Drivers to know

The crews at the front of the 2026 ARA National Championship: the top twelve in the standings, every class champion, and the visitors who came and won a round.

Seth Quintero

2026 ARA National champion

Co-driver
Topi Luhtinen (rounds 2–6), James Morgan (rounds 7 and 8)
Car
Toyota GR Corolla Rally RC2
Team
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team
Class
RC2
From
USA
Championship
1st in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 118 points
Wins
Southern Ohio Forest Rally, Rally Colorado
- Champion in his first season of stage rally, by two points, and RC2 class champion as well.
- Missed round one and retired from round two, then took two wins and five podiums from the last six rallies.
- Came from rally raid, where he drives for Toyota in the World Rally-Raid Championship.
- Gave Toyota’s GR Corolla Rally RC2 a title in its first ARA season.
Lia Block

2026 runner-up, by two points

Co-driver
Alex Gelsomino
Car
Hyundai i20 N Rally2
Team
Block House Racing
Class
RC2
From
USA
Championship
2nd in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 116 points
Wins
Ojibwe Forests Rally
- Won the Ojibwe Forests Rally for her first overall national victory. ARA believes she is the first woman to win a US national rally outright.
- Led the championship from round four until the final stage of the season, where a double puncture cost her the title.
- ARA’s youngest national champion: she won the O2WD class title in 2023 at 16. This was her return to rallying after two seasons in F1 Academy.
Alastair Scully

Third in the 2026 championship

Co-driver
Stefan Trajkov (rounds 1–3), Ross Whittock (rounds 4 and 5)
Car
Hyundai i20 Rally2
Team
REVO Presented By Green APU
Class
RC2
Championship
3rd in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 56 points
- Third in the championship although he started only the first five rounds.
- Won RC2 and finished third overall at Sno*Drift.
- Scored points in all five of his starts.
Aoife Raftery

2026 LN4 champion

Co-driver
Hannah McKillop (rounds 3–8), Ditte Kammersgaard (round 2)
Car
Ford Fiesta Rally3
Team
Element Rallysport
Class
LN4
From
Craughwell, County Galway, Ireland
Championship
4th in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 41 points
- LN4 national champion by two points over Madelyn Tabor, settled at the final round. It is her first ARA title.
- Winner of the Pirelli Privateer Cup, and the best-placed driver outside RC2 in the overall standings.
- Won her class at Southern Ohio and at Lake Superior, finishing fifth overall both times.
Travis Pastrana

Winner, Rally in the 100 Acre Wood

Co-driver
Rhianon Gelsomino
Car
Subaru WRX ARA25L
Team
Subaru Motorsports USA
Class
LN4
From
USA
Championship
5th in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 40 points
Wins
Rally in the 100 Acre Wood
- Won the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood outright in a Limited-class Subaru, beating a nine-car RC2 field by 21.2 seconds.
- Started four rounds, then missed the rest of the season through injury. Conner Martell took over the team’s entry.
- The 2025 L4WD champion with Rhianon Gelsomino.
Patrick Gruszka

Two-time ARA RC2 champion

Co-driver
Florian Barral (rounds 1–4 and 7), John Hall (round 8)
Car
Hyundai i20 N Rally2
Class
RC2
Championship
6th in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 35 points
- Second overall and RC2 winner at the 100 Acre Wood, four tenths of a second ahead of Tom Williams.
- Retired from four of his six national starts, then finished fourth at Lake Superior.
- Closed his year by winning the Show-Me Rally, the last ARA rally of 2026.
Mark Piatkowski

Winner, Sno*Drift Rally

Co-driver
Aris Mantopoulos (rounds 1 and 4), Sara Nonack (rounds 2 and 3)
Car
1999 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS and 2011 Subaru WRX STi
Team
MAP Rally Team
Class
LN4
Championship
7th in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 35 points
Wins
Sno*Drift Rally
- Won Sno*Drift outright in a naturally aspirated 1999 Subaru Impreza after the two crews ahead of him were penalized or excluded. It was his second overall win there, after 2022.
- The 2021 LN4 national champion.
- Also won LN4 at Olympus. He did not start after round four and still finished fourth in the class.
Danny Shalev

2026 O2WD champion

Co-driver
Glen Ray (rounds 4–8), Betsy Nguyen (rounds 2 and 3)
Car
Peugeot 208 Rally4
Team
Argonaut Motor Club
Class
O2WD
From
USA
Championship
8th in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 35 points
- O2WD national champion in his first ARA season, with a round to spare.
- Finished third overall at Ojibwe in a two-wheel-drive Peugeot 208 Rally4.
- Won the last three O2WD rounds in a row.
Madelyn Tabor

LN4 runner-up, by two points

Co-driver
Sophia McKee (rounds 2–5, 7 and 8), Naila Deen (round 6)
Car
Ford Fiesta Rally3
Team
Tabor Racing Team
Class
LN4
From
USA
Championship
9th in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 21 points
- Led LN4 into the final round and lost the title to Aoife Raftery by two points, 97 to 95.
- Won LN4 at Overmountain Rally Tennessee.
- Scored overall points in all seven of her starts.
Nick Pysklyvets

2026 Ken Block ARA Rookie of the Year

Co-driver
Roman Romanchuk
Car
Subaru WRX STI
Team
Standard Energy Racing
Class
LN4
From
Ukraine
Championship
10th in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 20 points
- Sno*Drift in February was his first rally.
- Took his first national class win at Ojibwe and finished third in the LN4 championship.
- Started all eight rounds.
William Tung

O2WD winner, Olympus Rally

Co-driver
Michael Szewczyk
Car
Peugeot 208 Rally4
Team
Argonaut Motor Club
Class
O2WD
Championship
11th in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 20 points
- Won O2WD at the Olympus Rally, his first win in the class.
- Fourth overall at Ojibwe, 8.3 seconds behind class winner Danny Shalev.
Matthew Nykanen

O2WD winner, Sno*Drift Rally

Co-driver
William Ross (rounds 1–7), Michael Farrow (round 8)
Car
1998 BMW 328i, then 2006 Lexus IS350
Team
River City Rally
Class
O2WD
Championship
12th in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 16 points
- Won O2WD and finished fifth overall at Sno*Drift.
- ARA’s first Ken Block Rookie of the Year, in 2025.
- Started all eight rounds, and switched from his BMW to a Lexus after a heavy crash at Rally Colorado.
Henry Tabor

2026 L2WD champion

Co-driver
Dylan Hooker (rounds 2 and 4–8), Jack Gillow-Wiles (round 3)
Car
Ford Fiesta ST
Team
Tabor Racing Team
Class
L2WD
Championship
15th in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 13 points
- L2WD national champion, his first national title, clinched a round early at Overmountain.
- Three class wins: the 100 Acre Wood, Ojibwe and Overmountain.
- L2WD runner-up in 2025.
Eliza Coleman

2026 NA4 Cup winner

Co-driver
Ryan Scott
Car
2005 Subaru Impreza
Class
LN4
Championship
20th in the 2026 ARA National Championship, 12 points
- Winner of the NA4 Cup for naturally aspirated four-wheel-drive cars, with co-driver Ryan Scott.
- Sixth in the LN4 championship, with third in class at Ojibwe and Overmountain.
- Finished all six of her starts.
Conner Martell

Winner, Lake Superior Performance Rally

Co-driver
Ross Whittock
Car
Subaru WRX ARA25
Team
Subaru Motorsports USA
Class
O4WD
From
USA
Championship
31 points, without an overall position
Wins
Lake Superior Performance Rally
- Stood in for the injured Travis Pastrana at the last two rounds and won the Lake Superior finale, fastest on 12 of the 13 stages run.
- The 2025 championship runner-up, and a longtime Vermont SportsCar test driver.
- Spent much of 2026 in Europe in Rally2 cars.
Jari-Matti Latvala

Winner, Olympus Rally

Co-driver
Tuukka Shemeikka
Car
Toyota GR Corolla Rally RC2
Team
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team
Class
RC2
From
Finland
Championship
27 points, without an overall position
Wins
Olympus Rally
- Toyota’s rally team principal, and a winner on his first ARA start.
- The win was Toyota’s first in the ARA.
Ott Tänak

Winner, Overmountain Rally Tennessee

Co-driver
Martin Järveoja
Car
Toyota GR Corolla Rally RC2
Team
Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team
Class
RC2
From
Estonia
Championship
27 points, without an overall position
Wins
Overmountain Rally Tennessee
- The 2019 world champion, and a winner on his American rally debut.
- Beat four-time ARA champion Brandon Semenuk by 1 minute 4.3 seconds and won the Power Stage.
Ricardo Cordero

Third at Southern Ohio

Co-driver
Marco Hernandez
Car
Citroën C3 R5, then Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale
Class
RC2
From
Mexico
Championship
49 points, without an overall position
- Third overall at Southern Ohio and fourth in the RC2 class standings.
- Scored 49 overall points, the fourth-highest total, without a position in the overall table.
- Gave the Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale its US debut at Rally Colorado.
Javier Olivares

Second at Ojibwe, third at Rally Colorado

Co-driver
KJ Miller (rounds 2, 3 and 5), Leah Brisset (round 6)
Car
Ford Fiesta Rally2
Team
Element Rallysport
Class
RC2
Championship
44 points, without an overall position
- Two national podiums from four starts.
- A two-time ARA L4WD class champion with KJ Miller.
- Won the Oregon Trail Rally Super Regional in May.
Brandon Semenuk

Four-time ARA national champion

Co-driver
Keaton Williams
Car
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 and Ford Fiesta Rally2
Team
Standard Motorsports
Class
RC2
From
Canada
Championship
21 points, without an overall position
- The reigning champion coming into 2026, when he started only two rounds.
- Second at Overmountain Rally Tennessee, behind Ott Tänak.
- Competed in the European Rally Championship during the year.

Positions and points are from ARA’s 2026 championship standings after the final round. Drivers marked with a star scored points without an overall position, because ARA ranks only those who started a National rally in each of its three regions. Entry lists for 2027 open rally by rally.