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.

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
41 Scott Speed All
199 Travis Pastrana All
ZipRecruiter #GONITRO 9A Chase Elliott 5
13 Andreas Bakkerud 4
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2] 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
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
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.
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