2012C NASA RallyCross Challenge Season

2012C NASA RallyCross season
NASA RallyCross Challenge
Season
Races	8
Start date	11 November
End date	23 December
Awards
Drivers' champion	Dylan Livengood
Constructors' Champion	Revolution Racing
Privateers' Champion	Brandon Lambert Lambert Red Bull WRT
Manufacturers' Cup	Citroën
Nations' Cup	United States
Tires' Cup	Bridgestone
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2012B	2013A

The 2012C NASA RallyCross Challenge Season was the third season of the NASA RallyCross Challenge. It started on 11 November, 2012. Josh Mertz returned as the defending Drivers' Champion. However, his MRT team was purchased by Citroën and became their works team.

2012C Schedule

Round	Circuit	Location
1	Croft RallyCross	Croft, UK
2	Valkenwaard RallyCross	Valkenwaard, NED
3	TBA	Germany
4	Charlotte RallyCross	Charlotte, NC, USA
5	St. Eustache RallyCross	St. Eustache, CAN
6	NASA Proving Grounds North	Lakewood, CO, USA
7	NASA Proving Grounds South	Lakewood, CO, USA
8	Negus RallyCross	Canon City, CO, USA

Schedule Changes

• Los Angeles has been discontinued due to improper circuit amenities, low attendance, and lack of budget. Germany has been added in place of it.

2012C Drivers and Teams

NASA RallyCross Car Entries eligible to score constructor points
Constructor	Team	Individual Team	No.	Driver	Rds.
Citroën (Citroën Xsara)	Citroën Red Bull World RallyCross Team	MRT Red Bull RallyCross Team	1	Josh Mertz	All
		HWR Red Bull RallyCross Team	2	Cody Erdmann	1, 4-8
		PCK Red Bull RallyCross Team		Dylan Smith	2-3
	Citroën Junior World RallyCross Team	Lil' Weasel RallyCross Team	6		1, 4-8
		Clements Red Bull RallyCross Team	36	Xander Clements	5-8
	DiPalmo Racing	DiPalmo Racing	35	Nick DiPalmo	All
Ford (Ford Focus)	Espy Racing	Espy Racing	40	William Espy	1-4
	Great Lakes Motorsports	Team Klondike	27	Tristan Hagenstein	1, 3-6
	MONSTER Ford World Rally Team	31hellomate Racing	5	Andrew Fessler	All
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer)	Revolution Racing	Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing	23	Chris Wetz	All
		Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing	51	Dylan Livengood	All
Subaru Subaru Impreza	ATN Autosport	Adam Simons	08	Adam Simons	1-2, 4-5
	Prestige WorldWide	MattyICE RallyCross	32	Matt Wishart	All
	Red Bull World Rally	Lambert World Rally	21	Brandon Lambert	All
	Schwartz Motorsports	Shell Motorsports	67	Andrew Schwartz	4-8
	S&B RallyCross	Castrol RallyCross	87	Daniel Bellamy	1-5, 7-8

NASA RallyCross Car Entries ineligible to score constructor points
Constructor	Team	Individual Team	No.	Driver	Rds.
Citroën (Citroën Xsara)	RC Race Team	RC Race Team	75	Nick Kahrs	1-2, 8
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer)	Clements Racing	Clements Racing	25	Xander Clements	3-4
	Revolution Racing Junior Team	Raffurty Motorsport	46	Dillion Raffurty	5
Subaru (Subaru Impreza)	Brian Mercurio	Turtle Beach RallyCross	41	Brian Mercurio	4-8
	Clements Racing	Clements Racing	24	Carson Clements	3
	Doug DeNise	Best Buy RallyCross	4	Doug DeNise	2-3, 6
	Michael Frisch	Frisch RallyCross	58	Michael Frisch	4
	Sebetka RallyCross	Sebetka RallyCross	115	Mark Sebetka	3
	Smokey RallyCross	Smokey RallyCross	77	Jacob Liestman	3-5
	Solstice Racing	MONSTER Energy Solstice Racing	15	Keith Sherman	3-4, 8
	S&B RallyCross	Subaru RallyCross	97	Jack Stroski	1-2

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.
  

• MRT and the MRT Junior Team will now switch back to Citroen to become their factory teams.
  

• Brandon Lambert will return to NASA RallyCross, after an unsuccessful tenure in the WRC. He will drive a Subaru.
  

• Adam Simons left the MRT Junior Team amid the controversy after the final race of the 2012B Season.
  

• 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.
  

• After Valkenswaard, Jack Stroski announced his indefinite retirement from NASA RallyCross.

• Cody Erdmann returned at Charlotte, and thus Dylan Smith was put back in the #6 Citroën Junior car.
  

• Xander Clements signed on to be the second Citroën Junior driver from Canada onwards.
  

• Dillion Raffurty made his debut in the Revolution Junior Team car at Canada.

Races and Results

Championship leader table
Race	Championship leader	Lead
Croft	Josh Mertz	4
Valkenswaard		3
Gifhorn		6
Charlotte		2
St. Eustache		13
Proving Grounds North		9
Proving Ground South		7
Negus	Dylan Livengood	1

Races

Rd.	Race	Winning Driver	Winning Constructor	Winning Manu
1	Croft	Josh Mertz	Citroën WRXT	Citroën
2	Valkenswaard	Chris Wetz	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi
3	Germany	Brandon Lambert	Red Bull WRT	Subaru
4	Charlotte	Cody Erdmann	Citroën WRXT	Citroën
5	St. Eustache	Josh Mertz	Citroën WRXT	Citroën
6	NPVG North	Brian Mercurio	Turtle Beach RXT	Subaru
7	NPVG South	No winner1		Citroën
8	Negus	No winner1		Citroën

¹Due to Cheatgate, Citroën retains the wins as a manufacturer, but the credit for the wins were stripped from Xander Clements and Citroën Junior.

2012C 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. Drivers Team CRO NED GER CHA CAN PVGN PVGS NEG  Pts  1 Dylan Livengood Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing 2 5 3 3 7 2 6 5 113 2 Josh Mertz MRT Red Bull RallyCross Team 1 3 4 63 1 4 7 104 112 3 Chris Wetz Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing 5 1 16 2 8 13 2 11 92 4 Brandon Lambert Lambert RallyCross 9 DNS 1 11 3 11 11 5 83 5 Andrew Fessler 31hellomate Racing DNS DNS 8 4 5 3 5 5 81 6 Xander Clements Clements Red Bull RallyCross Team 2 9 4 EX EX 80 7 Cody Erdmann HWR Red Bull RallyCross Team 5 1 2 6 12 9 75 8 Dylan Smith PCK Red Bull RallyCross Team 3 4 13 10 10 8 7 16 69 9 Matt Wishart MattyICE RallyCross 6 7 6 8 12 7 12 13 67 10 Brian Mercurio Turtle Beach RallyCross 7 1 3 2 66 11 Andrew Schwartz Shell RallyCross 8 5 4 3 49 12 Daniel Bellamy Castrol RallyCross Team 10 6 9 14 9 13 12 46 13 Nick DiPalmo DiPalmo Motorsports 11 9 12 17 13 11 11 14 39 14 Tristan Hagenstein Team Klondike DNS 7 5 DNS 10 SUS WD 33 15 Jack Stroski Subaru RallyCross 7 2 DNS 27 16 Keith Sherman MONSTER Energy Solstice Racing 5 13 8 25 17 Timmy Pacchioli TPacch Motors, Inc. 8 8 17 18 18 William Espy Espy Racing 12 11 11 DSQ2 17 19 Jacob Liestman Smokey RallyCross 10 16 14 11 19 Caleb Paul Smokey RallyCross 6 11 21 File:Flag of Australia.svg Adam Simons Adam Simons DNS 12 15 10 22 Doug DeNise Best Buy RallyCross 10 15 9 23 Nick Kahrs RC Race Team DNS DNS 15 9 24 Dillon Raffurty Raffurty Motorsports 11 6 25 Michael Frisch Frisch RallyCross 12 PO 6 26 Carson Clements Clements Racing 14 3 27 Mark Sebetka Sebetka RallyCross DSQ1 0 Pos. Drivers Team CRO NED GER CHA CAN PVGN PVGS NEG  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) BOLD - Driver won their heat, they get an extra bonus point Italics - Driver transferred through to the final via the LCQ

• ¹ Car #115 was deemed to have intentionally crashed multiple cars in Germany, and was excluded from the final classification.

• ² Car #40 was excluded from the results in Charlotte due to causing an accident on the final restart of the Last Chance Qualifier.

• ³ 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.

• ⁴ Car #1 was deemed to have caused too many instances of contact in a set amount of time, and thus was put to the back of the field in the final.

2012C Manufacturers' Championship

Only the top finishing car of a manufacturer counts for points.

Pos.	Manufacturer	CRO	NED	GER	CHA	CAN	PVGN	PVGS	NEG	Pts
1	Citroën	1	3	4	1	1	5	1	1	145
2	Mitsubishi	2	1	2	2	8	2	2	3	132
3	Subaru	6	2	1	5	3				75
4	Ford	14	15	7	4	5				46
Pos.	Manufacturer	CRO	NED	GER	CHA	CAN	PVGN	PVGS	NEG	Pts

2012C Constructors' Championship

Pos. Constructor No. CRO NED GER CHA CAN PVGN PVGS NEG Points 1 Revolution Racing 23 5 1 16 2 8 13 2 11 205 51 2 5 3 3 7 2 6 5 2 Citroën Red Bull World RallyCross Team 1 1 3 4 63 1 4 7 10 203 2 5 4 13 1 2 6 12 9 3 Citroën Junior World RallyCross Team 6 3 10 10 8 7 16 105 36 4 1 1 4 Lambert Red Bull World Rally Team 21 9 DNS 1 11 3 11 11 5 83 5 S&B RallyCross 87 10 6 9 14 9 13 12 64 97 7 2 DNS 6 MONSTER Ford World Rally Team 5 DNS DNS 8 4 5 3 5 5 81 7 Prestige WorldWide 32 6 7 6 8 12 7 12 13 67 8 Brian Mercurio 41 7 1 3 2 66 9 Shell Motorsports 67 8 5 4 3 49 10 Hu-Pa Motorsports 35 11 9 12 17 13 11 11 14 39 11 Great Lakes Motorsports 27 DNS 7 5 DNS 26 12 Espy Racing 40 12 11 11 DSQ2 17 13 ATN Autosport 08 DNS 12 15 DNS 11 Pos. Constructor No. CRO NED GER CHA CAN PVGN PVGS NEG Points