2020A Simracer Coin NASA RallyCross Challenge Season

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2020A NASA RallyCross season
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NASA RallyCross Challenge
Season
Races 10
Start date April 29th, 2020
End date July 1st, 2020
Awards
Drivers' champion Au.png Matt Hartley
Constructors' Champion Gb.png LRL Racing Team
Manufacturers' Cup Jp.png Subaru
Nations' Cup Gb.png United Kingdom
Chronology
Previous season Next season
2019B 2020B

The 2020A SimracerCoin NASA RallyCross Challenge Season was the twentieth season of the championship. It began on April 29th, 2020 and ended on July 1st, 2020. Philip Kraus entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion, while his team, Subaru MRT, returned as the Constructors' Champions from 2019B. However, both championships were unable to be retained after a dismal season for both Kraus and his team.

Pre-Season

  • NASA RallyCross officials announced the return to Generation 4 regulations, citing that the Gen-3 regulations limited participation to US based teams.
  • All circuits have been discontinued except for Daytona, with the series visiting the "Long" layout the track has supplied.
  • Officials announce the return of the Endurance Cup, taking part during Round 7-8 of the season at the Wild West and Wild Horse circuits.
  • Regulation disputes see Mitsubishi, Honda, and Citroën pull out of the championship after a single season return.
  • Volkswagen re-enters the championship after last running in the canceled 2019A season.
  • The format has been capped at 20 drivers, which will result in a pre-qualifying session for every race event. This was later amended to 24 drivers for Atlanta and beyond.

Mid-Season

  • After the fifth round in Indianapolis, NASA Sim Racing announced an entitlement partnership with SimracerCoin for the second half of the championship and beyond.

2020A Schedule

Round Grand Prix Circuit Location
1 Daytona RallyCross GP Daytona International Speedway Us.png Daytona, FL, USA
2 Atlanta RallyCross GP Atlanta Motor Speedway Us.png Hampton, GA, USA
3 Lånkebanen RallyCross GP Lånkebanen Long No.png Lånkebanen, Hell, Norway
4 Lånkebanen II RallyCross GP Lånkebanen Short No.png Lånkebanen, Hell, Norway
5 Indianapolis RallyCross GP Lucas Oil Raceway Us.png Brownsburg, IN, USA
6 Iowa RallyCross GP Iowa Speedway Us.png Newton, IA, USA
7 Wild West RallyCross GP Wild West Motorsports Park Us.png Sparks, NV, USA
8 Wild Horse RallyCross GP Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park Us.png Chandler, AZ, USA
9 Phoenix RallyCross GP Phoenix Raceway Us.png Avondale, AZ, USA
10 Sonoma RallyCross GP Sonoma Raceway Us.png Sonoma, CA, USA

Calendar Changes

  • After returning to Generation 4 regulations, 2020A sees NASA RallyCross return to Atlanta, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Iowa, and Sonoma, most last being seen in 2019A
  • The Lånkebanen circuit announced last second availability to host a NASA RallyCross round, and will host Round 3 and 4 of the championship at it's "Long" and "Short" layout respectively

2020A Drivers and Teams

SuperCars Entry List

NASA RallyCross SuperCar entries eligible to score constructor points
Manufacturer Constructor No. Driver Rds.
Subaru
(Subaru Impreza WRX STi)
At.png Subaru MRT 1 Ca.png Philip Kraus All
2 De.png Josh Mertz All
3 Us.png Flinn Lazier 1, 3-4, 10
Us.png One Sim Motorsports 6 Us.png Kevin Giadrosich 1-3
64 Ca.png Austin Darbyshire All
021 Us.png James South 1
Gb.png LRL Racing Team 26 No.png Magnus Okkenhaug All
34 Gb.png John Dipple All
95 Gb.png Daniel MacDonald 7-10
Gb.png LRL Racing Team Blue 75 Fi.png Jan Granqvist 2-6
95 Gb.png Daniel MacDonald 2-6
Au.png Motorless Motorsports 33 Au.png Daniel Aish 2-6, 8-10
48 Au.png Matt Hartley All
131 Au.png Koen Attard 2-10
Us.png Bren Motorsports 66 Us.png Justin Bren 1
Us.png Rookie Racing 00 Ca.png Nick Dawson-Lathan 1
Us.png Tyler Vickery Racing 24 Us.png Tyler Lugo-Vickery 2
Eg.png Marwan Moftah Racing 191 Eg.png Marwan Moftah 2-10
No.png NoControl eSport Team 13 No.png Jakob Rafoss 9
63 No.png Sindre Silva 4, 9
Us.png Seymour & Sons eRacing 114 Us.png Travis Seymour 5-10
Us.png Solstice Racing 51 Ca.png Dylan Livengood 8-9
Ford
(Ford Fiesta RS)
Us.png BIG EVIL Racing 9 Us.png Chad Mikosz 1
42 Us.png Jacob Krause 1-2, 4-7
Us.png Spark VR | Last Lap Motorsports 9 Us.png Chad Mikosz 2-7
21 Us.png Matt Kingsbury All
25 Us.png Ray Kingsbury All
Us.png Spark VR | LMT 4 Us.png Thomas Keene 3-4, 6
46 Us.png Brandon Lambert 5-10
Us.png Great Lakes Motorsports 27 Nl.png Tristan Hagenstein 4, 8
Us.png Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing 51 Ca.png Dylan Livengood 1-3, 7
71 Us.png Chris Wetz 1-2, 6-10
Us.png Morgan Kelley Harberts Law Firm 80 Us.png Jacob Harberts 1-2, 5-10
112 Us.png Devon Morgan 1
Us.png DeNise Autosport 40 Us.png Doug DeNise All
Gb.png YearOne Racing 52 De.png Cody Erdmann 1-4
Gb.png Apex Racing Team 222 Gb.png Jake Robertson 1-7, 9-10
Volkswagen
(Volkswagen Beetle)
Us.png Legacy eSports 14 Us.png Vicente Salas 4
41 Us.png Josh Kossek 1
De.png Lambert Motorsports Technologies 46 Us.png Brandon Lambert 1-3
47 De.png Dylan Smith 2
Fi.png Jan Granqvist Racing 75 Fi.png Jan Granqvist 1
Us.png Spark VR | Volkswagen 525 Us.png Dan Ensch 2-3
Us.png Nexxus eSports 5 Us.png Jarrett Liebert 3

Team and Driver Changes

  • MRT and Red Bull ended their partnership following 2019B.
  • Josh Mertz announced in a press conference at Daytona that 2020A would be his final season as a full time driver.
  • Revolution Racing switches to Ford Fiestas after Mitsubishi pulled out of the series over regulation disputes.
  • Lambert Motorsports Technologies ends it's 1 season relationship with Honda, opting to go to the returning Volkswagen manufacturer.

Events & Results

Rd. Race Seeding Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 C-Main B-Main Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Manu. Broadcast
1 Us.png Daytona No.png Magnus Okkenhaug No.png Magnus Okkenhaug Gb.png Jake Robertson Au.png Matt Hartley Us.png Ray Kingsbury Gb.png John Dipple Us.png Matt Kingsbury No.png Magnus Okkenhaug Gb.png LRL Racing Team Jp.png Subaru YoutubeButton.png
2 Us.png Atlanta Au.png Matt Hartley Au.png Matt Hartley Fi.png Jan Granqvist Au.png Daniel Aish Us.png Ray Kingsbury De.png Josh Mertz Gb.png Daniel MacDonald Au.png Matt Hartley Au.png Motorless Motorsports Jp.png Subaru YoutubeButton.png
3 No.png Norway I Gb.png Jake Robertson Gb.png Jake Robertson Us.png Jarrett Liebert No.png Magnus Okkenhaug Au.png Koen Attard De.png Josh Mertz Us.png Ray Kingsbury No.png Magnus Okkenhaug Gb.png LRL Racing Team Jp.png Subaru YoutubeButton.png
4 No.png Norway II No.png Magnus Okkenhaug No.png Sindre Silva Gb.png Jake Robertson Eg.png Marwan Moftah Ca.png Philip Kraus De.png Josh Mertz No.png Magnus Okkenhaug Gb.png Jake Robertson Gb.png Apex Racing Team Us.png Ford YoutubeButton.png
5 Us.png Indianapolis Gb.png Jake Robertson Gb.png Jake Robertson Gb.png John Dipple Ca.png Philip Kraus Au.png Matt Hartley N/A No.png Magnus Okkenhaug Gb.png Jake Robertson Gb.png Apex Racing Team Us.png Ford YoutubeButton.png
6 Us.png Iowa Gb.png Jake Robertson Gb.png Jake Robertson Us.png Jacob Harberts Au.png Matt Hartley Ca.png Philip Kraus Gb.png Daniel MacDonald Us.png Matt Kingsbury Gb.png Jake Robertson Gb.png Apex Racing Team Us.png Ford YoutubeButton.png
7 Us.png Wild West No.png Magnus Okkenhaug Gb.png Daniel MacDonald Us.png Matt Kingsbury Au.png Matt Hartley De.png Josh Mertz N/A Au.png Koen Attard Us.png Matt Kingsbury Us.png Spark VR | LLM Us.png Ford YoutubeButton.png
8 Us.png Wild Horse Us.png Jacob Harberts Gb.png John Dipple No.png Magnus Okkenhaug Us.png Ray Kingsbury Au.png Matt Hartley N/A De.png Josh Mertz Us.png Jacob Harberts Us.png MKH Law Firm Us.png Ford YoutubeButton.png
9 Us.png Phoenix Ca.png Philip Kraus Ca.png Philip Kraus No.png Magnus Okkenhaug Gb.png Jake Robertson Au.png Matt Hartley No.png Sindre Silva Au.png Koen Attard Ca.png Philip Kraus At.png Subaru MRT Jp.png Subaru YoutubeButton.png
10 Us.png Sonoma Gb.png Jake Robertson Gb.png Jake Robertson Au.png Matt Hartley Ca.png Philip Kraus Au.png Koen Attard Us.png Matt Kingsbury Us.png Ray Kingsbury Gb.png Jake Robertson Gb.png Apex Racing Team Us.png Ford YoutubeButton.png

Championship Standings

Championship leader table
Race Championship leader Lead
Us.png Daytona No.png Magnus Okkenhaug 3
Us.png Atlanta Au.png Matt Hartley 8
No.png Hell Long No.png Magnus Okkenhaug 3
No.png Hell Short 7
Us.png Lucas Oil 1
Us.png Iowa Gb.png Jake Robertson 4
Us.png Wild West 1
Us.png Wild Horse No.png Magnus Okkenhaug
Au.png Matt Hartley
Tie
Us.png Phoenix Au.png Matt Hartley 2
Us.png Sonoma 5

2020A 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   Heat Transfer   LCQ Win 
Points 20 17 15 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1


Pos. Driver Team DAY
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IOW
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WWR
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WHR
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PHO
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SNM
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 Pts 
1 Au.png Matt Hartley Au.png Motorless Motorsports 2H3-1 1H1-1 7H2-2 5H1-2 2H4-1 4H3-1 7H3-1 8H4-1 5H4-1 2H2-1 165
2 No.png Magnus Okkenhaug Gb.png LRL Racing Team 1H1-1 7H1-2 1H3-1 2B-Main 4C-Main 5H4-2 11 2H2-1 7H2-1 3H2-2 160
3 Gb.png Jake Robertson Gb.png Apex Racing Team 10H2-1 4H2-1 5H1-1 1H2-1 1H1-1 1H1-1 17 3H3-1 1H1-1 150
4 Ca.png Philip Kraus At.png Subaru MRT 3H1-2 11 4H3-2 4H4-1 7H3-1 7H4-1 14 6 1H1-1 9H3-1 129
5 Us.png Ray Kingsbury Us.png Spark VR | Last Lap Motorsports 5H4-1 10H4-1 3B-Main 11 3 6H2-2 4H3-2 4H3-1 15 7B-Main 120
6 Gb.png John Dipple Gb.png LRL Racing Team 8C-Main 2H3-1 6H4-2 14 6H2-1 3H1-2 10 6H1-1 12 5H3-2 115
7 Us.png Jacob Harberts Us.png Morgan Kelley Harberts Law Firm 7H2-2 17 12 2H2-1 2H1-2 1H1-2 10H3-2 4H4-2 102
8 De.png Josh Mertz At.png Subaru MRT 20 6C-Main 8C-Main 10C-Main 8H4-2 11 5H4-1 3C-Main 11 6H1-2 97
9 Us.png Matt Kingsbury Us.png Spark VR | Last Lap Motorsports 6B-Main 13 12 12 9H2-2 8B-Main 1H2-1 11 14 8C-Main 88
10 Au.png Daniel Aish Au.png Motorless Motorsports 3H3-1 14 6H4-2 10H1-2 12 10H4-2 6H4-2 12 75
11 Au.png Koen Attard Au.png Motorless Motorsports 9H3-2 9H4-1 18 5H3-2 16 DSQ 15 4B-Main 4H4-1 62
12 Gb.png Daniel MacDonald Gb.png LRL Racing Team Blue 8B-Main 24 8H3-2 18 9C-Main 9H1-1 16 13 18 47
13 Eg.png Marwan Moftah Eg.png Marwan Moftah Racing 16 11 9H3-1 15 17 8 18 8H2-2 16 43
14 Us.png Brandon Lambert De.png Lambert Motorsports Technology NC NC NC 39
Us.png Spark VR | LMT 17 19 15 3H2-2 5H3-2 18 11
15 Us.png Austin Darbyshire Us.png One Sim Motorsport 12 12 23 13 16 22 6H4-2 9H2-2 22 17 38
16 Fi.png Jan Granqvist Fi.png Jan Granqvist Racing NCN1 37
Gb.png LRL Racing Team Blue 5H2-1 13 7H2-2 13 13
17 No.png Sindre Silva No.png NoControl eSport Team 3H1-1 2C-Main 36
18 Us.png Jarrett Liebert Us.png Nexxus eSports 2 20
19 Us.png Chris Wetz Us.png Rockstar Energy Revolution Racing 11 20 10H3-2 19 19 20 14 18
20 Us.png Devon Morgan Us.png Morgan Kelley Harberts Law Firm 4H2-2 15
21 Us.png Flinn Lazier At.png Subaru MRT 15 10 19 13 15
22 Us.png Doug DeNise Us.png DeNise Autosport 24 26 15 24 14 19 12 14 17 15 15
23 Us.png Travis Seymour Us.png Seymour & Sons eRacing 17 14 13 13 19 19 11
24 No.png Jakob Rafoss No.png NoControl eSport Team 9H1-2 10
25 Us.png Kevin Giadrosich Us.png One Sim Motorsport 9H4-2 19 22 10
26 Us.png Chad Mikosz Us.png BIG EVIL Racing NC 8
Us.png Spark VR | Last Lap Motorsports 15 18 23 11 21 18
27 Ca.png Dylan Livengood Us.png Revolution Racing NC NC NC NC 6
Us.png Solstice Racing 12 16
28 De.png Cody Erdmann Gb.png YearOne Racing 13 18 17 22 4
29 Us.png Tyler Lugo-Vickery Us.png Tyler Vickery Racing 14 3
30 Us.png Jacob Krause Us.png BIG EVIL Racing 25 25 15 20 20 16 3
31 Us.png Thomas Keene Us.png Spark VR | LMT 21 16 18 1
32 Us.png Josh Kossek Us.png Legacy eSports 17 0
33 Nl.png Tristan Hagenstein Us.png Great Lakes Motorsports 20 17 0
34 Us.png Justin Bren Us.png Bren Motorsports 18 0
35 Ca.png Nick Dawson-Lathan Us.png Rookie Racing 19 0
36 Us.png Dan Ensch Us.png Spark VR | Volkswagen 23 20 0
37 Us.png Vicente Salas Us.png Legacy eSports 21 0
38 Us.png James South Us.png One Sim Motorsport 22 0
39 Us.png Dylan Smith De.png Lambert Motorsports Technology 22 0
Pos. Driver Team DAY
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NOR1
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LRP
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IOW
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WHR
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PHO
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 Pts 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Made Feature, Points Finish
Blue Missed Feature, Points Finish
Purple Missed Feature, Non-Points Finish
Red Did Not Pre-Qualify
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
Hx-1 – Winner of Heat Race
Hx-2 – Runner Up of Heat Race
C-Main – Winner of the C-Main
B-Main – Winner of the B-Main

  • N1 - Jan Granqvist forfeited the Drivers & Constructors point he scored for finishing 16th at Daytona after deciding to switch to the Subaru manufacturer for Round 2 and beyond.
  • N2 - Following the conclusion of Round 2 of 2020A in Atlanta, NASA officials decided that the top 24 qualifiers would be eligible to race in each event, instead of only the top 20 qualifiers that had been eligible to race in Round 1 and 2.
  • N3 - Brandon Lambert and Dylan Smith forfeit Drivers & Constructors points scored in Rounds 1-3 after LMT switches to Ford and merges with Spark VR | LLM Black to form Spark VR | LMT.

2020A Constructors' Championship (Top 10)

Points are awarded to the top 2 classified finishers per team.

Pos. Constructor No. DAY
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ATL
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NOR1
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NOR2
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LRP
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IOW
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WWR
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WHR
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PHO
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SNM
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 Pts 
1 Gb.png LRL Racing Team 26 1H1-1 7H1-2 1H3-1 2B-Main 4C-Main 5H4-2 NC 2H2-1 7H2-1 3H2-2 280
34 8C-Main 2H3-1 6H4-2 14 6H2-1 3H1-2 10 6H1-1 12 5H3-2
95 9H1-1 NC NC NC
2 Au.png Motorless Motorsports 33 3H3-1 NC 6H4-2 NCH1-2 12 10H4-2 NCH4-2 NC 259
48 2H3-1 1H1-1 7H2-2 5H1-2 2H4-1 4H3-1 7H3-1 8H4-1 5H4-1 2H2-1
131 NCH3-2 9H4-1 NC 5H3-2 NC DSQ NC 4B-Main 4H4-1
3 At.png Subaru MRT 1 3H1-2 11 4H3-2 4H4-1 7H3-1 7H4-1 14 6 1H1-1 9H3-1 241
2 NC 6C-Main 8C-Main 10C-Main 8H4-2 11 5H4-1 3C-Main 11 6H1-2
3 15 NC NC NC
4 Us.png Spark VR | Last Lap Motorsports 9 NC NC NC NC NC NC 214
21 6B-Main 13 12 12 9H2-2 8B-Main 1H2-1 11 14 8C-Main
25 5H4-1 10H4-1 3B-Main 11 3 6H2-2 4H3-2 4H3-1 15 7B-Main
5 Gb.png Apex Racing Team 222 10H2-1 4H2-1 5H1-1 1H2-1 1H1-1 1H1-1 17 3H3-1 1H1-1 150
6 Gb.png Morgan Kelley Harberts Law Firm 80 7H2-2 17 12 2H2-1 2H1-2 1H1-2 10H3-2 4H4-2 117
112 4H3-2
7 Us.png LRL Racing Team Blue 75 5H2-1 13 7H2-2 13 13 73
95 8B-Main 24 8H3-2 18 9C-Main
8 Us.png One Sim Motorsport 6 9 19 22 48
64 12 12 23 13 16 22 6H4-2 9H2-2 22 17
021 NC
9 No.png NoControl eSport Team 13 9H1-2 46
63 3H1-1
10 Eg.png Marwan Moftah Racing 191 16 11 9H3-1 15 17 8 18 8H2-2 16 43
Pos. Constructor No. DAY
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 Pts 

2020A Manufacturers' Championship

Pos. Manufacturer DAY
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 Pts 
1 Jp.png Subaru 1H1-1 1H1-1 1H3-1 2B-Main 2H4-1 3H1-2 5H4-1 3C-Main 1H1-1 2H2-1 202
2 Us.png Ford 4H2-2 4H2-2 5H1-1 1H2-1 1H1-1 1H1-1 1H2-1 1H1-2 3H3-1 1H1-1 201
3 De.png Volkswagen 14 21 2H2-1 21 23
Pos. Manufacturer DAY
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 Pts