2023–24 Nitrocross Championship

The 2023–24 Nitrocross Championship is the third season of Nitrocross (formerly Nitro Rallycross) competition.

2023–24 Nitrocross season
Season
Races	10
Start date	June 16, 2023
End date	March 2, 2024
Awards
Drivers' champion	Robin Larsson
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Robin Larsson enters the season as the defending champion.

Robin Larsson won the championship for the second year in a row.

Schedule

The full schedule was revealed on May 15, 2023. After expanding its calendar on a global scale in the 2022–23 season, the series scaled back its schedule to just ten rounds in North America.^[1]

Rnd	Event	Date	Venue	Class	Winner	Team	Report
1	NC of Oklahoma	June 16–17, 2023	MidAmerica Outdoors, Jay	Group E	Fraser McConnell[2]	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Report
				NEXT (Day 1)	Lane Vacala[3]	BAK 40 Motorsport
				NEXT (Day 2)	Lane Vacala[4]	BAK 40 Motorsport
				SxS (Day 1)	Kainan Baker[5]	N/A
				SxS (Day 2)	Kainan Baker[6]
				BajaBugs (Day 1)	Blake Wilkey[7]
				BajaBugs (Day 2)	Ryan Rodriguez[8]
2–3	NC of Utah	August 18–19, 2023	Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville	Group E (Day 1)	Travis Pastrana	Vermont SportsCar	Report
				Group E (Day 2)	Robin Larsson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC
				NEXT (Day 1)	Lane Vacala	BAK 40 Motorsport
				NEXT (Day 2)	Casper Jansson	OMSE
				SxS (Day 1)	Kainan Baker	N/A
				SxS (Day 2)	Tyler Remmereid
				BajaBugs (Day 1)	Blake Wilkey
				BajaBugs (Day 2)	Ryan Rodriguez
4–5	NC of Arizona	November 10–11, 2023	Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Chandler	Group E (Day 1)	Fraser McConnell	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Report
				Group E (Day 2)	Robin Larsson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC
				NEXT (Day 1)	Casper Jansson	OMSE
				NEXT (Day 2)	Casper Jansson	OMSE
				SxS (Day 1)	Kainan Baker	N/A
				SxS (Day 2)	Travis Pastrana
				BajaBugs (Day 1)	Ryan Rodriguez
				BajaBugs (Day 2)	Ryan Rodriguez
6–7	NC of California	December 9–10, 2023	Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino	Group E	Oliver Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Report
				Group E (Day 2)	Robin Larsson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC
				NEXT (Day 1)	Casper Jansson	OMSE
				NEXT (Day 2)	Casper Jansson	OMSE
				SxS (Day 1)	Travis Pastrana	N/A
				SxS (Day 2)	Kainan Baker
				BajaBugs (Day 1)	Ryan Rodriguez
				BajaBugs (Day 2)	Blake Wilkey
NC	NC of Alberta	February 4, 2024*	GMC Stadium, Calgary	N/A	N/A	N/A
8-9	NC Series Finale	March 1–2, 2024	Nitrodome at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas	Group E Group E (Day 2)	Fraser McConnell[2] Robin Larsson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC	Report
				NEXT
				SxS

• The Calgary round was scheduled for February 2–3, however due to weather all on track activity was postponed until February 4,^[9] and on the day of was made a non-points exhibition.^[10]

Drivers

Group E

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
OMSE
	FC1-X	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	15	Timmy Hansen[11]	8–9
			24	Conor Daly[12]	1–3
			35	Fraser McConnell[13]	All
		Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC	4	Robin Larsson	All
			13	Andreas Bakkerud	All
			38	Brian Deegan[14]	4–7
		Olsbergs MSE	16	Oliver Eriksson	All
			23	Kevin Eriksson	All
			36	Casper Jansson	4–5
			71	Benito Guerra	1–3
		Vermont SportsCar	21	Conner Martell	All
			57	Lia Block[15]	7
			199	Travis Pastrana[16]	1–6, 8–9
		VMV Racing	31	Viktor Vranckx[17]	6–9
			96	Guillaume de Ridder[18]	8–9
		Xite Energy Racing	7	Patrick O'Donovan[19]	8–9
			34	Tanner Foust[20]	2–3
			42	Oliver Bennett	1–3, 8–9
			62	Kris Meeke	1

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Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
OMSE	Olsbergs MSE SuperCar Lites	BAK 40 Motorsport	44	Jimmy Henderson[21]	All
			55	Lane Vacala	All
			99	Eric Gordon	All
		Ellysium Racing	11	Ellis Spiezia	9–10
		Green Apu	17	Patrick Gruszka	3–10
		OMSE	36	Casper Jansson	All
			57	Lia Block[22]	1–7
			133	Elias Svensson	9–10
		PPD Motorsport	14	David Sterckx	7–10
		Scully Racing	191	Alastair Scully	7–10
		Team Baccco	21	Kainan Baker	8

SxS

Manufacturer	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Can-Am	Maverick X3	4	Donald Cerrone	3–8
		5	Kira Block	4–6, 8
		9	Michael Leach	5–8
		11	Jim York	1–2
		12	Amanda Sorensen	3, 5–6
		13	Letícia Bufoni	1–8
		21	Kainan Baker	1–8
		28	Gray Leadbetter	1–8
		38	Brian Deegan	7–8
		67	Ben Maier	1–2, 5–6
		82	Mika Block	3, 5–8
		88	Tom Williams[23]	1–2
		113	Braden Sorensen	4
		143	Tyler Remmereid	1–8
		177	Cleetus McFarland	3–4
		188	Terry Madden	1–4
		199	Travis Pastrana	4–8

BajaBugs

Manufacturer	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Volkswagen	Beetle	401	Chad Mayo[24]	1
		1107	Eric Rhinehart[24]	1
		1133	Will Harris[24]	1
		1142	Greg Shapiro[24]	1
		1145	Donald Cerrone[24]	1
		1153	Kyle Zirkus[24]	1
		1157	Blake Wilkey[24]	1
		1191	Ryan Rodriguez[24]	1

Standings

Group E

Rank Driver MID UMC1 UMC2 WHP1 WHP2 HLN1 HLN2 LAS1 LAS2 Pts 1 Robin Larsson 2 6 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 582 2 Fraser McConnell 11 11 4 1 2 5 2 1 4 504 3 Kevin Eriksson 32 2 2 4 3 4 3 7 10 481 4 Andreas Bakkerud 71 3 5 5 6 6 9 6 8 409 5 Oliver Eriksson 10 8 8 6 7 1 6 8 7 397 6 Travis Pastrana 5 1 10 3 5 7 5 11 370 7 Conner Martell 4 7 6 8 9 2 5 9 5 363 8 Brian Deegan 9 8 8 7 155 9 Oliver Bennett 9 10 7 11 12 142 10 Timmy Hansen 3 2 139 11 Viktor Vranckx 9 4 10 6 129 12 Guillaume De Ridder 4 3 115 13 Conor Daly 8 5 11 97 14 Benito Guerra 11 4 9 WD 88 15 Tanner Foust 9 3 84 16 Casper Jansson 7 4 80 17 Kris Meeke 6 44 18 Patrick O'Donovan 12 9 42 19 Lia Block 8 32

Key Color 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

Pos.	Team	No.	MID	UMC1	UMC2	WHP1	WHP2	HLN1	HLN2	LAS1	LAS2	Points
1	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC	4	2	6	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	1076
		13	71	3	5	5	6	6	9	6	8
2	Olsbergs MSE	16	10	8	8	6	7	1	6	8	7	925
		23	32	2	2	4	3	4	3	7	10
3	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	35	11	11	4	1	2	5	2	1	4	919
		15								3	2
		24	8	5	11
		38				9	8	8	7
4	Vermont SportsCar	21	4	7	6	8	9	2	5	9	5	800
		57							8
		199	5	1	10	3	5	7		5	11
5	Xite Energy Racing	7								12	9	317
		34		9	3
		42	9	10	7					11	12
		62	6
6	VMV Racing	31						9	4	10	6	261
		96								4	3

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Rank	Driver	MID1	MID2	UTH1	UTH2	WHP1	WHP2	HLN1	HLN2	LAS1	LAS2	Pts
1	Casper Jansson	5	4	DSQ	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	566
2	Lane Vacala	1	1	1	6	2	5	4	3	2	3	540
3	Jimmy Henderson	3	3	2	2	5	3	5	2	5	7	508
4	Eric Gordon	2	2	4	5	4	6	7	5	8	5	413
5	Patrick Gruszka			3	3	6	4	3	6	6	8	352
6	Lia Block	4	DSQ	DSQ	4	3	2	2				327
7	David Sterckx							6	4	7	4	158
8	Elias Svensson									3	2	116
9	Alastair Scully							8	8	9	6	92
10	Ellis Spiezia									4	9	79
11	Kainan Baker								7			28

SxS

Rank	Driver	MID1	MID2	UTH1	UTH2	WHP1	WHP2	HLN1	HLN2	LAS1	LAS2	Pts
1	Kainan Baker	1	1	1	10	1	2	2	1	4	10	557
2	Tyler Remmereid	2	2	2	1	2	3	5	2	2	9	543
3	Gray Leadbetter	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	481
4	Travis Pastrana				2	11	1	1	6	1		301
5	Leticia Bufoni	6	6	5	8	7	9	9	DNS	11	8	234
6	Amanda Sorensen			3		5	6			8	4	202
7	Ben Maier	3	3			10	5					182
8	Donald Cerrone			6	7	8	11	7	8	12	10	172
9	Michael Leach					4	8	3	5			152
10	Mika Block			9		6	7	6	7			152
11	Terry Madden	5	5	7	5							137
12	Branden Sorensen				3					12	1	126
13	Banks Hovey									5	2	102
14	Kira Block				6	9	10		9			94
15	Brian Deegan							8	4			81
16	Zach Lumsden									7	7	69
17	Tom Williams	8	7									69
18	Alyanna Baker									9	6	67
19	Cleetus McFarland			8	9							58
20	Adam Thomelius									6	11	49
21	Matt Crafton										5	41
22	Jim York	7	8									34

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