2023–24 Nitrocross Championship

2023–24 Nitrocross season
Season
Races10
Start dateJune 16, 2023
End dateMarch 2, 2024
Awards
Drivers' champion 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

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

NEXT

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

NEXT

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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