2023–24 Nitrocross Championship

2023–24 Nitrocross season
Season
Races10
Start dateJune 16, 2023
End dateMarch 2, 2024
Awards
Drivers' championSweden Robin Larsson
Robin Larsson enters the season as the defending champion.

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

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

Schedule

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

Group E (Day 2)

Jamaica Fraser McConnell[2]

Sweden Robin Larsson

United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing

United States 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

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Group E

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

NEXT

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

SxS

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

BajaBugs

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

Standings

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Group E

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

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Pos. Team No. Oklahoma
MID
Utah
UMC1
Utah
UMC2
Arizona
WHP1
Arizona
WHP2
California
HLN1
California
HLN2
Nevada
LAS1
Nevada
LAS2
Points
1 United States 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 Sweden Olsbergs MSE 16 10 8 8 6 7 1 6 8 7 925
23 32 2 2 4 3 4 3 7 10
3 United States 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 United States 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 United Kingdom Xite Energy Racing 7 12 9 317
34 9 3
42 9 10 7 11 12
62 6
6 Belgium VMV Racing 31 9 4 10 6 261
96 4 3

NEXT

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

SxS

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

References

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