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: Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers 1 Sno*Drift Rally, Michigan(30–31 January)1 David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 2:21:34.5 17208.32 km 13 92 Nick Roberts Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:30:40.03 Lauchlin O'Sullivan Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:32:47.7 2 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, Missouri(27–28 February) 1 David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 1:33:58.8 14145.38 km 17 14 2 David Sterckx Subaru Impreza STi 1:39:41.4 3 Piotr Fetela Subaru Impreza STi 1:47:07.6 3 Oregon Trail Rally, Oregon(24–26 April) 1 David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 1:43:57.2 18185.92 km 19 14 2 Adam Yeoman Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:46:56.3 3 George Plsek Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:55:05.8 4 Olympus Rally, Washington(16–17 May) 1 David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 2:06:18.7 14204.33 km 15 14 2 Adam Yeoman Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:08:08.0 3 Nick Roberts Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:11:17.8 5 Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally, Pennsylvania(5–6 June) 1 David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 1:44:44.2 13179.56 km 15 12 2 Adam Yeoman Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:50:15.9 3 Nick Roberts Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:52:43.0 6 New England Forest Rally, Maine(17–18 July) 1 David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 1:30:19.9 13187.97 km 24 16 2 Ken Block Ford Fiesta H.F.H.V. 1:35:52.2 3 Travis Pastrana Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:39:40.5 7 Ojibwe Forests Rally, Minnesota(27–29 August) 1 David Higgins Subaru WRX STi 2:10:33.9 15213.74 km 15 10 2 Travis Pastrana Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:13:58.1 3 Nick Roberts Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:19:01.8 8 Lake Superior Performance Rally, Michigan(16–17 October) 1 David Higgins Subaru WRX STi1:35:50.7 14178.22 km 16 13 2 Adam Yeoman Subaru Impreza WRX STi1:37:42.0 3 Lauchlin O'Sullivan Subaru Impreza WRX STi1:43:19.9
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. Pos.No.ClassPosition In ClassDriverCo-DriverCarSno*Drift100 Acre WoodOregon TrailOlympusSesquehannock Trail Performance
RallyNew England Forest RallyOjibwe Forest
RallyLake Superior Performance
RallyTotal175Open1David HigginsCraig Drew2015 Subaru Impreza WRX STI1st 22 Points1st 22 Points1st 22 Points1st 22 Points1st 22 Points1st 22 Points1st 2 Points*1st 2 Points*136290Super Production1Lauchlin O'SullivanScott Putnam2009 Subaru Impreza WRX STI3rd 12 Points11th 3 Points*5th 10 Points8th 5 Points*4th 12 Points4th 12 Points4th 12 Points3rd 14 Points78394Open2Piotr FetelaJohn Hall1998 Subaru Impreza WRX STI4th 12 Points3rd 14 Points4th 12 Points5th 10 Points5th 10 Points7th 6 Points*5th 10 Points*4th 12 Points744425Open3Adam YeomanJordan Schulze2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STIDNF 1 PointDNF 1 Point2nd
17 Points2nd
17 Points2nd
17 PointsDNF 1 Point*DNF 1 Point*2nd 17 Points725202Super Production3Nick RobertsRhianon Gelsomino2013 Subaru Impreza WRX STI2nd
17 PointsDNF
1 PointDNF
1 Point3rd 14 Points3rd 14 PointsDNF 1 Point*3rd 14 PointsDNS 0 Points626222WD1Troy MillerOle Holter2011 Ford Fiesta R26th 8 Points6th 8 Points7th 6 Points12th 3 Points6th 8 Points9th 4 Points10th 2 Points*DNS 0 Points39730Open4George PlsekNathalie Richard2006 Mitsubishi Evo IXDNS 0 PointsDNS 0 Points3rd 14 Points4th 12 PointsDNS 0 PointsDNS 0 PointsDNS 0 Points5th 10 Points368989Open5Brenten KellyNiall Burns2007 Subaru Impreza WRX STI7th 6 Points4th 12 Points6th 8 Points6th 8 PointsDNS 0 PointsDNS 0 PointsDNF 1 PointDNF 1 Point3698242WD3Cameron SteelyPreston Osborn2014 Ford Fiesta 5D ST9th 4 Points5th 10 PointsDNF 1 Point9th 4 PointsDNF 1 Point*12th 3 Points6th 8 PointsDNF 1 Point*3210199Open6Travis PastranaChristine Beavis2014 Subaru Impreza WRX STIDNS 0 PointsDNS 0 PointsDNS 0 PointsDNS 0 PointsDNS 0 Points3rd 14 Points2nd
17 PointsDNS 0 Points31 *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. PositionPoints1st202nd153rd124th105th86th67th48th39th210th-last1
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