2019B NASA RallyCross Challenge Season

2019B NASA RallyCross season
NASA RallyCross Challenge
Season
Races	10
Start date	August 20th, 2019
End date	October 22nd, 2019
Awards
Drivers' champion	Philip Kraus
Constructors' Champion	Red Bull Subaru MRT
Privateers' Champion	Noah Carmichael Coyne Boiz Enterprises
Manufacturers' Cup	Subaru
Nations' Cup	TBD
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2019A	2020A

The 2019B NASA RallyCross Challenge Season was the nineteenth season of the championship. It began on August 20th, 2019 and ended on October 22nd, 2019. Philip Kraus entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion, while his team, Red Bull Subaru MRT, returned as the Constructors' Champions from 2018C due to the cancelled season in 2019A.

2019B Schedule

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Location
1	British RallyCross GP	Croft Circuit	Kent, GBR
2	German RallyCross GP	Munich Circuit	Munich, GER
3	Spanish RallyCross GP	Barcelona Raceway	Barcelona, ESP
4	Dutch RallyCross GP	Valkenswaard Circuit	Valkenswaard, NED
5	Las Vegas RallyCross GP	Las Vegas Stadium	Las Vegas, NV, USA
6	Vancouver RallyCross GP	Bent Twig Raceway	Vancouver, BC, CAN
7	Lakewood RallyCross GP	NASA Proving Grounds - North	Lakewood, CO, USA
8	Cañon City RallyCross GP	Negus Circuit	Cañon City, CO, USA
9	Daytona RallyCross GP	Daytona International Speedway	Daytona, FL, USA
10	Canadian RallyCross GP	St. Eustache Circuit	St. Eustache, QC, CAN

Calendar Changes

• With the return to Gen-3 Regulations, Atlanta, and Phoenix are dropped.

2019B Drivers and Teams

SuperCars Entry List

NASA RallyCross SuperCar entries eligible to score constructor points
Manufacturer	Constructor	No.	Driver	Rds.
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)	Circle K Revolution Racing	21	Dylan Livengood	4-10
		23	Chris Wetz	All
		51	Dylan Livengood	1-3
			Joey Bailey	4-7
Subaru (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)	Red Bull Subaru MRT	19	Philip Kraus	All
		52	Cody Erdmann	1-7
		81	Josh Mertz	All
Honda (Honda Civic RX)	Honda LMT	46	Brandon Lambert	All
		47	Dylan Smith	All
NASA RallyCross SuperCar entries eligible to score privateer points
Citroën (Citroën C4 RX)	Area 52 Racing	52	Cody Erdmann	8-10
Ford (Ford Focus RX)	Krause Developmental Engineering	42	Jacob Krause	All
Honda (Honda Civic RX)	Coyne Bois Enterprises	18	Noah Carmichael	All
Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)	V2RT	5	Victor Vallee	1-5
	Baskin-Robbins Mitsubishi	13	Casey Lester	4-10
Subaru (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)	JB Racing	53	Joey Bailey	1-3

Team and Driver Changes

• Dylan Livengood comes out of retirement to partner long-time teammate Chris Wetz at Revolution Racing.
  
• Cody Erdmann returns to MRT as the squad increases to three cars for the first time since 2017A.
  
• Brandon Lambert pairs with Honda for the first time since 2018A. Dylan Smith joins his Solstice team owner in the sister car.
  
• Noah Carmichael pairs with Dale Coyne Racing to field a privateer effort.
  

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	Philip Kraus	Philip Kraus	Josh Mertz	N/A	Victor Vallee	Jacob Krause	Dylan Livengood	Josh Mertz	Red Bull Subaru MRT	Subaru	Victor Vallee
2	Munich	Dylan Smith	Dylan Smith	Philip Kraus	N/A	Cody Erdmann	Chris Wetz	Brandon Lambert	Dylan Smith	Honda LMT	Honda	Noah Carmichael
3	Barcelona	Philip Kraus	Philip Kraus	Brandon Lambert	Joey Bailey	Cody Erdmann	Dylan Smith	Josh Mertz	Joey Bailey	JB Racing	Subaru	Joey Bailey
4	Valkenswaard	Philip Kraus	Philip Kraus	Josh Mertz	N/A	Brandon Lambert	Chris Wetz	Dylan Smith	Josh Mertz	Red Bull Subaru MRT	Subaru	Victor Vallee
5	Las Vegas	Philip Kraus	Philip Kraus	Cody Erdmann	Josh Mertz	Dylan Smith	Joey Bailey	Brandon Lambert	Philip Kraus	Red Bull Subaru MRT	Subaru	Casey Lester
6	Bent Twig	Philip Kraus	Chris Wetz	Cody Erdmann	N/A	Philip Kraus	Noah Carmichael	Josh Mertz	Cody Erdmann	Red Bull Subaru MRT	Subaru	Noah Carmichael
7	NPVG North	Philip Kraus	Philip Kraus	Cody Erdmann	N/A	Josh Mertz	Dylan Smith	Noah Carmichael	Philip Kraus	Red Bull Subaru MRT	Subaru	Noah Carmichael
8	Negus	Philip Kraus	Chris Wetz	Brandon Lambert	N/A	Philip Kraus	Dylan Smith	Cody Erdmann	Philip Kraus	Red Bull Subaru MRT	Subaru	Cody Erdmann
9	Daytona	Cody Erdmann	Cody Erdmann	Dylan Smith	N/A	Philip Kraus	Brandon Lambert	Josh Mertz	Cody Erdmann	Area 52 Racing	Citroën	Cody Erdmann
10	St. Eustache	Dylan Smith	Josh Mertz	Dylan Livengood	N/A	Cody Erdmann	Philip Kraus	N/A	Dylan Smith	Honda LMT	Honda	Cody Erdmann

Championship Standings

Championship leader table
Race	Championship leader	Lead
Croft	Josh Mertz	3
Munich	Philip Kraus	4
Barcelona
Valkenswaard	Josh Mertz	1
Las Vegas	Philip Kraus	6
Bent Twig		11
NPVG North		17
Negus		23
Daytona		21
St. Eustache		16

2019B 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 Team GBR GER ESP NED LV BTW PVGN NEG DAY CAN  Pts  1 Philip Kraus Red Bull Subaru MRT 31 32 31 31 11 2A 11 1A 3A 8B 177 2 Cody Erdmann Red Bull Subaru MRT 10 2A 5A 6 32 12 22 161 Area 52 Racing 2LCQ 11 3 3 Dylan Smith Honda LMT 9 11 6B 2LCQ 2A 5 4B 3B 22 1A 159 4 Josh Mertz Red Bull Subaru MRT 12 9 2LCQ 12 43 4LCQ 3A 6 6LCQ 21 154 5 Brandon Lambert Honda LMT 8 4LCQ 42 4A 6LCQ 10 5 52 4B 9 117 6 Chris Wetz Circle K Revolution Racing 5 5B 7 5B 10 61 7 41 5 5 117 7 Noah Carmichael Coyne Bois Enterprises 7 6 10 11 12 3B 6LCQ 7 7 6 93 8 Dylan Livengood Circle K Revolution Racing 4LCQ 10 9 7 11 8 11 9 9 72 87 9 Jacob Krause Krause Developmental Engineering 6B 7 11 10 9 11 10 8 8 10 81 10 Joey Bailey JB Racing 11 11 13 68 Circle K Revolution Racing 12 5B 9 9 11 Casey Lester Lester Racing 9 7 7 8 10 10 4 64 12 Victor Vallee V2 Racing Technologies 2A 8 8 8 8 54 Pos. Driver Team GBR GER ESP NED LV BTW PVGN NEG DAY CAN  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 – 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

2019B Constructors' Championship

Pos. Constructor No. GBR GER ESP NED LV BTW PVGN NEG DAY CAN  Pts  1 Red Bull Subaru MRT 19 21 32 21 31 11 2A 11 1A 2A 5B 369 52 NC 2A NC NC 32 12 22 81 12 NC 1LCQ 12 NC NC NC 5 5LCQ 21 2 Lambert Motorsport Technologies 46 5 4LCQ 32 4A 5LCQ 6 4 42 3B 6 308 47 6 11 4B 2LCQ 2A 3 3B 2B 12 1A 3 Revolution Racing 21 6 NC 5 NC 6 6 42 255 51 3 6 6 NC 4B NC 6 71 5LCQ 5 5 5 6 41 5 31 4 3 Pos. Constructor No. GBR GER ESP NED LV BTW PVGN NEG DAY CAN  Pts  2019B Manufacturers' Championship Pos. Manufacturer GBR GER ESP NED LV BTW PVGN NEG DAY CAN  Pts  1 Subaru 12 2A 13 12 11 12 11 1A 3A 21 206 2 Honda 7 11 42 2LCQ 2A 3B 4B 3B 22 1A 168 3 Mitsubishi 2A 5B 7 5B 5B 61 7 41 5 4 130 4 Ford 5 7 11 10 9 11 10 8 8 10 81 5 Citroën 2LCQ 11 3 54 Pos. Manufacturer GBR GER ESP NED LV BTW PVGN NEG DAY CAN  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) 2019B Privateers' Cup Championship leader table Race Championship leader Lead Croft Victor Vallee 3 Munich 1 Barcelona 3 Valkenswaard 10 Las Vegas 12 Bent Twig Noah Carmichael 4 NPVG North 9 Negus 11 Daytona 13 St. Eustache 15 Pos. Driver Team GBR GER ESP NED LV BTW PVGN NEG DAY CAN  Pts  1 Noah Carmichael Coyne Bois Enterprises 3 1 3 4 4 1B 1LCQ 2 2 3 166 2 Jacob Krause Krause Developmental Engineering 2B 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 151 3 Casey Lester Lester Racing 2 1 2 2 4 4 2 97 4 Victor Vallee V2 Racing Technologies 1A 3 2 1 2 90 4 Cody Erdmann Area 52 Racing 1LCQ 11 1 62 5 Joey Bailey JB Racing 4 4 1 48 Pos. Driver Team GBR GER ESP NED LV BTW PVGN NEG DAY CAN  Pts