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The new Americas Rallycross series is preparing to wind up its inaugural …
Once 2WD and privateers were run out of GRC I stopped caring.
VW is done with the Beetle, but can always bring a Golf. Ford does not have a car to run in the USA (Rallycross Mustang? I think not). It could be interesting just to see what shows up to race against Subaru.
Only answering because the original post actually asked.....
I actually stage rally (and SCCA rallycross), and (on paper) even compete against some of these guys on the stages. I honestly couldn't care less about ARC (or GRC). It it were full of privateers (and 2WD cars) I'd be much more interested. While I like the concept, it's not much fun when it's just big-dollar factory-backed cars built to last about 10 minutes that aren't even "real" in some cases (VW....). But they'll never do privateers because then there's a good chance the title-sponsor factory teams would get beaten (just like happens in stage rally, which is already bad enough about sucking Subaru's d**k at ARA events). Can't have the factory sponsor teams losing to some dude in a machine he built in his garage, right?
While i'm sure the casual motorsport fan likes it better that way (just like they crowd around the factory-backed cars at any stage rally), it doesn't make for much fun or variety.
I knew because I was there and came the closest to getting hit by a car or parts as a marshal as I ever had. Not going to forget that any time soon. I even have the hat to prove it. 
It was good racing and I enjoyed working it but I really like rallycross and worked the prior 2 series as well that ran in the US. Problem is there just isn't a fan base. The groups have been fractioned and inconsistent. There is little amateur W2W rallyX type racing out there in NA. I expect that in a few years, we will no longer have ARX around either.
Nice NIN reference!
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