This week, the Red Bull Global Rallycross season comes to a conclusion in Las Vegas, for both the Supercars and GRC Lites.
Andretti Autosport - as Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross - will win the championship either way, as Scott Speed leads Tanner Foust by 36 points going into the 12th and final round of 2015.
Here’s what’s on tap, or other items of note, going into the final round of the season:
POINTS BREAKDOWN
While the Andretti pair have the championship locked down, second to eighth still has a wide range of potential variation from the points going into the race. Here’s the full breakdown, via the GRC website.
TRACK MAP
The venue for the finale is the Village Lot of the Las Vegas Strip. It’ll be a 0.814-mile course (0.770 when taking the Kobalt Tools Joker Lap), with a long front straight, a difficult and corner-heavy dirt section and a double-apex right-hander back onto the front straight.
ENTRY LISTS
A 14-car Supercars field is its biggest of the season. There’s three Subarus (David Higgins joins full-season drivers Sverre Isachsen and Bucky Lasek), and Pat Moro’s Chevrolet Sonic joining the usual full-season 12 cars.
Meanwhile in GRC Lites, the Buhl Sport Detroit team debuts, Olsbergs MSE adds three new cars, and Rhys Millen Racing adds two new cars with drivers TBA. That produces a 14-car Lites field, as well.
The Supercar entry list is as follows:
| No. | Driver | Hometown | Team |
| 00 | Steve Arpin | Fort Frances, ON | Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Fiesta ST |
| 07 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Brasilia, BRA | SH Racing Rallycross Ford Fiesta ST |
| 11 | Sverre Isachsen | Hokksund, NOR | Subaru Rally Team USA WRX STI |
| 14 | Austin Dyne | Los Angeles, CA | Bryan Herta Rallysport Ford Fiesta ST |
| 18 | Patrik Sandell | Ostersund, SWE | Bryan Herta Rallysport Ford Fiesta ST |
| 31 | Joni Wiman | Pohja, FIN | Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST |
| 34 | Tanner Foust | Denver, CO | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Beetle |
| 38 | Brian Deegan | Omaha, NE | Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Fiesta ST |
| 41 | Scott Speed | Mt. Holly, NC | Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Beetle |
| 43 | Ken Block | Park City, UT | Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Fiesta ST |
| 59 | Pat Moro | Dublin, OH | PMR Motorsports Chevrolet Sonic |
| 75 | David Higgins | Trefeglwys, WAL | Subaru Rally Team USA WRX STI |
| 81 | Bucky Lasek | Dundalk, MD | Subaru Rally Team USA WRX STI |
| 93 | Sebastian Eriksson (R) | Hagfors, SWE | Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST |
The GRC Lites entry list is as follows:
| No. | Driver | Hometown | Team |
| 07 | Collete Davis (R) | San Francisco, CA | River Racing |
| 4 | Augie Lerch | Tucson, AZ | Buhl Sport Detroit |
| 15 | Tanner Whitten (R) | Rochester, IL | DirtFish Motorsports |
| 16 | Oliver Eriksson | Osmo, SWE | Olsbergs MSE |
| 24 | Miles Maroney (R) | Topanga, CA | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
| 28 | Gustavo Menezes (R) | Los Angeles, CA | Olsbergs MSE |
| 42 | Nur Ali (R) | Trophy Club, TX | AF Racing |
| 51 | Sandra Hultgren (R) | Charlottenberg, SWE | Olsbergs MSE |
| 61 | Alex Keyes (R) | Folsom, CA | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
| 77 | Austin Cindric | Mooresville, NC | Olsbergs MSE |
| 89 | Andreas Wernersson (R) | Kvanum, SWE | Olsbergs MSE |
| 126 | Alejandro Fernandez | Bogota, COL | AF Racing |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | Rhys Millen Racing |
| TBA | TBA | TBA | Rhys Millen Racing |
LIVE STREAMING ON RED BULL TV
With the abnormal Tuesday/Wednesday schedule for the finale, the usual same day, close to live NBC show changes a bit this weekend.
Live coverage of the race will take place via Red Bull TV, starting at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET) on Wednesday. Toby Moody and Ricky Johnson will call the race from the booth, with Will Christien in the pits.
NBCSN broadcasts will be as follows:
- Supercar final, Sunday, November 8, 3:30 p.m. PT, 6:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN
- GRC Lites final, Wednesday, November 11, 1 p.m. PT, 4 p.m. ET, NBCSN
TONY COCHRANE JOINS AS SPECIAL ADVISOR
Veteran motorsports executive Tony Cochrane, the former Executive Chairman of the V8 Supercars Series from 1996 until 2012, when he sold the business for a $300 million plus valuation, has joined Red Bull Global Rallycross as a Special Advisor to the Board. He serves as Director of International Entertainment Consulting (iEC).
“Having access to Tony’s deep experience in managing one of the world’s premier motorsports series will be a great asset to the series,” Red Bull Global Rallycross CEO Colin Dyne said in a release. “He is a true innovator, which perfectly compliments the GRC series as we continue to disrupt the traditional motorsports landscape.”
VEGAS SCHEDULE
There’s on-track activity from about 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday (practice only), and from 11:10 a.m. to when the gates open to the general viewing public at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The schedule below, on Wednesday, is a list of sessions after the gates open to the general public:
Wednesday, November 4
- 3:40 PM // Supercar Heats 2A-2B
- 4:20 PM // Lites Heats 2A-2B
- 5:15 PM // Driver Introductions
- 5:55 PM // Supercar Semifinals
- 6:35 PM // Lites Last Chance Qualifier
- 7:00 PM // Supercar Last Chance Qualifier
- 7:25 PM // Lites Final
- 8:00 PM // Supercar Final