The 2016 Red Bull Global RallyCross Championship is the sixth season of the Global RallyCross Championship. Scott Speed is the reigning Supercars champion and Oliver Eriksson is the reigning GRC Lites champion. The schedule consists of twelve rounds at eight different venues. The season started at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park on May 21 and it will end at the Port of Los Angeles on October 9.
Schedule
A twelve-round provisional calendar was revealed on January 26, 2016 with the eighth round to be announced.[1] On March 3, 2016 GRC announced the eighth round would take place in Atlantic City.[2] It is the first time since the 2012 season that all events are held in the United States.
| Round |
Event |
Location |
Date |
| 1 |
Red Bull Global RallyCross Phoenix |
Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Chandler, Arizona |
21–22 May |
| 2 |
| 3 |
Red Bull Global RallyCross Dallas |
Fair Park, Dallas, Texas |
4 June |
| 4 |
Red Bull Global RallyCross Daytona |
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida |
18–19 June |
| 5 |
| 6 |
Red Bull Global RallyCross The Base |
To be announced military base |
2–3 July |
| 7 |
| 8 |
Red Bull Global RallyCross Washington |
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. |
30 July |
| 9 |
Red Bull Global RallyCross Atlantic City |
Bader Field, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
28 August |
| 10 |
Red Bull Global RallyCross Seattle |
Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington |
17 September |
| 11 |
Red Bull Global RallyCross Los Angeles |
Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California |
8–9 October |
| 12 |
Entries
Supercars
GRC Lites
Every driver competes in an Olsbergs MSE-built GRC Lites car.
| Team |
No. |
Drivers |
Rounds |
 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
2 |
Cabot Bigham (R) |
1–2 |
| 24 |
Alex Keyes |
1–2 |
 AF Racing |
3 |
Travis PeCoy (R) |
1–2 |
| 44 |
Christian Brooks (R) |
1–2 |
| 126 |
Alejandro Fernández |
1–2 |
|
|
07 |
Collete Davis |
1–2 |
| 88 |
Preston Murray (R) |
1–2 |
 Olsbergs MSE X Forces |
16 |
Oliver Eriksson |
1–2 |
| 45 |
 Miki Weckström (R) |
1–2 |
| 53 |
Cole Keatts |
1–2 |
| PMG Rallysport |
19 |
Trenton Estep (R) |
1–2 |
| 69 |
Harry Gottsacker (R) |
1–2 |
| DirtFish Motorsports |
21 |
Conner Martell |
1–2 |
| Sources:[3] |
Results and standings
Race results
Drivers' championships
Scoring system
Points are awarded based on finishing positions as shown in the chart below:
| Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
Others |
| Points |
50 |
45 |
40 |
35 |
30 |
25 |
20 |
15 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
In addition, points are awarded in all rounds of heats and semifinals. First place earns five points, second place earns four points, and so on through fifth place and below, which earn one point.[4]
Supercars
|
|
| Colour |
Result |
| Gold |
Winner |
| Silver |
2nd place |
| Bronze |
3rd place |
| Green |
Points finish |
| Blue |
Non-points finish |
| Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple |
Retired (Ret) |
| Red |
Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black |
Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White |
Did not start (DNS) |
| Withdrew (WD) |
| Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank |
Did not participate (DNP) |
| Excluded (EX) |
Bold – Fastest time in qualifying
1 2 – Amount of heat wins
A B – Winner of Semifinal A or B
LCQ – Winner of the Last Chance Qualifier
|
GRC Lites
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Car No. 07 entered as River Racing and car No. 88 entered as Rhys Millen Racing.
References
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External links
Steve Arpin
Honda
Hyundai
Rhys Millen
Volkswagen
