The 2016 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship was the sixth season of the Global RallyCross Championship . Scott Speed was the reigning Supercars champion and Oliver Eriksson was the reigning GRC Lites champion. The schedule consisted of twelve rounds at eight different venues. The season started at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on May 21 and it concluded at the Port of Los Angeles on October 9.
A twelve-round provisional calendar was revealed on January 26, 2016 with the sixth, seventh and eighth round to be announced, though it was certain the sixth and seventh round would take place on a military base.[ 1] On March 3, 2016 GRC announced the eighth round would take place in Atlantic City [ 2] and on June 1, 2016 GRC announced the sixth and seventh round would take place at the Marine Corps Air Station New River .[ 3] It was the first time since the 2012 season that all events were held in the United States .
Round Event Location Date 1 Red Bull Global RallyCross Phoenix Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Chandler , Arizona 21–22 May 2 3 Red Bull Global RallyCross Dallas Fair Park , Dallas , Texas 4 June 4 Red Bull Global RallyCross Daytona Daytona International Speedway , Daytona Beach , Florida 18–19 June 5 6 Red Bull Global RallyCross MCAS New River MCAS New River , Jacksonville , North Carolina 2–3 July 7 8 Red Bull Global RallyCross Washington RFK Stadium , Washington, D.C. 30 July 9 Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City Bader Field , Atlantic City , New Jersey 28 August 10 Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle Evergreen Speedway , Monroe , Washington 17 September 11 Red Bull Global RallyCross Los Angeles Port of Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California 8–9 October 12
Every driver competes in an Olsbergs MSE -built GRC Lites car.
Results and standings [ edit ] Drivers' championships[ edit ] 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. First place earned five points, second place earned four points, and so on through fifth place and below, which earned one point.[ 13]
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)
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
Manufacturers' championship[ edit ]
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