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.

2016 Global RallyCross Championship
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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
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Fiesta ST 00 Steve Arpin All
38 Brian Deegan All
SH Rallycross 07 Jeff Ward 1–7
Nelson Piquet Jr. 8–10
Tanner Whitten (R) 11–12
AD Racing 14 Austin Dyne All
77 Sebastián Saavedra (R) 1–2, 4–5
Bryan Herta Rallysport 18 Patrik Sandell All
Honda Honda Red Bull OMSE Honda Civic Coupe 24 Mitchell DeJong (R) 11–12
31 Joni Wiman All
93 Sebastian Eriksson All
96 Kevin Eriksson 9
Hyundai Rhys Millen Racing Hyundai Veloster 67 Rhys Millen 1–5
Subaru Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STi 11 Sverre Isachsen 6–9
55 Chris Atkinson (R)[4] 9–12
75 David Higgins 10–12
81 Bucky Lasek 6–9
88 Toshi Arai (R) 11–12
Volkswagen Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen Beetle 34 Tanner Foust All
41 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
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 2 Cabot Bigham (R) All
24 Alex Keyes 1–2, 6–9, 11–12
Tanner Whitten 3–5, 10
AF Racing 3 Travis PeCoy (R) All
44 Christian Brooks (R) All
126 Alejandro Fernández All
River Racing[N 1]
Rhys Millen Racing[N 1]
 07 Collete Davis 1–7
22 Blake Williams 4–7, 11–12
42 Nur Ali 3
88 Preston Murray (R) 1–2
Olsbergs MSE X Forces 16 Oliver Eriksson All
45 Miki Weckström (R) All
51 Sandra Hultgren 8–9
53 Cole Keatts (R) All
PMG Rallysport 19 Trenton Estep (R) 1–2
Parker Chase (R) 3–7
69 Harry Gottsacker (R) 1–7
DirtFish Motorsports 21 Conner Martell All
25 James Rimmer (R) 10–12
CORE Autosport 54 Jon Bennett (R) 4–5, 8–10
Colin Braun (R) 11–12
56 4–5, 8–9
Scott Anderson (R) 10–12
Sources:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Results and standings

Race results
No. Event 3rd Place 2nd Place GRC Lites Winner Winner Winning Team Manufacturer
1 Red Bull Global RallyCross Phoenix Brian Deegan Patrik Sandell Miki Weckström Tanner Foust Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
2 Sebastian Eriksson Scott Speed Conner Martell Tanner Foust Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
3 Red Bull Global RallyCross Dallas Tanner Foust Steve Arpin Oliver Eriksson Patrik Sandell Bryan Herta Rallysport Ford
4 Red Bull Global RallyCross Daytona Sebastian Eriksson Brian Deegan Oliver Eriksson Steve Arpin Chip Ganassi Racing Ford
5 Sebastian Eriksson Scott Speed Tanner Whitten Tanner Foust Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
6 Red Bull Global RallyCross MCAS New River Steve Arpin Brian Deegan Miki Weckström Scott Speed Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross 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 Tanner Foust Patrik Sandell Cabot Bigham Scott Speed Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
9 Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City Brian Deegan Patrik Sandell Alex Keyes Scott Speed Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
10 Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle Joni Wiman Sebastian Eriksson Conner Martell Tanner Foust Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
11 Red Bull Global RallyCross Los Angeles Steve Arpin Tanner Foust Alex Keyes Scott Speed Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Volkswagen
12 Patrik Sandell Scott Speed Cabot Bigham Brian Deegan Chip Ganassi Racing 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 Scott Speed Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross 52 B 21 B 42 B 7 2LCQ 1LCQ C1 12 A 12 A 4 12 A 2A 571
2 Tanner Foust 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 Brian Deegan Chip Ganassi Racing 3LCQ 6LCQ 7LCQ 2 51 B 2 C 4 3 7 4 1 473
4 Steve Arpin Chip Ganassi Racing 4 5 2 11 A 6 3A C1 6LCQ 5 51 3 101 461
5 Patrik Sandell Bryan Herta Rallysport 2 4 1 81 8 41 C 2 2 11 5 3 436
6 Joni Wiman Honda Red Bull OMSE 6 10 5 4 4 7 C 5 12 3LCQ 112 5B 342
7 Sebastian Eriksson Honda Red Bull OMSE 9 3 10 3 3 61 CA 10 6LCQ 21 B 9 12 341
8 Austin Dyne AD Racing 10 7 6 10 10 5 C 8 7 10 12 8 198
9 Jeff Ward SH Rallycross 7 8 9 5 7 9 C 134
10 Rhys Millen Rhys Millen Racing 8 9 8 6 9 96
11 Chris Atkinson (R) Subaru Rally Team USA 11 6 7 7 88
12 Nelson Piquet Jr. SH Rallycross 7 8 8 63
13 David Higgins Subaru Rally Team USA 9 6LCQ 9 57
14 Tanner Whitten (R) SH Rallycross 10 6 37
15 Bucky Lasek Subaru Rally Team USA 10 C 9 10 34
16 Mitchell DeJong (R) Honda Red Bull OMSE 8 11 24
17 Sverre Isachsen Subaru Rally Team USA 11 C 11 9 19
18 Kevin Eriksson Honda Red Bull OMSE 13 4
19 Toshi Arai (R) Subaru Rally Team USA 13 13 4
20 Sebastián Saavedra (R) AD Racing 11 DNS WD WD 3
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 – 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 Cabot Bigham (R) Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 4 2 2 7 6 42 C2 12 5 10 3 11 452
2 Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE X Forces 10 6 12 12 21 102 C2 2 4 21 82 41 447
3 Miki Weckström (R) Olsbergs MSE X Forces 12 32 10 10 31 LCQ 1 C 31 7 3 2 9 419
4 Conner Martell DirtFish Motorsports 2LCQ 11 8LCQ 4 4 8 C 10 61 12 11 6LCQ 359
5 Christian Brooks (R) AF Racing 6 4 4 6 7 11 C 7 91 9 4 8 288
6 Alex Keyes Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 32 81 LCQ 9 C 5 12 12 72 268
7 Alejandro Fernández AF Racing 12 DSQ 7 5LCQ 9 6LCQ C 6 10 4 6 5 256
8 Travis PeCoy (R) AF Racing 7 DNS 9 11 5 13 C 41 LCQ 2 6LCQ 5 DNS 249
9 Tanner Whitten Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 32 22 12 81 188
10 Colin Braun (R) CORE Autosport 3 10 12 3LCQ DSQLCQ 3 154
11 Collete Davis River Racing 9 5 13 13 8 7 C 94
12 Parker Chase (R) PMG Rallysport 6 8 11 3 C 85
13 Harry Gottsacker (R) PMG Rallysport 11 DNS 5 15 14 5 C 85
14 Blake Williams Rhys Millen Racing 14 13 2 C 9 DSQ 75
15 Trenton Estep (R) PMG Rallysport 5 7 57
16 Scott Anderson (R) CORE Autosport 11 12 2 55
17 Cole Keatts (R) Olsbergs MSE X Forces 13 11 11 12 15 12 C 11 11 5 13 12 51
18 Jon Bennett (R) CORE Autosport 9 12 9 12 7 51
19 Sandra Hultgren Olsbergs MSE X Forces 8 8 36
20 Preston Murray (R) Rhys Millen Racing 8 DNS 33
21 James Rimmer (R) DirtFish Motorsports 12 7 11 25
22 Nur Ali Rhys Millen Racing 12 3

Manufacturers' championship
Pos. Manufacturer Pts.
1 Volkswagen 51
2 Ford 44
3 Honda 36
4 Subaru 13

Notes
  1. Car No. 07 entered as River Racing and cars No. 22, 42 and 88 entered as Rhys Millen Racing.

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