Global Rallycross was a rallycross series operated by businessmen Chip Pankow and Colin Dyne. The series ran for seven seasons, primarily in North America, from 2011 to 2017. It folded in early 2018, and was succeeded by the Americas Rallycross Championship.
Ken Block (left) and Brian Deegan participating in a 2015 event at Marine Corps Air Station New River
Rallycross is a form of sprint style automobile racing, held on a closed mixed-surface racing circuit, with modified production or specially built road cars, similar to the World Rally Cars. It is mainly popular in the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Great Britain. An inexpensive, entry level type of rallycross is the Swedish folkrace or its Norwegian counterpart, the so-called bilcross. The folkrace is most popular in Finland where it was founded back in the late 1960s. In Europe, rallycross can also refer to racing 1:8 scale off-road radio-controlled buggies.
14 times European champion Kenneth Hansen (Citroën Xsara) leading a qualifying heat in 2004
Rallycross was born on 4 February 1967 at Lydden Circuit
Dutch rallycross ace Jan de Rooy (1979)
These two drivers wrote rallycross history: Martin Schanche (left; 6 ERC titles) and archrival Kenneth Hansen (14 ERC titles)
