Americas Rallycross at COTA

Americas Rallycross is the successor to Global Rallycross. After their inaugural race at Silverstone, it was time to bring the show to COTA for their first race in America. COTA’s rallycross track is brand new, and the finishing touches were still fresh as the cars took to the course. The circuit will be used when FIA WRX comes to town in September, but this weekend was all about the big names who make ARX as exciting as it is.

Here’s a look at Saturday’s race in photos.

© Rip Shaub - All Rights Reserved — Dirtfish was sporting a local livery on one of their ARX2 cars., *© Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved*

message-editor%2F1531684762658-ripshaub_2018_arx_cota-2.jpg — Oliver Bennet drifts into the first turn., *© Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved*

message-editor%2F1531684772368-ripshaub_2018_arx_cota-3.jpg — Oliver Bennet drifts into the first turn., *© Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved*

Conner Martell’s ARX2 Lite sits ready under the COTA tower., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Tanner Foust’s car is prepped for qualifying., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Martell tackles the Jump at COTA. , © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Atkinson drifts a bit at COTA. , © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Fraser McConnell kicks up some dirt on the freshly built track., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Martell mid-day, after the clay had compacted to an asphalt-hard surface., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Ken Block and Scott Speed battled neck and neck all day. , © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Tanner Foustt chases Ken Block through a tarmac section of track., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Tanner Foust in his rallycross Volkswagen Beetle., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

James Rimmer in the local-liveried ARX2 Lite., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Matt Carpoff sprays some gravel at COTA., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Speed and Block were practically inseparable all over the track., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Martell mixes it up with Cole Keatts on his way to the ARX2 victory., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

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Chris Atkinson and Travis Pastrana exiting the Tarmac near the end of the course. , © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Springs littered the course all day as the cars took a beating., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Another look at Atkinson during the final race of the day at COTA., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

McConnell (Jamaica) is the only international rider in the ARX2 class., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Speed, Block, Pastrana and Atkinson at the start of a heat., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Speed took victory in the top class and Block would come in second., © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

Patrik Sandell streaks past the dust cloud late in the final race. , © Rip Shaub – All Rights Reserved

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