2024–25 Nitrocross Championship

2024–25 Nitrocross season
Season
Races10
Start dateSeptember 7, 2024
End dateMarch 2, 2025
Awards
Robin Larsson enters the season as the defending champion.

The 2024–25 Nitrocross Championship is the fourth season of Nitrocross competition.

The Nitrocross NEXT category changed to NEXT EVO for the season.[1] It was also announced that a new all-electric SIERRA Car support series would be added to the bill.[2]

Schedule

The full schedule was revealed on November 11, 2023, with a revised schedule released on February 29, 2024.[3][4]

On October 16, 2024, Nitrocross announced that the rounds at Phoenix, Miami, and Las Vegas would not be continuing as scheduled, but that they "remain committed to exploring new opportunities for the future of Nitrocross and motorsports".[5]

Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team Report
1–2 NC of Virginia September 7–8, 2024 Richmond Raceway, Richmond Group E (Day 1) Robin Larsson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge Report
Group E (Day 2) Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE
NEXT (Day 1) Mitchell DeJong Bak40 Motorsports
NEXT (Day 2) Tommi Hallman SET Loenbro
SxS (Day 1) Cash LeCroy
SxS (Day 2) Kainan Baker
BajaBugs (Day 1) Donny Donovan
BajaBugs (Day 2) Blake Wilkey
3–4 NC of Utah October 5–6, 2024 Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville Group E (Day 1) Andreas Bakkerud Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge Report
Group E (Day 2) Andreas Bakkerud Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge
NEXT (Day 1) Tommi Hallman SET Loenbro
NEXT (Day 2) Mitchell DeJong Bak40 Motorsports
SxS (Day 1) Travis Pastrana
SxS (Day 2) Kainan Baker
BajaBugs (Day 1) Greg Shapiro
BajaBugs (Day 2) Oliver Flemate
NC of Arizona November 15–16, 2024 Firebird Motorsports Park, Phoenix
NC of Florida January 11–12, 2025 Miami Marine Stadium, Miami
NC Series Finale March 1–2, 2025 Nitrodome at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas

    Drivers

    Group E

    Manufacturer Car Team No. Driver Rounds
    Dodge Hornet R/T FC1-X[6] Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge 4 Robin Larsson 1–4
    13 Andreas Bakkerud 1–4
    35 Fraser McConnell 1–4
    57 Lia Block[7] 1–4
    OMSE FC1-X Olsbergs MSE 16 Oliver Eriksson 1–4
    23 Kevin Eriksson 1–4
    34 Tanner Foust 1–4
    Vermont SportsCar 21 Conner Martell 1–4
    VMV Racing 31 Viktor Vranckx 1–4

    NEXT EVO

    Manufacturer Car Team No. Driver Rounds
    OMSE Olsbergs MSE FC2 Team Faren 11 Ellis Spiezia 1–4
    Green APU 14 David Sterckx 3–4
    17 Patrick Gruszka 1–4
    191 Alastair Scully 1–4
    Bak40 Motorsports 21 Kainan Baker 1–2
    24 Mitchell DeJong 1–4
    55 Lane Vacala 1–4
    99 Eric Gordon 3–4
    Team OMSE 36 Casper Jansson 1–4
    SET Loenbro 9 Michael Leach 1–4
    87 Tommi Hallman 1–4

    SxS

    Manufacturer Car No. Driver Rounds
    Can-Am Maverick X3 15 Kira Block 4
    17 Kory Willis 1–4
    21 Kainan Baker 1–4
    22 Luke Roberts 3–4
    27 Cash LeCroy 1–4
    28 Gray Leadbetter 1–4
    30 Lucy Block 3
    31 Jacob Rosales 1–4
    37 Mia Chapman 1–4
    38 Hailie Deegan[8] 3–4
    82 Mika Block 4
    93 Jacob Geisendorff 1–4
    129 Lyn-Z Pastrana[9] 1
    138 Nate Wessel 1–2
    143 Tyler Remmereid 1–2
    169 Banks Hovey[9] 2, 4
    188 Terry Madden 3
    199 Travis Pastrana 1–3

    BajaBugs

    Manufacturer Car No. Driver Rounds
    Volkswagen Beetle 214 Donald Cerrone 3–4
    430 Lucy Block 1–3
    Terry Madden 4
    1101 Will Harris 1–2
    1103 Tim Sletten 1–4
    1105 Chris Isenhouer 2
    Nick Isenhouer 1, 3–4
    1107 Donny Donovan 1–4
    1122 Scotty Lasater 1–4
    1140 Joe Terrana 3–4
    1141 Jim York 1–4
    1142 Greg Shapiro 1–4
    1143 Avery Remmereid 1–2
    1144 Oliver Flemate 3–4
    1153 Kyle Zirkus 1–4
    1157 Blake Wilkey 1–2
    1184 Josh Felix 1–4

    Driver standings

    Group E

    Rank Driver
    RVA1

    RVA2

    UMC1

    UMC2

    FBP1

    FBP2

    MIA1

    MIA2

    LAS1

    LAS2
    Pts
    1 Robin Larsson 1 4 2 2 219
    2 Oliver Eriksson 2 1 3 3 207
    3 Andreas Bakkerud 7 8 1 1 191
    4 Fraser McConnell 3 2 4 7 177
    5 Tanner Foust 8 5 6 4 139
    6 Conner Martell 5 7 7 8 131
    7 Viktor Vranckx 4 3 8 9 129
    8 Lia Block 6 6 9 5 114
    9 Kevin Eriksson 9 WD 5 6 73
    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)

    NEXT

    Rank Driver
    RVA1

    RVA2

    UMC1

    UMC2

    FBP1

    FBP2

    MIA1

    MIA2

    LAS1

    LAS2
    Pts
    1 Mitchell DeJong 1 2 2 1 240
    2 Tommi Hallman 2 1 1 2 237
    3 Casper Jansson 8 3 3 3 191
    4 Lane Vacala 3 8 5 5 155
    5 Ellis Spiezia 4 5 7 4 141
    6 Michael Leach 7 4 6 7 135
    7 Patrick Gruszka 6 7 4 6 129
    8 Alastair Scully 9 9 9 9 81
    9 Kainan Baker 5 6 64
    10 David Sterckx 8 8 47
    11 Eric Gordon 10 10 34

    SxS

    Rank Driver
    RVA1

    RVA2

    UMC1

    UMC2

    FBP1

    FBP2

    MIA1

    MIA2

    LAS1

    LAS2
    Pts
    1 Kainan Baker 7 1 6 1 206
    2 Travis Pastrana 3 2 1 183
    3 Kory Willis 2 3 7 4 174
    4 Cash LeCroy 1 9 2 5 169
    5 Jacob Geisendorff 6 10 3 8 138
    6 Gray Leadbetter 5 7 5 3 136
    7 Jacob Rosales 8 6 10 12 83
    8 Banks Hovey 8 2 76
    9 Nate Wessel 4 5 76
    10 Hailie Deegan 4 9 61
    11 Tyler Remmereid 9 4 57
    12 Mia Chapman 10 11 12 11 57
    13 Luke Roberts 9 6 50
    14 Mika Block 7 29
    15 Terry Madden 8 26
    16 Lucy Block 10 17
    17 Kira Block 11 14
    18 Lyn-Z Pastrana 11 14

    References

    1. ^ "Nitrocross reveals cost-containment plan to elevate development class". RACER. 2024-06-18. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
    2. ^ "NITROCROSS UNVEILS ALL-ELECTRIC "SIERRA CAR" SUPPORT SERIES RACE CLASS, USHERING IN NEW ERA FOR MOTORSPORT". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
    3. ^ "Nitrocross announces 2024-2025 calendar". NBC Sports. 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
    4. ^ "Nitrocross adds Miami event to 2024-25 schedule". RACER. 2024-02-29. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
    5. ^ "2024/2025 Season Update". Nitrocross. 2024-10-16.
    6. ^ "Dodge partnering with Dreyer & Reinbold in Nitrocross Group E". RACER. 2024-09-06. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
    7. ^ "@liakblock will be a guest driver for @dreyerreinboldracing in Group E this weekend at Richmond Raceway". Nitrocross on Instagram. 6 September 2024.
    8. ^ "@hailiedeegan has 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 a spot in SXS for Salt Lake City". Nitrocross on Instagram. 2024-09-26.
    9. ^ a b "@lynzskate & @banks169 have 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 their spot in SXS". Nitrocross on Instagram. 5 September 2024.