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. 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:

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.
Pos.No.ClassPosition
In Class		DriverCo-DriverCarSno*Drift100
Acre Wood		Oregon
Trail		OlympusSesquehannock
Trail Performance
Rally		New England
Forest Rally		Ojibwe
Forest
Rally		Lake Superior
Performance
Rally		Total
175Open1David HigginsCraig Drew2015 Subaru Impreza WRX STI1st
22 Points		1st
22 Points		1st
22 Points		1st
22 Points		1st
22 Points		1st
22 Points		1st
2 Points*		1st
2 Points*		136
290Super
Production		1Lauchlin O'SullivanScott Putnam2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI3rd
12 Points		11th
3 Points*		5th
10 Points		8th
5 Points*		4th
12 Points		4th
12 Points		4th
12 Points		3rd
14 Points		78
394Open2Piotr FetelaJohn Hall1998 Subaru Impreza WRX STI4th
12 Points		3rd
14 Points		4th
12 Points		5th
10 Points		5th
10 Points		7th
6 Points*		5th
10 Points*		4th
12 Points		74
4425Open3Adam YeomanJordan Schulze2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STIDNF
1 Point		DNF
1 Point		2nd
17 Points		2nd
17 Points		2nd
17 Points		DNF
1 Point*		DNF
1 Point*		2nd
17 Points		72
5202Super
Production		3Nick RobertsRhianon Gelsomino2013 Subaru Impreza WRX STI2nd
17 Points		DNF
1 Point		DNF
1 Point		3rd
14 Points		3rd
14 Points		DNF
1 Point*		3rd
14 Points		DNS
0 Points		62
6222WD1Troy MillerOle Holter2011 Ford Fiesta R26th
8 Points		6th
8 Points		7th
6 Points		12th
3 Points		6th
8 Points		9th
4 Points		10th
2 Points*		DNS
0 Points		39
730Open4George PlsekNathalie Richard2006 Mitsubishi Evo IXDNS
0 Points		DNS
0 Points		3rd
14 Points		4th
12 Points		DNS
0 Points		DNS
0 Points		DNS
0 Points		5th
10 Points		36
8989Open5Brenten KellyNiall Burns2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI7th
6 Points		4th
12 Points		6th
8 Points		6th
8 Points		DNS
0 Points		DNS
0 Points		DNF
1 Point		DNF
1 Point		36
98242WD3Cameron SteelyPreston Osborn2014 Ford Fiesta 5D ST9th
4 Points		5th
10 Points		DNF
1 Point		9th
4 Points		DNF
1 Point*		12th
3 Points		6th
8 Points		DNF
1 Point*		32
10199Open6Travis PastranaChristine Beavis2014 Subaru Impreza WRX STIDNS
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.
PositionPoints
1st20
2nd15
3rd12
4th10
5th8
6th6
7th4
8th3
9th2
10th-last1