2016 Global RallyCross Championship

The 2016 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship was the sixth season of the Global RallyCross Championship. Scott Speed was the reigning Supercars champion and Oliver Eriksson was the reigning GRC Lites champion. The schedule consisted of twelve rounds at eight different venues. The season started at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on May 21 and it concluded at the Port of Los Angeles on October 9.

Schedule

A twelve-round provisional calendar was revealed on January 26, 2016 with the sixth, seventh and eighth round to be announced, though it was certain the sixth and seventh round would take place on a military base.[1] On March 3, 2016 GRC announced the eighth round would take place in Atlantic City[2] and on June 1, 2016 GRC announced the sixth and seventh round would take place at the Marine Corps Air Station New River.[3] It was the first time since the 2012 season that all events were held in the United States.

Round Event Location Date
1 Red Bull Global RallyCross Phoenix Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Chandler, Arizona 21–22 May
2
3 Red Bull Global RallyCross Dallas Fair Park, Dallas, Texas 4 June
4 Red Bull Global RallyCross Daytona Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida 18–19 June
5
6 Red Bull Global RallyCross MCAS New River MCAS New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina 2–3 July
7
8 Red Bull Global RallyCross Washington RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 30 July
9 Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City Bader Field, Atlantic City, New Jersey 28 August
10 Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington 17 September
11 Red Bull Global RallyCross Los Angeles Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 8–9 October
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Entry list

Supercars

Manufacturer Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
United States Ford United States Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Fiesta ST 00 Canada Steve Arpin All
38 United States Brian Deegan All
United States SH Rallycross 07 United States Jeff Ward 1–7
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. 8–10
United States Tanner Whitten (R) 11–12
United States AD Racing 14 United States Austin Dyne All
77 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra (R) 1–2, 4–5
United States Bryan Herta Rallysport 18 Sweden Patrik Sandell All
Japan Honda Sweden Honda Red Bull OMSE Honda Civic Coupe 24 United States Mitchell DeJong (R) 11–12
31 Finland Joni Wiman All
93 Sweden Sebastian Eriksson All
96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson 9
South Korea Hyundai New Zealand Rhys Millen Racing Hyundai Veloster 67 New Zealand Rhys Millen 1–5
Japan Subaru United States Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STi 11 Norway Sverre Isachsen 6–9
55 Australia Chris Atkinson (R)[4] 9–12
75 Isle of Man David Higgins 10–12
81 United States Bucky Lasek 6–9
88 Japan Toshi Arai (R) 11–12
Germany Volkswagen United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen Beetle 34 United States Tanner Foust All
41 United States Scott Speed All
Sources:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

GRC Lites

Every driver competes in an Olsbergs MSE-built GRC Lites car.

Team No. Drivers Rounds
United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 2 United States Cabot Bigham (R) All
24 United States Alex Keyes 1–2, 6–9, 11–12
United States Tanner Whitten 3–5, 10
Colombia AF Racing 3 United States Travis PeCoy (R) All
44 United States Christian Brooks (R) All
126 Colombia Alejandro Fernández All
United States River Racing[a]
New Zealand Rhys Millen Racing 		07 United States Collete Davis 1–7
22 Australia Blake Williams 4–7, 11–12
42 United States Nur Ali 3
88 United States Preston Murray (R) 1–2
Sweden Olsbergs MSE X Forces 16 Sweden Oliver Eriksson All
45 Finland Miki Weckström (R) All
51 Sweden Sandra Hultgren 8–9
53 United States Cole Keatts (R) All
United States PMG Rallysport 19 United States Trenton Estep (R) 1–2
United States Parker Chase (R) 3–7
69 United States Harry Gottsacker (R) 1–7
United States DirtFish Motorsports 21 United States Conner Martell All
25 United States James Rimmer (R) 10–12
United States CORE Autosport 54 United States Jon Bennett (R) 4–5, 8–10
United States Colin Braun (R) 11–12
56 4–5, 8–9
United States Scott Anderson (R) 10–12
Sources:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
  1. ^ Car No. 07 entered as River Racing and cars No. 22, 42 and 88 entered as Rhys Millen Racing

Results and standings

Race results

No. Event 3rd Place 2nd Place GRC Lites Winner Winner Winning Team Manufacturer
1 Red Bull Global RallyCross Phoenix United States Brian Deegan Sweden Patrik Sandell Finland Miki Weckström United States Tanner Foust United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
2 Sweden Sebastian Eriksson United States Scott Speed United States Conner Martell United States Tanner Foust United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
3 Red Bull Global RallyCross Dallas United States Tanner Foust Canada Steve Arpin Sweden Oliver Eriksson Sweden Patrik Sandell United States Bryan Herta Rallysport United States Ford
4 Red Bull Global RallyCross Daytona Sweden Sebastian Eriksson United States Brian Deegan Sweden Oliver Eriksson Canada Steve Arpin United States Chip Ganassi Racing United States Ford
5 Sweden Sebastian Eriksson United States Scott Speed United States Tanner Whitten United States Tanner Foust United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
6 Red Bull Global RallyCross MCAS New River Canada Steve Arpin United States Brian Deegan Finland Miki Weckström United States Scott Speed United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
7 The LCQ and Final of both the Supercars and GRC Lites were suspended due to track conditions after heavy rain.
8 Red Bull Global RallyCross Washington United States Tanner Foust Sweden Patrik Sandell United States Cabot Bigham United States Scott Speed United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
9 Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City United States Brian Deegan Sweden Patrik Sandell United States Alex Keyes United States Scott Speed United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
10 Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle Finland Joni Wiman Sweden Sebastian Eriksson United States Conner Martell United States Tanner Foust United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
11 Red Bull Global RallyCross Los Angeles Canada Steve Arpin United States Tanner Foust United States Alex Keyes United States Scott Speed United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Germany Volkswagen
12 Sweden Patrik Sandell United States Scott Speed United States Cabot Bigham United States Brian Deegan United States Chip Ganassi Racing United States Ford

Drivers' championships

Scoring system

Points were awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Others 
Points 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

In addition, points were awarded in all rounds of heats and semifinals. First place earned five points, second place earned four points, and so on through fifth place and below, which earned one point.[13]

Supercars

Pos. Driver Team PHO1 PHO2 DAL DAY1 DAY2 MCAS1 MCAS2 DC AC SEA LA1 LA2 Pts.
1 United States Scott Speed United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross 52 B 21 B 42 B 7 2LCQ 1LCQ C1 12 A 12 A 4 12 A 2A 571
2 United States Tanner Foust United States Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross 12 A 11 A 32 A 92 B 11 A 82 B CB 32 B 42 B 12 A 2B 41 LCQ 567
3 United States Brian Deegan United States Chip Ganassi Racing 3LCQ 6LCQ 7LCQ 2 51 B 2 C 4 3 7 4 1 473
4 Canada Steve Arpin United States Chip Ganassi Racing 4 5 2 11 A 6 3A C1 6LCQ 5 51 3 101 461
5 Sweden Patrik Sandell United States Bryan Herta Rallysport 2 4 1 81 8 41 C 2 2 11 5 3 436
6 Finland Joni Wiman Sweden Honda Red Bull OMSE 6 10 5 4 4 7 C 5 12 3LCQ 112 5B 342
7 Sweden Sebastian Eriksson Sweden Honda Red Bull OMSE 9 3 10 3 3 61 CA 10 6LCQ 21 B 9 12 341
8 United States Austin Dyne United States AD Racing 10 7 6 10 10 5 C 8 7 10 12 8 198
9 United States Jeff Ward United States SH Rallycross 7 8 9 5 7 9 C 134
10 New Zealand Rhys Millen United States Rhys Millen Racing 8 9 8 6 9 96
11 Australia Chris Atkinson (R) United States Subaru Rally Team USA 11 6 7 7 88
12 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. United States SH Rallycross 7 8 8 63
13 Isle of Man David Higgins United States Subaru Rally Team USA 9 6LCQ 9 57
14 United States Tanner Whitten (R) United States SH Rallycross 10 6 37
15 United States Bucky Lasek United States Subaru Rally Team USA 10 C 9 10 34
16 United States Mitchell DeJong (R) Sweden Honda Red Bull OMSE 8 11 24
17 Norway Sverre Isachsen United States Subaru Rally Team USA 11 C 11 9 19
18 Sweden Kevin Eriksson Sweden Honda Red Bull OMSE 13 4
19 Japan Toshi Arai (R) United States Subaru Rally Team USA 13 13 4
20 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra (R) United States AD Racing 11 DNS WD WD 3
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

GRC Lites

Pos. Driver Team PHO1 PHO2 DAL DAY1 DAY2 MCAS1 MCAS2 DC AC SEA LA1 LA2 Pts.
1 United States Cabot Bigham (R) United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 4 2 2 7 6 42 C2 12 5 10 3 11 452
2 Sweden Oliver Eriksson Sweden Olsbergs MSE X Forces 10 6 12 12 21 102 C2 2 4 21 82 41 447
3 Finland Miki Weckström (R) Sweden Olsbergs MSE X Forces 12 32 10 10 31 LCQ 1 C 31 7 3 2 9 419
4 United States Conner Martell United States DirtFish Motorsports 2LCQ 11 8LCQ 4 4 8 C 10 61 12 11 6LCQ 359
5 United States Christian Brooks (R) Colombia AF Racing 6 4 4 6 7 11 C 7 91 9 4 8 288
6 United States Alex Keyes United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 32 81 LCQ 9 C 5 12 12 72 268
7 Colombia Alejandro Fernández Colombia AF Racing 12 DSQ 7 5LCQ 9 6LCQ C 6 10 4 6 5 256
8 United States Travis PeCoy (R) Colombia AF Racing 7 DNS 9 11 5 13 C 41 LCQ 2 6LCQ 5 DNS 249
9 United States Tanner Whitten United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 32 22 12 81 188
10 United States Colin Braun (R) United States CORE Autosport 3 10 12 3LCQ DSQLCQ 3 154
11 United States Collete Davis United States River Racing 9 5 13 13 8 7 C 94
12 United States Parker Chase (R) United States PMG Rallysport 6 8 11 3 C 85
13 United States Harry Gottsacker (R) United States PMG Rallysport 11 DNS 5 15 14 5 C 85
14 Australia Blake Williams United States Rhys Millen Racing 14 13 2 C 9 DSQ 75
15 United States Trenton Estep (R) United States PMG Rallysport 5 7 57
16 United States Scott Anderson (R) United States CORE Autosport 11 12 2 55
17 United States Cole Keatts (R) Sweden Olsbergs MSE X Forces 13 11 11 12 15 12 C 11 11 5 13 12 51
18 United States Jon Bennett (R) United States CORE Autosport 9 12 9 12 7 51
19 Sweden Sandra Hultgren Sweden Olsbergs MSE X Forces 8 8 36
20 United States Preston Murray (R) United States Rhys Millen Racing 8 DNS 33
21 United States James Rimmer (R) United States DirtFish Motorsports 12 7 11 25
22 United States Nur Ali United States Rhys Millen Racing 12 3

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer Pts.
1 Germany Volkswagen 51
2 United States Ford 44
3 Japan Honda 36
4 Japan Subaru 13

Notes

References

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