ARA’s 2027 National Championship will again feature eight events, starting with Northern Michigan’s Sno*Drift Rally, Feb. 5-6, but for the first time, the tour will extend into November as the Boone Forest Rally – based in the foothills of Appalachia midway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Knoxville, Tenn. – steps up to National status, serving as the new ARA season finale, Nov. 12-13. 

Just two weeks after becoming the youngest winner in FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) history, Seth Quintero took his first stage rally victory on round four of the U.S.-based ARA National Championship (above). In only his third stage rally start, the 23-year-old Californian drove his Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally...