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 (Rally Isla de Margarita) and a new third rally in Mexico, the Rally Colima. The Mexican round of the World Rally Championship, Rally Guanajuato Mexico was included in place of the long running RAC 1000 Rally.
Defending champion, Citroën driver Ricardo Triviño won his eighth NACAM championship. Triviño won the second and third rounds of the championship, Rally Montañas Sierra Fría Aguascalientes in Aguascalientes, Mexico and Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs 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 Francisco Díaz Mendoza 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.
The 2017 NACAM Rally Championship was as follows:
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||
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| 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 | Rally Montañas Sierra Fria Aguascalientes (8–9 April)[3] | 1 | Ricardo Triviño | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 1:17:36.4 | 12 | 123.43 km | 17 | 9 |
| 2 | Emilio Velázquez | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 1:18:05.0 | ||||||
| 3 | Francisco Díaz Mendoza | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 1:01:37.3 | ||||||
| 3 |  Rallye Baie-des-Chaleurs(30 June–2 July)[4] | 1 | Antoine L'Estage | Subaru WRX Sti | 2:07:14.0 | 14 | 211.06 km | 32 | 26 |
| 2 | Jean-Sébastien Besner | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII | 2:10:28.7 | ||||||
| 3 | André Leblanc | Subaru Impreza WRX | 2:16:00.3 | ||||||
| 4 |  Rally Isla de Margarita 2017(3–5 November)[5] | 1 | Carlos Garcia Fessman | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 34:57 | 8 | 51.78 km | 8 | 7 |
| 2 | Lino Oliveira | Citroën C4 VTS | 43:47 | ||||||
| 3 | Francisco Calderon | Hyundai Tiburon | 44:26 | ||||||
| 5 | Rally Colima (24–25 November)[6] | 1 | Ricardo Cordero Jr. | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 51:20.0 | 19 | 98.85 km | 15 | 11 |
| 2 | Francisco Díaz Mendoza | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 51:28.3 | ||||||
| 3 | Luis Manuela Garcia Torres | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 51:52.4 | ||||||
The 2017 NACAM Rally Championship points are as follows:[7]
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Dave Wallingford
Julián Jaramillo