# 2021 Nitro Rallycross Championship

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.
| Rnd | Event | Date | Venue | Class | Winner | Team |
| 1 | NRX of Utah | September 24–25 | Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville | Supercar | Timmy Hansen | Red Bull Hansen |
| 1 | NRX of Utah | September 24–25 | Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville | NEXT (Day 1) | Casper Jansson | Enlunds Motorsport |
| 1 | NRX of Utah | September 24–25 | Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville | NEXT (Day 2) | George Megennis | #Yellow Squad |
| 2 | NRX of Minnesota | October 2–3 | ERX Motor Park, Minneapolis | Supercar | Scott Speed | Subaru Motorsports USA |
| 2 | NRX of Minnesota | October 2–3 | ERX Motor Park, Minneapolis | NEXT (Day 1) | Martin Enlund | Enlunds Motorsport |
| 2 | NRX of Minnesota | October 2–3 | ERX Motor Park, Minneapolis | 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 |
| 3 | NRX of Arizona | November 13–14 | Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Phoenix | NEXT (Day 1) | Sage Karam | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
| 3 | NRX of Arizona | November 13–14 | Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Phoenix | 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 |
| 4 | NRX of California | November 20–21 | Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino | NEXT (Day 1) | Casper Jansson | Enlunds Motorsport |
| 4 | NRX of California | November 20–21 | Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino | 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 |
| 5 | NRX of Florida | December 4–5 | Florida International Rally and Motorsports Park, Starke | NEXT (Day 1) | Sage Karam | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
| 5 | NRX of Florida | December 4–5 | Florida International Rally and Motorsports Park, Starke | NEXT (Day 2) | Sage Karam | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
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## Drivers
### Supercar

| Manufacturer | Team | Car | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Audi | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with EKS JC | Audi S1 | 02 | Cabot Bigham | All |
| Audi | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing with EKS JC | Audi S1 | 34 | Tanner Foust | All |
| Audi | Monster Energy RX Cartel | Audi S1 | 4 | Robin Larsson | All |
| Audi | Monster Energy RX Cartel | Audi S1 | 33 | Liam Doran | All |
| Ford | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 16 | Oliver Eriksson | All |
| Ford | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 35 | Fraser McConnell | All |
| Honda | Olsbergs MSE | Honda Civic Coupe | 15 | Andrew Carlson | 2 |
| Honda | Olsbergs MSE | Honda Civic Coupe | 23 | Kevin Eriksson | All |
| Honda | Olsbergs MSE | Honda Civic Coupe | 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 |
| Peugeot | Red Bull Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | All |
| Subaru | Subaru Motorsports USA | Subaru WRX STI | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | 1–2, 4 |
| Subaru | Subaru Motorsports USA | Subaru WRX STI | 41 | Scott Speed | All |
| Subaru | Subaru Motorsports USA | Subaru WRX STI | 199 | Travis Pastrana | All |
| Subaru | ZipRecruiter #GONITRO | Subaru WRX STI | 9A | Chase Elliott | 5 |
| Subaru | ZipRecruiter #GONITRO | Subaru WRX STI | 51 | Kyle Busch | 3 |

### NEXT

| Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| OMSE | STS RX | Olsbergs MSE RX2 |
| OMSE | STS RX | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 05 | Kyle Schwartz | 5–8 |
| OMSE | STS RX | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | 5–8 |
| OMSE | #Yellow Squad | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 9 | George Megennis | All |
| OMSE | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 21 | Connor Martell | 5–8 |
| OMSE | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 24 | Sage Karam | All |
| OMSE | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 44 | John Holtger | 3–4 |
| OMSE | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | 1–2 |
| OMSE | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 55 | Lane Vacala | All |
| OMSE | Enlunds Motorsport | Olsbergs MSE RX2 |
| OMSE | Enlunds Motorsport | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 36 | Casper Jansson | All |
| OMSE | Enlunds Motorsport | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 60 | Martin Enlund | All |
| OMSE | Bak40 Motorsports | Olsbergs MSE RX2 | 99 | Eric Gordon | All |

## Results and standings
### Results

| Round | Event | Heat 1 winner | Heat 2 winner | Heat 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 |

### Drivers' championship

| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
Bonuses :
| Battle winner | 1 |

#### Supercar

| Rank | Driver | UMC | ERX | WHP | HLN | FIR | Pts |
| 1 | Travis Pastrana | 6$^3$ | 2$^2$ | 1$^4$ | 1$^3$ | 4$^2$ | 219 |
| 2 | Scott Speed | 5$^4$ | 1$^3$ | 3$^1$ | 2$^2$ | 3$^4$ | 219 |
| 3 | Timmy Hansen | 1$^1$ | 4$^1$ | 2$^2$ | 5$^1$ | 1$^3$ | 218 |
| 4 | Kevin Hansen | 3$^1$ | 3$^4$ | 7$^1$ | 9$^4$ | 2$^2$ | 157 |
| 5 | Steve Arpin | 2$^2$ | 9$^2$ | 8$^3$ | 6 | 7$^1$ | 123 |
| 6 | Tanner Foust | 7$^1$ | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6$^1$ | 82 |
| 7 | Robin Larsson | 11 | 6$^1$ | 9$^1$ | 8 | 5$^1$ | 73 |
| 8 | Andreas Bakkerud | 9 | 6 | | 3$^1$ | | 71 |
| 9 | Fraser McConnell | 4$^2$ | 5$^1$ | 10$^1$ | 11$^2$ | 15 | 71 |
| 10 | Kevin Eriksson | 13 | 13 | 14$^2$ | 4$^1$ | 10 | 38 |
| 11 | Kyle Busch | | | 4 | | | 35 |
| 12 | Cabot Bigham | 10 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 30 |
| 13 | Oliver Eriksson | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10$^1$ | 9$^1$ | 27 |
| 14 | Ronalds Baldins | | | 12 | 7 | 12 | 20 |
| 15 | Chase Elliott | | | | | 8 | 15 |
| 16 | Oliver Bennett | 12$^1$ | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| 17 | Liam Doran | 14 | 14$^1$ | 15 | 12 | 11 | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |

#### NEXT

| Rank | Driver | UMC | UMC | ERX | ERX | WHP | WHP | HLN | HLN | FIR | 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 |