American Rally Association Explained

American Rally Association
Sport:	Auto Racing
Abbrev:	ARA
Founded:	2016
Url:	americanrallyassociation.org
Aff:	United States Auto Club
Affdate:	2017
President:	Doug Shepard
Category:	Rally Racing

The American Rally Association is a stage rallying sanctioning body in the United States.^[1] The organization sanctions the Green APU National Rally Championship.^[2] It is a subsidiary of the United States Auto Club. The organization was founded by Tim O'Neil, Martin Headland, and Chris Cyr of Team O'Neil Rally School in 2016.

Sanctioned events

The ARA sanctions all of the events in the Green APU National Rally Championship calendar. They also sanction many regional rally events that are classified into three categories; National, Super Regional, and Regional.^[3]

Green APU National Championship events

• Sno*Drift Rally (National/East)
• Rally in the 100 Acre Wood (National/Central)
• DirtFish Olympus Rally (National/West)
• Oregon Trail Rally (National/West)
• Southern Ohio Forest Rally (National/East)
• New England Forest Rally (National/East)
• Ojibwe Forests Rally (National/Central)
• Lake Superior Performance Rally (National/Central)

Super Regional events

• Bristol Forest Rally (East)
• Rally Colorado (West)
• Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally (East)
• Show Me Rally (Central)

Regional events

• Headwaters Regional Rally (Central)
• Tour de Forest Rally (West)
• Summer Sno*Drift (East)
• Missouri Ozark Rally (Central)
• Oregon Regional Rally (West)
• Prescott Rally (West)
• Rally Nevada (West)
• Nemadji Trail Rally (2024 Central)
• Ridge Rally (West)

Champions

Season	Champion	Car	Team
2017	Travis Pastrana	Subaru WRX STI 17	Subaru Motorsports USA
2018	David Higgins	Subaru WRX STI 18	Subaru Motorsports USA
2019	David Higgins	Subaru WRX STI 19	Subaru Motorsports USA
2020	Barry McKenna	Škoda Fabia R5 Ford Fiesta R5 Ford Fiesta S2000
2021	Travis Pastrana	Subaru WRX STI 20	Subaru Motorsports USA
2022	Brandon Semenuk	Subaru WRX STI 20	Subaru Motorsports USA
2023	Brandon Semenuk		Subaru Motorsports USA

References

https://www.americanrallyassociation.org/about

https://www.teamoneil.com/about/

Notes and References

1. Web site: About . 2023-04-25 . American Rally Association . en.
2. Web site: Meyer . Jeremy . 2023-01-20 . Green APU Signs as Title Sponsor of the American Rally Association . 2023-04-25 . American Rally Association . en.
3. Web site: 2023 ARA Schedule . 2023-04-25 . American Rally Association . en.