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

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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 Barbados Bushy Park Circuit, Barbados May 17–18
2 X Games Austin United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas June 7
3 Volkswagen Rallycross DC United States RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. June 21–22
4 Volkswagen Rallycross NY United States Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York July 19–20
5 Red Bull Global Rallycross Charlotte United States Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina July 25–26
6 Red Bull Global Rallycross Daytona United States Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida August 22–23
7 Port of Los Angeles Rallycross[2] United States Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles September 19–21
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9 Red Bull Global Rallycross Seattle United States DirtFish Rally School, Snoqualmie, Washington September 26–27
10 Red Bull Global Rallycross Las Vegas United States The Linq Hotel and Casino, Paradise, Nevada November 5

Entries

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Constructor Team Car No. Driver(s) Round(s)
Chevrolet Australia BMI Racing Chevrolet Sonic 04 Australia Sarah Burgess 6
United States PMR Motorsports 59 United States Pat Moro 2, 6, 10
Citroën United Kingdom LD Motorsports Citroën DS3 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran 2
Ford Sweden OMSE2 Ford Fiesta ST 00 Canada Steve Arpin All
United States SH Racing Rallycross 07 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. 1–2, 4–8, 10
75 3, 9
United States Barracuda Racing 14 United States Austin Dyne All
Sweden Olsbergs MSE 18 Sweden Patrik Sandell All
31 Finland Joni Wiman All
48 United States Ricky Johnson 2
United States Rockstar Energy Drink 38 United States Brian Deegan 1–2, 5, 9–10
United States Hoonigan Racing Division 43 United States Ken Block All
Hyundai New Zealand Rhys Millen Racing Hyundai Veloster Turbo 27 New Zealand Emma Gilmour All
67 New Zealand Rhys Millen All
Subaru United States Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru WRX STi 11 Norway Sverre Isachsen All
81 United States Bucky Lasek All
199 United States Travis Pastrana 2, 7–8
715 United Kingdom David Higgins 9
Volkswagen United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen Polo 34 United States Tanner Foust All
77 United States Scott Speed All
Sweden Marklund Motorsport 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen 2
92 Sweden Anton Marklund 2

Results and standings

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Events

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

Drivers' championship

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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

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GRC Lites

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Pos. Driver No. Team United States
DC
United States
NY
United States
CHA
United States
DAY
United States
LA1
United States
LA2
United States
SEA
United States
LV
Pts.
1 United States Mitchell deJong 24 Olsbergs MSE 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 489
2 Sweden Kevin Eriksson 96 Olsbergs MSE 2 1 2 1 2 8 331
3 Colombia Alejandro Fernández 126 Olsbergs MSE 6 6 4 2 7 3 3 5 206
4 United States Tyler Benson 60 Rhys Millen Racing 8 5 5 3 6 5 4 4 273
5 United States Austin Cindric 77 GO PUCK/Nightrain C4 Motorsports 5 7 5 4 2 3 257
6 United States Geoff Sykes 6 DTV Solutions 7 7 6 5 4 7 5 235
7 Sweden Oliver Eriksson 16 Olsbergs MSE 4 3 6 110
8 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. 07 Piquet Sports 3 75
9 Sweden Kevin Hansen 81 Hansen Motorsport 3 6 73
10 Brazil Atila Abreu 51 Olsbergs MSE 4 72
11 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 13 Olsbergs MSE 2 51
12 Brazil Pedro Piquet 5 Piquet Sports 3 43
13 United States Blake Fuller 79 GO PUCK/Nightrain C4 Motorsports 4 37
14 United States Nick Roberts 202 Nick Roberts Global Rally Team 7 22
15 United States Colton Herta 98 AD Racing 16
16 United States Mark McKenzie 27 Cohesive Front Racing 0
17 United States Tanner Whitten 15 DirtFish Motorsports 0

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos Manufacturer Pts
1 United States Ford 946
2 Germany Volkswagen 553
3 Japan Subaru 495
4 South Korea Hyundai 263
5 United States GM 8
Pos Manufacturer Pts

References

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  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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