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

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

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

Calendar changes

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Entries

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Supercar

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

ARX2

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

ARX3

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

Driver Changes

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Results and standings

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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

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Pos. Driver MO1
United States
GTW
United States
CAN
Canada
COT
United States
MO2
United States
Points
1 United States Tanner Foust 4 6 3 1 1 7 143
2 Australia Chris Atkinson 6 1 4 4 5 1 131
3 Sweden Patrik Sandell 5 3 1 7 2 3 130
4 Canada Steve Arpin 3 2 5 6 3 2 124
5 United States Travis PeCoy 2 5 6 5 8 5 104
6 United States Scott Speed 1 4 2 3 100
7 United States Cabot Bigham 7 7 7 2 6 8 94
8 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 4 6 44
9 Finland Joni Wiman 7 4 36
Pos. Driver MO1
United States
GTW
United States
CAN
Canada
COT
United States
MO2
United States
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

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

ARX3

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

References

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  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. ^ Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (6 December 2018). Written at INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. "ARX Signs Multi-Year Agreement to Compete at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course". Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Lexington, Ohio: Green Savoree Mid Ohio, LLC. Archived from the original on 2024-09-11. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  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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