2014B NASA RallyCross Challenge Season

2014B NASA RallyCross season
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NASA RallyCross Challenge
Season
Races	10
Start date	28 September
End date	23 November
Awards
Drivers' champion	22px Josh Mertz
Constructors' Champion	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT
Privateers' Champion	22px Tristan Hagenstein Subaru MRT Junior
Manufacturers' Cup	22px Subaru
Nations' Cup	22px Germany
Tires' Cup	22px Bridgestone
Endurance Cup	22px Cody Erdmann
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2014A	2015A

The 2014A NASA RallyCross Challenge Season will be the eighth season of the championship. After a fourth championship, Dylan Livengood returned as the defending Drivers' Champion. Revolution Racing returned as the defending Constructors' Champion along with Mitsubishi's record setting Manufacturers' Championship. On the Privateer side, Brandon Nicholson was expected to return as the defending Privateers' Driver Champion. However, backing for his Revolution Junior drive didn't materialize, and he was dropped by the team. Josh Mertz and Red Bull Subaru MRT won their third Drivers' and Constructors' titles, respectively, after a dominating performance during the season. It included Mertz finishing on the podium eight times, and MRT having a car on the podium for the whole season.

Background

The eighth NASA RallyCross Challenge season will see a few considerable changes to the rulebook, following several seasons of minimal change.

• A seeding round will be put in place for the first four rounds of the championship, to encourage more competitive heat races.
  
• Constructor rules were clarified. Any two car team is a Constructor, and single car teams are Privateers.
• The rulebook has been tweaked further, improving on what was worked on in 2014A.

2014B Schedule

Round	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Croft RallyCross	22px Croft, GBR	28 September 2014
2	Valkenwaard RallyCross	22px Valkenwaard, NED	5 October 2014
3	Island Rally	22px Long Island, NY, USA	19 October 2014
4	Munich RallyCross	22px Munich, GER	12 October 2014
5	St. Eustache	22px St. Eustache, CAN	26 October 2014
6	Talladega	22px Talladega, AL, USA	2 November 2014
NC	Stadium Rally	22px Carson, CA, USA	TBD
7	Negus	22px Canon City, CO, USA	9 November 2014
8	Riverside Rally	22px Riverside, CA, USA	16 November 2014
9	Bent Twig	22px Vancouver, CAN	23 November 2014
10	Irwindale RallyCross	22px Irwindale, CA, USA	7 December 2014

2014B Drivers and Teams

Entry List

NASA RallyCross Car entries eligible to score constructor points
Manufacturer	Constructor	Tire	Individual Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Citroën (Citroën C4 RX)	22px Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Template:Michelin	Citroën Total Rally Smith	13	22px Tanner Smith	1-5
			Citroën Total Rally Pigeon	22	22px Maurice Pigeon	2, 5
			Citroën Total Rally Pipal	28	22px Jake Pipal	1, 3
	22px Citroën Junior World Rally Team	Template:Michelin	Citroën Total Rally Pigeon	22	22px Maurice Pigeon	3
			Citroën Total Rally Pipal	28	22px Jake Pipal	2
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)	22px Revolution Racing	Template:Hoosier	Miller Rockstar Revolution Racing	51	22px Dylan Livengood	All
			K1 Rockstar Revolution Racing	71	22px Chris Wetz	1-9
Subaru (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT	Template:Bridgestone	MRT Red Bull RallyCross Team	81	22px Josh Mertz	All
			CER Red Bull RallyCross Team	82	22px Cody Erdmann	All
NASA RallyCross Car entries eligible to score privateer points
Ford (Ford Focus)	22px Mangled Lemons Racing	Template:Michelin	Lemon Power Racing Team	35	22px Nick Kahrs	1-2, 4
	22px Mangled Metal Motorsports	Template:Michelin	Purple Power	15	22px Keith Sherman	6-8
	22px Macena Motorsports Enterprises	Template:Michelin	Kuat Racing	38	22px Gabriel Macena	1-3
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer) (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)	22px Nicholson RallyCross	Template:Yokohama	Nicholson RallyCross	37	22px Brandon Nicholson	9-10
	22px Batista Racing	Template:Pirelli	Batista Racing	49	22px Josh Batista	3
	22px Pepsi Lester Racing	Template:Michelin	Pepsi Lester Racing	50	22px Casey Lester	1
	22px Revolution Junior	Template:Hoosier	Pepsi Lester Racing	50	22px Casey Lester	2-10
	22px Tanner Smith Racing	Template:Toyo	Toyo RallyCross	13	22px Tanner Smith	6-10
Subaru (Subaru Impreza WRX STi) (Subaru Impreza)	22px Robert Panko Motorsports	Template:Michelin	MONSTER Energy Racing	8	22px Robert Panko	1-2, 4
	22px Area 52 Racing	Template:Bridgestone	Lemon Power	35	22px Nick Kahrs	6
	22px Subaru MRT Junior	Template:Bridgestone	GLM Red Bull RallyCross Team	83	22px Tristan Hagenstein	All
	22px Atkins RallyCross	Template:Pirelli	Atkins RallyCross	99	22px Ben Atkins	3
	22px 125 RallyCross	Template:BF Goodrich	Sobe No Fear/Subaru RallyCross	125	22px Daniel Bellamy	1-2, 4, 6-10
Volkswagen (Volkswagen Polo RX)	22px DeNise Racing	Template:Michelin	DeNise Racing	10	22px Doug DeNise	7-8, 10

Team and Driver Changes

• Revolution Racing had the option to inherit the numbers 1 and 2 once again for 2014B, due to Dylan Livengood's fourth championship. However, Livengood declined the offer.
• Red Bull Subaru MRT will revert to numbers 81 and 82.
• Citroën returns with a works team, spearheaded by Tanner Smith. They will field four cars, split between a senior and junior team.
• Mangled Lemons Racing suspended operations indefinitely after Munich. Nick Kahrs was hired by the upstart Area 52 team after St. Eustache.
• Citroën and Tanner Smith Racing terminated the contract following St. Eustache. As a result, the team is shuttered and Tanner Smith became a privateer for Talladega and beyond.

Events

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Erdmann, Livengood, and Mertz dueled all season long for the Championship.

Results

Rd.	Race	Seeding	Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	LCQ	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Manu	Private Winner
1	22px Croft	22px Josh Mertz	22px Josh Mertz	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Daniel Bellamy	22px Robert Panko	22px Josh Mertz	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT	22px Subaru	22px Daniel Bellamy
2	22px Valkenswaard	22px Josh Mertz	22px Josh Mertz	22px Dylan Livengood	N/A	22px Tanner Smith	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Revolution Racing	22px Mitsubishi	22px Tristan Hagenstein
3	22px Island Rally	22px Chris Wetz	22px Chris Wetz	22px Dylan Livengood	N/A	22px Tanner Smith	22px Cody Erdmann	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT	22px Subaru	22px Ben Atkins
4	22px Munich	22px Cody Erdmann	22px Cody Erdmann	22px Josh Mertz	N/A	22px Tristan Hagenstein	22px Cody Erdmann	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT	22px Subaru	22px Tristan Hagenstein
5	22px St. Eustache	22px Cody Erdmann	22px Cody Erdmann	22px Dylan Livengood	N/A	22px Tristan Hagenstein	22px Cody Erdmann	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT	22px Subaru	22px Tristan Hagenstein
6	22px Talladega	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Josh Mertz	N/A	22px Chris Wetz	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Revolution Racing	22px Mitsubishi	22px Keith Sherman
7	22px Negus	22px Cody Erdmann	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Tanner Smith	N/A	22px Josh Mertz	22px Josh Mertz	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT	22px Subaru	22px Tanner Smith
8	22px Bent Twig	22px Tanner Smith	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Cody Erdmann	N/A	22px Josh Mertz	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Revolution Racing	22px Mitsubishi	22px Keith Sherman
9	22px Riverside	22px Josh Mertz	22px Tristan Hagenstein	22px Cody Erdmann	N/A	22px Josh Mertz	22px Cody Erdmann	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT	22px Subaru	22px Tanner Smith
10	22px Irwindale	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Cody Erdmann	22px Josh Mertz	N/A	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Josh Mertz	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT	22px Subaru	22px Tanner Smith

Championship Standings

Championship leader table
Race	Championship leader	Lead
22px Croft	22px Josh Mertz	3
22px Valkenswaard	22px Josh Mertz 22px Dylan Livengood	Tie
22px Island Rally
22px Munich	22px Josh Mertz 22px Dylan Livengood 22px Cody Erdmann
22px St. Eustache	22px Cody Erdmann	4
22px Talladega
22px Negus	22px Josh Mertz 22px Cody Erdmann	Tie
22px Bent Twig	22px Josh Mertz	2
22px Riverside	22px Cody Erdmann	1
22px Irwindale	22px Josh Mertz	2

2014B Drivers' Championship

Points are awarded to the top 16 finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	Heat Win
Points	20	17	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos. Driver Cup Team CRO 22px NED 22px ISR 22px GER 22px CAN 22px TAL 22px NEG 22px BTW 22px RVR 22px IRW 22px  Pts  1 22px Josh Mertz C MRT Red Bull RallyCross Team 1 2 4 5 2 3 1 2 2 1 173 2 22px Cody Erdmann C CER Red Bull RallyCross Team 4 6 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 2 171 3 22px Dylan Livengood C Miller Rockstar Revolution Racing 2 1 5 4 5 1 5 1 6 3 159 4 22px Tanner Smith C Citroën Total Rally Smith 81 5 2 3 6 127 P Toyo RallyCross 63 4 7 3 4 5 22px Chris Wetz C K1 Rockstar Revolution Racing 5 3 6 7 3 4 2 3 5 121 6 22px Tristan Hagenstein P GLM Red Bull RallyCross Team 6 4 PO 2 4 102 6 8 4 6 113 7 22px Casey Lester P Pepsi Racing 9 9 8 9 8 7 9 9 8 8 86 8 22px Daniel Bellamy P Sobe No Fear/125 RallyCross 3 7 8 8 8 6 7 7 89 9 22px Keith Sherman P Purple Power 5 10 5 31 10 22px Nick Kahrs P Lemon Power 11 PO PO 9 28 11 22px Robert Panko P MONSTER Energy Racing 7 DNS 6 26 12 22px Doug DeNise P DeNise Racing 7 10 9 25 13 22px Maurice Pigeon C Citroën Total Rally Pigeon 8 DNS 7 23 14 22px Gabriel Macena P Kuat Racing 10 PO 9 21 15 22px Brandon Nicholson P Nicholson RallyCross 9 5 20 16 22px Ben Atkins P Atkins RallyCross 3 15 17 22px Jake Pipal C Citroën Total Rally Pipal 12 DNS DNS 15 18 22px Josh Batista P Batista Racing 7 10 Pos. Driver Cup Team CRO 22px NED 22px ISR 22px GER 22px CAN 22px TAL 22px NEG 22px BTW 22px RVR 22px IRW 22px  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Made Final, Points Finish Red Made Final, Non-Points Finish Blue Missed final, Points Finish Purple Missed final, Non-Points Finish Black Disqualified (DSQ) Light blue Practiced only (PO) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Suspended (SUS) Icon Championship C Constructors P Privateers BOLD - Heat Win (Extra bonus point) Italics - LCQ Win Underlined - Seeding Rd. Win

¹ Car #13 took two off road laps, and thus was thrown to the back of the final grid.

2014B Manufacturers' Championship

Pos. Manufacturer CRO 22px NED 22px ISR 22px GER 22px CAN 22px TAL 22px NEG 22px BTW 22px RVR 22px IRW 22px  Pts  1 22px Subaru 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 197 2 22px Mitsubishi 2 1 5 4 3 1 2 1 3 3 171 3 22px Citroën 8 5 2 3 6 66 4 22px Ford 10 PO 9 PO 5 10 5 66 5 22px Volkswagen 7 10 9 25 Pos. Manufacturer CRO 22px NED 22px ISR 22px GER 22px CAN 22px TAL 22px NEG 22px BTW 22px RVR 22px IRW 22px  Pts  2014B Constructors' Championship Pos. Constructor No. CRO 22px NED 22px ISR 22px GER 22px CAN 22px TAL 22px NEG 22px BTW 22px RVR 22px IRW 22px  Pts  1 22px Red Bull Subaru MRT 81 1 2 4 5 2 3 1 2 2 1 344 82 4 6 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 2 2 22px Revolution Racing 51 2 1 5 4 5 1 5 1 6 3 279 71 5 3 6 7 3 4 2 3 5 3 22px Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team 13 8 5 2 3 6 95 22 8 7 28 12 DNS Pos. Constructor No. CRO 22px NED 22px ISR 22px GER 22px CAN 22px TAL 22px NEG 22px BTW 22px RVR 22px IRW 22px  Pts  Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Made Final, Points Finish Red Made Final, Non-Points Finish Blue Missed final, Points Finish Purple Missed final, Non-Points Finish Black Disqualified (DSQ) Light blue Practiced only (PO) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Suspended (SUS) 2014B Privateers' Cup Pos. Driver Team CRO 22px NED 22px ISR 22px GER 22px CAN 22px TAL 22px NEG 22px BTW 22px RVR 22px IRW 22px  Pts  1 22px Tristan Hagenstein Subaru MRT Junior 6 4 PO 2 4 6 6 9 4 6 163 2 22px Casey Lester Revolution Junior 9 9 8 9 8 7 9 9 9 9 137 3 22px Daniel Bellamy 125 RallyCross 3 7 8 8 8 6 7 7 124 4 22px Tanner Smith Tanner Smith Racing 6 4 8 3 4 92 5 22px Keith Sherman Purple Power 5 10 5 51 6 22px Nick Kahrs Mangled Lemons Racing 11 PO PO 9 48 7 22px Robert Panko MONSTER Energy Racing 7 DNS 6 43 8 22px Gabriel Macena Macena Motorsports Enterprises 10 PO 9 37 9 22px Doug DeNise DeNise Racing 7 10 9 37 10 22px Brandon Nicholson Nicholson RallyCross 9 5 29 11 22px Ben Atkins Atkins RallyCross 3 20 12 22px Josh Batista Batista Racing 7 17 Pos. Driver Team CRO 22px NED 22px ISR 22px GER 22px CAN 22px TAL 22px NEG 22px BTW 22px RVR 22px IRW 22px  Pts