2015 Global RallyCross Championship

The 2015 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship is the fifth season of the Global RallyCross Championship. Joni Wiman is the reigning champion in the Supercars class and drives for the same team, Olsbergs MSE, as last year. Reigning champion in the GRC Lites class, Mitchell DeJong did not step up to the Supercars class, but his teammate Sebastian Eriksson, who became second in the GRC Lites championship last year, did step up to the highest class in the GRC and became Joni Wiman's teammate.

2015 Global RallyCross Championship
Previous: 2014 Next: 2016

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

Entries

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

GRC Lites
Miles Maroney during the second round at Daytona

Every competitor drives an Olsbergs MSE-built GRC Lites car.

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

Results and standings

Events
No. Event 3rd Place 2nd Place GRC Lites Winner Winner Winning Team Manufacturer
1 Red Bull Global Rallycross Florida Nelson Piquet Jr. Scott Speed Austin Cindric Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford
NC X Games Austin Sebastian Eriksson Steve Arpin Did not participate Scott Speed Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
2 Red Bull Global Rallycross Daytona Sebastian Eriksson Austin Dyne Oliver Eriksson Tanner Foust Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
3 Steve Arpin Ken Block Austin Cindric Sebastian Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford
4 Red Bull Global Rallycross The Base Nelson Piquet Jr. Patrik Sandell Alex Keyes Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford
5 Red Bull Global Rallycross Detroit Sebastian Eriksson Scott Speed Tanner Whitten Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford
6 Sebastian Eriksson Scott Speed Miles Maroney Patrik Sandell Bryan Herta Rallysport Ford
7 Red Bull Global Rallycross Washington DC Ken Block Patrik Sandell Alex Keyes Nelson Piquet Jr. SH Racing Rallycross Ford
8 Red Bull Global Rallycross Los Angeles Patrik Sandell Tanner Foust Oliver Eriksson Scott Speed Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
9 Tanner Foust Brian Deegan Austin Cindric Scott Speed Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
10 Red Bull Global Rallycross Barbados Nelson Piquet Jr. Scott Speed Oliver Eriksson Tanner Foust Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
11 Joni Wiman Scott Speed Austin Cindric Tanner Foust Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
12 Red Bull Global Rallycross Las Vegas Scott Speed Sebastian Eriksson Alex Keyes Joni Wiman Olsbergs MSE 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
FTA
AUS†
DAY1
DAY2
MCAS
DET1
DET2
DC
LA1
LA2
BAR1
BAR2
LV		 Pts.
1 Scott Speed Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross 22 11 DNS 9 DNS1 2 21 7LCQ 12 A 11 A 2 2 31 B 456
2 Sebastian Eriksson Olsbergs MSE 4 31 3LCQ 11 B 9B 3 3 6 13 7 4 7 21 400
3 Tanner Foust Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross 5LCQ 5LCQ 1 5 DNS 10 10B 5 2 31 B 1B 11 B 9 388
4 Nelson Piquet Jr. SH Racing Rallycross 32 7 6 3 8 9 12 B 82 DSQ 5LCQ 3 61 380
5 Joni Wiman Olsbergs MSE DNS1 14 4 8 81 5LCQ 4 101 9 8 3 5 1A 370
6 Steve Arpin Chip Ganassi Racing 71 A 2 5 3 51 7 11 4 5 51 8 4 41 357
7 Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division 1B 11 82 B 2A 1A 11 A 7 3 11 9 11 10 10 345
8 Patrik Sandell Bryan Herta Rallysport DNS DNS 92 A 10 21 91 B 11 A 2A 3B 4LCQ DSQ 6 DNS 328
9 Austin Dyne Bryan Herta Rallysport 6 8 2 7LCQ 4 6 6 8 DNS 11 9A 81 7 277
10 Brian Deegan Chip Ganassi Racing 4 10 4 5LCQ 62 2 61 9LCQ 5LCQ 229
11 Sverre Isachsen Subaru Rally Team USA 9 10 DNS 11 6 12 DNS 4 13 7 12 DNS 136
12 Bucky Lasek Subaru Rally Team USA 10 7 DNS 12 7LCQ 11 8 DNS DNS 8 88
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Jeff Ward Chip Ganassi Racing 61 41 91 0
Travis Pastrana Subaru Rally Team USA 13 7LCQ 6 0
Andreas Bakkerud SH Racing Rallycross 61 0
Victor Gonzalez Jr. Rhys Millen Racing 8 0
Liam Doran LD Motorsports 9 0
Rhys Millen Rhys Millen Racing DNS 11 0
Logan Gomez Royal Purple Racing 11 0
Pat Moro PMR Motorsports 12 12 11 0
Brian Wong Rhys Millen Racing 12 12 0
David Higgins Subaru Rally Team USA 14 14 12 0
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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

Manufacturers' championship

No Manufacturers' championship in GRC Lites class

Pos. Manufacturer Pts.
1 Ford 55
2 Volkswagen 52
3 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.
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