2013A NASA RallyCross Challenge Season

2013A NASA RallyCross season
NASA RallyCross Challenge
Season
Races	8 3
Start date	13 January 2013
End date	27 January 2013
Awards
Drivers' champion	Dylan Livengood
Constructors' Champion	Revolution Racing
Privateers' Champion	not awarded
Manufacturers' Cup	Mitsubishi
Nations' Cup	Germany
Tires' Cup	Bridgestone
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2012C	2013B

The 2013A NASA RallyCross Challenge Season was the fourth season of the NASA RallyCross Challenge. Dylan Livengood and Revolution Racing will return as the defending Drivers and Constructors Champions. The season started on 13 January 2013 and ended prematurely on 27 January, due to a drop in car count because of a cheating controversy centered around Xander Clements.

Regulation Changes

• The NASA RallyCross rulebook will be strictly enforced and read THROUGHLY before every event.
  
• To be deemed a Constructor team and run for the Constructors' Championship, a team must have two cars run the entire season.
  
• Any team/driver that does not run the full season will automatically be entered for the Privateer Cup.
  

2013A Schedule

Round	Circuit	Location
1	Croft RallyCross	Croft, GBR
2	Valkenwaard RallyCross	Valkenwaard, NED
3	Gifhorn RallyCross	Gifhorn, GER

2013A Drivers and Teams

NASA RallyCross Car Entries eligible to score constructor points
Manufacturer	Constructor	Individual Team	No.	Driver	Rds
Citroën (Citroën Xsara)	Citroën Red Bull World RallyCross Team	MRT Red Bull RallyCross Team	81	Josh Mertz	All
		HWR Red Bull RallyCross Team	524	Cody Erdmann	All
	Citroën Junior World RallyCross Team	PCK Red Bull RallyCross Team	6	Dylan Smith	1-2
		XCR Red Bull RallyCross Team	36	Xander Clements	1-2
	Citroën NnN Racing	RC Cola Hu-Pa Motorsports	35	Nick DiPalmo	1-2
		RC Race Team	75	Nick Kahrs	1-3
Ford (Ford Focus)	MONSTER Ford World Rally Team	Fessler AutoSport	5	Andrew Fessler	All
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer)	Revolution Racing	Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing	1	Dylan Livengood	All
		Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing	2	Chris Wetz	All
	Revolution Racing Junior Team	SPEED Energy DK Racing	24	David Krikorian	1-2
		Bambi Racing	39	Case Brinksma	1-2
	Schwartz Motorsports	DLB RallyCross	15	Daniel Bellamy	1-2
		Schwartz RallyCross	67	Andrew Schwartz	1-2
Subaru (Subaru Impreza)	Prestige WorldWide	MattyICE RallyCross	32	Matt Wishart	1-2
NASA RallyCross Car Privateer Cup Entries
Citroën (Citroën Xsara)	TP Enterprises	Lil Weasel RallyCross Team	6	Dylan Smith	3
		Tpacch Motor Companies	55	Timmy Pacchioli	1-2
Ford (Ford Focus)	Koninklijke Nederlandse de Autosport	Super de Boer Rallycross Team	27	Tristan Hagenstein	1-2
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer)	Howe Autosport	Brandon Howe RallyCross	83	Brandon Howe	2
Subaru (Subaru Impreza)	Prestige WorldWide	Turtle Beach RallyCross	41	Brian Mercurio	1
	Smokey RallyCross	Kodak RallyCross	77	Jacob Liestman	1
	MONSTER Subaru World Rally Team	MONSTER Subaru RallyCross	527	Zack Johnson	3

Team and Driver Changes

• Dylan Livengood and Chris Wetz will inherit cars #1 and #2, due to Livengoods' and Revolutions' Championships.
• Josh Mertz returns to the #81.
• Xander Clements moves into the second Citroen WRXT car, due to having a higher average finish than Cody Erdmann.
• Koninklijke Nederlandse de Autosport purchases the assets of Great Lakes Motorsports. Tristan Hagenstein still retains the race seat.
• Andrew Schwartz purchases the assets of Webler Motorsports, teaming up with Daniel Bellamy.
• Brandon Lambert is looking for a teammate.
• John Gregorio joins with the new team United World RallyCross Team
• Nick Kahrs joins Nick DiPalmo at his team, and switches from his independent Ford Focus to a Citroën Xsara.
• Citroën, as a result, makes NnN Racing a works team, operating separately from the Red Bull/Junior teams.
• Revolution starts up their Junior team, with David Krikorian and Case Brinksma.
• At the 11th hour, Matt Wishart announces Brian Mercurio as his teammate at Prestige WorldWide.
• Midweek before Valkenswaard, Citroën called Cody Erdmann back up to the works squad.
• As a result, Xander Clements goes back to the Junior Team.
• After Valkenswaard, Dylan Smith left Citroën Junior.
• During Practice for Germany, Xander Clements was found to have illegal traction control on his Citroën. All driver/constructor points have been revoked from car #36, and Citroën Junior was removed from semi-works status.

Race Summaries

Round	Race name	Podium finishers
		Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Manufacturer
1	Round of Croft	1	66	David Krikorian	Revolution Racing Junior Team	Mitsubishi
		2	32	Matt Wishart	Prestige WorldWide	Subaru
		3	81	Josh Mertz	Citroën Red Bull World RallyCross Team	Citroën
2	Round of Valkenswaard	1	524	Cody Erdmann	Citroën Red Bull World RallyCross Team	Citroën
		2	66	David Krikorian	Revolution Racing Junior Team	Mitsubishi
		3	1	Dylan Livengood	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi
3	Round of Germany	1	1	Dylan Livengood	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi
		2	524	Cody Erdmann	Citroën Red Bull World RallyCross Team	Citroën
		3	199	Aaron Johnson	Aaron Johnson Racing	Ford

Races and Results

Championship leader table
Race	Championship leader	Lead
Croft	David Krikorian	3
Valkenswaard		11
Gifhorn	Dylan Livengood	8

2013A 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	17th-	Heat Win
Points	20	17	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0	1

Pos. Drivers Team CRO NED GER  Pts  1 Dylan Livengood Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing 7 3 1 47 2 David Krikorian DK Racing 1 2 39 3 Cody Erdmann HWR Red Bull RallyCross Team DNS 1 2 38 4 Josh Mertz MRT Red Bull RallyCross Team 3 5 DNS 35 5 Andrew Fessler Fessler AutoSport 6 4 DNS 34 6 Chris Wetz Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing 8 9 4 30 7 Matt Wishart MattyICE RallyCross 2 8 27 8 Nick Kahrs RC Race Team 11 18 6 17 9 Andrew Schwartz Shell Motorsports 5 13 16 10 Aaron Johnson Aaron Johnson Racing 3 16 11 Daniel Bellamy DLB RallyCross 12 7 15 12 Dylan Smith Lil Weasel RallyCross Team 9 10 15 13 Brian Mercurio Turtle Beach RallyCross 4 14 14 Case Brinksma Bambi Racing 13 17 DNS 12 15 Doug DeNise Best Buy RallyCross 5 12 16 Zack Johnson Cupcake Racing 7 10 17 Timmy Pacchioli TPacch Motor Companies 14 11 9 18 Nick DiPalmo RC Cola Hu-Pa Motorsports 10 16 8 19 Carson Clements Clements Racing 12 5 20 Tristan Hagenstein Super de Boer RallyCross Team DNS 14 3 21 Jacob Liestman Smokey RallyCross 16 1 22 Brandon Howe Brandon Howe RallyCross 16 1 - Xander Clements XCR Red Bull RallyCross Team EX EX 0 Pos. Drivers Team CRO NED GER  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

2013A Constructors' Championship

Pos. Constructor No. CRO NED GER Points 1 Revolution Racing 1 7 3 1 77 2 8 9 4 2 Citroën Red Bull World RallyCross Team 81 3 4 DNS 73 524 DNS 1 2 3 Revolution Racing Junior 39 13 17 43 66 1 2 4 Schwartz RallyCross 15 12 7 31 67 5 13 5 Citroën NnN Racing 35 10 16 14 75 11 18 EX Citroën Junior World RallyCross Team 6 9 10 0 (31) 36 15 6 Pos. Constructor No. CRO NED GER Points

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