2023–24 Nitrocross Championship

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

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.

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   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

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Group E

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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

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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
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

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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

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Group E

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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

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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

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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
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

References

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