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.

2021 Nitro Rallycross

Previous

none

Next

2022–23

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	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

Supercar

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, 4
			41	Scott Speed	All
			199	Travis Pastrana	All
	ZipRecruiter #GONITRO		9A	Chase Elliott	5
			51	Kyle Busch[4][5]	3

NEXT

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

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	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

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 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

NEXT

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

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.