2021 Nitro Rallycross Championship

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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.

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
	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with EKS JC		34	Tanner Foust	All
	Monster Energy RX Cartel		4	Robin Larsson	All
	Monster Energy RX Cartel		33	Liam Doran	All
Ford	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	16	Oliver Eriksson	All
Ford		Ford Fiesta ST	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
Peugeot	Red Bull Hansen	Peugeot 208	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

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

Notes

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

References

^ "Nitro Rallycross unveils inaugural calendar; broadcast schedule". Racer. March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
^ "Nitro Rallycross unveils updated 2021 schedule". Racer. June 17, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
^ "2021 NRX Calendar". June 17, 2021. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ "Kyle Busch joins Nitro Rallycross for Phoenix event". Nitro Rallycross. October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
^ "Bold & Rowdy: Kyle Busch Meets Nitro Rallycross". October 28, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
^ "GEORGE MEGENNIS JOINS #YELLOWSQUAD FOR MAIDEN NITRO RALLYCROSS CAMPAIGN". August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "LANE VACALA RETURNS TO DREYER & REINBOLD RACING FOR THE 2021 NITRO RALLYCROSS NEXT CAMPAIGN". August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
^ "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.

[11] Final was limited to eight cars.

[12] Cabot Bigham did not start the Final due to damage suffered in the LCQ. He did not receive any points.

[2021_schedule-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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Schedule

Drivers

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Results and standings

Results

Drivers' championship

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Notes

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