2017 Global RallyCross Championship

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]

Schedule

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	Red Bull Global RallyCross New England	Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut	3-4 June
5	Red Bull Global RallyCross Ottawa	Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario	17-18 June
6	Red Bull Global RallyCross Ottawa	Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario	17-18 June
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	Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City	Bader Field, Atlantic City, New Jersey	12-13 August
10	Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle	Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington	9-10 September
11	Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle	Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington	9-10 September
12	Red Bull Global RallyCross Los Angeles	Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	14 October

Entry list

Supercars

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
	Bryan Herta Rallysport		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
Subaru	Subaru Rally Team USA	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	55	Chris Atkinson	All
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen Beetle	34	Tanner Foust	All
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen Beetle	41	Scott Speed	All

GRC Lites

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
DirtFish Motorsports	25	James Rimmer	All
CORE Autosport	54	Jon Bennett	1–6, 8–9
CORE Autosport	56	Colin Braun	1–6, 8–9

Results and standings

Race results

No.	Event	3rd Place	2nd Place	GRC Lites Winner	Winner	Winning Team	Manufacturer
1	Red Bull Global RallyCross Memphis	Steve Arpin	Tanner Foust	Conner Martell	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
2	Red Bull Global RallyCross Louisville	Scott Speed	Steve Arpin	Christian Brooks	Sebastian Eriksson	Red Bull Honda OMSE	Honda
3	Red Bull Global RallyCross New England	Mitchell DeJong	Scott Speed	Cyril Raymond	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
4	Red Bull Global RallyCross New England	Chris Atkinson	Scott Speed	Cyril Raymond	Steve Arpin	Loenbro Motorsports	Ford
5	Red Bull Global RallyCross Ottawa	Mitchell DeJong	Tanner Foust	Cyril Raymond	Steve Arpin	Loenbro Motorsports	Ford
6	Red Bull Global RallyCross Ottawa	Mitchell DeJong	Scott Speed	Cyril Raymond	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
7	Red Bull Global RallyCross Indianapolis	Steve Arpin	Tanner Foust	Christian Brooks	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
8	Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City	Steve Arpin	Patrik Sandell	Cyril Raymond	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
9	Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City	Steve Arpin	Sebastian Eriksson	Conner Martell	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
10	Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle	Chris Atkinson	Scott Speed	Cyril Raymond	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
11	Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle	Patrik Sandell	Scott Speed	Christian Brooks	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
12	Red Bull Global RallyCross Los Angeles	Patrik Sandell	Scott Speed	Conner Martell	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen

Drivers' championships

Scoring system

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.

Supercars

Pos.	Driver	Team	MEM	LOU	NE1	NE2	OTT1	OTT2	IND	AC1	AC2	SEA1	SEA2	LA	Pts.
1	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	1^{2 A}	3^{2 A}	2^{1 B}	2¹	DNS²	2^{3 A}	1^{3 A}	1^{1 B}	1^{3 A}	2¹	2^{2 A}	2^B	826
2	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	2^{1 B}	4^{2 B}	1^{3 A}	9^{2 A}	2^{1 A}	1^{1 B}	2^{1 B}	10^A	9	1^{3 A}	1¹	1^{3 A}	807
3	Steve Arpin	Loenbro Motorsports	3¹	2¹	4¹	1^B	1^B	10¹	3	3²	3	4	7	5¹	743
4	Sebastian Eriksson	Red Bull Honda OMSE	7¹	1	10	6	6	4¹	6	4	2^{1 B}	10	9	7	651
5	Mitchell DeJong	Red Bull Honda OMSE	4	5	3	4	3	3	DNS	5	5¹	9	8	6	640
6	Oliver Eriksson (R)	Red Bull Honda OMSE	5	7	9¹	8¹	8¹	5	4	6	7	5¹	10	10	601
7	Chris Atkinson	Subaru Rally Team USA	8¹	DNS	7	3	4¹	9	8¹	9	4¹	3^{1 B}	5	9	585
8	Patrik Sandell	Subaru Rally Team USA	9	DNS	6	5	9	7	7	2	10	7	3^B	3¹	582
9	Austin Dyne	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	DNS	6¹	5	7	5	6	5	7	8	6	6	8¹	562
10	Cabot Bigham (R)	Bryan Herta Rallysport	6	8	8	10	7¹	8	9¹	8¹	6			4	473
11	Austin Cindric (R)	Bryan Herta Rallysport										8	4		102

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Bold – Fastest time in qualifying
^{1 2} – Number of heat wins
^{A B} – Winner of Semifinal A or B
^LCQ – Winner of the Last Chance Qualifier

GRC Lites

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	1^{2 A}	1^{2 A}	1^{2 A}	1^A	2²	1²	6^{2 A}	1^{1 B}	2^{1 B}	9^{1 B}	786
2	Christian Brooks	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	3¹	1^{1 A}	2¹	3	9^B	10	1^B	8	2	2²	1	3	692
3	Travis PeCoy	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	8	8¹	3¹	5	4	2	3	4^B	3	3^A	7¹	4¹	672
4	Conner Martell	DirtFish Motorsports	1^{1 B}	2^{1 B}	10	4¹	3	5¹	6^{1 A}	2^{1 A}	1^B	8		1^{2 A}	656
5	Alex Keyes	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	9^A	10	5^B	6	8¹	3^{1 B}	DSQ	3¹	5¹	6¹	3	2	603
6	James Rimmer	DirtFish Motorsports	5	6^LCQ	7	7	7	4	5	5	DNQ	5	8^{2 A}	8	562
7	Cole Keatts	Olsbergs MSE X Forces	DNQ¹	7	6	9^{1 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	9^LCQ				281
11	Scott Anderson	Olsbergs MSE X Forces								6^LCQ	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	10^LCQ												16

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	Pts.
1	Volkswagen
2	Ford
3	Honda
4	Subaru

References

^ "Global Rallycross announces 2017 event schedule". us.motorsport.com. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ "GRC 101". redbullglobalrallycross.com. Global RallyCross Championship. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.

External links

Official website

[1] "Global Rallycross announces 2017 event schedule". us.motorsport.com. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[2] "GRC 101". redbullglobalrallycross.com. Global RallyCross Championship. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.

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