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. A revised calendar came out on June 17 following the closure of Wild West Motorsports Park; the track was replaced by Glen Helen Raceway.
Event Date Venue Class Winner Team 1 NRX of Utah September 24–25 Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville Supercar Timmy Hansen Red Bull Hansen NEXT (Day 1) Casper Jansson Enlunds Motorsport NEXT (Day 2) George Megennis #Yellow Squad 2 NRX of Minnesota October 2–3 ERX Motor Park, Elk River Supercar Scott Speed Subaru Motorsports USA NEXT (Day 1) Martin Enlund Enlunds Motorsport NEXT (Day 2) Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 3 NRX of Arizona November 13–14 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 November 20–21 Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino Supercar Travis Pastrana Subaru Motorsports USA NEXT (Day 1) Casper Jansson Enlunds Motorsport NEXT (Day 2) Casper Jansson Enlunds Motorsport 5 NRX of Florida December 4–5 Florida International Rally and Motorsports Park, Starke Supercar Timmy Hansen Red Bull Hansen NEXT (Day 1) Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing NEXT (Day 2) Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing References:
Drivers Supercar Manufacturer Team Car Driver Rounds Audi Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with EKS JC Audi S1 02 Cabot Bigham All 34 Tanner Foust All Monster Energy RX Cartel 4 Robin Larsson All 33 Liam Doran All Ford Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 16 Oliver Eriksson All 35 Fraser McConnell All Honda Honda Civic Coupe 15 Andrew Carlson 2 23 Kevin Eriksson All 81 Ronalds Baldins 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 21 Timmy Hansen All Subaru Subaru Motorsports USA Subaru WRX STI 13 Andreas Bakkerud 1–2, 4 41 Scott Speed All 199 Travis Pastrana All ZipRecruiter #GONITRO 9A Chase Elliott 5 51 Kyle Busch 3
NEXT Constructor Entrant Car Drivers Rounds OMSE STS RX Olsbergs MSE RX2 05 Kyle Schwartz 5–8 52 Simon Olofsson 5–8 #Yellow Squad 9 George Megennis All Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 21 Connor Martell 5–8 24 Sage Karam All 44 John Holtger 3–4 52 Simon Olofsson 1–2 55 Lane Vacala All Enlunds Motorsport 36 Casper Jansson All 60 Martin Enlund All Bak40 Motorsports 99 Eric Gordon All
Results and standings Results Round Event Heat 1 winner Heat 2 winnerHeat 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 Casper Jansson George Megennis 2 Minnesota Travis Pastrana Scott Speed Steve Arpin Timmy Hansen Scott Speed Martin Enlund 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 Casper Jansson Casper Jansson 5 Florida Travis Pastrana Timmy Hansen Scott Speed Kevin Hansen Steve Arpin Timmy Hansen Sage Karam Sage Karam
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Supercar Rank Driver UMC ERX WHP HLN FIR 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 7194 22 157 5 Steve Arpin 22 92 83 6 71 123 6 Tanner Foust 71 7 613 61 82 7 Robin Larsson 11 61 918 51 73 8 Andreas Bakkerud 9 631 71 9 Fraser McConnell 42 51 101 112 15 71 10 Kevin Eriksson 13 13 1424110 38 11 Kyle Busch 4 35 12 Cabot Bigham 10 12 51513 30 13 Oliver Eriksson 8 10 11 101 91 27 14 Ronalds Baldins 12712 2015 Chase Elliott 815 16 Oliver Bennett 121 11 131414 1 17 Liam Doran 14 141 151211 1 18 Andrew Carlson 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 ERX WHP HLN FIR Pts 1 Casper Jansson 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 Martin Enlund 2 2 1 2 5 6 6 3 4 3 380 4 George Megennis 6 1 5 7 2 2 2 7 2 7 345 5 Lane Vacala 3 4 4 3 4 4 7 4 7 8 310 6 Eric Gordon 4 6 6 4 6 7 5 6 8 6 260 7 Conner Martell 3 5 4 5 3 4 210 8 Kyle Schwartz DNS DNS 8 8 6 5 85 9 John Holtger 3 5 70 10 Simon Olofsson 5 7 DNS DNS DNS DNS 50
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