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46-406: The series currently consists of 12 two-day events driven on closed circuits with mixed surface (mostly asphalt and gravel). Each event consists of: During the first FIA World Rallycross Championship season in 2014, two classes were run, Supercar (later RX1) and the supporting RX Lites series (later RX2). RX Lites teams raced identical cars prepared by OlsbergsMSE. The World RX Championship series

92-439: A 45 mm (1.8 in) intake restrictor . The engines run 50 psi (3.4 bar) of boost pressure, and completely unrestricted, are capable of making about 1,000 hp (750 kW) and 1,100 lb⋅ft (1,500 N⋅m) of torque. They are four-wheel-drive , and use a Sadev 6-speed sequential gearbox . They use launch control , and are capable of accelerating from 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) in under 2 seconds; which

138-434: A 5- or 6-speed sequential gearbox . They weigh between 920–1,000 kg (2,030–2,200 lb) including the driver, depending on how many valves per cylinder the engine has. They are capable of a 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) time in just under 4.5 seconds. The top-level all-electric RX1e Supercar division uses two electric motors , each producing 340 hp (250 kW) and 440 N⋅m (320 lbf⋅ft) of torque; for

184-409: A 6-speed sequential gearbox . They have a minimum weight of 1,100 kg (2,400 lb), including the driver. The RX3 (formerly Super 1600) class uses 1.6 L (1600 cc), naturally aspirated , four-cylinder engines ; generating between 220–250 hp (160–190 kW) and between 190–200 N⋅m (140–150 lbf⋅ft) of torque. They are only two-wheel-drive ( front-wheel-drive ), and use either

230-588: A Dutch counterpart to Robert Reed, discovered rallycross during a visit to Great Britain in 1968 and immediately understood its potential for the television viewers. By that time there were nearly ten million Britons watching some of the events on television. Back home in the Netherlands, Herzet contacted the race and rally driver as well as motoring journalist Gerard van Lennep (a cousin to Formula One driver Gijs van Lennep ) to discuss his find. Both agreed that this form of sprint racing could be also appropriate for

276-633: A closed mixed-surface racing circuit , with modified production or specially built touring cars . It is mainly popular in the Nordic countries , the Netherlands , Belgium , France and Great Britain . An inexpensive, entry level type of rallycross is the Swedish folkrace or its Norwegian counterpart, the so-called bilcross . The folkrace is most popular in Finland where it was founded back in

322-657: A dozen or so years the sport faded in Australia. Peter Brock was especially successful driving for the Holden Dealer Team in a supercharged Holden Torana GTR . The inaugural Australian Rallycross Championship was held at the Tailem Bend circuit on 24 June 1979 and was won by Larry Perkins , driving a 2.0-litre Volkswagen Beetle for Kruger Motors. This was the only Australian Rallycross Championship to be contested. A national rallycross championship

368-714: A half years and several rallycross events at Lydden as well as Croft Circuit (near Darlington ) the BBC adopted the young sport for its Grandstand programme while ITV dropped it after the British Rallycross Winter Series 1968/69. In 1969 Lydden Circuit and Croft Circuit were joined by another RX venue, Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire . However, while both Lydden and Croft nowadays are still in use for rallycross Cadwell Park later dropped this type of car racing from its schedule. Rob Herzet ( AVRO ),

414-560: A total of 335 hp (250 kW) and 510 N⋅m (380 lbf⋅ft) of torque. They are also four-wheel-drive, and weigh 1,290 kg (2,840 lb). Projekt E used electric powertrain kits supplied by STARD. The first car used a Ford Fiesta bodyshell; the STARD ElectRX was a three-motor, all-wheel drive car with 450 kW (600 hp) combined output. Points are scored as follows: 2014-2021 World Championship points were scored as follows: Records correct up to and including

460-413: A total of 680 hp (510 kW) and 880 N⋅m (650 lbf⋅ft) of instant torque. They are four-wheel-drive, weigh between 1,300–1,330 kg (2,870–2,930 lb), and can accelerate from 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) in 1.8 seconds. The second-tier all-electric RX2e division uses two electric motors, each producing 167.5 hp (124.9 kW) and 255 N⋅m (188 lbf⋅ft) of torque; for

506-421: Is faster than a Formula One car . Fully prepared, the cars weigh about 1,300 kg (2,900 lb), including the driver, and with oil and fuel. The second-tier RX2 Supercar Lites division uses a 16-valve, 2.4 L, naturally aspirated , Ford Duratec inline-four engine , making between 310–320 hp (230–240 kW) and 300 N⋅m (220 lbf⋅ft) of torque. They are also four-wheel-drive , and also use

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552-835: Is the current national series in the United Kingdom. The calendar features iconic rallycross circuits including Lydden Hill Race Circuit . Recognised as an official championship by the MSUK, the governing body of motorsport in Great Britain. The first FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) took place from 4–5 May 2014, alongside the FIA European Rallycross Championship (Euro RX) , the latter formerly known as FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers . Former World Rally Championship champion Petter Solberg took first place to become

598-419: The 1400 Cup's status was upgraded to Division 2A. For 2003, the class format was revised once more, assuming the form that is currently used. Division 1 and Division 2 remain essentially identical, with 4WD turbocharged Group A "specials" and 2WD normally aspirated 2.0 litre Group N cars, respectively, but a new Division A1 was created to replace the 1400 Cup, with regular Group A cars up to 1.6 litres. In 2013

644-705: The 2022 World RX of Germany. Key FIA European Rallycross Championship The European Rallycross Championship (former abbreviation ERC, now Euro RX or ERX ) is a rallycross competition held in Europe, organised under the auspices of the FIA . The predecessor championship began in 1973 as the Embassy/ERA European Rallycross Championship . In 1976 the FIA created regulations for rallycross, including Group 5 regulations for

690-624: The Division 2 received the exotic Group B machinery such as the Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2, Ford RS200 E2 , Lancia Delta S4 , Audi Sport Quattro S1 or MG Metro 6R4 , which continued to be prepared past their highest point of evolution in rallying. Beginning in the 1993 season, the Group B cars disappeared and the four-wheel drive "specials" came into the era. Division 1 was now open to four-wheel drive cars, but using Group N regulations. Division 2

736-625: The Dutch Rallycross Association was founded and, during 1970, organised another five events at Venlo. For 1971 the Nederlandse Rallycross Vereniging (NRV) moved the sport to its new continental home at Valkenswaard near Eindhoven . The Eurocircuit opened on Saturday 17 April with a race that was won by Jan de Rooy and his famous DAF 555 Coupé 4WD and became the first track in the World that

782-718: The European Rallycross Championship (Euro RX) was restructured into a five round championship Supercar series with races in Great Britain , Norway , Belgium , Germany and Italy , while all nine rounds of the World RX to be held in Europe count for the European titles of the Super1600 and TouringCar drivers. Rallycross Rallycross is a form of sprint style motorsport , held on

828-490: The European Rallycross Championship was promoted for the first time by IMG Motorsports. Rebranded as RallycrossRX (brand is not in official use any longer) the championship underwent changes to the racing format. In 2014, the FIA approved plans for championship to become a fully sanctioned FIA World Championship. Together with the creation of the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX),

874-463: The FIA only in 1995. In 1997, the divisions were swapped, with Division 1 now becoming the primary class, with Group A-based cars, and Group N moving to Division 2. In 1999, Division 1 was allowed cars based on WRC and Supertouring regulations, but with the same set of freedoms as the Group A (adding turbochargers and four-wheel drive where needed). Division 2 kept Group N, but with a maximum displacement of 2.0 litres and only two-wheel drive. In 2001

920-809: The Irwindale Raceway. American newcomer, Mitchell deJong joined the series and made history as the youngest to win the Silver Medal in X-Games in his first attempt at age 16. In 2014 the Global Rallycross Championship Series traveled to tracks across the U.S. and Canada. The series traveled to Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas where American driver, Mitchell deJong made history again when he became

966-593: The Netherlands. Van Lennep soon started his investigations and found a military testing ground near the town of Venlo , close to the Dutch-German border. Actually there had been two venues available, the one at Venlo in Limburg and one at Elst in Gelderland, but the aid offered by the army turned the decision into the favour of Venlo. On Saturday 17 May 1969 a group of invited rally and racing drivers went to

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1012-523: The United States, there is dirt track racing , close to rallycross, but with two big differences, the vehicles are sprint cars , late models , modifieds and midgets instead, and they usually run in oval dirt tracks. In Great Britain, autocross was where some of the pioneers of rallycross started. In other Europeans countries, autocross is similar to in Britain, but with the cars starting at

1058-511: The beginning of 2021 season . The Supercar category was renamed to RX1, and a new electric rallycross supercar category RX1e was introduced. The Junior RX2 series were dropped, and Junior electric series RX2e were introduced. RX1e championship is expected to debut in 2022 season , consisting of the RX1 supercars retrofitted with two 250kW electric motors (equivalent of 680 horsepower ), and equipped with 52kWh performance battery. In Australia and in

1104-603: The cars, and awarded the first official European cup. For 1978 two classes became introduced, one class for Touring cars and one for Grand Touring cars, but the FIA European Cup was for the driver with the most scored points from both Divisions, Norwegian Martin Schanche . In 1979 Schanche claimed the first ever true FIA European Championship title. In 1982 the FIA reorganized the classes into Division 1, for Group A but restricted to two-wheel drive, and Division 2 for

1150-446: The evening of 17 November, and was replaced by a single special stage (won by Swede Erik Carlsson in a Saab 96 V4 ) for the sake of the disappointed television companies. RAC Rally stage number one by then, Camberley, was on Ministry of Defence land and not affected by movement restrictions caused by the disease in rural areas. Subsequently, only British drivers competed in the maiden international rallycross event one week later, which

1196-624: The first FIA World Rallycross Championship winner. The 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship consists of 12 events globally for the Supercar category. FIA World and European Rallycross Championship cars are built based on production car body shells of vehicles homologated for Group A and Group N, or permitted by a special FIA list for non-homologated cars to be used in rallycross but are extensively modified. Different rallycross championships and events use different formats and scoring systems. The FIA made changes to rallycross categories before

1242-399: The late 1960s. In Europe, rallycross can also refer to racing 1:8 scale off-road radio-controlled buggies . The sport started as a TV show (with especially invited rally drivers), produced by Robert Reed of ABC Weekend TV for ITV 's World of Sport programme, at Lydden Circuit (between Dover and Canterbury ) in Great Britain on Saturday, 4 February 1967. The first true rallycross

1288-550: The new World of Sport Rallycross Championship for the ABC TV viewers started with round one on 23 September, to be followed by round two on 7 October. The series was run over a total of six rounds (three at Lydden and three at Croft) and was eventually won by Englishman Tony Chappell ( Ford Escort Twin Cam ), who became the first British Rallycross champion after winning the final round of the new series on 6 April 1968 at Lydden. However,

1334-1118: The rules change. Instead, the Projekt E class was run in 2020 as a special parallel series using a spec racer. The Projekt E spec electric rallycross car was revealed in September 2019 at the Riga Motor Museum in Latvia . FIA announced in August 2020 that RX2e would be replacing the RX2 category for the 2021 season. The top World Rallycross Championship series switched to electric cars (RX1e) in August 2022, making World RX an all-electric race series. For 2022, there are two World Rallycross Championships and two European Rallycross Championships: The top-level RX1 Supercars division use 2.0 L, turbocharged , four-cylinder engines, which produce approximately 570–600 hp (430–450 kW), and between 620–680 lb⋅ft (840–920 N⋅m) of torque, while using

1380-511: The series went to Foz do Iguaçu , Brazil, and Munich , Germany, and a rained-out event in Barcelona, Spain. In 2013, GRC Lites made their debut in Loudon, New Hampshire, with the series most exciting race held at Atlanta Motor Speedway pitting professional European rallycross drivers against newcomer, American Mitchell DeJong. Global Rallycross was also featured in X Games this year, held at

1426-526: The so-called Rallycross Specials , which allowed the use of four-wheel drive . The first European Champions under this new rules became Norwegian Egil Stenshagen and Austrian Franz Wurz (father of ex- Formula One driver Alexander Wurz ). After several major accidents, Group B cars were banned from the WRC at the end of 1986, but found their new home in the European Rallycross Championship in 1987. Division 1 continued to use only two-wheel drive touring cars, but

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1472-496: The so-called AVRO-Trophy and on 16 August of the same year NSU campaigner Hans Kok claimed the first national Dutch rallycross title. On October 4 1969 Holland saw its last Rallycross event of the first season, a stand-alone one-off race organised on a temporary track that was quickly set up on pastureland near the ‘Europahal’ at the town of Elst, halfway between Arnhem and Nijmegen. Here it was young Briton ‘Jumping’ Jeff Wiliamson who drove his Riley 1300 to overall victory. On 1 November

1518-421: The spot for a test day. Everybody was really satisfied and enthusiastic and only three weeks later, on Saturday 7 June the first rallycross event on the European continent was held. The track consisted of a section of concrete runway, loose sections through heathland and a hollow, about 40 metres long and 10 metres deep, usually used for tank testing. Although the soft heath soil and the muddy hollow hampered most of

1564-620: The streets of Downtown Los Angeles. The series had several popular drivers such as Tanner Foust , Ken Block , Travis Pastrana , Finn Marcus Grönholm , Kiwi Rhys Millen , Dave Mirra , Frenchman Stéphane Verdier , Swede Michael Jernberg and Briton Liam Doran . The events were televised on ESPN. In 2012, the series grew to seven events run in conjunction with NASCAR Sprint Cup and IndyCar weekends as well as X Games 18 in Los Angeles. Several marques fielded factory- or importer-supported efforts including Ford, Hyundai, Subaru and Dodge. In 2013

1610-564: The tag RallyCar) announced it would begin sanctioning European style rallycross events in the United States. The inaugural season of the RallyCar Rallycross Championship , held in 2010, featured four events and several rally, rallycross and drifting competitors have shown an interest in contesting these races. All four events (August 29, October 3, November 6, November 7) were organised at New Jersey Motorsports Park . A closed-format circuit race called Rallycross

1656-513: The true birth of rallycross is often wrongly connected with the cancellation of the 1967 RAC Rally , due to foot-and-mouth disease , in November 1967, about ten months after the maiden event. Some foreign entrants for the RAC had also planned to take part in the 1st international rallycross at Lydden Circuit, on Saturday, 25 November 1967, but went home immediately after the rally had been cancelled on

1702-472: The two dozen or so competitors, or at least their mostly rather aged cars, the event produced much fun for all concerned as well as the TV audience. Overall victory went eventually to Hans Kok and his valuable NSU 1200 TT. Davy Van Den Branden 9 Times Belgian Champion. And 5 times Netherlands Champion. The Dutch television company AVRO gave green light to Rob Herzet as well as another three rounds counting towards

1748-707: The youngest to be invited and to win the Gold Medal in X-Games. In 2018, the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, hosted the World Rallycross race event again on September 29–30 at the purpose-built track. The Americas Rallycross Championship began competition in 2018. However, it was cancelled after the 2019 season due to a lack of sponsors. Pastrana launched his own rallycross championship Nitro Rallycross in 2021. The Motorsport UK British Rallycross Championship presented by Cooper Tires

1794-666: Was a regular event at the X Games for some years. It was first added to the X Games XVI in 2010 under the name SuperRally . This event involved heavily modified production cars with turbocharged engines running at 600 hp, all-wheel drive , sequential gearboxes , and offroad style suspension tuned for long jumps. The Global RallyCross Championship was a Red Bull -sponsored championship that began in 2011 with five rounds in Irwindale, California (The Revolution), Snoqualmie, WA (Twin Peaks), Fountain, CO (Last Chance) and X Games 17 in

1840-693: Was among most popular autosport disciplines in Soviet Union with hundreds of racing tracks and various classes of trucks, light cars and purpose built buggies competing. Most classes were effectively one-make classes, with few performance upgrades available, which together with wide state support made autocross popular and easily accessible to enthusiasts. Since late 1970s local regulations for autocross were harmonized with FIA regulations for rallycross. Until that time most tracks were unpaved, since then more partially paved rallycross tracks were built. In October 2009 Rally America (for two years operating under

1886-472: Was based in Group A, but allowing several extra modifications such as changing to a different engine produced by the same manufacturer, adding a turbocharger or four-wheel drive. This allowed the creation of machines based on the Citroën Xantia , Peugeot 306 or Ford Escort RS2000 . A third division was added, for two-wheel drive cars up to 1.4 litres, called 1400 Cup, but the title was recognized by

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1932-849: Was especially designed and built purely for rallycross purposes. Rallycross came to Australia in 1969 with a one off meeting at Leppington in New South Wales . Events were held at Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne until the mid 1970s and at the Catalina Park circuit in Katoomba in New South Wales from 1972 until the early 1980s. Circuits at Towac near Orange in New South Wales as well as Tailem Bend and Whyalla in South Australia were also used, but after

1978-447: Was eventually won by Andrew Cowan and his Hillman Imp . Thames Estuary Automobile Club's (TEAC) premier event, the original Clubman's rallycross, was held the day after. It opened up the new rally drivers' fun-sport to many amateur competitors, proved very successful and thereby paved the way for the first generation of real rallycross specialists, many of them coming from the ranges of autocross and autograss racing. After one and

2024-455: Was introduced to distinguish it from the FIA European Rallycross Championship , which has been contested since 1976 and was renamed in March 2013. An electric category was planned to be introduced in 2020, but it was announced in August 2018 that the introduction of a fully electric Championship would be delayed until 2021 to allow manufacturers more time to submit an interest to join following

2070-645: Was organised by Bud Smith (d. 1994) and the Tunbridge Wells Centre of the 750 MC , with the aid of Lydden Circuit owner Bill Chesson (d. 1999), and was won by later Formula One driver as well as 1968 Rally Monte Carlo winner Vic Elford in a showroom Porsche 911 of the British importer AFN, ahead of Brian Melia in his Ford Lotus Cortina and Tony Fall in a BMC Mini Cooper S . After that inaugural event there were another two test rallycrosses at Lydden, on 11 March and 29 July, before

2116-812: Was set to return to Australia in 2015 in the form of the Extreme Rallycross Championship, originally scheduled to consist of seven events held across 2015 and 2016. However, the series was cancelled after just one event had been held due to a lack of entries. A proposed Victorian championship, titled Rallycross Australia, was also cancelled before a single event had been run. In Soviet Union history of rallycross (under name of autocross) dates back to 1949 when first competitions were held for light trucks, as well as passenger cars. First competitions resembled more light offroad race over 20-40km course, but over time races shortened and purpose built tracks were established. In 1970s and 1980s autocross

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