Foust’s first in the new American championship
The first round of the new-for-2018 Americas Rallycross Championship was held at Silverstone, in which former World RX race winner Tanner Foust dominated proceedings.
He topped the Intermediate Classification, won his semi-final and then claimed a lights-to-flag victory in the final.
Foust’s Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team-mate Scott Speed finished second, despite dropping down the order on the opening lap as he was passed by first double DTM champion Timo Scheider and then Liam Doran over the circuit’s jump. Speed repassed Doran using the joker lap, then moved up another position to finish second when Scheider crashed out on lap four with broken suspension.
Doran finished third, while two-time Junior World Rally champion Patrik Sandell was fourth for Subaru Rally Team USA.
His team-mate, former British Rally champion David Higgins retired on lap two. Albatec Racing owner Andy Scott’s ARX weekend ended in the semi-finals.
Oliver Eriksson won the single-make RX2 category to move into the championship lead. Conner Martell pulled off an outside move at Turn 1 to run second throughout, while Sondre Evjen finished third. Reigning British Rallycross champion Nathan Heathcote endured a difficult weekend. He was hampered by electrical problems on day one before rolling his Team Faren-run car in Q3 and didn’t make the semi-finals.