2015 Global RallyCross Championship

The 2015 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship was the fifth season of the Global RallyCross Championship. Joni Wiman was the reigning champion in the Supercars class and drove for the same team, Olsbergs MSE. 2014 GRC Lites runner-up Sebastian Eriksson stepped up to the GRC.

Schedule

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

Entries

Supercars

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

GRC Lites

Miles Maroney during the second round at Daytona

All competitors drove an Olsbergs MSE-built GRC Lites car.

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

Results and standings

Events

No. Event 3rd Place 2nd Place GRC Lites Winner Winner Winning Team Manufacturer
1 United States Red Bull Global Rallycross Florida Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. United States Scott Speed United States Austin Cindric United States Ken Block United States Hoonigan Racing Division United States Ford
NC United States X Games Austin Sweden Sebastian Eriksson Canada Steve Arpin Did not participate United States Scott Speed United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
2 United States Red Bull Global Rallycross Daytona Sweden Sebastian Eriksson United States Austin Dyne Sweden Oliver Eriksson United States Tanner Foust United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
3 Canada Steve Arpin United States Ken Block United States Austin Cindric Sweden Sebastian Eriksson Sweden Olsbergs MSE United States Ford
4 United States Red Bull Global Rallycross The Base Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Sweden Patrik Sandell United States Alex Keyes United States Ken Block United States Hoonigan Racing Division United States Ford
5 United States Red Bull Global Rallycross Detroit Sweden Sebastian Eriksson United States Scott Speed United States Tanner Whitten United States Ken Block United States Hoonigan Racing Division United States Ford
6 Sweden Sebastian Eriksson United States Scott Speed United States Miles Maroney Sweden Patrik Sandell United States Bryan Herta Rallysport United States Ford
7 United States Red Bull Global Rallycross Washington DC United States Ken Block Sweden Patrik Sandell United States Alex Keyes Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. United States SH Racing Rallycross United States Ford
8 United States Red Bull Global Rallycross Los Angeles Sweden Patrik Sandell United States Tanner Foust Sweden Oliver Eriksson United States Scott Speed United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
9 United States Tanner Foust United States Brian Deegan United States Austin Cindric United States Scott Speed United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
10 Barbados Red Bull Global Rallycross Barbados Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. United States Scott Speed Sweden Oliver Eriksson United States Tanner Foust United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
11 Finland Joni Wiman United States Scott Speed United States Austin Cindric United States Tanner Foust United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
12 United States Red Bull Global Rallycross Las Vegas United States Scott Speed Sweden Sebastian Eriksson United States Alex Keyes Finland Joni Wiman Sweden Olsbergs MSE United States 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 United States
FTA
United States
AUS
United States
DAY1
United States
DAY2
United States
MCAS
United States
DET1
United States
DET2
United States
DC
United States
LA1
United States
LA2
Barbados
BAR1
Barbados
BAR2
United States
LV
Pts.
1 United States Scott Speed Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross 22 11 DNS 9 DNS1 2 21 7LCQ 12 A 11 A 2 2 31 B 456
2 Sweden Sebastian Eriksson Olsbergs MSE 4 31 3LCQ 11 B 9B 3 3 6 13 7 4 7 21 400
3 United States Tanner Foust Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross 5LCQ 5LCQ 1 5 DNS 10 10B 5 2 31 B 1B 11 B 9 388
4 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. SH Racing Rallycross 32 7 6 3 8 9 12 B 82 DSQ 5LCQ 3 61 380
5 Finland Joni Wiman Olsbergs MSE DNS1 14 4 8 81 5LCQ 4 101 9 8 3 5 1A 370
6 Canada Steve Arpin Chip Ganassi Racing 71 A 2 5 3 51 7 11 4 5 51 8 4 41 357
7 United States Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division 1B 11 82 B 2A 1A 11 A 7 3 11 9 11 10 10 345
8 Sweden Patrik Sandell Bryan Herta Rallysport DNS DNS 92 A 10 21 91 B 11 A 2A 3B 4LCQ DSQ 6 DNS 328
9 United States Austin Dyne Bryan Herta Rallysport 6 8 2 7LCQ 4 6 6 8 DNS 11 9A 81 7 277
10 United States Brian Deegan Chip Ganassi Racing 4 10 4 5LCQ 62 2 61 9LCQ 5LCQ 229
11 Norway Sverre Isachsen Subaru Rally Team USA 9 10 DNS 11 6 12 DNS 4 13 7 12 DNS 136
12 United States Bucky Lasek Subaru Rally Team USA 10 7 DNS 12 7LCQ 11 8 DNS DNS 8 88
Guest drivers ineligible for points
United States Jeff Ward Chip Ganassi Racing 61 41 91 0
United States Travis Pastrana Subaru Rally Team USA 13 7LCQ 6 0
Norway Andreas Bakkerud SH Racing Rallycross 61 0
Puerto Rico Victor Gonzalez Jr. Rhys Millen Racing 8 0
United Kingdom Liam Doran LD Motorsports 9 0
United States Rhys Millen Rhys Millen Racing DNS 11 0
United States Logan Gomez Royal Purple Racing 11 0
United States Pat Moro PMR Motorsports 12 12 11 0
United States Brian Wong Rhys Millen Racing 12 12 0
United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru Rally Team USA 14 14 12 0
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

Notes:

  • † — Non-championship round

GRC Lites

Pos. Driver Team United States
FTA
United States
DAY1
United States
DAY2
United States
MCAS
United States
DET1
United States
DET2
United States
DC
United States
LA1
United States
LA2
Barbados
BAR1
Barbados
BAR2
United States
LV
Pts.
1 Sweden Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE 3 12 102 21 51 7LCQ 22 11 3 12 21 3 501
2 United States Austin Cindric Olsbergs MSE 12 91 12 51 3 3 8 2 12 2 12 10 473
3 United States Miles Maroney Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 7 3 4 41 2 12 3 4 2 5 4 8 441
4 Colombia Alejandro Fernández AF Racing 22 2 6 6LCQ 4 22 4 7 6 3 3 5LCQ 427
5 United States Tanner Whitten DirtFish Motorsports 4 41 2 3 11 10 9 101 41 61 6 4 376
6 United States Alex Keyes Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 5LCQ 5 11 9 DNS 12 32 91 41 101 11 350
7 United States Nur Ali AF Racing 6LCQ 6 9 9 10 4 7 6 7 9 7 13 226
8 United States Harry Cheung Rhys Millen Racing 8 3LCQ 6LCQ 9 5 8 10 5 185
9 United States Collete Davis River Racing with Bryan Herta Rallysport 9 11 8 10 8 6 10 8 10 8 8 12 146
10 United States Connor Martell Rhys Millen Racing 7 9 5 67
11 United States Geoff Sykes DTV Solutions 5 DNS 7 62
12 Australia Blake Williams Rhys Millen Racing 7 9 7 55
13 United States Brian Wong Rhys Millen Racing 7 5 53
14 Sweden Andreas Wernersson Rhys Millen Racing 21 48
15 United States Jackie Heinricher Rhys Millen Racing 8 7 11 11 45
16 United States Gavin Harlien Harlien Racing 8 DNS 8 36
17 Norway Joachim Hvaal Olsbergs MSE 5 32
18 Paraguay Blas Zapag Rhys Millen Racing 6 27
19 United States Augie Lerch Buhl Sport Detroit 6 26
20 United States Gustavo Menezes Olsbergs MSE 9 11
21 United States Duncker Felix Jr. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing DNS 7
22 Sweden Sandra Hultgren Olsbergs MSE 11 2
23 France Stephan Verdier Rhys Millen Racing 14 1

Manufacturers' championship

No Manufacturers' championship in GRC Lites class

Pos. Manufacturer Pts.
1 United States Ford 55
2 Germany Volkswagen 52
3 Japan Subaru 34

References

  1. ^ "Red Bull Global Rallycross Announces 2015 Schedule". redbullglobalrallycross.com. January 13, 2015. Archived from the original on February 24, 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. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.