Conner Martell (@connermartell21) is a rising star in rally and is now competing in the ARA National Championship series. He began the 2025 American Rally Association championship in a Vermont SportsCar-built Subaru WRX STI with a brand new Kubota partnership before jumping into the 2C Compétition Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 for the second half of the season. Along the way, he and co-driver Alex Gelsomino delivered six national podiums, his first overall ARA National event win, and second place in the ARA Driver’s Championship with 115 points, eight points ahead of Travis Pastrana. Leading up to 2025, he won the inaugural regional Boone Forest Rally in 2023 and again in 2024, and came second to Travis Pastrana in the national Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR) in 2024.
Prior to rally, Conner competed in Rallycross in the Nitrocross Group E category. Conner arrived at Group E after earning a Championship win in the LITES category of the Americas Rallycross Championship (ARX), and studied under and raced with the legendary Travis Pastrana.
He began his career on two wheels but after injuries forced him away from motocross racing Martell switched to 4-wheels and rallycross racing. In 2018 Martell dominated the Americas Rallycross season where he competed in the Lites class and was crowned the Champion. Martell earned five overall victories, nine podiums, and 27 heat race wins in his rallycross career.
Martell has competed in the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship (GRC) Lites series, FIA World Rallycross Lites series, the American Rally Association Championship, the Canadian Rally Championship and most recently the F4 Western Championship Series.
In addition to his duties as a VSC team driver, Martell currently works as a test and development driver for Vermont SportsCar – the technical partner behind the factory Subaru rally and specialty high-performance vehicle programs in the USA, where he plays a crucial role in the team’s rally and Gymkhana endeavors.
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