Steve Arpin became the first repeat winner of the 2017 Red Bull Global Rallycross season with a thrilling victory in\u00a0Saturday\u2019s\u00a0action at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa. The lone\u00a0Canadian native in the field,\u00a0Arpin\u2019s victory came in the series’ first-ever Canadian round,\u00a0part of the year-long Ottawa 2017 celebration of Canada\u2019s 150th\u00a0anniversary\u00a0of Confederation. Arpin held off strong challenges from Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross driver Tanner Foust and Honda Red Bull Olsbergs MSE\u2019s Mitchell deJong to grab his second win in a row, taking the Supercar points lead in the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe third time\u2019s a charm, and this is our third win,\u201d Arpin said to an overjoyed Ontario crowd after the victory. \u201cHow amazing is this\u2014it\u2019s Ottawa 2017, Canada\u2019s 150th<\/sup>anniversary, so happy birthday Canada! We\u2019ve had the good fortune to race all over the world, but this is what it\u2019s all about. Thank you everyone\u2014we have so many guests here this weekend, this is an amazing sport, and we get to do it all again\u00a0tomorrow!\u201d<\/p>\n Parity was the name of the game in heats and semifinals, as 10 different Supercar and Lites drivers\u2014half of those entered in the event\u2014took at least one victory. But despite wins in the first two rounds, nosing into the jump in the final heat forced an engine change for Scott Speed; after missing the semifinals, he was unable to compete in the main event, giving up his points lead.<\/p>\n After winning their respective semifinals, the final was set as a showdown between Foust and Arpin on the front row of the grid, with the higher finisher earning the points lead. Arpin ensured it would be him with an incredible start; despite a hard charge from Foust and a savvy Joker Lap strategy that enabled the two-time champion to save his shortcut, Arpin came out ahead for the win and the championship lead.<\/p>\n In GRC Lites, Cyril Raymond won a championship-altering final after his closest championship challenger Christian Brooks failed to finish. Colin Braun took his second straight runner-up finish, while Conner Martell earned third place after an incident with DirtFish Motorsports teammate James Rimmer that saw Rimmer hit a tire barrier and roll. He was uninjured.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [button title=”Read The Full Article” icon=”” link=”http:\/\/redbullglobalrallycross.com\/news\/latestnews\/red-bull-global-rallycross-ottawa-i-results\/” target=”_blank” color=”” filled=”1″ large=”0″ class=””]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Steve Arpin became the first repeat winner of the 2017 Red Bull Global Rallycross season with a thrilling victory in\u00a0Saturday\u2019s\u00a0action at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa. The lone\u00a0Canadian native in the field,\u00a0Arpin\u2019s victory came in the series’ first-ever Canadian round,\u00a0part of the year-long Ottawa 2017 celebration of Canada\u2019s 150th\u00a0anniversary\u00a0of Confederation. 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