2021 Nitro Rallycross Championship

The 2021 Nitro Rallycross Championship was the first year of Nitro Rallycross (Nitro RX) competition as a standalone series. The season began on September 24–25 at Utah Motorsports Campus and ended at the Florida International Rally & Motorsports Park on December 4–5.

Travis Pastrana, the series founder and champion.

Schedule edit

The 2021 schedule was revealed on March 11, 2021.[1] A revised calendar came out on June 17 following the closure of Wild West Motorsports Park; the track was replaced by Glen Helen Raceway.[2]

Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team
1   NRX of Utah September 24–25 Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville Supercar   Timmy Hansen   Red Bull Hansen
NEXT (Day 1)   Casper Jansson   Enlunds Motorsport
NEXT (Day 2)   George Megennis   #Yellow Squad
2   NRX of Minnesota October 2–3 ERX Motor Park, Minneapolis Supercar   Scott Speed   Subaru Motorsports USA
NEXT (Day 1)   Martin Enlund   Enlunds Motorsport
NEXT (Day 2)   Sage Karam   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
3   NRX of Arizona November 13–14 Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Phoenix Supercar   Travis Pastrana   Subaru Motorsports USA
NEXT (Day 1)   Sage Karam   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
NEXT (Day 2)   Sage Karam   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
4   NRX of California November 20–21 Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino Supercar   Travis Pastrana   Subaru Motorsports USA
NEXT (Day 1)   Casper Jansson   Enlunds Motorsport
NEXT (Day 2)   Casper Jansson   Enlunds Motorsport
5   NRX of Florida December 4–5 Florida International Rally and Motorsports Park, Starke Supercar   Timmy Hansen   Red Bull Hansen
NEXT (Day 1)   Sage Karam   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
NEXT (Day 2)   Sage Karam   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
References:[3]

Drivers edit

Supercar edit

Manufacturer Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Audi   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with EKS JC Audi S1 02   Cabot Bigham All
34   Tanner Foust All
  Monster Energy RX Cartel 4   Robin Larsson All
33   Liam Doran All
Ford   Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 16   Oliver Eriksson All
35   Fraser McConnell All
Honda Honda Civic Coupe 15   Andrew Carlson 2
23   Kevin Eriksson All
81   Ronalds Baldins 3–5
Hyundai   GRX Loenbro Hyundai i20 00   Steve Arpin All
Mini   Xite Energy Racing Mini Cooper 42   Oliver Bennett All
Peugeot   Red Bull Hansen Peugeot 208 9   Kevin Hansen All
21   Timmy Hansen All
Subaru   Subaru Motorsports USA Subaru WRX STI 13   Andreas Bakkerud 1–2
41   Scott Speed All
199   Travis Pastrana All
  ZipRecruiter #GONITRO 9A   Chase Elliott 5
13   Andreas Bakkerud 4
51   Kyle Busch[4][5] 3

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Constructor Entrant Car No. Drivers Rounds
OMSE   STS RX Olsbergs MSE RX2
05   Kyle Schwartz 5–8
52   Simon Olofsson 5–8
  #Yellow Squad 9   George Megennis[6] All
  Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 21   Connor Martell 5–8
24   Sage Karam[7] All
44   John Holtger 3–4
52   Simon Olofsson[8] 1–2
55   Lane Vacala[9] All
  Enlunds Motorsport
36   Casper Jansson All
60   Martin Enlund[10] All
  Bak40 Motorsports 99   Eric Gordon All

Results and standings edit

Results edit

Round Event Heat 1 winner Heat 2 winner Heat 3 winner Semi-Final 1 winner Semi-Final 2 winner Final winner NEXT winner Day 1 NEXT winner Day 2
1 Utah   Timmy Hansen   Travis Pastrana   Scott Speed   Andreas Bakkerud   Timmy Hansen   Casper Jansson   George Megennis
2 Minnesota   Travis Pastrana   Scott Speed   Steve Arpin   Timmy Hansen   Scott Speed   Martin Enlund   Sage Karam
3 Arizona   Travis Pastrana   Timmy Hansen   Scott Speed   Steve Arpin   Travis Pastrana   Sage Karam   Sage Karam
4 California   Travis Pastrana   Scott Speed   Andreas Bakkerud   Steve Arpin   Travis Pastrana   Casper Jansson   Casper Jansson
5 Florida  Travis Pastrana  Timmy Hansen  Scott Speed  Kevin Hansen  Steve Arpin  Timmy Hansen   Sage Karam   Sage Karam

Drivers' championship edit

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5
Bonuses
Battle winner 1

Supercar edit

Rank Driver  
UMC
 
ERX
 
WHP[a]
 
HLN
 
FIR
Pts
1   Travis Pastrana 63 22 14 13 42 219
2   Scott Speed 54 13 31 22 34 219
3   Timmy Hansen 11 41 22 51 13 218
4   Kevin Hansen 31 34 71 94 22 157
5   Steve Arpin 22 92 83 6 71 123
6   Tanner Foust 71 7 6 13 61 82
7   Robin Larsson 11 61 91 8 51 73
8   Andreas Bakkerud 9 6 31 71
9   Fraser McConnell 42 51 101 112 15 71
10   Kevin Eriksson 13 13 142 41 10 38
11   Kyle Busch 4 35
12   Cabot Bigham 10[b] 12 5 15 13 30
13   Oliver Eriksson 8 10 11 101 91 27
14   Ronalds Baldins 12 7 12 20
15   Chase Elliott 8 15
16   Oliver Bennett 121 11 13 14 14 1
17   Liam Doran 14 141 15 12 11 1
18   Andrew Carlson 15 0
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Other finishing position
Blue Non Points finish
Purple Did not finish
Pink Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 – Battle Wins

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Rank Driver  
UMC
 
ERX
 
WHP
 
HLN
 
FIR
Pts
1   Casper Jansson 1 3 2 6 7 3 1 1 5 2 395
2   Sage Karam DNS 5 7 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 385
3   Martin Enlund 2 2 1 2 5 6 6 3 4 3 380
4   George Megennis 6 1 5 7 2 2 2 7 2 7 345
5   Lane Vacala 3 4 4 3 4 4 7 4 7 8 310
6   Eric Gordon 4 6 6 4 6 7 5 6 8 6 260
7   Conner Martell 3 5 4 5 3 4 210
8   Kyle Schwartz DNS DNS 8 8 6 5 85
9   John Holtger 3 5 70
10   Simon Olofsson 5 7 DNS DNS DNS DNS 50

Notes edit

  1. ^ Final was limited to eight cars.
  2. ^ Cabot Bigham did not start the Final due to damage suffered in the LCQ. He did not receive any points.

References edit

  1. ^ "Nitro Rallycross unveils inaugural calendar; broadcast schedule". Racer. March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "Nitro Rallycross unveils updated 2021 schedule". Racer. June 17, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 NRX Calendar". June 17, 2021. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "Kyle Busch joins Nitro Rallycross for Phoenix event". Nitro Rallycross. October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "Bold & Rowdy: Kyle Busch Meets Nitro Rallycross". October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  6. ^ "GEORGE MEGENNIS JOINS #YELLOWSQUAD FOR MAIDEN NITRO RALLYCROSS CAMPAIGN". August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "He's back! We're pleased to announce Sage Karam will drive in one of our NRX NEXT cars!". September 8, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  8. ^ "We're ecstatic to announce Simon Olofsson as one of our NRX NEXT drivers!". August 27, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "LANE VACALA RETURNS TO DREYER & REINBOLD RACING FOR THE 2021 NITRO RALLYCROSS NEXT CAMPAIGN". August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  10. ^ "We are going to the states. Super happy to announce that i will be driving @nitrorallycross for this season". August 27, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved August 27, 2021.