The 2013 Rally America Championship is the ninth season of the Rally America Championship. This championship is the premier rally championship in the United States. The season began 25 January in Michigan, and is scheduled to return to Michigan for the Lake Superior Performance Rally on 19 October after seven events.[1]

The championship was won by British driver David Higgins, his third consecutive championship victory. Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew took their Subaru Impreza to wins in the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, Oregon Trail Rally and Lake Superior Performance Rally and finished in the top three placings in all seven rallies. Higgins finished 26 points ahead of Ford Fiesta driver Ken Block who won three of the other four events.

Race calendar and results

The 2013 Rally America Championship is as follows:

Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Sno*Drift Rally, Michigan
(25–26 January)[2]		 1 Canada Antoine L'Estage Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2:24:22.0 20 211.3 km 23 18
2 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:24.28.2
3 Canada Leonid Urlichich Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:36:12.4
2 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, Missouri
(22–23 February)[3]		 1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:58:54.7 17 208.3 km 27 23
2 United States Joseph Burke Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:07:45.9
3 United States Lauchlin O'Sullivan Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:10:39.8
3 Oregon Trail Rally, Oregon
(3–5 May)[4]		 1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:46:47.0 17 182.8 km 29 18
2 United States Ken Block Ford Fiesta 1:48:34.8
3 Indonesia Rifat Sungkar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:55:40.6
4 Susquehannock Trail Rally, Pennsylvania
(31 May–1 June)[5]		 1 United States Ken Block Ford Fiesta 1:44:11.8 16 183.6 km 23 17
2 Belgium David Sterckx Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:54:28.1
3 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:54:55.2
5 New England Forest Rally, Maine
(26–27 July)[6]		 1 United States Ken Block Ford Fiesta 1:34:34.2 13 183.64 km 25 16
2 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:34:40.7
3 Indonesia Rifat Sungkar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1:44:57.0
6 Ojibwe Forests Rally, Minnesota
(23–24 August)[7]		 1 United States Ken Block Ford Fiesta 2:14:57.9 15 138.74 km 18 13
2 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:20:31.1
3 Australia Brendan Reeves Ford Fiesta R2 2:33:06.0
7 Lake Superior Performance Rally, Michigan
(18–19 October)[8]		 1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:20:01.0 17 155.82 km 20 16
2 Canada Antoine L'Estage Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:23:42.5
3 United States Dillon van Way Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:31:33.6

Championship standings

Drivers scoring at least ten points are shown. Lauchlin O'Sullivan scored 16 points, but later received a 20-point penalty. The 2013 Rally America Championship points are as follows:[9]

Position Driver Vehicle MI MO OR PA ME MN MI Total
1 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 119
2 United States Ken Block Ford Fiesta 6 Ret 2 1 1 1 Ret 93
3 Belgium David Sterckx Subaru Impreza WRX STi Ret 5 4 2 4 10 7 61
4 Australia Brendan Reeves Ford Fiesta R2 5 4 5 3 4 58
5 Canada Antoine L'Estage Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
Subaru Impreza WRX STi		 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 43
6 Canada Andrew Comrie-Picard Scion xD 8 7 14 5 8 9 5 42
7 United States Dillon van Way Ford Fiesta
Subaru Impreza WRX STi		 9 Ret 8 9 6 3 37
8 Indonesia Rifat Sungkar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3 11 3 Ret Ret 33
9 United States Adam Yoeman Subaru Impreza WRX STi 5 8 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 31
10 United States Nick Roberts Subaru Impreza WRX STi 11 12 Ret Ret 10 5 6 29
11 Poland Peter Fetela Subaru Impreza WRX STi 6 Ret 7 6 12 26
12 United States Chris Greenhouse Dodge Neon SRT-4 13 15 15 14 12 7 9 24
13 United States Mason Moyle Subaru Impreza WRX STi 10 14 12 10 9 8 Ret 22
14 United States Evan Cline Subaru Impreza WRX STi 7 4 11 21
15 United States James Robinson Honda Fit 15 21 Ret 13 14 11 15 20
16 United States Brent Hercelinsky Ford Fiesta R2 17 22 16 12 Ret 13 14 19
17 United States Joseph Burke Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2 Ret 18
18 United States George Plsek Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 9 6 8 17
19 United States Verena Mei Ford Fiesta 14 18 Ret 17 15 12 16
20 Canada Leonid Urlichich Subaru Impreza WRX 3 14
21 Canada Ugo Desgreniers Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4 Ret 13
22 United States Tracey Gardiner Toyota Yaris 16 16 12
23 United States Timothy Penasack Subaru Impreza WRX STi 15 11 Ret 10 10
- United States Lauchlin O'Sullivan Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3 Ret Ret 0
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: 2013 Rally America Schedule". rally-america.com. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  2. ↑ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  3. ↑ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  4. ↑ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  5. ↑ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  6. ↑ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  7. ↑ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  8. ↑ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.
  9. ↑ "Championship Standings". rally-america.com. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
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