nASA Rallycross Challenge

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OSS NRX
Overwatch Specialty Service NASA Rallycross Challenge
Inaugural season 2012A
Current Champion Us.png Josh Clogg


The NASA Rallycross Challenge, officially the Overwatch Specialty Service NASA Rallycross Challenge, is an eSports league for Rallycross on iRacing. Founded in 2012 on NASCAR 2003, the series moved to iRacing in 2018. After a poor car count, the series went back to NR2003 for one season. Since 2020, the series has been on iRacing. The series has featured numerous WCS drivers, such as Connor Parise, Sindre Silva, Jake Robertson, and Beau Albert, among others. These pro drivers have described NASA as the perfect practice space for the iRacing Rallycross World Championship.

History

Early Beginnings (July 2012-December 2012)

In July of 2012, longtime friends Josh Mertz and Dylan Livengood partnered together to make a series modeling the real-world Global Rallycross Championship, utilizing the rally car mod on NASCAR Racing 2003 Season. The series ran on exclusively custom built tracks using Sandbox.

The series modeled the Global Rallycross Championship, using Heat races, Last Chance Qualifier, and a Feature.

Ongoing Car Count Issues (January 2013-May 2018)

Coming soon.

Champions

Season Drivers’ Constructors’ Manufacturers’ Sportsman Drivers' Sportsman Teams' Sportsman Manufacturers'
NASA Rallycross Challenge
2012A Us.png Brandon Lambert Revolution Racing Mitsubishi Us.png Andrew Fessler Fessler WRT Ford
2012B De.png Josh Mertz MRT Subaru Nl.png Tristan Hagenstein Great Lakes Motorsports Ford
2012C Ca.png Dylan Livengood Revolution Racing Citroen Us.png Andrew Fessler Fessler WRT Ford
2013A Ca.png Dylan Livengood Revolution Racing Mitsubishi Not awarded due to Cheatgate
2013B Ca.png Dylan Livengood Revolution Racing Volkswagen Us.png Caleb Paul No Fear Racing Subaru
2013C De.png Josh Mertz MRT Mitsubishi Nl.png Tristan Hagenstein Great Lakes Motorsports Ford
2014A Ca.png Dylan Livengood Revolution Racing Mitsubishi Us.png Brandon Nicholson Revolution Junior Mitsubishi
2014B De.png Josh Mertz MRT Subaru Nl.png Tristan Hagenstein MRT Junior Subaru
2015A De.png Josh Mertz Revolution Racing Mitsubishi Us.png Daniel Bellamy 125 Rallycross Subaru
2015B Season Cancelled Due to Low Car Count. No Championships Awarded.
2016A De.png Cody Erdmann MRT Subaru Us.png Doug DeNise DeNise Racing Subaru
2017A De.png Cody Erdmann MRT Subaru Us.png Zack Johnson Johnson Racing Mitsubishi
2017B Ca.png Philip Kraus MRT Citroen Us.png Doug DeNise DeNise Racing Volkswagen
2017C De.png Josh Mertz MRT Subaru Us.png Casey Lester Lester Racing Mitsubishi
2018A Ca.png Philip Kraus MRT Subaru Us.png Noah Carmichael East Coast Autosport Ford
2018B De.png Josh Mertz MRT Subaru Us.png Connor Parise Vuzion Racing Subaru
2018C Ca.png Philip Kraus MRT Subaru Not Held
2019A Season Cancelled Due to Low Car Count. No Championships Awarded.
2019B Ca.png Philip Kraus MRT Subaru
Simracer Coin NASA Rallycross Challenge
2020A Au.png Matt Hartley LRL Racing Team Subaru Not Held
2020B No.png Sindre Silva Apex Racing Academy Volkswagen
2021A No.png Sindre Silva Last Lap Motorsports Subaru
Simracer Coin NASA Rallycross Challenge presented by Nitro Circus
2021B Ca.png Luke Crouse Last Lap Motorsports Subaru Us.png Ray Kingsbury Last Lap Motorsports Subaru
2021C Ca.png Luke Crouse Fiercely Forward Subaru Gb.png Andrew Howell Digital Global Racing Subaru
NASA Rallycross Challenge
2022A Us.png Josh Clogg Team Watson Racing Subaru Ca.png Justin Robichaud Woven Planet Racing Volkswagen
Overwatch Specialty Service NASA Rallycross Challenge
2022B

All Time Statistics

Correct as of 5 May 2021

Most Wins

Rank Driver Wins
1 De.png Josh Mertz 40
2 Ca.png Philip Kraus 24
3 Us.png Chris Wetz 19
4 De.png Cody Erdmann 18
5 Ca.png Dylan Livengood 13
6 Us.png Connor Parise 11
7 Gb.png Jake Robertson 10
8 No.png Sindre Silva 9
9 De.png Dylan Smith 7
10 No.png Tanner Smith 6
11 Us.png Brandon Lambert 5
12 Eg.png Marwan Moftah 3
13 No Winner (Revoked) 2
No.png Magnus Okkenhaug
Us.png Elliot Porterfield
Us.png Caleb Paul
Au.png Beau Albert
20 Nl.png Tristan Hagenstein 1
Us.png Matt Kingsbury
Au.png Matt Hartley
Be.png Julien Schien
Us.png John Quinn
Us.png Joey Bailey
Us.png Jacob Harberts
Us.png Geoff Appelgren
Us.png David Krikorian
Us.png Brian Mercurio
Us.png Brenden Berg
Ca.png Austin Darbyshire
Gb.png John Dipple