2024–25 Nitrocross Championship

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

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 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

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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

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Group E

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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

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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
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

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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

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Group E

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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

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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
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

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  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.