2015 Rally America Championship

The 2015 Rally America championship was the eleventh season of the Rally America series. The Rally America series is currently the premiere stage rally championship in the United States. The championship was won by the team of David Higgins and Craig Drew, representing Subaru Rally Team USA in their #75 2015 Subaru Impreza WRX STI. The team completed a perfect season, having won all 8 events.[1] Higgins scored only six points shy of double the score achieved by championship runner's up, Subaru Impreza driver Piotr Fetela. Another Subaru driver, Lauchlin O'Sullivan was third in the championship at season's end.

More than just Higgins, Subaru drivers dominated the championship with only two of 24 podium results not collected by Imprezas. Mitsubishi Lancer driver George Plsek was third at the Oregon Trail Rally and Ford Fiesta driver Ken Block was second at the New England Forest Rally.

The victory was Higgins fifth consecutive title, overtaking Travis Pastrana to become the most successful driver in the history of Rally America.

Race calendar and results

The 2015 Rally America Championship was as follows:

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Sno*Drift Rally, Michigan
(30–31 January)[2]
1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 2:21:34.5 17 208.32 km 13 9
2 United States Nick Roberts Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:30:40.0
3 United States Lauchlin O'Sullivan Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:32:47.7
2 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, Missouri
(27–28 February)[3]
1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 1:33:58.8 14 145.38 km 17 14
2 Belgium David Sterckx Subaru Impreza STi 1:39:41.4
3 Poland Piotr Fetela Subaru Impreza STi 1:47:07.6
3 Oregon Trail Rally, Oregon
(24–26 April)[4]
1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 1:43:57.2 18 185.92 km 19 14
2 United States Adam Yeoman Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:46:56.3
3 United States George Plsek Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:55:05.8
4 Olympus Rally, Washington
(16–17 May)[5]
1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 2:06:18.7 14 204.33 km 15 14
2 United States Adam Yeoman Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:08:08.0
3 United States Nick Roberts Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:11:17.8
5 Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally, Pennsylvania
(5–6 June)[6]
1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 1:44:44.2 13 179.56 km 15 12
2 United States Adam Yeoman Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:50:15.9
3 United States Nick Roberts Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:52:43.0
6 New England Forest Rally, Maine
(17–18 July)[7]
1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 1:30:19.9 13 187.97 km 24 16
2 United States Ken Block Ford Fiesta H.F.H.V. 1:35:52.2
3 United States Travis Pastrana Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:39:40.5
7 Ojibwe Forests Rally, Minnesota
(27–29 August)[8]
1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 2:10:33.9 15 213.74 km 15 10
2 United States Travis Pastrana Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:13:58.1
3 United States Nick Roberts Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:19:01.8
8 Lake Superior Performance Rally, Michigan
(16–17 October)[9]
1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 1:35:50.7 14 178.22 km 16 13
2 United States Adam Yeoman Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:37:42.0
3 United States Lauchlin O'Sullivan Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:43:19.9

Championship standings

This table represents the championship standings from the 2015 Rally America season. Competitors that start each event get one point, competitors that finish get another point, and then further points are determined by placing order at the end of the event. 1st place receives 20 points, 2nd place receives 15 points, 3rd receives 12 points and so on. The table to the underneath shows how points are distributed.[10]

Pos. No. Class Position

In Class

Driver Co-Driver Car Sno*Drift 100

Acre Wood

Oregon

Trail

Olympus Sesquehannock

Trail Performance

Rally

New England

Forest Rally

Ojibwe

Forest

Rally

Lake Superior

Performance

Rally

Total
1 75 Open 1 David Higgins Craig Drew 2015 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1st

22 Points

1st

22 Points

1st

22 Points

1st

22 Points

1st

22 Points

1st

22 Points

1st

2 Points*

1st

2 Points*

136
2 90 Super

Production

1 Lauchlin O'Sullivan Scott Putnam 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3rd

12 Points

11th

3 Points*

5th

10 Points

8th

5 Points*

4th

12 Points

4th

12 Points

4th

12 Points

3rd

14 Points

78
3 94 Open 2 Piotr Fetela John Hall 1998 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4th

12 Points

3rd

14 Points

4th

12 Points

5th

10 Points

5th

10 Points

7th

6 Points*

5th

10 Points*

4th

12 Points

74
4 425 Open 3 Adam Yeoman Jordan Schulze 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI DNF

1 Point

DNF

1 Point

2nd

17 Points

2nd

17 Points

2nd

17 Points

DNF

1 Point*

DNF

1 Point*

2nd

17 Points

72
5 202 Super

Production

3 Nick Roberts Rhianon Gelsomino 2013 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2nd

17 Points

DNF

1 Point

DNF

1 Point

3rd

14 Points

3rd

14 Points

DNF

1 Point*

3rd

14 Points

DNS

0 Points

62
6 22 2WD 1 Troy Miller Ole Holter 2011 Ford Fiesta R2 6th

8 Points

6th

8 Points

7th

6 Points

12th

3 Points

6th

8 Points

9th

4 Points

10th

2 Points*

DNS

0 Points

39
7 30 Open 4 George Plsek Nathalie Richard 2006 Mitsubishi Evo IX DNS

0 Points

DNS

0 Points

3rd

14 Points

4th

12 Points

DNS

0 Points

DNS

0 Points

DNS

0 Points

5th

10 Points

36
8 989 Open 5 Brenten Kelly Niall Burns 2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 7th

6 Points

4th

12 Points

6th

8 Points

6th

8 Points

DNS

0 Points

DNS

0 Points

DNF

1 Point

DNF

1 Point

36
9 824 2WD 3 Cameron Steely Preston Osborn 2014 Ford Fiesta 5D ST 9th

4 Points

5th

10 Points

DNF

1 Point

9th

4 Points

DNF

1 Point*

12th

3 Points

6th

8 Points

DNF

1 Point*

32
10 199 Open 6 Travis Pastrana Christine Beavis 2014 Subaru Impreza WRX STI DNS

0 Points

DNS

0 Points

DNS

0 Points

DNS

0 Points

DNS

0 Points

3rd

14 Points

2nd

17 Points

DNS

0 Points

31

*In the above table, where noted, certain events and their points are dropped from the championship total. This is because there are only 6 allowed events in the national championship. This allows competitors that race in all 8 events to drop their two worst scores leaving them with 6 total races. In cases such as Higgins, there is little strategy involved since he won all 8 events and they all weighed equally on his score. In O'Sullivans case, however, eliminating the two worst races brings the score into balance. Without this measure, Piotr Fetela would have bested O'Sullivan because of total outright points. However, any starting and finishing points will count towards a competitors total, which is why Higgins' omissions are worth 2 points, for example.

Position Points
1st 20
2nd 15
3rd 12
4th 10
5th 8
6th 6
7th 4
8th 3
9th 2
10th-last 1

References

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