2017B NASA RallyCross Challenge Season

2017B NASA RallyCross season
NASA RallyCross Challenge
Season
Races	10
Start date	June 13, 2017
End date	August 22, 2017
Awards
Drivers' champion	Philip Kraus
Constructors' Champion	Red Bull Subaru MRT
Privateers' Champion	Doug DeNise DeNise Racing
Manufacturers' Cup	Citroën
Nations' Cup	Canada
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2017A	2017C

The 2017B NASA RallyCross Challenge season was the thirteenth season of the championship. After a sensational move to Area 52 Racing, Cody Erdmann was unable to win his third consecutive championship. Despite not starting the first event in Lydden Hill, Philip Kraus won his first championship in his second full season in NASA competition after a fierce battle with both Josh Mertz and Chris Wetz. The Canadian won four out of ten races, with Wetz winning three, Mertz winning two, and Erdmann winning at Area 52 Racing's home race in Milwaukee.

2017B Schedule

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Location
1	British RallyCross GP	Lydden Hill	Wooten,Kent, GBR
2	Dutch RallyCross GP	Valkenswaard Circuit	Valkenswaard, NED
3	Canadian RallyCross GP	St. Eustache Speedway	St. Eustache, CAN
4	Wisconsin RallyCross GP	The Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, WI, USA
5	Indiana RallyCross GP	Lucas Oil Raceway	Indianapolis, IN, USA
6	Texas RallyCross GP	Circuit of the Americas	Austin, TX, USA
7	Cañon City RallyCross GP	Negus Circuit	Canon City, CO, USA
8	Lakewood RallyCross GP	NASA Proving Grounds South	Lakewood, CO, USA
9	Seattle RallyCross GP	Evergreen Speedway	Seattle, WA, USA
10	Vancouver RallyCross GP	Bent Twig Raceway	Vancouver, BC, CAN

Calendar Changes

• NASA returns to Great Britain for the first time since 2015B. The series will run at Lydden Hill.
• To cut costs, the overseas rounds in Germany, Spain, and Japan have been dropped.
• Domestic races in Long Island and Watkins Glen were dropped along with the international races.
• The series will visit the midwest for the first time, with a round in Wisconsin, and Indiana. The series will run modified versions of the Milwaukee Mile, and Lucas Oil Raceway, respectively.
• The series will vist the northwest as well, with Seattle joining Vancouver at the end of the championship.
• Circuit of the Americas will see Rallycross for the first time since 2014.
• The series will visit the North course of the NASA Proving Grounds, per the alternating agreement with the Lakewood circuit.

2017B Drivers and Teams

SuperCars Entry List

NASA RallyCross SuperCar entries eligible to score constructor points
Manufacturer	Constructor	Tire	No.	Driver	Rds
Citroën (Citroën C4 RX)	Area 52 Racing	P	1	Cody Erdmann	1-6
			19	Philip Kraus	All
Ford (Ford Focus RX)	East Coast Autosport	F	76	Noah Carmichael	1-2, 7-8
Honda (Honda Civic)	Honda Monster V2RT	F	24	Victor Vallee	1-7
			42	Casey Lester	1-5
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)	Revolution Racing	H	22	Casey Lester	6-10
			23	Chris Wetz	All
Subaru (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)	Red Bull Subaru MRT	B	51	Dylan Livengood	All
			81	Josh Mertz	All
NASA RallyCross SuperCar entries eligible to score privateer points
Ford (Ford Focus RX)	Iceberg MSE	H	91	Brenden Berg	1-5, 9-10
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)	779 Racing	Y	77	Zack Johnson	All
			79	Spencer Gilmour	5
Subaru (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)	Nicholson Enterprises	M	92	Brandon Nicholson	6
	Red Bull Subaru MRT	B	27	Tristan Hagenstein	10
Volkswagen (Volkswagen Polo RX)	DeNise Autosport	M	10	Doug DeNise	All

Team and Driver Changes

• Cody Erdmann will take the #1 to his own squad, Area 52 Racing. He will partner Philip Kraus. Casey Lester leaves the American squad after one season.
• MRT is left to find a second car after the departure of Cody Erdmann, and the retirement of Tristan Hagenstein.
• Dylan Livengood leaves Revolution Racing, citing performance issues as to why the Canadian leaves his own squad. He later announced his intention to join his friend and rival, Josh Mertz at MRT.
• V2RT signs Casey Lester, who left Area 52 Racing, and expands to a works team for Honda, switching from Michelin tires to Firestone tires.

Events & Results

Rd.	Race	Seeding	Quarter Final 1	Quarter Final 2	Semi Final A	Semi Final B	LCQ	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Manu	Private Winner
1	Lydden Hill	Josh Mertz	Josh Mertz	Chris Wetz	Cody Erdmann	Victor Vallee	Dylan Livengood	Josh Mertz	Red Bull Subaru MRT	Subaru	Brenden Berg
2	Valkenswaard	Chris Wetz	Victor Vallee	Philip Kraus	Josh Mertz	Chris Wetz	Dylan Livengood	Chris Wetz	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi	Brenden Berg
3	St. Eustache	Josh Mertz	Josh Mertz	Victor Vallee	Philip Kraus	Doug DeNise	Chris Wetz	Philip Kraus	Area 52 Racing	Citroën	Doug DeNise
4	Milwaukee	Cody Erdmann	Josh Mertz	Philip Kraus	Cody Erdmann	Dylan Livengood	Chris Wetz	Cody Erdmann	Area 52 Racing	Citroën	Doug DeNise
5	Indianapolis	Josh Mertz	Chris Wetz	Philip Kraus	Victor Vallee	Dylan Livengood	Josh Mertz	Philip Kraus	Area 52 Racing	Citroën	Spencer Gilmour
6	Austin	Chris Wetz	Josh Mertz	Philip Kraus	Chris Wetz	Victor Vallee	Casey Lester	Josh Mertz	Red Bull Subaru MRT	Subaru	Doug DeNise
7	Negus	Josh Mertz	Philip Kraus	Dylan Livengood	Josh Mertz	Chris Wetz	Victor Vallee	Philip Kraus	Area 52 Racing	Citroën	Doug DeNise
8	NPVG North	Chris Wetz	Chris Wetz	Philip Kraus	Josh Mertz	Casey Lester	Dylan Livengood	Philip Kraus	Area 52 Racing	Citroën	Doug DeNise
9	Seattle	Brenden Berg	Philip Kraus	Josh Mertz	Chris Wetz	Brenden Berg	Dylan Livengood	Chris Wetz	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi	Doug DeNise
10	Bent Twig	Josh Mertz	Josh Mertz	Philip Kraus	Brenden Berg	Chris Wetz	Dylan Livengood	Chris Wetz	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi	Doug DeNise

Championship Standings

Championship leader table
Race	Championship leader	Lead
Lydden Hill	Josh Mertz	3
Valkenswaard	Chris Wetz	2
St. Eustache		6
Milwaukee		2
Indianapolis		1
Austin	Philip Kraus	2
Negus		6
NPVG North		10
Seattle		8
Bent Twig

2017B 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	QF Win	SF Win
Points	20	17	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	2	1

Pos. Driver Cup Team GBR NED CAN MIL IND AUS NEG PVGN SEA BTW  Pts  1 Philip Kraus C Area 52 Racing 10 22 1A 22 12 22 11 12 31 32 185 2 Chris Wetz C Revolution Racing 22 1B 2LCQ 4LCQ 21 4A 3B 31 1A 1B 178 3 Josh Mertz C Red Bull Subaru MRT 11 3A 61 31 3LCQ 11 2A 2A 22N6 61 173 4 Dylan Livengood C Red Bull Subaru MRT 5LCQN1 4LCQ 4 5B 4B 6 52 4LCQ 5LCQ 5LCQ 127 5 Doug DeNise P DeNise Autosport 11 8 5B 7 11 7 4 7 4 4 103 6 Casey Lester C Honda Monster V2RT 8 7 10 9 8 94 C Revolution Racing 5LCQ 7 6 B 8 8 7 Zack Johnson P 779 Racing 9 10 8 8 7 9 7 8 7 9 88 8 Victor Vallee C Monster Honda V2RT 3BN2 61N3 32 6 6AN4 3B DSQLCQ N5 85 9 Brenden Berg P Iceberg MSE 6 5N3 7 10 11 6B 7A 69 10 Cody Erdmann C Area 52 Racing 4AN2 11 11 1A 9 10 62 11 Noah Carmichael C East Coast Autosport 7 9 6 5 41 12 Tristan Hagenstein P Red Bull Subaru MRT 2 17 13 Spencer Gilmour P 779 Racing 5 12 13 Brandon Nicholson P Nicholson Enterprises 8 9 14 Andrew Odom P Odoma Autosport 9 8 Pos. Driver Cup Team GBR NED CAN MIL IND AUS NEG PVGN SEA BTW  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 – Fastest time in seeding 1 2 – Winner of Quarterfinal 1, 2, or 3 A B – Winner of Semifinal A or B LCQ – Winner of the Last Chance Qualifier

• N1 - Tristan Hagenstein substituted for Dylan Livengood at the British Grand Prix due to a medical emergency. All points and results were recorded as Livengood.
  
• N2 - Cody Erdmann was penalized one position for not announcing contact with Victor Vallee over the radio, which prevented Race Control from reviewing the contact until after the race.
• N3 - Victor Vallee and Brenden Berg were both penalized and sent to the back of the final of the Dutch GP for failing to take two jokers.
• N4 - Victor Vallee was dropped from fourth in the final to sixth, after intentionally wrecking Josh Mertz.
• N5 - Victor Vallee was disqualified from the Cañon City GP for spinning Josh Mertz, and intentionally wrecking Dylan Livengood after exiting the penalty box.
• N6 - Josh Mertz was penalized one position for avoidable contact with Philip Kraus.

2017B Manufacturers' Championship

Pos. Manufacturer GBR NED CAN MIL IND AUS NEG PVGN SEA BTW  Pts  1 Citroën 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 194 2 Mitsubishi 2 1 2 4 2 4 3 3 1 1 178 3 Subaru 1 3 4 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 177 4 Volkswagen 11 8 5 7 10 7 4 7 4 4 103 5 Honda 3 6 3 6 6 3 DSQ 85 6 Ford 6 5 7 10 11 6 5 6 82 Pos. Manufacturer GBR NED CAN MIL IND AUS NEG PVGN SEA BTW  Pts  2017B Constructors' Championship Pos. Constructor No. GBR NED CAN MIL IND AUS NEG PVGN SEA BTW  Pts  1 Red Bull Subaru MRT 51 5LCQ 4LCQ 4 5B 4B 6 42 4LCQ 4LCQ 3LCQ 308 81 11 3A 51 31 3LCQ 11 2A 2A 22 41 2 Area 52 Racing 1 4A DNS DNS 1A DNS DNS 263 19 DNS 22 1A 22 12 22 11 12 31 22 3 Revolution Racing 22 5LCQ 7 6B DNS DNS 237 23 22 1B 2LCQ 4LCQ 21 4A 3B 31 1A 1B 4 Honda Monster V2RT 24 3B 51 32 6 5A 3B DSQLCQ 140 42 7 6 DNS 7 6 5 East Coast Autosport 76 6 7 5 5 45 Pos. Constructor No. GBR NED CAN MIL IND AUS NEG PVGN SEA BTW  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) 2017B Privateers' Cup Pos. Driver Team GBR NED CAN MIL IND AUS NEG PVGN SEA BTW  Pts  1 Doug DeNise DeNise Autosport 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 185 2 Zack Johnson 779 Racing 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 158 3 Brenden Berg Iceberg MSE 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 118 4 Tristan Hagenstein Red Bull Subaru MRT 1 20 5 Spencer Gilmour 779 Racing 1 20 6 Brandon Nicholson Nicholson Enterprises 2 17 7 Andrew Odom Odoma Autosport 4 13 Pos. Driver Team GBR NED CAN MIL IND AUS NEG PVGN SEA BTW  Pts