Championships

American Rally Association

ARA National Championship

The American Rally Association (ARA) runs the country’s only national championship for stage rally, under the sanction of the United States Auto Club. Its National rallies are the biggest on the US calendar: two or three days, more than 100 miles of stages, and the fastest crews in the country.

Crews score points for where they finish each rally, overall and in their class, and a Power Stage at every rally pays bonus points to its fastest crews. Drivers and co-drivers are scored separately, so the two titles can go to different cars. In 2026 Seth Quintero won the drivers’ championship by two points, 118 to 116, while Alex Gelsomino, who co-drove runner-up Lia Block all season, won the co-drivers’.

The 2027 championship again has eight rounds. Boone Forest Rally in Kentucky joins as a November finale, Oregon Trail Rally returns, Ojibwe Forests Rally steps back to a Super Regional, and Overmountain Rally Tennessee takes a year off while the US rally community supports the World Rally Championship’s Rally US.

Points in 2026

22 for a win, then 17, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2. A competitor’s best six rallies count.

Power Stage in 2026

5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 bonus points for the five fastest overall, and 3 for the fastest in each class.

To be ranked in 2026

Overall, start a National rally in each of ARA’s East, Central and West regions. In a class, start in two of the three.

2027 rules

Not published when this page was last checked.

2026 champions

The leaders of ARA’s standings after the final round. Drivers’ and co-drivers’ titles are scored separately.

2027 season: 8 rallies

1. Feb5–62027 Sno*Drift Rally Atlanta, Michigan · Snow and ice ARA National · Round 1
2. Mar12–132027 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood Salem and Potosi, Missouri · Gravel ARA National · Round 2
3. Apr17–182027 Olympus Rally Shelton, Washington · Gravel ARA National · Round 3
4. May14–162027 Oregon Trail Rally The Dalles, Oregon and Goldendale, Washington · Gravel and tarmac ARA National · Round 4
5. Jun10–122027 Southern Ohio Forest Rally Chillicothe and Portsmouth, Ohio · Gravel and tarmac ARA National · Round 5
6. Jul24–252027 Rally Colorado Rangely, Colorado · Gravel, clay and dirt ARA National · Round 6
7. Oct8–92027 Lake Superior Performance Rally Marquette, Michigan · Gravel, sand and dirt ARA National · Round 7
8. Nov12–132027 Boone Forest Rally London, Kentucky · Gravel with some tarmac ARA National · Round 8

ARA: championship standings

American Rally Association

ARA East Regional Championship

ARA’s three regional championships, East, Central and West, are where most American rally crews compete. A Regional rally is typically one day, with simpler logistics that keep it within reach of grassroots teams. A Super Regional is the top tier of regional rally: a format close to a National, and more points.

In 2026 every National rally also hosted a Super Regional on the same stages, and a team entered one or the other. The East season had five rounds, all Super Regionals: Sno*Drift, Southern Ohio Forest Rally, STPR, Boone Forest Rally and Overmountain Rally Tennessee.

ARA said on October 19, 2026 that its 2027 regional calendars would follow in the coming weeks. Until they do, last season’s regional rallies are listed here without a date.

Points in 2026

A Super Regional win paid 17 and a Regional win 12. A competitor’s best five results counted, and one of the five could come from another region.

Classes

Overall, L4WD, NA4WD, O2WD and L2WD.

2026 champions

ARA has named these champions in its reports, except L2WD, which is the leader of its standings after the final round.

2027 season: 1 rally

1. DateTBA2027 Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally Wellsboro, Pennsylvania · Dirt and gravel ARA Super Regional · East Last ran Jul 9–11, 2026

ARA: championship standings

American Rally Association

ARA Central Regional Championship

The regional championship of the Midwest, from Minnesota and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to the Missouri Ozarks. Its season starts early: the 2027 championship opens at Nemadji Trail Rally on December 5, 2026.

The 2026 season ran from Nemadji in December 2025 to the Show-Me Rally in November, with Super Regionals at the 100 Acre Wood, Ojibwe and Lake Superior, a Regional at Headwaters, and a Missouri Ozark Rally lost to flooding. Tom Mayer and Dillon McKenna won the overall titles here as well as in the East.

2026 champions

As named by ARA after the Show-Me Rally. Drivers’ and co-drivers’ titles are scored separately.

2027 season: 5 rallies

1. Dec52026 Nemadji Trail Rally Duquette, Minnesota · Frozen gravel, snow and ice ARA Regional · Central
2. DateTBA2027 Headwaters Rally Walker, Minnesota · Gravel ARA Regional · Central Last ran May 16, 2026
3. DateTBA2027 Ojibwe Forests Rally Bemidji, Minnesota · Dirt and sand ARA Super Regional · Central Last ran Aug 28–29, 2026
4. DateTBA2027 Show-Me Rally Potosi, Missouri · Gravel ARA Regional · Central Last ran Nov 7, 2026
5. DateTBA2027 Missouri Ozark Rally Steelville, Missouri · Gravel ARA Regional · Central Date not announced yet

ARA: championship standings

American Rally Association

ARA West Regional Championship

The regional championship of the West, from the Washington coast to the Arizona high country. Its 2027 season opens at Ridge Rally in California on January 9 and 10.

The 2026 season had six rounds: Ridge Rally in December 2025, Prescott Rally, Olympus Rally, Oregon Trail Rally, Rally Colorado and Tour de Forest.

2026 standings leaders

The leaders of ARA’s standings after the final round. ARA had not announced its West champions when this page was last checked.

2027 season: 3 rallies

1. Jan9–102027 Ridge Rally Tehachapi, California · Gravel ARA Regional · West
2. DateTBA2027 Prescott Rally Prescott Valley, Arizona · Gravel ARA Regional · West Last ran Mar 27–28, 2026
3. DateTBA2027 Tour de Forest Rally Elma, Washington · Gravel ARA Regional · West Last ran Oct 4, 2026

ARA: championship standings

NASA Rally Sport

NASA Rally Sport and the Atlantic Rally Cup

NASA Rally Sport is the second body sanctioning stage rallies in the United States. Its rallies are smaller than ARA’s Nationals, and several run cars, side-by-sides and RallyMoto motorcycles over the same stages.

Its points series is the Atlantic Rally Cup. In 2026 the cup had four rounds, Sandblast Rally, McCreary Gravel Rally, Hardwood CUP Rally and CUP Iron Mule Rally, scored in AWD, 2WD and RallyMoto classes, with separate tables for drivers and navigators and no overall champion. Black River Stages returned to the calendar in 2026 outside the cup.

Only Sandblast Rally was on NASA Rally Sport’s 2027 schedule when this page was last checked.

2026 Atlantic Rally Cup leaders

The leaders of NASA Rally Sport’s points tables after the fourth and final round. The tables were not marked final.

2027 season: 5 rallies

1. Feb26–272027 Sandblast Rally Cheraw, South Carolina · Sand and clay NASA Rally Sport
2. Apr–May30–12027 McCreary Gravel Rally Stearns, Kentucky · Gravel NASA Rally SportDate tentative
3. DateTBA2027 Black River Stages Harrisville, New York · Gravel NASA Rally Sport Last ran May 30, 2026
4. DateTBA2027 Hardwood CUP Rally Hardwood, Michigan · Gravel NASA Rally Sport Last ran Jun 20, 2026
5. DateTBA2027 CUP Iron Mule Rally Felch, Michigan · Gravel NASA Rally Sport Last ran Aug 21–22, 2026

NASA Rally Sport: Atlantic Rally Cup

FIA World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship: Rally US

The FIA World Rally Championship is the top level of the sport. Its last round in the United States was the Olympus Rally in Washington in 1988.

It returns in 2027 with Rally US, round 11 of 15: an all-gravel rally through more than 15 counties of Tennessee and Kentucky, from the Appalachian Mountains to the Cumberland Plateau. The base is World’s Fair Park in Knoxville, and the ceremonial start is on Lower Broadway in Nashville.

The FIA approved the calendar on October 8, 2026, after a week-long assessment of the roads and plans in June. The stage list, schedule and ticket prices had not been published when this page was last checked.

Round

11 of 15 in the 2027 World Rally Championship

Base

World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, Tennessee

Ceremonial start

Lower Broadway, Nashville

Surface

Gravel

2027 season: 1 rally

1. Aug26–292027 Rally US Knoxville, Tennessee · Gravel World Rally Championship · Round 11

Rally US: official site

Know what you are looking at

Car classes

Every car runs in a class, sorted by how many wheels are driven and how far the car has been modified. These are the classes on an ARA entry list.

At National rallies the Limited and Naturally Aspirated four-wheel-drive cars score together for one title, called LN4. The regional championships keep them apart.

A plain-language summary of ARA’s 2026 rules. The rule book has the detail: ARA rules and bulletins

Beyond stage rally

More rally disciplines

All Rally lists stage rallies and rallysprints. These neighbours share the dirt, the cars or the people, and each keeps its own calendar.

• SCCA RallyCrossOne car at a time against the clock on a cone-marked course of dirt, grass or snow. Run by SCCA regions all over the country.
• SCCA RoadRallyNavigation and timekeeping for a driver and navigator on open public roads at legal speeds.
• California Rally SeriesA western regional championship scored across selected stage rallies, plus its own rallycross championship in California.
• North American Rally CupA cross-border cup counting the national rounds of the ARA and Canadian championships. A crew must start in both countries to score.
• Pikes Peak International Hill ClimbThe 12.42-mile, 156-turn race up Pikes Peak in Colorado. The 105th running is on June 27, 2027.
• Climb to the CloudsThe Mt. Washington Hillclimb in New Hampshire, where Subaru’s rally drivers set the last two records. Next: August 13–15, 2027.
• Alcan 5000A long-distance adventure road rally to Alaska for cars and motorcycles. Next: the Alcan Winter Rally, February 23 to March 3, 2028.
• Rebelle RallyA women’s off-road navigation rally across the western deserts, with maps, compass and road book, scored on precision and not on speed.