2017 NACAM Rally Championship

The 2017 NACAM Rally Championship was the tenth season of the NACAM Rally Championship. This championship was the FIA regional rally championship for the North America and Central America (NACAM) region. The season began 9 March in Leon, Mexico, and ended 25 November in Colima, Mexico, after five events held in Canada and Venezuela.^[1]

Costa Rica's two events were dropped from the championship and replaced with events in Venezuela () and a new third rally in Mexico, the . The Mexican round of the World Rally Championship, Rally Guanajuato Mexico was included in place of the long running .

Defending champion, Citroën driver Ricardo Triviño won his eighth NACAM championship. Triviño won the second and third rounds of the championship, in Aguascalientes, Mexico and in New Richmond, Canada and was second at the season opening event Rally Guanajuato Mexico. Triviño scored no further points, but had sufficient points to be well clear of all challengers. Mitsubishi driver finished second in the points with two second places and only just over half the points scored by Triviño. Four drivers finished tied for third place.

Event calendar and results[]

The 2017 NACAM Rally Championship was as follows:

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Rally Guanajuato Mexico (9–12 March)[2]	1	Kris Meeke	Citroën C3 WRC	3:22:04.6	19	370.46 km	24	22
		2	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	3:22:18.4
		3	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3:23:04.3
2	(8–9 April)[3]	1	Ricardo Triviño	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	1:17:36.4	12	123.43 km	17	9
		2		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	1:18:05.0
		3		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	1:01:37.3
3	(30 June–2 July)[4]	1	Antoine L'Estage	Subaru WRX Sti	2:07:14.0	14	211.06 km	32	26
		2		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII	2:10:28.7
		3		Subaru Impreza WRX	2:16:00.3
4	(3–5 November)[5]	1		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	34:57	8	51.78 km	8	7
		2		Citroën C4 VTS	43:47
		3	Francisco Calderon	Hyundai Tiburon	44:26
5	(24–25 November)[6]	1		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	51:20.0	19	98.85 km	15	11
		2		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	51:28.3
		3		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	51:52.4

Championship standings[]

The 2017 NACAM Rally Championship points are as follows:^[7]

Pos. Driver Vehicle MEX MON BdC IdM COL Total 1 Ricardo Triviño Citroën DS3 R5 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2 1 1 Ret 76 2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 7 2 2 40 3 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 7 1 28 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1 28 Benito Guerra Jr. Škoda Fabia R5 1 28 Ford Fiesta R2T 6 2 28 7 Ford Fiesta R2 4 3 27 8 Fiat Uno 2 20 9 Renault Clio 3 15 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3 Ret 15 11 Subaru Impreza STi N16 5 11

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website