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

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

Drivers

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

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

Results and standings

Results
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 Sweden Timmy Hansen United States Travis Pastrana United States Scott Speed Norway Andreas Bakkerud Sweden Timmy Hansen Sweden Casper Jansson United States George Megennis
2 Minnesota United States Travis Pastrana United States Scott Speed Canada Steve Arpin Sweden Timmy Hansen United States Scott Speed Sweden Martin Enlund United States Sage Karam
3 Arizona United States Travis Pastrana Sweden Timmy Hansen United States Scott Speed Canada Steve Arpin United States Travis Pastrana United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam
4 California United States Travis Pastrana United States Scott Speed Norway Andreas Bakkerud Canada Steve Arpin United States Travis Pastrana Sweden Casper Jansson Sweden Casper Jansson
5 Florida United StatesTravis Pastrana SwedenTimmy Hansen United StatesScott Speed SwedenKevin Hansen CanadaSteve Arpin SwedenTimmy Hansen United States Sage Karam United States Sage Karam

Drivers' championship
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
Rank Driver Utah
UMC		 Minnesota
ERX		 Arizona
WHP[lower-alpha 1]		 California
HLN		 Florida
FIR		 Pts
1 United States Travis Pastrana 63 22 14 13 42 219
2 United States Scott Speed 54 13 31 22 34 219
3 Sweden Timmy Hansen 11 41 22 51 13 218
4 Sweden Kevin Hansen 31 34 71 94 22 157
5 Canada Steve Arpin 22 92 83 6 71 123
6 United States Tanner Foust 71 7 6 13 61 82
7 Sweden Robin Larsson 11 61 91 8 51 73
8 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 9 6 31 71
9 Jamaica Fraser McConnell 42 51 101 112 15 71
10 Sweden Kevin Eriksson 13 13 142 41 10 38
11 United States Kyle Busch 4 35
12 United States Cabot Bigham 10[lower-alpha 2] 12 5 15 13 30
13 Sweden Oliver Eriksson 8 10 11 101 91 27
14 Latvia Ronalds Baldins 12 7 12 20
15 United States Chase Elliott 8 15
16 United Kingdom Oliver Bennett 121 11 13 14 14 1
17 United Kingdom Liam Doran 14 141 15 12 11 1
18 United States Andrew Carlson 15 0
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenOther finishing position
BlueNon Points finish
PurpleDid not finish
PinkDid not qualify (DNQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 – Battle Wins

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

Notes
  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
  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.
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