2015B NASA RallyCross Challenge Season

2015B NASA RallyCross season
NASA RallyCross Challenge
Season
Races	10 4
Start date	August 9, 2015
End date	August 30, 2015
Awards
Drivers' champion	N/A
Constructors' Champion	N/A
Privateers' Champion	N/A
Manufacturers' Cup	N/A
Nations' Cup	N/A
Tires' Cup	N/A
Endurance Cup	N/A
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2015A	2016A

The 2015B NASA RallyCross Challenge season was the tenth season of the championship. Josh Mertz returned to defend his championship, but due to Section 1.1 of the NASA RallyCross Regulations was unable to successfully defend his title. The season was cut to four races due to rising costs and dwindling entries.

Background

The biggest storyline of the 2015B season is longtime friends and rivals Josh Mertz and Dylan Livengood announced in the offseason that they would be coming together for 2015B. MRT and Revolution Racing will still compete, but their lead drivers will race for the new privately owned Aftershock Motorsports.

2015B Schedule

Round	Circuit	Location
1	Croft RallyCross	Croft, GBR
2	Valkenwaard RallyCross	Valkenwaard, NED
3	Island Rally	Long Island, NY, USA
4	Talladega RallyCross	Talladega, AL, USA

Calendar Changes

• The NASA Proving Grounds have been removed after a single season reboot of the race.
• NASA will experiment with a dirt figure eight track in a TBD location as an all-star race.
• The newly renamed Area52 Designs Endurance Cup has returned.
• Talladega, Bent Twig, Riverside, and Irwindale all return. Talladega was not featured at all in 2015A, along with Bent Twig. The latter two were cut when the season ended early.
• Long Beach, while contracted for 2015A, is not featured in 2015B.

2015B Drivers and Teams

Entry List

NASA RallyCross Car entries eligible to score constructor points
Manufacturer	Constructor	Tire	Individual Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Subaru (Subaru Impreza) (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)	Aftershock Motorsports	H	Pizza Hut RallyCross Team	1	Josh Mertz	All
			SPEED Energy Racing	51	Dylan Livengood	All
	Subaru MRT	B	Klondike RallyCross Team	27	Tristan Hagenstein	All
			FedEx RallyCross Team	38	Tim Johnston	1-2
			VaporShark RallyCross Team	199	Steve Rada	1-2
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)	Revolution Racing	H	Revolution Racing	22	Dylan Smith	All
			K1 Revolution Racing	71	Chris Wetz	All
Volkswagen (Volkswagen Polo RX)	LMT Red Bull/Repsol VW	P	LMT Repsol	13	Tanner Smith	1-3
			LMT Red Bull	21	Brandon Lambert	1-3
	Area 52 Racing	P	FiveTwo Racing	52	Cody Erdmann	1
			FiveSquared Racing	55	Kyle Vergata	1
NASA RallyCross Car entries eligible to score privateer points
Citroën (Citroën C4 RX)	BIG EVIL Racing	Y	BIG EVIL Racing	25	Chad Mikosz	2, 4
Ford (Ford Focus RX)	DeNise Autosport	M	Eneos/Loenbro Rally Team	10	Doug DeNise	All
	Ford Racing Australia	C	SP Tools Racing	17	Mark Sebetka	1
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Evo IX)	Giacalone Motorsports	F	Pennzoil Racing	5	Vincent Giacalone	1
	BIG EVIL Racing	M	BIG EVIL Racing	25	Chad Mikosz	1
	Nicholson RallyCross	M	Mitsubishi RalliArt - Finland	91	Brandon Nicholson	1-2
Subaru (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)	V2 Motorsports	BF	Hot Wheels Rally	23	Cole DesRosiers	2

Team and Driver Changes

• Josh Mertz and Dylan Livengood leave their respective teams of MRT and Revolution Racing to form their own team, Aftershock Motorsports.
• Cody Erdmann left MRT to re-open Area 52 Racing.
• Tanner Smith left Revolution Racing to partner up with the returning Brandon Lambert.
• As a result, Dylan Smith left MRT to join Revolution Racing in Tanner's absence.
• MRT subsequently signed Steve Rada and Tim Johnston.
• Dunn LaPradd Incorporated becomes a Constructor team, with Dunn LaPradd and Brandon Nicholson driving.
• Tristan Hagenstein will return to MRT as a part-time driver, moving Steve Rada to MRT Junior when Hagenstein races.

Events

Results

Rd.	Race	Seeding	Quarter Final 1	Quarter Final 2	Quarter Final 3	Semi-Final A	Semi-Final B	LCQ	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Manu	Private Winner
1	Croft	Dylan Livengood	Josh Mertz	Tanner Smith	Brandon Nicholson	Dylan Livengood	Tristan Hagenstein	Dylan Smith	Tanner Smith	LMT	Volkswagen	Chad Mikosz
2	Valkenswaard	Dylan Smith	Dylan Livengood	Josh Mertz	Brandon Lambert	Tanner Smith	Chris Wetz	Dylan Smith	Dylan Smith	Revolution Racing	Mitsubishi	Chad Mikosz
3	Island Rally	Josh Mertz	Tanner Smith	Chris Wetz1	N/A	Josh Mertz	Tristan Hagenstein	Chris Wetz1	Josh Mertz	Aftershock Motorsports	Subaru	Doug DeNise
4	Talladega	Chris Wetz	Josh Mertz	Dylan Smith	N/A	Tristan Hagenstein	Doug DeNise	Dylan Livengood	Josh Mertz	Aftershock Motorsports	Subaru	Doug DeNise

Championship Standings

Championship leader table
Race	Championship leader	Lead
Croft	Tanner Smith	3
Valkenswaard	Josh Mertz	1
Island Rally		8
Talladega		19

2015A 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 ISR TAL  Pts  1 Josh Mertz C Pizza Hut RallyCross Team 21 42 1A 11 77 2 Dylan Livengood C SPEED Energy Racing 5A 21 6N1 6 58 3 Dylan Smith C Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing 4LCQ 1LCQ 7 52 57 4 Tristan Hagenstein C Klondike RallyCross Team 3B DNS 3B 2A 55 5 Chris Wetz C K1 Revolution Racing 14 3B 2LCQ (N1) 3 53 6 Tanner Smith C LMT Repsol 13 7A 51 47 7 Brandon Lambert C LMT Red Bull 6 53 4 38 8 Doug DeNise P Eneos/Loenbro Rally Team 10 10 8 4B 37 9 Chad Mikosz P Mikosz Racing 9 6 8 27 10 Brandon Nicholson P Mitsubishi RalliArt-Finland 83 DNS DNS 23 11 Steve Rada C VaporShark RallyCross Team 12 9 DNS 21 12 Tim Johnston C FedEx RallyCross Team 7 8 19 13 Arnold Columbia P Team Klondike 7 6 14 Jonathan Taylor P Triad Racing 9 8 15 Vincent Giacalone P Pennzoil Racing 11 6 16 Cole DesRosiers P Hot Wheels Rally 11 6 17 Mark Sebetka P SP Tools Racing 13 4 Pos. Driver Cup Team GBR NED ISR TAL  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

2015B Manufacturers' Championship

Pos. Manufacturer GBR NED ISR TAL  Pts  1 Subaru 2 2 1 1 81 2 Mitsubishi 4 1 2 3 67 3 Volkswagen 1 5 4 49 4 Ford 10 10 8 4 37 5 Citroën 6 8 20 Pos. Manufacturer GBR NED ISR TAL  Pts  2015A Constructors' Championship Pos. Constructor No. GBR NED ISR TAL  Pts  1 Aftershock Motorsports 1 21 42 1A 11 132 51 5A 21 6 6 2 Revolution Racing 22 4LCQ 1LCQ 7 52 116 71 10 3B 2LCQ 3 2 LMT Red Bull/Repsol Volkswagen 13 13 6A 51 85 21 6 53 4 4 Subaru MRT 27 3B DNS 3B 2A 75 38 7 7 199 9 8 DNS Pos. Constructor No. GBR NED ISR TAL  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) 2015B Privateers' Cup Pos. Driver Team GBR NED ISR TAL CAN NEG BTW LV RVR IRW  Pts  Pos. Driver Team GBR NED ISR TAL CAN NEG BTW LV RVR IRW  Pts