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{{Short description|Auto racing sanctioning body for North American rally racing}}
{{Infobox sport governing body|name=American Rally Association|logo=AmericanRallyAssociationLogo.png|sport=Auto Racing|jurisdiction={{USA}}|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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.americanrallyassociation.org/about |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=American Rally Association |language=en}}</ref> The organization was founded by Tim O'Neil, Martin Headland, and Chris Cyr of Team O'Neil Rally School in 2016, and sanctions the ARA National Rally Championship, which is the lone top-level national rally championship in the United States since the demise of Rally America after the 2018 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meyer |first=Jeremy |date=2023-01-20 |title=Green APU Signs as Title Sponsor of the American Rally Association |url=https://www.americanrallyassociation.org/post/green-apu-signs-as-title-sponsor-of-the-american-rally-association |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=American Rally Association |language=en}}</ref> It is a subsidiary of the United States Auto Club.<ref name=":0" />
==Sanctioned events== [[File:2023 Oregon Trail Rally (52950269274).jpg|thumb|2022 and 2023 National champion Brandon Semenuk at the 2023 Oregon Trail Rally]] The ARA sanctions all of the events in the ARA National Rally Championship calendar. They also sanction many regional rally events that are classified into three categories; '''National''', '''Super Regional''', and '''Regional'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 ARA Schedule |url=https://www.americanrallyassociation.org/2023-ara-schedule |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=American Rally Association |language=en}}</ref>
=== ARA 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== {| class="wikitable" ! Season ! Champion ! Car !Team |- !2017 |{{flagicon|USA}} Travis Pastrana |Subaru WRX STI 17 |Subaru Motorsports USA |- !2018 |{{flagicon|GBR}} David Higgins |Subaru WRX STI 18 |Subaru Motorsports USA |- !2019 |{{flagicon|GBR}} David Higgins |Subaru WRX STI 19 |Subaru Motorsports USA |- !2020 |{{flagicon|IRL}} Barry McKenna |Škoda Fabia R5<br />Ford Fiesta R5<br />Ford Fiesta S2000 | |- !2021 |{{flagicon|USA}} Travis Pastrana |Subaru WRX STI 20 |Subaru Motorsports USA |- !2022 |{{flagicon|CAN}} Brandon Semenuk |Subaru WRX STI 20 |Subaru Motorsports USA |- !2023 |{{flagicon|CAN}} Brandon Semenuk |Subaru WRX STI |Subaru Motorsports USA |- !2024 |{{flagicon|CAN}} Brandon Semenuk |Subaru WRX STI |Subaru Motorsports USA |- !2025 |{{flagicon|CAN}} Brandon Semenuk |Subaru WRX STI |Subaru Motorsports USA |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
https://www.americanrallyassociation.org/about
https://www.teamoneil.com/about/
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