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 ; the track was replaced by Glen Helen Raceway.^[2]

Rnd	Event	Date	Venue	Class	Winner	Team
1	NRX of Utah	24–25 September	Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville	Supercar	Timmy Hansen	Red Bull Hansen
				NEXT (Day 1)
				NEXT (Day 2)		#Yellow Squad
2	NRX of Minnesota	2–3 October	, Minneapolis	Supercar	Scott Speed	Subaru Motorsports USA
				NEXT (Day 1)
				NEXT (Day 2)	Sage Karam	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
3	NRX of Arizona	13–14 November	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	20–21 November	Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino	Supercar	Travis Pastrana	Subaru Motorsports USA
				NEXT (Day 1)
				NEXT (Day 2)
5	NRX of Florida	4–5 December	, 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		All
Ford		Ford Fiesta ST	35	Fraser McConnell	All
Honda		Honda Civic Coupe	15		2
			23	Kevin Eriksson	All
			81		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
			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	Bak40 Motorsports	Olsbergs MSE RX2	99		All
	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing		21		5–8
			24	Sage Karam^[6]	All
			44		3–4
			52	^[7]	1–2
			55	^[8]	All

			36		All
			60	^[9]	All
	STS RX
			05		5–8
			52		5–8
	#Yellow Squad		9	^[10]	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
2		Travis Pastrana	Scott Speed		Steve Arpin	Timmy Hansen	Scott Speed		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
5		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		WHP^[a]	HLN		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		8	10	11	10¹	9¹	27
14				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			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

NEXT[]

Rank	Driver	UMC				WHP		HLN				Pts
1		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		2	2	1	2	5	6	6	3	4	3	380
4		6	1	5	7	2	2	2	7	2	7	345
5		3	4	4	3	4	4	7	4	7	8	310
6		4	6	6	4	6	7	5	6	8	6	260
7						3	5	4	5	3	4	210
8						DNS	DNS	8	8	6	5	85
9				3	5							70
10		5	7			DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS			50

Notes[]

^ Final was limited to 8 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. 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.
^ "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.
^ "GEORGE MEGENNIS JOINS #YELLOWSQUAD FOR MAIDEN NITRO RALLYCROSS CAMPAIGN". August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

[11] Final was limited to 8 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. 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] "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.

[7] "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.

[8] "LANE VACALA RETURNS TO DREYER & REINBOLD RACING FOR THE 2021 NITRO RALLYCROSS NEXT CAMPAIGN". August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

[9] "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.

[10] "GEORGE MEGENNIS JOINS #YELLOWSQUAD FOR MAIDEN NITRO RALLYCROSS CAMPAIGN". August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

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