() |
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ARX2 (Day 2) | ![]() |
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ARX3 (Day 1) | ![]() |
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ARX3 (Day 2) | ![]() |
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2 | ![]() |
13 July | World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison | Supercar | ![]() |
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ARX2 | ![]() |
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ARX3 | ![]() |
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3 | 14 July | Supercar | ![]() |
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ARX2 | ![]() |
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ARX3 | ![]() |
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4 | ![]() |
3–4 August | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières | Supercar | ![]() |
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ARX2 (Day 1) | ![]() |
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ARX2 (Day 2) | ![]() |
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5 | ![]() |
28 September | Circuit of the Americas, Austin | Supercar | ![]() |
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ARX2 | ![]() |
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ARX3 | ![]() |
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6 | ![]() |
5–6 October | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington | Supercar | ![]() |
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ARX2 (Day 1) | ![]() |
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ARX2 (Day 2) | ![]() |
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ARX3 (Day 1) | ![]() |
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ARX3 (Day 2) | ![]() |
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Calendar changes
[edit]- The calendar was expanded from four rounds to six, with the inclusion of two rounds at Mid-Ohio[3] and a double-header at Gateway.
- The round supporting the World RX of Great Britain was dropped.
- The ARX of COTA was rebranded as the ARX of Austin and was moved from July to September to replace the cancelled FIA World Rallycross Championship round.
- The ARX of Canada will run in conjunction with FIA World Rallycross Championship once again.
Entries
[edit]Supercar
[edit]Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Ford | ![]() |
Ford Fiesta ST | 00 | ![]() |
All |
3 | ![]() |
All | |||
Subaru | ![]() |
Subaru WRX STI | 13 | ![]() |
5–6 |
18 | ![]() |
All | |||
31 | ![]() |
5–6 | |||
41 | ![]() |
1–4 | |||
55 | ![]() |
All | |||
Volkswagen | ![]() |
Volkswagen Beetle | 02 | ![]() |
All |
34 | ![]() |
All |
ARX2
[edit]Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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OMSE | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 4 | ![]() |
1–4, 7–9 |
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09 | ![]() |
3–9 | ||
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21 | ![]() |
3–9 | ||
24 | ![]() |
1–2, 7–9 | |||
28 | ![]() |
All | |||
48 | ![]() |
1–4 | |||
53 | ![]() |
All | |||
55 | ![]() |
5–9 | |||
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35 | ![]() |
All | ||
70 | ![]() |
1–4, 7 |
ARX3
[edit]Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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SIERRA | ![]() |
SIERRA RX3 | 1 | ![]() |
All |
2 | ![]() |
1–4 | |||
3 | ![]() |
1–2 | |||
4 | ![]() |
All | |||
5 | ![]() |
1–4 | |||
6 | ![]() |
1–2 | |||
8 | ![]() |
2 | |||
15 | ![]() |
5 | |||
21 | ![]() |
5 | |||
22 | ![]() |
3–4 | |||
25 | ![]() |
5 | |||
31 | ![]() |
3–7 | |||
41 | ![]() |
6–7 | |||
43 | ![]() |
5–7 | |||
49 | ![]() |
5 |
Driver Changes
[edit]- Scott Speed moved from Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross to Subaru Rally Team USA[6]
- Cabot Bigham moved from Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in ARX2 to Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross to replace Speed.
- Steve Arpin left Hoonigan Racing Division to start his own team, Loenbro Motorsports.[4]
- Travis PeCoy moved from Dreyer & Reinbold Racing in ARX2 to Loenbro Motorsports.[5]
Results and standings
[edit]Championship points are scored as follows:
Position | ||||||||||||||||
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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
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ARX2
[edit]Pos. | Driver | MO1![]() |
GTW![]() |
CAN![]() |
COT![]() |
MO2![]() |
Points | ||||
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 219 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 186 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 155 | ||
4 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 139 | ||
5 | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 132 |
6 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 129 | ||||
7 | ![]() |
3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 95 | ||||
8 | ![]() |
6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 93 | ||
9 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 79 | |||||
10 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 71 | ||||
Pos. | Driver | MO1![]() |
GTW![]() |
CAN![]() |
COT![]() |
MO2![]() |
Points |
ARX3
[edit]Pos. | Driver | MO1![]() |
GTW![]() |
COT![]() |
MO2![]() |
Points | |||
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1 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 121 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 113 |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 94 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 68 | |||
5 | ![]() |
4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 55 | |||
6 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 48 | |||||
7 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 46 | |||||
8 | ![]() |
2 | 3 | 38 | |||||
9 | ![]() |
8 | 5 | 5 | 37 | ||||
10 | ![]() |
3 | 5 | 33 | |||||
11 | ![]() |
1 | 24 | ||||||
12 | ![]() |
3 | 19 | ||||||
13 | ![]() |
4 | 14 | ||||||
14 | ![]() |
6 | 13 | ||||||
15 | ![]() |
7 | 10 | ||||||
Pos. | Driver | MO1![]() |
GTW![]() |
COT![]() |
MO2![]() |
Points |
References
[edit]- ^ Ridge, Hal (November 15, 2019). "Americas Rallycross series cancelled after two seasons". Motorsport.com. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ Ridge, Hal (31 January 2019). "Americas Rallycross adds Gateway, Mid-Ohio to Calendar". motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "ARX Signs Multi-Year Agreement to Compete at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course". ARX. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "Steve Arpin Excited for 2019 ARX Schedule". ARX Rallycross. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 2019-03-31 at the Wayback Machine