2017 Global RallyCross Championship
# 2017 Global RallyCross Championship

The 2017 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship was the seventh and final season of the Global RallyCross Championship. Scott Speed was the reigning Supercars champion for a second season and Cabot Bigham was the reigning GRC Lites champion. The schedule consisted of twelve rounds at eight different venues.

## Schedule

| Round | Event | Location | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Memphis | Memphis International Raceway, Millington, Tennessee | 29 April |
| 2 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Louisville | Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky | 21 May |
| 3 | Red Bull Global RallyCross New England | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut | 3-4 June |
| 4 | Red Bull Global RallyCross New England | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut | 3-4 June |
| 5 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Ottawa | Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario | 17-18 June |
| 6 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Ottawa | Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario | 17-18 June |
| 7 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Indianapolis | Lucas Oil Raceway, Brownsburg, Indiana | 9 July |
| 8 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City | Bader Field, Atlantic City, New Jersey | 12-13 August |
| 9 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City | Bader Field, Atlantic City, New Jersey | 12-13 August |
| 10 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle | Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington | 9-10 September |
| 11 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle | Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington | 9-10 September |
| 12 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Los Angeles | Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California | 14 October |

## Entry list

### Supercars

| Manufacturer | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ford | Loenbro Motorsports | Ford Fiesta ST | 00 | Steve Arpin | All |
| Ford | Bryan Herta Rallysport | Ford Fiesta ST | 2 | Cabot Bigham (R) | 1–9, 12 |
| Ford | Bryan Herta Rallysport | Ford Fiesta ST | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | 10–11 |
| Ford | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Ford Fiesta ST | 14 | Austin Dyne | All |
| Honda | Honda Red Bull OMSE | Honda Civic Coupe | 16 | Oliver Eriksson (R) | All |
| Honda | Honda Red Bull OMSE | Honda Civic Coupe | 24 | Mitchell DeJong | All |
| Honda | Honda Red Bull OMSE | Honda Civic Coupe | 93 | Sebastian Eriksson | All |
| Subaru | Subaru Rally Team USA | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 18 | Patrik Sandell | All |
| Subaru | Subaru Rally Team USA | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 55 | Chris Atkinson | All |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen Beetle | 34 | Tanner Foust | All |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen Beetle | 41 | Scott Speed | All |

### GRC Lites

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

| Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 3 | Travis PeCoy | All |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 24 | Alex Keyes | All |
| Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 44 | Christian Brooks | All |
| AF Racing | 4 | Gustavo Yacamán | 2 |
| AF Racing | 5 | Burt Jenner | 1 |
| AF Racing | 42 | Matt Halliday | 7 |
| AF Racing | 126 | Alejandro Fernández | 1–6, 8–12 |
| Olsbergs MSE X Forces | 13 | Cyril Raymond | All |
| Olsbergs MSE X Forces | 53 | Cole Keatts | All |
| Olsbergs MSE X Forces | 77 | Scott Anderson | 8–12 |
| Olsbergs MSE X Forces | 242 | Mark Brummond | 10–12 |
| DirtFish Motorsports | 21 | Conner Martell | 1–10, 12 |
| DirtFish Motorsports | 25 | James Rimmer | All |
| CORE Autosport | 54 | Jon Bennett | 1–6, 8–9 |
| CORE Autosport | 56 | Colin Braun | 1–6, 8–9 |

## Results and standings

### Race results

| No. | Event | 3rd Place | 2nd Place | GRC Lites Winner | Winner | Winning Team | Manufacturer |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Memphis | Steve Arpin | Tanner Foust | Conner Martell | Scott Speed | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen |
| 2 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Louisville | Scott Speed | Steve Arpin | Christian Brooks | Sebastian Eriksson | Red Bull Honda OMSE | Honda |
| 3 | Red Bull Global RallyCross New England | Mitchell DeJong | Scott Speed | Cyril Raymond | Tanner Foust | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen |
| 4 | Red Bull Global RallyCross New England | Chris Atkinson | Scott Speed | Cyril Raymond | Steve Arpin | Loenbro Motorsports | Ford |
| 5 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Ottawa | Mitchell DeJong | Tanner Foust | Cyril Raymond | Steve Arpin | Loenbro Motorsports | Ford |
| 6 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Ottawa | Mitchell DeJong | Scott Speed | Cyril Raymond | Tanner Foust | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen |
| 7 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Indianapolis | Steve Arpin | Tanner Foust | Christian Brooks | Scott Speed | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen |
| 8 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City | Steve Arpin | Patrik Sandell | Cyril Raymond | Scott Speed | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen |
| 9 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City | Steve Arpin | Sebastian Eriksson | Conner Martell | Scott Speed | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen |
| 10 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle | Chris Atkinson | Scott Speed | Cyril Raymond | Tanner Foust | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen |
| 11 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle | Patrik Sandell | Scott Speed | Christian Brooks | Tanner Foust | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen |
| 12 | Red Bull Global RallyCross Los Angeles | Patrik Sandell | Scott Speed | Conner Martell | Tanner Foust | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | Volkswagen |

### 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. Heat winners earned seven points and semi winners earned ten points.

**Supercars**

| Pos. | Driver | Team | MEM | LOU | NE1 | NE2 | OTT1 | OTT2 | IND | AC1 | AC2 | SEA1 | SEA2 | LA | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Scott Speed | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | $1^{2A}$ | $3^{2A}$ | $2^{1B}$ | $2^1$ | $DNS^2$ | $2^{3A}$ | $1^{3A}$ | $1^{1B}$ | $1^{3A}$ | $2^1$ | $2^{2A}$ | $2^B$ | 826 |
| 2 | Tanner Foust | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross | $2^{1B}$ | $4^{2B}$ | $1^{3A}$ | $9^{2A}$ | $2^{1A}$ | $1^{1B}$ | $2^{1B}$ | $10^A$ | 9 | $1^{3A}$ | $1^1$ | $1^{3A}$ | 807 |
| 3 | Steve Arpin | Loenbro Motorsports | $3^1$ | $2^1$ | $4^1$ | $1^B$ | $1^B$ | $10^1$ | 3 | $3^2$ | 3 | 4 | 7 | $5^1$ | 743 |
| 4 | Sebastian Eriksson | Red Bull Honda OMSE | $7^1$ | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | $4^1$ | 6 | 4 | $2^{1B}$ | 10 | 9 | 7 | 651 |
| 5 | Mitchell DeJong | Red Bull Honda OMSE | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | DNS | 5 | $5^1$ | 9 | 8 | 6 | 640 |
| 6 | Oliver Eriksson (R) | Red Bull Honda OMSE | 5 | 7 | $9^1$ | $8^1$ | $8^1$ | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | $5^1$ | 10 | 10 | 601 |
| 7 | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Rally Team USA | $8^1$ | DNS | 7 | 3 | $4^1$ | 9 | $8^1$ | 9 | $4^1$ | $3^{1B}$ | 5 | 9 | 585 |
| 8 | Patrik Sandell | Subaru Rally Team USA | 9 | DNS | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | $3^B$ | $3^1$ | 582 |
| 9 | Austin Dyne | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | DNS | $6^1$ | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | $8^1$ | 562 |
| 10 | Cabot Bigham (R) | Bryan Herta Rallysport | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | $7^1$ | 8 | $9^1$ | $8^1$ | 6 | | | 4 | 473 |
| 11 | Austin Cindric (R) | Bryan Herta Rallysport | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 4 | | 102 |
| 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

**GRC Lites**

| Pos. | Driver | Team | MEM | LOU | NE1 | NE2 | OTT1 | OTT2 | IND | AC1 | AC2 | SEA1 | SEA2 | LA | Pts. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE X Forces | $2^2$ | $9^1$ | $1^{2A}$ | $1^{2A}$ | $1^{2A}$ | $1^A$ | $2^2$ | $1^2$ | $6^{2A}$ | $1^{1B}$ | $2^{1B}$ | $9^{1B}$ | 786 |
| 2 | Christian Brooks | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | $3^1$ | $1^{1A}$ | $2^1$ | 3 | $9^B$ | 10 | $1^B$ | 8 | 2 | $2^2$ | 1 | 3 | 692 |
| 3 | Travis PeCoy | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | 8 | $8^1$ | $3^1$ | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | $4^B$ | 3 | $3^A$ | $7^1$ | $4^1$ | 672 |
| 4 | Conner Martell | DirtFish Motorsports | $1^{1B}$ | $2^{1B}$ | 10 | $4^1$ | 3 | $5^1$ | $6^{1A}$ | $2^{1A}$ | $1^B$ | 8 | | $1^{2A}$ | 656 |
| 5 | Alex Keyes | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | $9^A$ | 10 | $5^B$ | 6 | $8^1$ | $3^{1B}$ | DSQ | $3^1$ | $5^1$ | $6^1$ | 3 | 2 | 603 |
| 6 | James Rimmer | DirtFish Motorsports | 5 | $6^{LCQ}$ | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | DNQ | 5 | $8^{2A}$ | 8 | 562 |
| 7 | Cole Keatts | Olsbergs MSE X Forces | $DNQ^1$ | 7 | 6 | $9^{1B}$ | 6 | 6 | $4^1$ | $10^1$ | 10 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 543 |
| 8 | Alejandro Fernández | AF Racing | 6 | DNQ | 9 | 10 | 5 | $7^1$ | | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 458 |
| 9 | Colin Braun | CORE Autosport | $4^1$ | $4^1$ | 4 | 2 | $2^1$ | $8^1$ | | $DNQ^1$ | $4^1$ | | | | 405 |
| 10 | Jon Bennett | CORE Autosport | 7 | $5^1$ | 8 | 8 | DNS | 9 | | 9 | $9^{LCQ}$ | | | | 281 |
| 11 | Scott Anderson | Olsbergs MSE X Forces | | | | | | | | $6^{LCQ}$ | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 242 |
| 12 | Mark Brummond | Olsbergs MSE X Forces | | | | | | | | | | DSQ | 9 | 6 | 79 |
| 13 | Gustavo Yacamán | AF Racing | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 60 |
| 14 | Matt Halliday | AF Racing | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 45 |
| 15 | Burt Jenner | AF Racing | $10^{LCQ}$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 |

### Manufacturers' championship

| Pos. | Manufacturer |
| - | - |
| 1 | Volkswagen |
| 2 | Ford |
| 3 | Honda |
| 4 | Subaru |
