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2022–23 Nitro Rallycross Championship

The 2022–23 Nitro Rallycross Championship is the second season of Nitro Rallycross (Nitro RX) competition.

2022–23 Nitro Rallycross season
Season
Races10
Start dateJune 18, 2022
End dateMarch 19, 2023
Awards
Drivers' championSweden Robin Larsson
← 2021
2023–24 →

Series founder Travis Pastrana enters as the defending champion. The season saw the debut of the Group E class for the new FC1-X car.

Schedule edit

The full schedule was revealed on March 29, 2022. After exclusively competing in North America in 2021, the series expanded to include races in six countries across two calendar years for its second season.[1] A round at the KymiRing in Finland was canceled due to the track's financial problems.[2] On November 7, 2022, it was announced that the round at Wild Horse Pass would be a double header, while the round in Saudi Arabia was removed from the schedule on the series' website.[3][4] On January 13, 2023, the series announced that the finale would be a double header, held again at Glen Helen Raceway in California.[5] Due to snowmelt issues with the track in Calgary, the initially planned championship round was cancelled, and a non-championship round was held instead. The season finale at Glen Helen then became a triple header for the Group E class.[6]


Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team Report
1   NRX of England June 18–19, 2022 Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton Group E   Robin Larsson   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC Report
Supercar   Fraser McConnell   Betomik Racing
NEXT (Day 1)   Casper Jansson   OMSE
NEXT (Day 2)   Simon Olofsson   STS RX
Crosscar (Day 1)   Pasi Penttinen   GRŽ Race
Crosscar (Day 2)   Sebastian Enholm   Enholm Motorsport
2   NRX of Sweden July 30–31, 2022 Strängnäs Motorstadion, Strängnäs Group E   Andreas Bakkerud   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC Report
Supercar (Day 1)   Fraser McConnell   Betomik Racing
Supercar (Day 2)   Yuri Belevsky   Volland Racing
NEXT (Day 1)   Tommi Hallman   SET Promotion
NEXT (Day 2)   Tommi Hallman   SET Promotion
Crosscar (Day 1)   Riku Huuka   GRŽ Race
Crosscar (Day 2)   Sebastian Enholm   Enholm Motorsport
3 Minnesota NRX of Minnesota October 1–2, 2022 ERX Motor Park, Elk River Group E   Travis Pastrana   Vermont SportsCar Report
NEXT (Day 1)   Tommi Hallman   SET Promotion
NEXT (Day 2)   Tommi Hallman   SET Promotion
4   NRX of California October 29–30, 2022 Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino Group E   Fraser McConnell   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Report
NEXT (Day 1)   George Megennis   #YELLOWSQUAD
NEXT (Day 2)   Casper Jansson   OMSE
5-6   NRX of Arizona November 11–13, 2022 Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Chandler Group E (Day 1)   Travis Pastrana   Vermont SportsCar Report
Group E (Day 2)   Robin Larsson   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC
NEXT (Day 1)   Casper Jansson   OMSE
NEXT (Day 2)   George Megennis   #YELLOWSQUAD
7   NRX of Quebec January 20-21, 2023 Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Group E   Oliver Eriksson   OMSE Report
NC   NRX of Alberta February 4–5, 2023 Stampede Grandstand, Calgary Group E   Kevin Eriksson   OMSE Report
NEXT (Day 1)   Casper Jansson   OMSE
NEXT (Day 2)   Casper Jansson   OMSE
8-9-10   Nitro RX 2022–23 Series Finale March 17-19, 2023 Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino Group E (Day 1)   Andreas Bakkerud   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC Report
Group E (Day 2)   Travis Pastrana   Vermont SportsCar
Group E (Day 3)   Robin Larsson   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC
NEXT (Day 1)   Tommi Hallman   SET Promotion
NEXT (Day 2)   Tommi Hallman   SET Promotion
Cancelled Races
C   NRX of Finland August 27–28, 2022 KymiRing, Kausala
C   NRX of Saudi Arabia December 10–11, 2022 Was not announced
Reference:[7]

Drivers edit

Group E edit

Manufacturer Car Team No. Driver Rounds
OMSE
FC1-X   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 3   Johan Kristoffersson 2
15   Andrew Carlson 3
35   Fraser McConnell All
  Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC[8][9] 4   Robin Larsson All
13   Andreas Bakkerud All
52   Ole Christian Veiby 1–2
  Olsbergs MSE 2   Austin Cindric 5–6
9   Chase Elliott[10] 5–6
16   Oliver Eriksson All
23   Kevin Eriksson 3–10
68   Niclas Grönholm 1–2
71   Benito Guerra 9-10
  Vermont SportsCar 21   Conner Martell All
199   Travis Pastrana All
  Xite Energy Racing 12   Timo Scheider 8-10
22   Jenson Button 3–4
42   Oliver Bennett All
62   Kris Meeke 1–2, 5–7[11]

Supercar Europe edit

Manufacturer Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Audi   Volland Racing Audi S1 95   Yury Belevskiy All
Citroën   Tristan Ovendon Mr Citroën DS3 72   Tristan Ovendon 1
Ford   Team RX Racing Ford Fiesta 13   Patrick O'Donovan All
Hyundai   Betomik Racing Hyundai i20 Mk2 35   Fraser McConnell All
Volvo   Flitspeed Racing Volvo C30 47   Dominic Flitney 1
Volkswagen   Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle 76   Per Eklund 2
  Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 17   Gustav Bergström 2

NEXT Europe edit

Manufacturer Car Team No. Driver Rounds
OMSE Olsbergs MSE SuperCar Lites   STS RX 5   Kyle Schwartz 1
52   Simon Olofsson All
  #YELLOWSQUAD 9   George Megennis All
  JC Raceteknik 19   Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky All
  KJS RX 22   Mattis Jansson 2
  OMSE 36   Casper Jansson All
88   Ole Henry Steinsholt 1
  Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 55   Lane Vacala All
  Endlunds Motorsport 60   Martin Enlund 2
  SET Promotion 87   Tommi Hallman All

Crosscar edit

Manufacturer Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Speedcar   GRŽ Race Speedcar Wonder 2   Riku Huuhka All
6   Pasi Penttinen All
  Jimmie Österberg 11   Jimmie Österberg All
  Fredrik Enholm 12   Frida Enholm All
124   Sebastian Enholm All
  Car Control 44   Kalle Göthesson All
67   Isac Egonsson All
  Ronald Baldinš 81   Ronald Baldinš All
  Thomas Eek Murstad 110   Thomas Eek Murstad All
  JC Raceteknik 199   Alex Gustafsson All

Driver standings edit

Group E edit

Rank Driver  
LYD 		 
STR 		Minnesota
ERX 		 
HLN 		 
WHP1 		 
WHP2 		 
CTR 		 
HLN2 		 
HLN3 		 
HLN4 		Pts
1   Robin Larsson 14 23 24 21 51 13 32 8 4 1 403
2   Andreas Bakkerud 23 14 4 32 32 81 73 1 3 3 371
3   Fraser McConnell 41 42 3 14 6 63 44 2 9 2 348
4   Travis Pastrana 72 91 12 81 14 52 DSQ1 6 1 6 330
5   Oliver Eriksson 61 84 82 63 41 24 12 4 7 4 313
6   Conner Martell 101 63 71 71 21 101 6 7 5 7 250
7   Kevin Eriksson 103 52 81 41 21 5 2 8 245
8   Oliver Bennett 91 10 51 41 93 9 51 9 8 9 220
9   Kris Meeke 83 7 71 31 91 146
10   Timo Scheider 3 6 10 93
11   Ole Christian Veiby 5 5 64
12   Niclas Grönholm 3 111 57
13   Johan Kristoffersson 31 43
14   Chase Elliott 11 9 34
15   Austin Cindric 10 11 31
16   Andrew Carlson 61 30
17   Jenson Button 9 WD 21
18   Benito Guerra 10 5 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)
Brown Withdrew (WD)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 – Battle Wins

Group E Team's Championship edit

Pos. Team No.  
LYD 		 
STR 		Minnesota
ERX 		 
HLN 		 
WHP1 		 
WHP2 		 
CTR 		 
HLN2 		 
HLN3 		 
HLN4 		Points
1   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC 4 14 23 24 21 51 13 32 8 4 1 891
13 23 14 4 32 32 81 73 1 3 3
2   Olsbergs MSE 16 61 84 82 63 41 24 12 4 7 4 668
68 3 111
23 103 52 81 41 21 5 2 8
3   Vermont Sports Car 21 101 63 71 71 21 101 6 7 5 7 638
199 72 91 12 81 14 52 DSQ1 6 1 6
4   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 35 41 42 3 14 6 63 44 2 9 2 502
52 5
3 31
15 61
5   Xite Energy Racing 42 91 10 51 41 93 9 51 9 8 9 498
62 83 7 71 31 91
22 9 WD
12 3 6 10
Pos. Team  
LYD 		 
STR 		Minnesota
ERX 		 
HLN 		 
WHP1 		 
WHP2 		 
CTR 		 
HLN2 		 
HLN3 		 
HLN4 		Points

References edit

  1. ^ "Nitro Rallycross announces first global series". Racer. March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  2. ^ Kelekian, Austen (11 July 2022). "NITRO RALLYCROSS FORCED TO CANCEL FINLAND EVENT DUE TO VENUE SHORTFALLS". nitrorallycross.com. Nitro Rallycross. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ Nitro Rallycross [@NitroRallycross] (November 8, 2022). "DOUBLE-HEADER! we loved Wild Horse Pass so much that we're coming back this weekend for 3 days of racing with Friday night under the lights! check https://t.co/skNDFWgLCQ for more info! https://t.co/gQoVvHW69K" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "SCHEDULE | Nitro RX". Nitro Rallycross. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Nitro RX confirms U.S. return at Glen Helen". Racer. January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "Scheider replaces Meeke for Nitro Rallycross finale". Racer. March 13, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "2022 NRX Calendar". Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  8. ^ "Monster Energy & DRR JC Team Up for Partnership with Champion Drivers Andreas Bakkerud & Robin Larsson". Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Cartel Reloaded". Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Chase Elliott set for Nitro RX return". 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Button to miss three Nitro-RX rounds in 2022". 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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