2012C NASA RallyCross Challenge Season

The 2012C NASA RallyCross Challenge Season will be the third season of the NASA RallyCross Challenge. It will start on 11 November, 2012. Josh Mertz and the Citroen Red Bull World RallyCross Team will return as the defending Drivers and Constructors Champions.

Schedule Changes

 * All races from 2012B are retained, with two new rounds added: Germany and Las Vegas
 * League officials are hoping to add an asian race in the future.

Teams and Drivers Changes

 * Josh Mertz and Cody Erdmann will run numbers 1 and 2, due to Mertz's and the Teams' championships from 2012B.
 * After Croft, Cody Erdmann announced his indefinite retirement from the NASA RallyCross Challenge.
 * As a result, Dylan Smith is moved into Car #2, and the Citroën Junior Team has been shut down.
 * Brandon Lambert will return to NASA RallyCross, after an unsuccessful tenure in the WRC. He will drive a Subaru.
 * MRT and the MRT Junior Team will now switch back to Citroen to become their factory teams.
 * Adam Simons left the MRT Junior Team amid the controversy after the final race of the 2012B Season.
 * Cody Erdmann returned at Charlotte, and thus Dylan Smith was put back in the #6 Citroën Junior car.

2012C Drivers' Championship
Points are awarded to the top 16 finishers.


 * 1 Car #115 was deemed to have intentionally crashed multiple cars in Germany, and was excluded from the final classification.
 * 2 Car #1 was deemed to have not given enough positions back after being pushed off the track by Cars #6 and #27, was dropped three positions in the final classification for Charlotte.
 * 3 Car #40 was excluded from the results in Charlotte due to causing an accident on the final restart of the Last Chance Qualifier.

2012C Manufacturers' Championship
Only the top finishing car of a manufacturer counts for points.

2012C Constructors' Championship
Will be calculated at the end of the season, due to the regulations.