2023–24 Nitrocross Championship

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

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.

Event Date Venue Class Winner TeamReport 1 NC of Oklahoma June 16–17, 2023 MidAmerica Outdoors, Jay Group E Fraser McConnell Dreyer & Reinbold RacingReport NEXT (Day 1) Lane Vacala BAK 40 Motorsport NEXT (Day 2) Lane Vacala BAK 40 MotorsportSxS (Day 1) Kainan Baker N/ASxS (Day 2) Kainan Baker BajaBugs (Day 1) Blake WilkeyBajaBugs (Day 2) Ryan Rodriguez 2–3 NC of Utah August 18–19, 2023 Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville Group E (Day 1) Travis Pastrana Vermont SportsCarReport Group E (Day 2) Robin Larsson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC NEXT (Day 1) Lane Vacala BAK 40 Motorsport NEXT (Day 2) Casper Jansson OMSESxS (Day 1) Kainan Baker N/ASxS (Day 2) Tyler RemmereidBajaBugs (Day 1) Blake WilkeyBajaBugs (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 RacingReport 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 PastranaBajaBugs (Day 1) Ryan RodriguezBajaBugs (Day 2) Ryan Rodriguez 6–7 NC of California December 9–10, 2023 Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino Group E Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSEReport 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 BakerBajaBugs (Day 1) Ryan RodriguezBajaBugs (Day 2) Blake Wilkey NC NC of Alberta February 4, 2024* GMC Stadium, Calgary N/A N/A N/A8-9 NC Series FinaleMarch 1–2, 2024Nitrodome at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas Group E Group E (Day 2) Fraser McConnell Robin Larsson Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JCReportNEXTSxS

The Calgary round was scheduled for February 2–3, however due to weather all on track activity was postponed until February 4, and on the day of was made a non-points exhibition.

Drivers Group E Manufacturer Car Team Driver Rounds OMSEFC1-X Dreyer & Reinbold Racing 15 Timmy Hansen 8–9 24 Conor Daly 1–3 35 Fraser McConnell All Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC 4 Robin Larsson All 13 Andreas Bakkerud All 38 Brian Deegan 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 7 199 Travis Pastrana 1–6, 8–9 VMV Racing 31 Viktor Vranckx 6–9 96 Guillaume de Ridder 8–9 Xite Energy Racing 7 Patrick O'Donovan 8–9 34 Tanner Foust 2–3 42 Oliver Bennett 1–3, 8–9 62 Kris Meeke 1

NEXT Manufacturer Car Team Driver Rounds OMSE Olsbergs MSE SuperCar Lites BAK 40 Motorsport 44 Jimmy Henderson All 55 Lane Vacala All99 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 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

SxS Manufacturer Car 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 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 Manufacturer Car Driver Rounds Volkswagen Beetle 401 Chad Mayo 1 1107 Eric Rhinehart 1 1133 Will Harris 1 1142 Greg Shapiro 1 1145 Donald Cerrone 1 1153 Kyle Zirkus 1 1157 Blake Wilkey 1 1191 Ryan Rodriguez 1

Standings

Group E Rank Driver MID UMC1UMC2 WHP1WHP2 HLN1HLN2 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 3638 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 TeamNo. MID UMC1UMC2 WHP1WHP2 HLN1HLN2 LAS1 LAS2 Points 1 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC4 2 6 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 107613 71 3 5 5 6 6 9 6 8 2 Olsbergs MSE16 10 8 8 6 7 1 6 8 7 92523 32 2 2 4 3 4 3 7 10 3 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing35 11 11 4 1 2 5 2 1 4 91915 3 224 8 5 11 38 9 8 8 7 4 Vermont SportsCar21 4 7 6 8 9 2 5 9 5 80057 8 199 5 1 10 3 5 7 5 11 5 Xite Energy Racing7 12 9 31734 9 342 9 10 7 11 1262 6 6 VMV Racing31 9 4 10 6 26196 4 3

NEXT Rank Driver MID1MID2 UTH1UTH2 WHP1WHP2 HLN1HLN2 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

SxS Rank Driver MID1MID2 UTH1UTH2 WHP1WHP2 HLN1HLN2 LAS1LAS2 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 29 543 3 Gray Leadbetter 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 481 4 Travis Pastrana 2 11 1 1 6 1301 5 Leticia Bufoni 6 6 5 8 7 9 9 DNS1182346 Amanda Sorensen 3 5 684202 7 Ben Maier 3 3 10 5 1828 Donald Cerrone 6 7 8 11 7 812101729 Michael Leach 4 8 3 515210 Mika Block 9 6 7 6 7152 11 Terry Madden 5 5 7 5 13712 Branden Sorensen 312 112613 Banks Hovey5 210214 Kira Block 6 9 10 99415 Brian Deegan 8 48116 Zach Lumsden776917 Tom Williams 8 76918 Alyanna Baker966719 Cleetus McFarland 8 95820 Adam Thomelius6114921 Matt Crafton54122 Jim York 7 834

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