American Rally Association

American Rally Association
SportAuto Racing
CategoryRally Racing
Jurisdiction United States
AbbreviationARA
Founded2016
AffiliationUnited States Auto Club
Affiliation date2017
PresidentDoug Shepard
Official website
americanrallyassociation.org

The American Rally Association is a stage rallying sanctioning body in the United States.[1] The organization sanctions the Green APU National Rally Championship.[2] It is a subsidiary of the United States Auto Club.[1] The organization was founded by Tim O'Neil, Martin Headland, and Chris Cyr of Team O'Neil Rally School in 2016.

Sanctioned events

2022 and 2023 National champion Brandon Semenuk at the 2023 Oregon Trail Rally

The ARA sanctions all of the events in the Green APU National Rally Championship calendar. They also sanction many regional rally events that are classified into three categories; National, Super Regional, and Regional.[3]

Green APU National Championship events

  • Sno*Drift Rally (National/East)
  • Rally in the 100 Acre Wood (National/Central)
  • DirtFish Olympus Rally (National/West)
  • Oregon Trail Rally (National/West)
  • Southern Ohio Forest Rally (National/East)
  • New England Forest Rally (National/East)
  • Ojibwe Forests Rally (National/Central)
  • Lake Superior Performance Rally (National/Central)

Super Regional events

  • Bristol Forest Rally (East)
  • Rally Colorado (West)
  • Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (East)
  • Show Me Rally (Central)

Regional events

  • Headwaters Regional Rally (Central)
  • Tour de Forest Rally (West)
  • Summer Sno*Drift (East)
  • Missouri Ozark Rally (Central)
  • Oregon Regional Rally (West)
  • Prescott Rally (West)
  • Rally Nevada (West)
  • Nemadji Trail Rally (2024 Central)
  • Ridge Rally (West)

Champions

Season Champion Car Team
2017 United States Travis Pastrana Subaru WRX STI 17 Subaru Motorsports USA
2018 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru WRX STI 18 Subaru Motorsports USA
2019 United Kingdom David Higgins Subaru WRX STI 19 Subaru Motorsports USA
2020 Republic of Ireland Barry McKenna Škoda Fabia R5
Ford Fiesta R5
Ford Fiesta S2000
2021 United States Travis Pastrana Subaru WRX STI 20 Subaru Motorsports USA
2022 Canada Brandon Semenuk Subaru WRX STI 20 Subaru Motorsports USA
2023 Canada Brandon Semenuk Subaru WRX STI Subaru Motorsports USA

References

  1. ^ a b "About". American Rally Association. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  2. ^ Meyer, Jeremy (2023-01-20). "Green APU Signs as Title Sponsor of the American Rally Association". American Rally Association. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  3. ^ "2023 ARA Schedule". American Rally Association. Retrieved 2023-04-25.

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