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

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

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

Calendar changes

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

Supercar

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

ARX2

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

ARX3

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

Driver Changes

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

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

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

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)

ARX2

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

ARX3

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

References

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^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

Official website Archived 2019-03-31 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Ridge, Hal (November 15, 2019). "Americas Rallycross series cancelled after two seasons". Motorsport.com. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

[ARXCalendar-2] Ridge, Hal (31 January 2019). "Americas Rallycross adds Gateway, Mid-Ohio to Calendar". motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

[ARXMid-Ohio-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.

[Arpin2019-4] "Steve Arpin Excited for 2019 ARX Schedule". ARX Rallycross. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[PeCoy2019-5] "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.

[Subaru2019-6] Ridge, Hal (1 November 2018). "Ex-F1 driver Scott Speed joins Subaru for 2019 ARX title defence". Autosport. Retrieved 22 February 2019.

[VWAndretti-7] "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.

[BuhlSportDetroit-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.

[AlexKeyes-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.

[ColeKeatts-10] "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.

[SageKaram-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.

[GrayLeadbetter-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.

[JRHildebrand-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.

[Dirtfish-14] "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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