2015A NASA RallyCross Challenge Season

2015A NASA RallyCross season
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NASA RallyCross Challenge
Season
Races	10 7
Start date	7 December 2014
End date	1 March 2015
Awards
Drivers' champion	22px Josh Mertz
Constructors' Champion	22px Revolution Racing
Privateers' Champion	22px Daniel Bellamy 125 RallyCross
Manufacturers' Cup	22px Subaru
Nations' Cup	22px Germany
Tires' Cup	22px Bridgestone
Endurance Cup	22px Josh Mertz
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2014B	2015B

The 2015A NASA RallyCross Challenge Season was the ninth season of the championship. Josh Mertz defended his title after 5 podiums out of 7 races.

Background

The end of the 2014B season and the off season was a tumultuous time for the NASA RallyCross Challenge, with politics, low car counts and on track accidents over shadowing the end of the 2014B campaign. As a result, Dylan Livengood steps down from chief steward and out of the cockpit of car #51, and Cody Erdmann became chief steward. Daniel Bellamy was added as a steward, and Josh Mertz was added as an assistant to the stewards after four seasons of assisting Livengood.

2015A Schedule

Round	Circuit	Location	Date
1	Croft RallyCross	22px Croft, GBR	7 December 2014
2	Valkenwaard RallyCross	22px Valkenwaard, NED	14 December 2014
3	Island Rally	22px Long Island, NY, USA	21 December 2014
4	St. Eustache	22px St. Eustache, CAN	28 December 2014
5	NASA Proving Grounds South	22px Lakewood, CO, USA	4 January 2015
6	Negus	22px Canon City, CO, USA	11 January 2015
7	Vegas RallyCross	22px Las Vegas, NV, USA	18 January 2015

2015A Drivers and Teams

Entry List

NASA RallyCross Car entries eligible to score constructor points
Manufacturer	Constructor	Tire	Individual Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Subaru (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT	Template:Bridgestone	MRT RallyCross Team	1	22px Josh Mertz	All
			GLM RallyCross Team	2	22px Tristan Hagenstein	1-6
			CER RallyCross Team		22px Cody Erdmann	7
	22px Subaru MRT Junior	Template:Bridgestone	LHR RallyCross Team	3	22px Dylan Smith	6
			CER RallyCross Team	4	22px Cody Erdmann	6
Ford (Ford Focus RX)	22px Great Lakes Motorsports	Template:Michelin	RSS Team Klondike	39	22px Arnold Columbia	3-6
			KDR Team Klondike	40	22px Ken Murray	3
			KDR Team Klondike	40	22px Mark Sebetka	4
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)	22px Revolution Racing	Template:Hoosier	Rockstar Revolution Racing	13	22px Tanner Smith	All
			Miller Rockstar Revolution Racing	51	22px Dylan Livengood	2, 7
			K1 Rockstar Revolution Racing	71	22px Chris Wetz	1, 3-6
	22px Revolution Junior	Template:Hoosier	AEM/Rockstar Revolution Racing	21	22px Brandon Lambert	3
			Miller Rockstar Revolution Racing	51	22px Dylan Livengood	1, 3-6
			K1 Rockstar Revolution Racing	71	22px Chris Wetz	2
			RalliArt Revolution Junior	666	22px Elliot Porterfield	1
Volkswagen (Volkswagen Polo RX)	22px Area 52 Racing	Template:Pirelli	LWR Area 52 Racing	22	22px Dylan Smith	1-3
			CER Area 52 Racing	52	22px Cody Erdmann	1-3
NASA RallyCross Car entries eligible to score privateer points
Ford (Ford Focus RX)	22px Mangled Metal Motorsports	Template:Michelin	Purple Power	15	22px Keith Sherman	4, 7
	22px REvolution/SVDC Autosport	Template:Bridgestone	SVDC Autosport	48	22px Adam Sweet	2, 4-5
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)	22px Mikosz Racing	Template:Hoosier	Mikosz Racing	25	22px Chad Mikosz	4
	22px Kickin Asphalt Racing	Template:Hoosier	Kickin Asphalt Racing	38	22px Tim Johnston	2
	22px Revolution Autosport	Template:Yokohama	Rockstar Revolution Autosport	37	22px Brandon Nicholson	1-4
		Template:Michelin				5-6
Subaru (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)	22px BIG Evil Racing	Template:BF Goodrich	Boost Mobile Racing	199	22px Steve Rada	5
	22px Subaru MRT Junior	Template:Bridgestone	LHR RallyCross Team	3	22px Dylan Smith	4-5
	22px Solstice Racing	Template:BF Goodrich	No Fear Racing	7	22px Caleb Paul	4, 7
	22px Lemon Power	Template:Michelin	Lemon Power	35	22px Nick Kahrs	7
	22px 125 RallyCross	Template:BF Goodrich	125 RallyCross	125	22px Daniel Bellamy	1-5, 7
	22px Rebel Riley Racing	Template:Pirelli	Rebel Riley Racing	5	22px Riley Artim	2
Volkswagen (Volkswagen Polo RX)	22px Lester Racing	Template:Pirelli	GoPro Racing	50	22px Casey Lester	5-6

Team and Driver Changes

• Dylan Livengood announced his semi-retirement from NASA RallyCross on 23 November 2014.
• Tanner Smith was originally hired for the third car at Revolution Racing, but the teams status is unknown due to Livengood's retirement.
• Cody Erdmann leaves Red Bull Subaru MRT to form his own team, driving Volkswagens.
• Tristan Hagenstein moves into Car #2 for Red Bull Subaru MRT.
• Casey Lester was hired for the second Area 52 car.

Events

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 Tanner Smith	N/A	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Josh Mertz	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT	22px Subaru	22px Daniel Bellamy
2	22px Valkenswaard	22px Josh Mertz	22px Daniel Bellamy	22px Dylan Livengood	N/A	22px Tanner Smith	22px Dylan Smith	22px Area 52 Racing	22px Volkswagen	22px Daniel Bellamy
3	22px Island Rally	22px Tanner Smith	22px Tanner Smith	22px Dylan Smith	22px Josh Mertz	22px Brandon Lambert	22px Josh Mertz	22px Red Bull Subaru MRT	22px Subaru	22px Daniel Bellamy
4	22px St. Eustache	22px Josh Mertz	22px Caleb Paul	22px Josh Mertz	22px Tristan Hagenstein	22px Chris Wetz	22px Chris Wetz	22px Revolution Racing	22px Mitsubishi	22px Dylan Smith
5	22px NPVG South	22px Dylan Smith	22px Tanner Smith	22px Steve Rada	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Tristan Hagenstein	22px Dylan Smith	22px Subaru MRT Junior	22px Subaru	22px Dylan Smith
6	22px Negus	22px Josh Mertz	22px Josh Mertz	22px Dylan Smith	N/A	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Tanner Smith	22px Revolution Racing	22px Mitsubishi	22px Brandon Nicholson
7	22px Las Vegas	22px Josh Mertz	22px Josh Mertz	22px Dylan Livengood	N/A	22px Cody Erdmann	22px Dylan Livengood	22px Revolution Racing	22px Mitsubishi	22px Caleb Paul

Championship Standings

Championship leader table
Race	Championship leader	Lead
22px Croft	22px Josh Mertz	3
22px Valkenswaard		7
22px Island Rally		11
22px St. Eustache		13
22px Proving Grounds South		4
22px Negus		2
22px Las Vegas		8

2015A 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 GBR 22px NED 22px ISR 22px CAN 22px PVGS 22px NEG 22px LV 22px  Pts  1 22px Josh Mertz C MRT RallyCross Team 1 2 1 4 9 2 2 117 2 22px Dylan Livengood C Miller Rockstar Revolution Racing 3 3 2 5 5 3 1 109 3 22px Tanner Smith C Rockstar Revolution Racing 2 6 5 2 2 1 7 107 4 22px Dylan Smith C LHR Area 52 Racing 10 1 8 83 P LHR RallyCross Team 3 1 C LHR Zest RallyCross Team 6 5 22px Chris Wetz C K1 Revolution Racing 5 DNS 7 1 3 5 75 6 22px Tristan Hagenstein C GLM RallyCross Team 7 5 3 6 4 4 62 7 22px Daniel Bellamy P 125 RallyCross 6 4 6 11 PO 5 59 8 22px Brandon Nicholson P Rockstar Revolution Autosport 9 8 9 12 8 9 47 9 22px Cody Erdmann C CER Area 52 Racing 8 DNS DNS 47 C CER Area 52 Designs RallyCross Team 8 3 10 22px Arnold Columbia C RSS Team Klondike 10 13 10 7 28 11 22px Adam Sweet P REvolution/SVDC Autosport 7 7 11 26 12 22px Caleb Paul P No Fear Racing 81 4 22 13 22px Keith Sherman P Purple Power 9 6 19 14 22px Casey Lester P Lester Racing 6 10 18 15 22px Elliot Porterfield C RalliArt Revolution Junior 4 13 16 22px Brandon Lambert C AEM/Rockstar Revolution Racing 4 13 17 22px Steve Rada P Big Evil Racing 7 11 18 22px Nick Kahrs P Lemon Power 8 9 19 22px Tim Johnston P Kickin Asphalt Racing 9 8 20 22px Riley Artim P Rebel Riley Racing 10 7 21 22px Mark Sebetka C KDR Team Klondike 10 7 22 22px Ken Murray C KDR Team Klondike 11 6 23 22px Chad Mikosz P Mikosz Racing 14 3 Pos. Driver Cup Team GBR 22px NED 22px ISR 22px CAN 22px PVGS 22px NEG 22px LV 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

¹Car #7 was penalized one position for improper penalty box procedures.

2015A Manufacturers' Championship

Pos. Manufacturer GBR 22px NED 22px ISR 22px CAN 22px PVGS 22px NEG 22px LV 22px  Pts  1 22px Subaru 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 130 2 22px Mitsubishi 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 130 3 22px VW 8 1 8 6 10 56 4 22px Ford 10 8 11 7 6 43 Pos. Manufacturer GBR 22px NED 22px ISR 22px CAN 22px PVGS 22px NEG 22px LV 22px  Pts  2015A Constructors' Championship Pos. Constructor No. GBR 22px NED 22px ISR 22px CAN 22px PVGS 22px NEG 22px LV 22px  Pts  1 22px Revolution Racing 13 2 6 5 2 1 1 4 223 51 3 1 71 5 6 1 2 5 2 22px Red Bull Subaru MRT 1 1 2 1 3 5 2 2 218 2 6 4 3 5 3 4 3 3 22px Revolution Junior 21 4 110 51 3 2 4 4 3 71 DNS 666 4 4 22px Area 52 Racing 22 8 1 7 68 52 7 DNS DNS 5 22px Great Lakes Motorsports 39 8 7 6 7 59 40 9 6 6 22px Subaru MRT Junior 3 6 21 4 8 Pos. Constructor No. GBR 22px NED 22px ISR 22px CAN 22px PVGS 22px NEG 22px LV 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) 2015A Privateers' Cup Pos. Driver Team GBR 22px NED 22px ISR 22px CAN 22px PVGS 22px NEG 22px LV 22px  Pts  1 22px Daniel Bellamy 125 RallyCross 6 4 6 10 PO 5 100 2 22px Brandon Nicholson Revolution Autosport 9 8 9 11 8 9 93 3 22px Adam Sweet REvolution/SVDC 7 7 9 46 4 22px Dylan Smith Subaru MRT Junior 3 1 40 5 22px Caleb Paul Solstice Racing 8 4 36 6 22px Casey Lester Lester Racing 6 10 34 7 22px Keith Sherman Mangled Metal Motorsports 9 6 28 8 22px Steve Rada Big Evil Racing 7 16 9 22px Tim Johnston Kickin Asphalt Racing 9 13 10 22px Nick Kahrs Lemon Power 8 13 11 22px Riley Artim Rebel Riley Racing 10 12 12 22px Chad Mikosz Mikosz Racing 14 10 Pos. Driver Team GBR 22px NED 22px ISR 22px CAN 22px PVGS 22px NEG 22px LV 22px  Pts