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.

2019 Americas Rallycross Championship
Previous: 2018 Next: none
Parent series:
FIA World Rallycross Championship

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

Entries

Supercar
Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
Ford Loenbro Motorsports[4] Ford Fiesta ST 00 Steve Arpin[4] All
3 Travis PeCoy[5] All
Subaru Subaru Rally Team USA[6] Subaru Impreza 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
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 JR Hildebrand[13] 1–4
53 Cole Keatts[10] All
55 Lane Vacala 5–9
Dirtfish[14] 35 Fraser McConnell[14] All
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

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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
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 JR 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
  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. "ARX Signs Multi-Year Agreement to Compete at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course". ARX. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  4. "Steve Arpin Excited for 2019 ARX Schedule". ARX Rallycross. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. "Travis PeCoy Joins Loenbro Motorsports for 2019 Americas Rallycross Season". ARX Rallycross. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. Ridge, Hal (1 November 2018). "Ex-F1 driver Scott Speed joins Subaru for 2019 ARX title defence". Autosport. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  7. "Volkswagen Beetle Supercars To Compete In Americas Rallycross In 2019". www.arxrallycross.com. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  8. "Buhl Sport Detroit Confirms ARX2 Entry with DRIVTM for 2019 Season". ARX Rallycross. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  9. "Alex Keyes back with Racing4Detroit for 2019 Americas Rallycross Season". ARX Rallycross. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  10. "Cole Keatts set for 2019 ARX2 Campaign in Dreyer & Reinbold Racing machine". ARX Rallycross. 4 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. 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. 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. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  14. "Dirtfish Announces Two-Car ARX2 Team for Cooper Tires ARX of Mid-Ohio". ARX Rallycross. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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