2015 Global RallyCross Championship

2015 Global RallyCross Championship season
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The 2015 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship is the fifth season of the Global RallyCross Championship. Joni Wiman is the reigning champion in the Supercars class and drives for the same team, Olsbergs MSE, as last year. Reigning champion in the GRC Lites class, Mitchell DeJong did not step up to the Supercars class, but his teammate Sebastian Eriksson, who became second in the GRC Lites championship last year, did step up to the highest class in the GRC and became Joni Wiman's teammate.

Schedule

• A seven-round provisional calendar was revealed on January 13, 2015.^[1]

Round	Event	Location	Date
1	Red Bull Global Rallycross Florida	Bahia Mar Resort & Marina, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	May 31
NC	X Games Austin 2015 Rally Car Racing	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas	June 6
2	Red Bull Global Rallycross Daytona	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	June 20-21
3
4	Red Bull Global Rallycross The Base	MCAS New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina	July 5
5	Red Bull Global Rallycross Detroit	The Raceway at Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan	July 25–26
6
7	Red Bull Global Rallycross Washington	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.	August 15
8	Red Bull Global Rallycross Los Angeles	Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	September 12–13
9
10	Red Bull Global Rallycross Barbados	Bushy Park Circuit, Barbados	October 3–4
11
12	Red Bull Global Rallycross Las Vegas	The Linq Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada	November 4

Entries

Supercars

Constructor	Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Round(s)
Chevrolet	PMR Motorsports	Chevrolet Sonic	59	Pat Moro	NC, 7, 12
Citroën	LD Motorsports	Citroën DS3	33	Liam Doran	NC
Ford	Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford Fiesta ST	00	Steve Arpin	All
			38	Brian Deegan	NC, 4–6, 8–12
			360	Jeff Ward	2–3, 7
	SH Racing Rallycross		07	Nelson Piquet Jr.	1, 2–12
				Andreas Bakkerud	NC
	Bryan Herta Rallysport		14	Austin Dyne	All
			18	Patrik Sandell	All
	Olsbergs MSE		31	Joni Wiman	All
			93	Sebastian Eriksson	All
	Royal Purple Racing		77	Logan Gomez	7
	Hoonigan Racing Division		43	Ken Block	All
Hyundai	Rhys Millen Racing[2]	Hyundai Veloster	67	Rhys Millen	10–11
			89	Brian Wong	8–9
			99	Victor Gonzalez Jr.	1
Subaru	Subaru Rally Team USA	Subaru WRX STi	11	Sverre Isachsen	1–6, 8–12
			75	David Higgins	8–9, 12
			81	Bucky Lasek	1–6, 8–9, 12
			199	Travis Pastrana	NC, 8–9
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen Beetle	34	Tanner Foust	All
			41	Scott Speed	All

GRC Lites

Miles Maroney during the second round at Daytona

Every competitor drives an Olsbergs MSE-built GRC Lites car.

Team	No.	Drivers	Round(s)
Buhl Sport Detroit	4	Augie Lerch	12
DTV Solutions	6	Geoff Sykes	1–3
River Racing with Bryan Herta Rallysport	07	Collete Davis	All
DirtFish Motorsports	15	Tanner Whitten	All
Olsbergs MSE	16	Oliver Eriksson	All
	28	Gustavo Menezes	12
	51	Sandra Hultgren	12
	77	Austin Cindric	All
	89	Andreas Wernersson	12
	99	Joachim Hvaal	7
Rhys Millen Racing	21	Connor Martell	4, 8–9
	22	Blake Williams	10–11
	57	Jackie Heinricher	1–4
	69	Blas Zapag	7
	88	Harry Cheung	2–3, 5–6, 8–11
	89	Brian Wong	5–6
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24	Miles Maroney	All
	61	Duncker Felix Jr.	1
		Alex Keyes	2–12
AF Racing	42	Nur Ali	All
	126	Alejandro Fernández	All
Harlien Racing	55	Gavin Harlien	4–6

Results and standings

Events

No.	Event	3rd Place	2nd Place	GRC Lites Winner	Winner	Winning Team	Manufacturer
1	Red Bull Global Rallycross Florida	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Scott Speed	Austin Cindric	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford
NC	X Games Austin	Sebastian Eriksson	Steve Arpin	Did not participate	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
2	Red Bull Global Rallycross Daytona	Sebastian Eriksson	Austin Dyne	Oliver Eriksson	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
3		Steve Arpin	Ken Block	Austin Cindric	Sebastian Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford
4	Red Bull Global Rallycross The Base	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Patrik Sandell	Alex Keyes	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford
5	Red Bull Global Rallycross Detroit	Sebastian Eriksson	Scott Speed	Tanner Whitten	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford
6		Sebastian Eriksson	Scott Speed	Miles Maroney	Patrik Sandell	Bryan Herta Rallysport	Ford
7	Red Bull Global Rallycross Washington DC	Ken Block	Patrik Sandell	Alex Keyes	Nelson Piquet Jr.	SH Racing Rallycross	Ford
8	Red Bull Global Rallycross Los Angeles	Patrik Sandell	Tanner Foust	Oliver Eriksson	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
9		Tanner Foust	Brian Deegan	Austin Cindric	Scott Speed	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
10	Red Bull Global Rallycross Barbados	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Scott Speed	Oliver Eriksson	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
11		Joni Wiman	Scott Speed	Austin Cindric	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross	Volkswagen
12	Red Bull Global Rallycross Las Vegas	Scott Speed	Sebastian Eriksson	Alex Keyes	Joni Wiman	Olsbergs MSE	Ford

Drivers' championships

Points are awarded to event finishers using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Others
Points	50	45	40	35	30	25	20	15	10	5	1

In addition, points are awarded in the second and third rounds of heats. First place earns three points, second place earns two points, and all other drivers to start the heat earn one point.

Supercars

Pos. Driver Team FTA AUS† DAY1 DAY2 MCAS DET1 DET2 DC LA1 LA2 BAR1 BAR2 LV Pts. 1 Scott Speed Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross 2^2 1^1 DNS 9 DNS^1 2 2^1 7^LCQ 1^2 A 1^1 A 2 2 3^1 B 456 2 Sebastian Eriksson Olsbergs MSE 4 3^1 3^LCQ 1^1 B 9^B 3 3 6 13 7 4 7 2^1 400 3 Tanner Foust Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross 5^LCQ 5^LCQ 1 5 DNS 10 10^B 5 2 3^1 B 1^B 1^1 B 9 388 4 Nelson Piquet Jr. SH Racing Rallycross 3^2 7 6 3 8 9 1^2 B 8^2 DSQ 5^LCQ 3 6^1 380 5 Joni Wiman Olsbergs MSE DNS^1 14 4 8 8^1 5^LCQ 4 10^1 9 8 3 5 1^A 370 6 Steve Arpin Chip Ganassi Racing 7^1 A 2 5 3 5^1 7 11 4 5 5^1 8 4 4^1 357 7 Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division 1^B 11 8^2 B 2^A 1^A 1^1 A 7 3 11 9 11 10 10 345 8 Patrik Sandell Bryan Herta Rallysport DNS DNS 9^2 A 10 2^1 9^1 B 1^1 A 2^A 3^B 4^LCQ DSQ 6 DNS 328 9 Austin Dyne Bryan Herta Rallysport 6 8 2 7^LCQ 4 6 6 8 DNS 11 9^A 8^1 7 277 10 Brian Deegan Chip Ganassi Racing 4 10 4 5^LCQ 6^2 2 6^1 9^LCQ 5^LCQ 229 11 Sverre Isachsen Subaru Rally Team USA 9 10 DNS 11 6 12 DNS 4 13 7 12 DNS 136 12 Bucky Lasek Subaru Rally Team USA 10 7 DNS 12 7^LCQ 11 8 DNS DNS 8 88 Guest drivers ineligible for points Jeff Ward Chip Ganassi Racing 6^1 4^1 9^1 0 Travis Pastrana Subaru Rally Team USA 13 7^LCQ 6 0 Andreas Bakkerud SH Racing Rallycross 6^1 0 Victor Gonzalez Jr. Rhys Millen Racing 8 0 Liam Doran LD Motorsports 9 0 Rhys Millen Rhys Millen Racing DNS 11 0 Logan Gomez Royal Purple Racing 11 0 Pat Moro PMR Motorsports 12 12 11 0 Brian Wong Rhys Millen Racing 12 12 0 David Higgins Subaru Rally Team USA 14 14 12 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Fastest time in qualifying ^1 2 – Amount of heat wins ^A B – Winner of Semifinal A or B ^LCQ – Winner of the Last Chance Qualifier

Notes:

• † — Non-championship round

GRC Lites

Pos. Driver Team FTA DAY1 DAY2 MCAS DET1 DET2 DC LA1 LA2 BAR1 BAR2 LV Pts. 1 Austin Cindric Olsbergs MSE 1^2 9^1 1^2 5^1 3 3 8 2 473 2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE 3 1^2 10^2 2^1 5^1 7^LCQ 2 1^1 470 3 Miles Maroney Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 7 3 4 4^1 2 1^2 3 4 440 4 Alejandro Fernández AF Racing 2^2 2 6 6^LCQ 4 2^2 4 7 419 5 Tanner Whitten DirtFish Motorsports 4 4^1 2 3 1^1 10 9 10^1 349 6 Alex Keyes Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 5^LCQ 5 1^1 9 DNS 1 3^2 297 7 Nur Ali AF Racing 6^LCQ 6 9 9 10 4 7 6 226 8 Harry Cheung Rhys Millen Racing 8 3^LCQ 6^LCQ 9 5 185 9 Collete Davis River Racing with Bryan Herta Rallysport 9 11 8 10 8 6 10 8 146 10 Connor Martell Rhys Millen Racing 7 9 67 11 Geoff Sykes DTV Solutions 5 DNS 7 62 12 Brian Wong Rhys Millen Racing 7 5 53 13 Jackie Heinricher Rhys Millen Racing 8 7 11 11 45 14 Gavin Harlien Harlien Racing 8 DNS 8 36 15 Blake Williams Rhys Millen Racing 5 32 16 Joachim Hvaal Olsbergs MSE 5 32 17 Blas Zapag Rhys Millen Racing 6 27 18 Duncker Felix Jr. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing DNS 7

Manufacturers' championship

No Manufacturers' championship in GRC Lites class

Pos.	Manufacturer	Pts.
1	Ford	55
2	Volkswagen	52
3	Subaru	34

References

1. "Red Bull Global Rallycross Announces 2015 Schedule". redbullglobalrallycross.com. January 13, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
2. "Victor Gonzalez Jr. brings latin fire to Red Bull GRC with Rhys Millen Racing". redbullglobalrallycross.com. May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.

External links

• Official website