2023–24 Nitrocross Championship

Rallycross racing competition

2023–24 Nitrocross season
Season
Races	10
Start date	June 16, 2023
End date	March 2, 2024
Awards
Drivers' champion	Sweden Robin Larsson
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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

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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	Oklahoma NC of Oklahoma	June 16–17, 2023	MidAmerica Outdoors, Jay	Group E	Jamaica Fraser McConnell ^[2]	United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Report
				NEXT (Day 1)	United States Lane Vacala^[3]	United States BAK 40 Motorsport
				NEXT (Day 2)	United States Lane Vacala^[4]	United States BAK 40 Motorsport
				SxS (Day 1)	United States Kainan Baker^[5]	N/A
				SxS (Day 2)	United States Kainan Baker^[6]
				BajaBugs (Day 1)	United States Blake Wilkey^[7]
				BajaBugs (Day 2)	United States Ryan Rodriguez^[8]
2–3	Utah NC of Utah	August 18–19, 2023	Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville	Group E (Day 1)	United States Travis Pastrana	United States Vermont SportsCar	Report
				Group E (Day 2)	Sweden Robin Larsson	United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC
				NEXT (Day 1)	United States Lane Vacala	United States BAK 40 Motorsport
				NEXT (Day 2)	Sweden Casper Jansson	Sweden OMSE
				SxS (Day 1)	United States Kainan Baker	N/A
				SxS (Day 2)	United States Tyler Remmereid
				BajaBugs (Day 1)	United States Blake Wilkey
				BajaBugs (Day 2)	United States Ryan Rodriguez
4–5	Arizona NC of Arizona	November 10–11, 2023	Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Chandler	Group E (Day 1)	Jamaica Fraser McConnell	United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Report
				Group E (Day 2)	Sweden Robin Larsson	United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC
				NEXT (Day 1)	Sweden Casper Jansson	Sweden OMSE
				NEXT (Day 2)	Sweden Casper Jansson	Sweden OMSE
				SxS (Day 1)	United States Kainan Baker	N/A
				SxS (Day 2)	United States Travis Pastrana
				BajaBugs (Day 1)	United States Ryan Rodriguez
				BajaBugs (Day 2)	United States Ryan Rodriguez
6–7	California NC of California	December 9–10, 2023	Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino	Group E	Sweden Oliver Eriksson	Sweden Olsbergs MSE	Report
				Group E (Day 2)	Sweden Robin Larsson	United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC
				NEXT (Day 1)	Sweden Casper Jansson	Sweden OMSE
				NEXT (Day 2)	Sweden Casper Jansson	Sweden OMSE
				SxS (Day 1)	United States Travis Pastrana	N/A
				SxS (Day 2)	United States Kainan Baker
				BajaBugs (Day 1)	United States Ryan Rodriguez
				BajaBugs (Day 2)	United States Blake Wilkey
NC	Alberta NC of Alberta	February 4, 2024*	GMC Stadium, Calgary	N/A	N/A	N/A
8-9	Nevada NC Series Finale	March 1–2, 2024	Nitrodome at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas	Group E Group E (Day 2)	Jamaica Fraser McConnell ^[2] Sweden Robin Larsson	United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC	Report
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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	United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	15	Sweden Timmy Hansen ^[11]	8–9
			24	United States Conor Daly ^[12]	1–3
			35	Jamaica Fraser McConnell ^[13]	All
		United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC	4	Sweden Robin Larsson	All
			13	Norway Andreas Bakkerud	All
			38	United States Brian Deegan ^[14]	4–7
		Sweden Olsbergs MSE	16	Sweden Oliver Eriksson	All
			23	Sweden Kevin Eriksson	All
			36	Sweden Casper Jansson	4–5
			71	Mexico Benito Guerra	1–3
		United States Vermont SportsCar	21	United States Conner Martell	All
			57	United States Lia Block ^[15]	7
			199	United States Travis Pastrana ^[16]	1–6, 8–9
		Belgium VMV Racing	31	Belgium Viktor Vranckx^[17]	6–9
		Belgium VMV Racing	96	Belgium Guillaume de Ridder^[18]	8–9
		United Kingdom Xite Energy Racing	7	United Kingdom Patrick O'Donovan^[19]	8–9
			34	United States Tanner Foust ^[20]	2–3
			42	United Kingdom Oliver Bennett	1–3, 8–9
			62	United Kingdom Kris Meeke	1

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
OMSE	Olsbergs MSE SuperCar Lites	United States BAK 40 Motorsport	44	United States Jimmy Henderson^[21]	All
			55	United States Lane Vacala	All
			99	United States Eric Gordon	All
		United States Ellysium Racing	11	United States Ellis Spiezia	9–10
		United States Green Apu	17	United States Patrick Gruszka	3–10
		Sweden OMSE	36	Sweden Casper Jansson	All
			57	United States Lia Block ^[22]	1–7
			133	Sweden Elias Svensson	9–10
		Belgium PPD Motorsport	14	Belgium David Sterckx	7–10
		United States Scully Racing	191	United States Alastair Scully	7–10
		United States Team Baccco	21	United States Kainan Baker	8

SxS

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Manufacturer	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Can-Am	Maverick X3	4	United States Donald Cerrone	3–8
		5	United States Kira Block	4–6, 8
		9	United States Michael Leach	5–8
		11	United States Jim York	1–2
		12	United States Amanda Sorensen	3, 5–6
		13	Brazil Letícia Bufoni	1–8
		21	United States Kainan Baker	1–8
		28	United States Gray Leadbetter	1–8
		38	United States Brian Deegan	7–8
		67	United States Ben Maier	1–2, 5–6
		82	United States Mika Block	3, 5–8
		88	United Kingdom Tom Williams^[23]	1–2
		113	United States Braden Sorensen	4
		143	United States Tyler Remmereid	1–8
		177	United States Cleetus McFarland	3–4
		188	United States Terry Madden	1–4
		199	United States Travis Pastrana	4–8

BajaBugs

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Manufacturer	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Volkswagen	Beetle	401	United States Chad Mayo^[24]	1
		1107	United States Eric Rhinehart^[24]	1
		1133	United States Will Harris^[24]	1
		1142	United States Greg Shapiro^[24]	1
		1145	United States Donald Cerrone ^[24]	1
		1153	United States Kyle Zirkus^[24]	1
		1157	United States Blake Wilkey^[24]	1
		1191	United States Ryan Rodriguez^[24]	1

Standings

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Group E

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Rank	Driver	Oklahoma MID	Utah UMC1	Utah UMC2	Arizona WHP1	Arizona WHP2	California HLN1	California HLN2	Nevada LAS1	Nevada LAS2	Pts
1	Sweden Robin Larsson	2	6	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	582
2	Jamaica Fraser McConnell	1¹	11	4	1	2	5	2	1	4	504
3	Sweden Kevin Eriksson	3²	2	2	4	3	4	3	7	10	481
4	Norway Andreas Bakkerud	7¹	3	5	5	6	6	9	6	8	409
5	Sweden Oliver Eriksson	10	8	8	6	7	1	6	8	7	397
6	United States Travis Pastrana	5	1	10	3	5	7	5	11	370
7	United States Conner Martell	4	7	6	8	9	2	5	9	5	363
8	United States Brian Deegan	9	8	8	7	155
9	United Kingdom Oliver Bennett	9	10	7	11	12	142
10	Sweden Timmy Hansen	3	2	139
11	Belgium Viktor Vranckx	9	4	10	6	129
12	Belgium Guillaume De Ridder	4	3	115
13	United States Conor Daly	8	5	11	97
14	Mexico Benito Guerra	11	4	9	WD	88
15	United States Tanner Foust	9	3	84
16	Sweden Casper Jansson	7	4	80
17	United Kingdom Kris Meeke	6	44
18	United Kingdom Patrick O'Donovan	12	9	42
19	United States 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)
White	Race cancelled (C)

Notes:
^{1 2 3 4} – Battle Wins

Group E Team's Championship

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Pos.	Team	No.	Oklahoma MID	Utah UMC1	Utah UMC2	Arizona WHP1	Arizona WHP2	California HLN1	California HLN2	Nevada LAS1	Nevada LAS2	Points
1	United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC	4	2	6	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	1076
1	United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC	13	7¹	3	5	5	6	6	9	6	8	1076
2	Sweden Olsbergs MSE	16	10	8	8	6	7	1	6	8	7	925
2	Sweden Olsbergs MSE	23	3²	2	2	4	3	4	3	7	10	925
3	United States 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	United States 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	United Kingdom Xite Energy Racing	7	12	9	317
		34	9	3
		42	9	10		7	11	12
		62	6
6	Belgium VMV Racing	31	9	4	10	6	261
6	Belgium VMV Racing	96	4	3			261

Rank	Driver	Oklahoma MID1	Oklahoma MID2	Utah UTH1	Utah UTH2	Arizona WHP1	Arizona WHP2	California HLN1	California HLN2	Nevada LAS1	Nevada LAS2	Pts
1	Sweden Casper Jansson	5	4	DSQ	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	566
2	United States Lane Vacala	1	1	1	6	2	5	4	3	2	3	540
3	United States Jimmy Henderson	3	3	2	2	5	3	5	2	5	7	508
4	United States Eric Gordon	2	2	4	5	4	6	7	5	8	5	413
5	United States Patrick Gruszka	3	3	6	4	3	6	6	8	352
6	United States Lia Block	4	DSQ	DSQ	4	3	2	2	327
7	Belgium David Sterckx	6	4	7	4	158
8	Sweden Elias Svensson	3	2	116
9	United States Alastair Scully	8	8	9	6	92
10	United States Ellis Spiezia	4	9	79
11	United States Kainan Baker	7	28

SxS

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Rank	Driver	Oklahoma MID1	Oklahoma MID2	Utah UTH1	Utah UTH2	Arizona WHP1	Arizona WHP2	California HLN1	California HLN2	Nevada LAS1	Nevada LAS2	Pts
1	United States Kainan Baker	1	1	1	10	1	2	2	1	4	10	557
2	United States Tyler Remmereid	2	2	2	1	2	3	5	2	2	9	543
3	United States Gray Leadbetter	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	481
4	United States Travis Pastrana	2	11	1	1	6	1	301
5	Brazil Leticia Bufoni	6	6	5	8	7	9	9	DNS	11	8	234
6	United States Amanda Sorensen	3	5	6	8	4	202
7	United States Ben Maier	3	3	10	5	182
8	United States Donald Cerrone	6	7	8	11	7	8	12	10	172
9	United States Michael Leach	4	8	3	5	152
10	United States Mika Block	9	6	7	6	7	152
11	United States Terry Madden	5	5	7	5	137
12	United States Branden Sorensen	3	12	1	126
13	United States Banks Hovey	5	2	102
14	United States Kira Block	6	9	10	9	94
15	United States Brian Deegan	8	4	81
16	United States Zach Lumsden	7	7	69
17	United Kingdom Tom Williams	8	7	69
18	United States Alyanna Baker	9	6	67
19	United States Cleetus McFarland	8	9	58
20	Sweden Adam Thomelius	6	11	49
21	United States Matt Crafton	5	41
22	United States Jim York	7	8	34

References

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^ "Newly named Nitrocross reveals 2023-2024 calendar - NBC Sports". MotorSportsTalk | NBC Sports. 2023年05月15日. Retrieved 2023年06月24日.
^ ^a ^b "GROUP E RESULT OF FINAL 6/16/2023-6/17/2023 ROUND 1 NITROCROSS Oklahoma- USA" (PDF). Chronomoto.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^ "NEXT RESULT OF FINAL DAY 1 6/16/2023-6/17/2023 ROUND 1 NITROCROSS Oklahoma- USA" (PDF). Chronomoto.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^ "NEXT RESULT OF FINAL DAY 2 6/17/2023-6/17/2023 ROUND 2 NITROCROSS Oklahoma- USA" (PDF). Chronomoto.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^ "SxS RESULT OF FINAL DAY 1 6/16/2023-6/17/2023 ROUND 1 NITROCROSS Oklahoma- USA" (PDF). Chronomoto.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^ "SxS RESULT OF FINAL DAY 2 6/17/2023-6/17/2023 ROUND 2 NITROCROSS Oklahoma- USA" (PDF). Chronomoto.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^ "CLASS11 RESULT OF FINAL DAY 1 6/16/2023 ROUND 1 NITROCROSS Oklahoma- USA" (PDF). Chronomoto.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^ "CLASS11 RESULT OF FINAL DAY 2 6/17/2023 ROUND 2 NITROCROSS Oklahoma- USA" (PDF). Chronomoto.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
^ "NITROCROSS TO DELIVER FULL SLATE OF RACING TO CALGARY FANS ON SUNDAY FEB 4". Nitrocross. 2024年01月30日. Retrieved 2024年01月31日.
^ "Nitrocross makes Calgary weekend a non-points exhibition". Racer. 2024年02月04日. Retrieved 2024年02月05日.
^ "Timmy Hansen Joins Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for Rounds 9-10 of the 2023-24 Nitrocross Season at the Nitrodome at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas". February 22, 2024.
^ Wilde, Dominik (August 16, 2023). "Daly set for Utah Nitrocross". Racer .
^ Wilde, Dominik (June 7, 2023). "McConnell returns with DRR for Nitrocross". Racer .
^ Wilde, Dominik (October 31, 2023). "Brian Deegan set for Nitrocross Group E debut in Phoenix". Racer .
^ Wilde, Dominik (August 17, 2023). "Lia Block looks ahead to Nitrocross Group E debut". Racer .
^ Wilde, Dominik (January 16, 2024). "Pastrana to miss Nitrocross in Calgary due to knee surgery". Racer .
^ Wilde, Dominik (December 8, 2023). "VMV Racing makes Nitrocross switch after World RX exit". Racer . Retrieved December 8, 2023.
^ Wilde, Dominik (February 3, 2024). "De Ridder joining Nitrocross in second VMV entry at Vegas finale". Racer .
^ Wilde, Dominik (February 22, 2024). "O'Donovan set for Nitrocross finale in Las Vegas". Racer .
^ Wilde, Dominik (August 17, 2023). "Foust returning to Nitrocross in Utah". Racer .
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^ Wilde, Dominik Wilde (June 14, 2023). "Lia Block to take next step in rallycross career". Racer .
^ "SxS LIST OF STARTERS 6/16/2023-6/17/2023 ROUND 1 NITROCROSS Oklahoma- USA" (PDF). Chronomoto.com. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
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Nitrocross

Personnel

Seasons

Champions

Nitro World Games	Timmy Hansen (2018) Kevin Hansen (2019)
Nitro Rallycross Championship	Travis Pastrana (2021) Robin Larsson (2022–23, 2023–24)

Tracks

Current (2024–25)	Richmond Utah Phoenix Miami Calgary (NC) Las Vegas
Former	Elk River Glen Helen Jay Lydden Hill Starke Strängnäs Trois-Rivières

Schedule

Drivers

Group E

NEXT

SxS

BajaBugs

Standings

Group E

Group E Team's Championship

NEXT

SxS

References