2017 NACAM Rally Championship

The 2017 NACAM Rally Championship was the tenth season of the NACAM Rally Championship. This championship was the FIA regional rally championship for the North America and Central America (NACAM) region. The season began 9 March in Leon, Mexico, and ended 25 November in Colima, Mexico, after five events held in Canada and Venezuela.[1]

Costa Rica's two events were dropped from the championship and replaced with events in Venezuela (Rally Isla de Margarita) and a new third rally in Mexico, the Rally Colima. The Mexican round of the World Rally Championship, Rally Guanajuato Mexico was included in place of the long running RAC 1000 Rally.

Defending champion, Citroën driver Ricardo Triviño won his eighth NACAM championship. Triviño won the second and third rounds of the championship, Rally Montañas Sierra Fría Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes, Mexico and Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs in New Richmond, Canada and was second at the season opening event Rally Guanajuato Mexico. Triviño scored no further points, but had sufficient points to be well clear of all challengers. Mitsubishi driver Francisco Díaz Mendoza finished second in the points with two second places and only just over half the points scored by Triviño. Four drivers finished tied for third place.

Event calendar and results

The 2017 NACAM Rally Championship was as follows:

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Mexico Rally Guanajuato Mexico
(9–12 March)[2]		 1 United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C3 WRC 3:22:04.6 19 370.46 km 24 22
2 France Sébastien Ogier Ford Fiesta WRC 3:22:18.4
3 Belgium Thierry Neuville Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 3:23:04.3
2 Mexico Rally Montañas Sierra Fria Aguascalientes
(8–9 April)[3]		 1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1:17:36.4 12 123.43 km 17 9
2 Mexico Emilio Velázquez Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 1:18:05.0
3 Mexico Francisco Díaz Mendoza Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1:01:37.3
3 Canada Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs
(30 June–2 July)[4]		 1 Canada Antoine L'Estage Subaru WRX Sti 2:07:14.0 14 211.06 km 32 26
2 Canada Jean-Sébastien Besner Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII 2:10:28.7
3 Canada André Leblanc Subaru Impreza WRX 2:16:00.3
4 Venezuela Rally Isla de Margarita 2017
(3–5 November)[5]		 1 Venezuela Carlos Garcia Fessman Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 34:57 8 51.78 km 8 7
2 Venezuela Lino Oliveira Citroën C4 VTS 43:47
3 Venezuela Francisco Calderon Hyundai Tiburon 44:26
5 Mexico Rally Colima
(24–25 November)[6]		 1 Mexico Ricardo Cordero Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 51:20.0 19 98.85 km 15 11
2 Mexico Francisco Díaz Mendoza Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 51:28.3
3 Mexico Luis Manuela Garcia Torres Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 51:52.4

Championship standings

The 2017 NACAM Rally Championship points are as follows:[7]

Pos. Driver Vehicle Mexico
MEX		 Mexico
MON		 Canada
BdC		 Venezuela
IdM		 Mexico
COL		 Total
1 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Citroën DS3 R5
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X		 2 1 1 Ret 76
2 Mexico Francisco Díaz Mendoza Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 7 2 2 40
3 Mexico Ricardo Cordero Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 7 1 28
Venezuela Carlos Garcia Fessman Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1 28
Mexico Benito Guerra Jr. Škoda Fabia R5 1 28
United States Dave Wallingford Ford Fiesta R2T 6 2 28
7 Canada Jason Bailey Ford Fiesta R2 4 3 27
8 Venezuela David Sepeda Fiat Uno 2 20
9 Venezuela Jose Labrador Renault Clio 3 15
Mexico Francisco Name Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX		 3 Ret 15
11 Colombia Julián Jaramillo Subaru Impreza STi N16 5 11
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

References
  1. "Events Calendar Season 2017". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. "14. Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2017". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. "49. Rally Montañas Sierra Fría Aguascalientes 2017". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. "40. Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs 2017". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. "Rally Isla de Margarita 2017". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. "Rally Colima". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  7. "Classifications Season 2017". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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