2022–23 Nitro Rallycross Championship

The 2022–23 Nitro Rallycross Championship is the second season of Nitro Rallycross (Nitro RX) competition.

Series founder Travis Pastrana enters as the defending champion. The season saw the debut of the Group E class for the new FC1-X car.

Schedule

The full schedule was revealed on March 29, 2022. After exclusively competing in North America in 2021, the series expanded to include races in six countries across two calendar years for its second season.^[1] A round at the KymiRing in Finland was canceled due to the track's financial problems.^[2] On November 7, 2022, it was announced that the round at Wild Horse Pass would be a double header, while the round in Saudi Arabia was removed from the schedule on the series' website.^[3]^[4] On January 13, 2023, the series announced that the finale would be a double header, held again at Glen Helen Raceway in California.^[5]

Rnd	Event	Date	Venue	Class	Winner	Team	Report
1	NRX of England	June 18–19, 2022	Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton	Group E	Robin Larsson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC	Report
				Supercar	Fraser McConnell	Betomik Racing
				NEXT (Day 1)	Casper Jansson	Olsbergs MSE
				NEXT (Day 2)	Simon Olofsson	STS RX
				Crosscar (Day 1)	Pasi Penttinen	GRŽ Race
				Crosscar (Day 2)	Sebastian Enholm	Enholm Motorsport
2	NRX of Sweden	July 30–31, 2022	Strängnäs Motorstadion, Strängnäs	Group E	Andreas Bakkerud	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC	Report
				Supercar (Day 1)	Fraser McConnell	Betomik Racing
				Supercar (Day 2)	Yuri Belevsky	Volland Racing
				NEXT (Day 1)	Tommi Hallman	SET Promotion
				NEXT (Day 2)	Tommi Hallman	SET Promotion
				Crosscar (Day 1)	Riku Huuka	GRŽ Race
				Crosscar (Day 2)	Sebastian Enholm	Enholm Motorsport
3	NRX of Minnesota	October 1–2, 2022	ERX Motor Park, Elk River	Group E	Travis Pastrana	Vermont SportsCar	Report
				NEXT (Day 1)	Tommi Hallman	SET Promotion
				NEXT (Day 2)	Tommi Hallman	SET Promotion
4	NRX of California	October 29–30, 2022	Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino	Group E	Fraser McConnell	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Report
				NEXT (Day 1)	George Megennis	#YELLOWSQUAD
				NEXT (Day 2)	Casper Jansson	Olsbergs MSE
5-6	NRX of Arizona	November 11–13, 2022	Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Chandler	Group E (Day 1)	Travis Pastrana	Vermont SportsCar	Report
				Group E (Day 2)	Robin Larsson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC
				NEXT (Day 1)	Casper Jansson	Olsbergs MSE
				NEXT (Day 2)	George Megennis	#YELLOWSQUAD
7	NRX of Quebec	January 20-21, 2023	Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières	Group E	Oliver Eriksson	OMSE	Report
8	NRX of Alberta	February 4–5, 2023	Stampede Grandstand, Calgary	Group E			Report
				NEXT (Day 1)
				NEXT (Day 2)
9-10	Nitro RX 2022–23 Series Finale	March 17-19, 2023	Glen Helen Raceway, San Bernardino	Group E (Day 1)			Report
				Group E (Day 2)
				NEXT (Day 1)
				NEXT (Day 2)
Cancelled Races
C	NRX of Finland	August 27–28, 2022	KymiRing, Kausala
C	NRX of Saudi Arabia	December 10–11, 2022	Was not announced
Reference:^[6]

Drivers

Group E

Manufacturer	Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
OMSE
	FC1-X	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	3	Johan Kristoffersson	2
			15	Andrew Carlson	3
			35	Fraser McConnell	All
		Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC^[7]^[8]	4	Robin Larsson	All
			13	Andreas Bakkerud	All
			52	Ole Christian Veiby	1–2
		Olsbergs MSE	2	Austin Cindric	5–6
			9	Chase Elliott^[9]	5–6
			16	Oliver Eriksson	All
			23	Kevin Eriksson	3–10
			68	Niclas Grönholm	1–2
		Vermont SportsCar	21	Conner Martell	All
		Vermont SportsCar	199	Travis Pastrana	All
		Xite Energy Racing	22	Jenson Button	3–4
			42	Oliver Bennett	All
			62	Kris Meeke	1–2, 5–8^[10]

Supercar Europe

Manufacturer	Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Audi	Volland Racing	Audi S1	95	Yury Belevskiy	All
Citroën	Tristan Ovendon Mr	Citroën DS3	72	Tristan Ovendon	1
Ford	Team RX Racing	Ford Fiesta	13	Patrick O'Donovan	All
Hyundai	Betomik Racing	Hyundai i20 Mk2	35	Fraser McConnell	All
Volvo	Flitspeed Racing	Volvo C30	47	Dominic Flitney	1
Volkswagen	Eklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Beetle	76	Per Eklund	2
Volkswagen	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	17	Gustav Bergström	2

NEXT Europe

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
OMSE	Olsbergs MSE SuperCar Lites	STS RX	5	Kyle Schwartz	1
		STS RX	52	Simon Olofsson	All
		#YELLOWSQUAD	9	George Megennis	All
		JC Raceteknik	19	Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky	All
		KJS RX	22	Mattis Jansson	2
		OMSE	36	Casper Jansson	All
		OMSE	88	Ole Henry Steinsholt	1
		Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	55	Lane Vacala	All
		Endlunds Motorsport	60	Martin Enlund	2
		SET Promotion	87	Tommi Hallman	All

NEXT North America

Manufacturer	Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
OMSE	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Olsbergs MSE Next	55	Lane Vacala	All

Crosscar

Manufacturer	Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Speedcar	GRŽ Race	Speedcar Wonder	2	Riku Huuhka	All
	GRŽ Race		6	Pasi Penttinen	All
	Jimmie Österberg		11	Jimmie Österberg	All
	Fredrik Enholm		12	Frida Enholm	All
	Fredrik Enholm		124	Sebastian Enholm	All
	Car Control		44	Kalle Göthesson	All
	Car Control		67	Isac Egonsson	All
	Ronald Baldinš		81	Ronald Baldinš	All
	Thomas Eek Murstad		110	Thomas Eek Murstad	All
	JC Raceteknik		199	Alex Gustafsson	All

Driver standings

Group E

Rank	Driver	LYD	STR	ERX	HLN	WHP1	WHP2	CTR	Pts
1	Robin Larsson	1⁴	2³	2⁴	2¹	5¹	1³	3²	344
2	Andreas Bakkerud	2³	1⁴	4	3²	3²	8¹	7³	286
3	Fraser McConnell	4¹	4²	3	1⁴	6	6³	4⁴	276
4	Oliver Eriksson	6¹	8⁴	8²	6³	4¹	2⁴	1²	265
5	Travis Pastrana	7²	9¹	1²	8¹	1⁴	5²	DSQ¹	221
6	Conner Martell	10¹	6³	7¹	7¹	2¹	10¹	6	198
7	Oliver Bennett	9¹	10	5¹	4¹	9³	9	5¹	192
8	Kevin Eriksson			10³	5²	8¹	4¹	2¹	148
9	Kris Meeke	8³	7			7¹	3¹	9¹	146
10	Ole Christian Veiby	5	5						64
11	Niclas Grönholm	3	11¹						60
12	Johan Kristoffersson		3¹						43
13	Chase Elliott					11	9		34
14	Austin Cindric					10	11		31
15	Andrew Carlson			6¹					30
16	Jenson Button			9	WD				18

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)
Brown	Withdrew (WD)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)

Notes:
^{1 2 3 4} – Battle Wins

References

^ "Nitro Rallycross announces first global series". Racer. March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
^ Kelekian, Austen (11 July 2022). "NITRO RALLYCROSS FORCED TO CANCEL FINLAND EVENT DUE TO VENUE SHORTFALLS". nitrorallycross.com. Nitro Rallycross. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ Nitro Rallycross [@NitroRallycross] (November 8, 2022). "DOUBLE-HEADER! we loved Wild Horse Pass so much that we're coming back this weekend for 3 days of racing with Friday night under the lights! check https://t.co/skNDFWgLCQ for more info! https://t.co/gQoVvHW69K" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via Twitter.
^ . Nitro Rallycross https://www.nitrorallycross.com/calendar. Retrieved 8 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Nitro RX confirms U.S. return at Glen Helen". Racer. January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
^ "2022 NRX Calendar". Retrieved March 29, 2022.
^ "Monster Energy & DRR JC Team Up for Partnership with Champion Drivers Andreas Bakkerud & Robin Larsson". Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Cartel Reloaded". Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Chase Elliott set for Nitro RX return". Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^ "Button to miss three Nitro-RX rounds in 2022". Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[1] "Nitro Rallycross announces first global series". Racer. March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.

[Finland-2] Kelekian, Austen (11 July 2022). "NITRO RALLYCROSS FORCED TO CANCEL FINLAND EVENT DUE TO VENUE SHORTFALLS". nitrorallycross.com. Nitro Rallycross. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[3] Nitro Rallycross [@NitroRallycross] (November 8, 2022). "DOUBLE-HEADER! we loved Wild Horse Pass so much that we're coming back this weekend for 3 days of racing with Friday night under the lights! check https://t.co/skNDFWgLCQ for more info! https://t.co/gQoVvHW69K" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2022 – via Twitter.

[4] . Nitro Rallycross https://www.nitrorallycross.com/calendar. Retrieved 8 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[5] "Nitro RX confirms U.S. return at Glen Helen". Racer. January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

[6] "2022 NRX Calendar". Retrieved March 29, 2022.

[7] "Monster Energy & DRR JC Team Up for Partnership with Champion Drivers Andreas Bakkerud & Robin Larsson". Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[8] "Cartel Reloaded". Retrieved 18 May 2022.

[9] "Chase Elliott set for Nitro RX return". Retrieved 18 August 2022.

[10] "Button to miss three Nitro-RX rounds in 2022". Retrieved 30 May 2022.

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