2013C NASA RallyCross Challenge Season

2013C NASA RallyCross season
NASA RallyCross Challenge
Season
Races	10
Start date	24 November 2013
End date	2 February 2014
Awards
Drivers' champion	Josh Mertz
Constructors' Champion	MRT
Privateers' Champion	Tristan Hagenstein Great Lakes Motorsports
Manufacturers' Cup	Mitsubishi
Nations' Cup	United States
Tires' Cup	Hoosier
Endurance Cup	Josh Mertz
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2013B	2014A

The 2013C NASA RallyCross Challenge Season was the sixth season for the NASA RallyCross Challenge presented by Royal Purple. It started on 24 November 2013 with the 6th British Rallycross Grand Prix and ended with the Irwindale Rallycross Grand Prix on 2 February. Dylan Livengood, Revolution Racing, and Mitsubishi will return as the defending Drivers', Constructors', and Manufacturers' Champions.

Background

Coming into the sixth NASA RallyCross season, the leading works teams rosters did not change.

• Quadruple Works Champions Revolution Racing will retain Triple Drivers' Champion Dylan Livengood and Chris Wetz.
• Their rivals, the 2012B Works Champions Citroën retain 2012B Drivers' Champion Josh Mertz and his teammate Cody Erdmann.
• Mangled Lemons Racing moves up to become a works team for Ford with Nick Kahrs and Keith Sherman.
• Volkswagen also begins their maiden campaign in the Works ranks with the 2012A Drivers' Champion, Brandon Lambert, and Tanner Smith, who drove for the team in the final two races in the 2013B season.

2013C Schedule

Round	Circuit	Location
1	Croft RallyCross	Croft, GBR
2	Valkenwaard RallyCross	Valkenwaard, NED
3	Island Rally	Long Island, NY, USA
4	Charlotte RallyCross	Charlotte, NC, USA
5	Talladega RallyCross	Talladega, AL, USA
6	Negus RallyCross	Canon City, CO, USA
7	Riverside Rally	Riverside, CA, USA
8	Bent Twig RallyCross	Vancouver, CAN
9	St. Eustache RallyCross	St. Eustache, CAN
10	Irwindale RallyCross	Irwindale, CA, USA

Schedule Changes

• The rally endurance rounds return from 2012A, due to popular demand. The two rounds will form the inaugural Endurance Cup.
• Two new circuits arrive this season in Talladega, AL & Las Vegas, NV, USA.
• On 12 December, the Las Vegas Council informed NASA officials that building permits would not be given to NASA to build the track.
• On the announcement of the LV track being cancelled, NASA officials moved the finale to the Irwindale Speedway.

2013C Drivers and Teams

Entry List

NASA RallyCross Car Works Entries
Manufacturer	Constructor	Tire	Individual Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Citroën (Citroën C4 RX)	Citroën Total Red Bull World RallyCross Team	B	MRT Red Bull RallyCross Team	81	Josh Mertz	1-4
			CER Red Bull RallyCross Team	82	Cody Erdmann	1-4
	Citroën Junior World RallyCross Team	B	JKR Red Bull RallyCross Team	83	Jacob Krause	1-4
			CRM Red Bull RallyCross Team	84	Luke Fleming	1-4
Ford (Ford Focus WRC)	Mangled Lemons Racing	M	Purple Power	15	Keith Sherman	1-3, 5-6, 8-10
			Lemon Power	35	Nick Kahrs	All
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)	Revolution Racing	H	Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing	1	Dylan Livengood	All
			K1 Revolution Racing	2	Chris Wetz	All
Subaru (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)	Delícia Race Team	M	Monster DC Subaru Team	31	Douglas Speed	2-3
			Puma Subaru Team	41	Joao Paulo	2-4, 8
	Red Bull Subaru MRT	B	MRT Red Bull RallyCross Team	81	Josh Mertz	5-10
			CER Red Bull RallyCross Team	82	Cody Erdmann	5-10
	Subaru MRT Junior	B	JKR Red Bull RallyCross Team	83	Jacob Krause	5-6
			PCK Red Bull RallyCross Team		Dylan Smith	7-10
			CRM Red Bull RallyCross Team	84	Luke Fleming	5-8
Volkswagen (Volkswagen Polo R WRC)	VW Monster Energy World Rally Team	P	Monster Energy Team Lambert	5	Brandon Lambert	All
			Monster Energy Team Smith	13	Tanner Smith	1-3
NASA RallyCross Car Privateer Cup Entries
Manufacturer	Team	Tire	Individual Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Citroën (Citroën C4 WRC) (Citroën Xsara)	Zest Racing	M	Zest Racing	22	Dylan Smith	6
	Poulin Racing	P	Poulin Racing	39	Jake Poulin	3
Ford (Ford Focus WRC)	Great Lakes Motorsports	M	Team Klondike	27	Tristan Hagenstein	All
	Abu Dhabi Ford World Rally Team	M	Abu Dhabi Ford Racing	34	Matt Brinson	9
	Smith Racing Stables	M	Smith Racing Stables	50	Dudley Smith	6-8
Mitubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer)	Stanton Racing	M	Stanton Racing	48	Jeffrey Stanton	2
Subaru (Subaru Impreza)	ATN Autosport	P	ATN Autosport	08	Adam Simons	1
			NOS Energy Racing	28	Jake Pipal	3
	DeNise Racing	BF	Royal Purple RallyCross	10	Doug DeNise	4-6, 9
	Solstice Racing	BF	Solstice Racing	7	Caleb Paul	1-6
	NOS Energy Rally	BF	NOS Energy Rally	199	Daniel Bellamy	3
Volkswagen (Volkswagen Polo R WRC)	ATN Autosport	M	ATN Autosport	08	Adam Simons	7
	Bruno Racing	M	Castrol Racing	54	Leonardo Bruno	3

Team and Driver Changes

• After re-evaluating their RallyCross programme (along with Josh Mertz serving his suspension) Citroën has reinstated their factory teams for 2013C.
• Luke Fleming terminated the contract for Carolina Motorsports to be the official Works and Semi-Works teams for Subaru.
• Mangled Lemons Racing became the Ford works team.
• Volkswagen World Rally Team has accompanied Monster Energy as the new main sponsor for Brandon Lambert & Tanner Smith. With this announcement, they elevate to Works status after winning Semi-Works in 2013B.
• Luke Fleming and Jacob Krause join the Citroën Junior team after closing Carolina.
• Mid season, Citroën and MRT parted ways. This resulted in MRT aligning with Subaru for the first time since 2012B.
• After a string of poor performances and disqualifcations, Jacob Krause was dropped by MRT Junior after Negus. Dylan Smith will return to the team for the remaining races.
• Tanner Smith was dropped by VW after Negus due to a failure of showing up to race events.

Events

Results

Rd.	Race	Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Heat 4	LCQ	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Manu	Report
1	Croft	Josh Mertz	Dylan Livengood	N/A	N/A	Tristan Hagenstein	Dylan Livengood	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi	Report
2	Valkenswaard	Luke Fleming	Dylan Livengood	Cody Erdmann	Josh Mertz	Caleb Paul	Chris Wetz	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi	Report
3	Island Rally	Brandon Lambert	Josh Mertz	Dylan Livengood	Tanner Smith	Caleb Paul	Dylan Livengood	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi	Report
4	Charlotte	Caleb Paul	Brandon Lambert	Josh Mertz	N/A	Dylan Livengood	Chris Wetz	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi	Report
5	Talladega	Cody Erdmann	Josh Mertz	Caleb Paul	N/A	Dylan Livengood	Caleb Paul	Solstice Racing	Subaru	Report
6	Negus	Dylan Livengood	Doug DeNise	Josh Mertz	N/A	Dylan Smith	Josh Mertz	Red Bull Subaru MRT	Subaru	Report
7	Riverside	Josh Mertz	Tristan Hagenstein	Brandon Lambert	N/A	Cody Erdmann	Cody Erdmann	Red Bull Subaru MRT	Subaru	Report
8	Bent Twig	Keith Sherman	Tristan Hagenstein	Josh Mertz	N/A	Brandon Lambert	Brandon Lambert	VW MONSTER WRT	Volkswagen	Report
9	St. Eustache	Dylan Livengood	Cody Erdmann	N/A	N/A	Josh Mertz	Josh Mertz	Red Bull Subaru MRT	Subaru	Report
10	Irwindale	Chris Wetz	Josh Mertz	N/A	N/A	Dylan Smith	Chris Wetz	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi	Report

Championship Standings

Championship leader table
Race	Championship leader	Lead
Croft	Dylan Livengood	3
Valkenswaard		1
Island Rally		6
Charlotte		8
Talladega		10
Negus		8
Riverside	Dylan Livengood Josh Mertz	Tie
Bent Twig	Dylan Livengood	2
St. Eustache	Josh Mertz	4
Irwindale		7

2013C 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. Driver Cup Team CRO NED ISR CHA TAL NEG RVR BTW CAN IRW  Pts  1 Josh Mertz C MRT Red Bull RallyCross Team 3 5 2 61 7 1 2 5 1 2 160 2 Dylan Livengood C Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing 1 7 1 3 2 4 7 3 4 3 153 3 Cody Erdmann C CER Red Bull RallyCross Team 4 3 3 7 3 2 1 6 5 7 141 4 Brandon Lambert C MONSTER Energy Team Lambert DNS 4 6 4 9 3 4 1 2 6 132 5 Chris Wetz C K1 Revolution Racing 6 1 8 1 12 5 8 11 3 1 127 6 Tristan Hagenstein C Team Klondike 2 8 5 5 4 9 6 2 11 10 114 7 Caleb Paul P Solstice Racing DNS 2 4 2 1 11 81 8 Nick Kahrs C Lemon Power DNS 9 14 8 11 7 10 10 9 8 70 9 Luke Fleming C CAR Red Bull RallyCross Team 5 6 11 12 5 10 11 9 68 10 Keith Sherman C Purple Power 8 10 15 8 12 4 10 5 65 11 Dylan Smith C PCK Red Bull RallyCross Team 6 5 6 6 4 57 12 Doug DeNise P Royal Purple RallyCross 9 6 8 8 9 46 13 Jacob Krause C JKR Red Bull RallyCross Team 7 DSQ 17 10 PO DSQ 29 14 Joao Paulo C Subaru Puma Team 11 12 11 8 26 15 Adam Simons P ATN Autosport DNS 3 20 16 Tanner Smith C MONSTER Energy Team Smith DNS DNS 7 18 17 Dudley Smith P Smith Racing Stables 13 9 12 18 17 Matt Brinson P Abu Dhabi Ford Racing 7 10 19 Douglas Speed C MONSTER DC Subaru Team 13 13 8 20 Jake Pipal P ATN Autosport 9 8 21 Jake Poulin P Poulin Racing 10 7 22 Nick Dawson P Dawson DC Racing 10 7 23 Jeffrey Stanton P Stanton Racing PO 3 24 Daniel Bellamy P NOS Energy Rally 16 1 25 Leonardo Bruno P Castrol Racing 18 0 Pos. Driver Cup Team CRO NED ISR CHA TAL NEG RVR BTW CAN IRW  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 Constructor P Privateers BOLD - Heat Win (Extra bonus point) Italics - LCQ transfer

• ¹ Car #81 was demoted four places after exceeding track limits four separate times (one position per instance)

2013C Manufacturers' Championship

Pos. Manufacturer CRO NED ISR CHA TAL NEG RVR BTW CAN IRW  Pts  1 Mitsubishi 1 1 1 1 2 4 7 3 3 1 173 2 Subaru 7 2 4 2 1 1 1 5 1 2 170 3 Volkswagen DNS 4 6 4 9 3 3 1 2 6 133 4 Ford 2 8 5 5 4 7 6 2 7 5 125 5 Citroën 3 3 2 6 6 72 Pos. Manufacturer CRO NED ISR CHA TAL NEG RVR BTW CAN IRW  Pts  2013C Constructors' Championship Pos. Constructor No. CRO NED ISR CHA TAL NEG RVR BTW CAN IRW  Pts  1 Red Bull Subaru MRT 81 3 5 2 6 7 1 2 5 1 2 301 82 4 3 3 7 3 2 1 6 5 7 2 Revolution Racing 1 1 7 1 3 2 4 7 3 4 3 280 2 6 1 8 1 12 5 8 11 3 1 3 VW MONSTER Energy World Rally Team 5 DNS 4 6 4 9 3 4 1 2 6 150 13 DNS DNS 7 4 Subaru MRT Junior 83 7 DSQ 17 10 PO DSQ 5 7 6 4 143 84 5 6 11 12 5 10 11 9 5 Mangled Lemons Racing 15 8 10 15 8 13 4 10 5 135 35 DNS 9 14 8 11 7 10 10 9 8 6 Delícia Race Team 31 13 13 34 41 11 12 11 8 Pos. Constructor No. CRO NED ISR CHA TAL NEG RVR BTW CAN IRW  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 - Heat Win (Extra bonus point) Italics - LCQ transfer 2013C Privateers' Cup Pos. Team No. CRO NED ISR CHA TAL NEG RVR BTW CAN IRW  Pts  1 Great Lakes Motorsports 27 2 8 5 5 4 9 6 2 11 10 114* 2 Solstice Racing 7 DNS 2 4 2 1 11 81 3 DeNise Racing 10 9 6 8 8 9 46 4 ATN Autosport 08 DNS 3 20 5 Smith Racing Stables 50 12 9 12 18 6 Zest Racing 22 7 11 7 Abu Dhabi Ford Racing 34 7 10 8 ATN Autosport 28 9 8 9 Poulin Racing 39 10 7 10 Good Smile Racing 4 10 7 11 Stanton Racing 48 PO 3 12 NOS Energy Rally 199 16 1 13 Bruno Racing 54 18 0 Pos. Team No. CRO NED ISR CHA TAL NEG RVR BTW CAN IRW  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 - Heat Win (Extra bonus point) Italics - LCQ transfer * Great Lakes Motorsports clinched the 2013C NASA RallyCross Privateers' Cup at the ninth round at St. Eustache. 2013C Nations' Cup Pos. Nation CRO NED ISR CHA TAL NEG RVR BTW CAN IRW  Pts  1 United States 5 1 4 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 172 2 Germany 3 3 2 6 3 1 1 5 1 2 169 3 Canada 1 7 1 3 2 4 7 3 4 3 153 4 Netherlands 2 8 5 5 4 9 6 2 11 10 114 6 Brazil 11 12 11 8 22 5 Norway DNS 7 18 Pos. Nation CRO NED ISR CHA TAL NEG RVR BTW CAN IRW  Pts  2013C Royal Purple Endurance Cup Pos. Driver Team ISR RVR  Pts  1 Josh Mertz MRT Red Bull RallyCross Team 2 2 36 2 Cody Erdmann CER Red Bull RallyCross Team 3 1 35 3 Dylan Livengood Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing 1 7 31 4 Brandon Lambert MONSTER Energy Team Lambert 6 4 26 5 Tristan Hagenstein Team Klondike 5 6 24 6 Chris Wetz K1 Revolution Racing 8 8 18 7 Adam Simons ATN Autosport 3 15 8 Caleb Paul Solstice Racing 4 13 9 Luke Fleming CAR Red Bull RallyCross Team 11 11 12 10 Dylan Smith PCK Red Bull RallyCross Team 5 12 11 Tanner Smith MONSTER Energy Team Smith 7 11 12 Nick Kahrs Lemon Power 14 10 10 13 Jake Pipal NOS Energy Racing 9 8 14 Dudley Smith Smith Racing Stables 10 8 15 Jake Poulin Poulin Racing 10 7 16 Joao Paulo Puma Subaru Team 12 5 17 Douglas Speed MONSTER DC Subaru Team 13 4 18 Keith Sherman Purple Power 15 2 19 Daniel Bellamy NOS Energy Rally 16 1 20 Jacob Krause JKR Red Bull RallyCross Team 17 0 21 Leonardo Bruno Castrol Racing 18 0 Pos. Driver Team ISR RVR  Pts