2024–25 Nitrocross Championship

2024–25 Nitrocross season
Season
Races	10
Start date	September 7, 2024
End date	March 2, 2025
Awards

Robin Larsson enters the season as the defending champion.

The 2024–25 Nitrocross Championship is the fourth season of Nitrocross competition.

The Nitrocross NEXT category changed to NEXT EVO for the season.^[1] It was also announced that a new all-electric SIERRA Car support series would be added to the bill.^[2]

Schedule

The full schedule was revealed on November 11, 2023, with a revised schedule released on February 29, 2024.^[3][4]

On October 16, 2024, Nitrocross announced that the rounds at Phoenix, Miami, and Las Vegas would not be continuing as scheduled, but that they "remain committed to exploring new opportunities for the future of Nitrocross and motorsports".^[5]

Rnd	Event	Date	Venue	Class	Winner	Team	Report
1–2	NC of Virginia	September 7–8, 2024	Richmond Raceway, Richmond	Group E (Day 1)	Robin Larsson	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge	Report
				Group E (Day 2)	Oliver Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE
				NEXT (Day 1)	Mitchell DeJong	Bak40 Motorsports
				NEXT (Day 2)	Tommi Hallman	SET Loenbro
				SxS (Day 1)	Cash LeCroy
				SxS (Day 2)	Kainan Baker
				BajaBugs (Day 1)	Donny Donovan
				BajaBugs (Day 2)	Blake Wilkey
3–4	NC of Utah	October 5–6, 2024	Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville	Group E (Day 1)	Andreas Bakkerud	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge	Report
				Group E (Day 2)	Andreas Bakkerud	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge
				NEXT (Day 1)	Tommi Hallman	SET Loenbro
				NEXT (Day 2)	Mitchell DeJong	Bak40 Motorsports
				SxS (Day 1)	Travis Pastrana
				SxS (Day 2)	Kainan Baker
				BajaBugs (Day 1)	Greg Shapiro
				BajaBugs (Day 2)	Oliver Flemate
—	NC of Arizona	November 15–16, 2024	Firebird Motorsports Park, Phoenix
—	NC of Florida	January 11–12, 2025	Miami Marine Stadium, Miami
—	NC Series Finale	March 1–2, 2025	Nitrodome at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas

Drivers

Group E

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Dodge	Hornet R/T FC1-X[6]	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dodge	4	Robin Larsson	1–4
			13	Andreas Bakkerud	1–4
			35	Fraser McConnell	1–4
			57	Lia Block[7]	1–4
OMSE	FC1-X	Olsbergs MSE	16	Oliver Eriksson	1–4
			23	Kevin Eriksson	1–4
			34	Tanner Foust	1–4
		Vermont SportsCar	21	Conner Martell	1–4
		VMV Racing	31	Viktor Vranckx	1–4

NEXT EVO

Manufacturer	Car	Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
OMSE	Olsbergs MSE FC2	Team Faren	11	Ellis Spiezia	1–4
		Green APU	14	David Sterckx	3–4
			17	Patrick Gruszka	1–4
			191	Alastair Scully	1–4
		Bak40 Motorsports	21	Kainan Baker	1–2
			24	Mitchell DeJong	1–4
			55	Lane Vacala	1–4
			99	Eric Gordon	3–4
		Team OMSE	36	Casper Jansson	1–4
		SET Loenbro	9	Michael Leach	1–4
			87	Tommi Hallman	1–4

SxS

Manufacturer	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Can-Am	Maverick X3	15	Kira Block	4
		17	Kory Willis	1–4
		21	Kainan Baker	1–4
		22	Luke Roberts	3–4
		27	Cash LeCroy	1–4
		28	Gray Leadbetter	1–4
		30	Lucy Block	3
		31	Jacob Rosales	1–4
		37	Mia Chapman	1–4
		38	Hailie Deegan[8]	3–4
		82	Mika Block	4
		93	Jacob Geisendorff	1–4
		129	Lyn-Z Pastrana[9]	1
		138	Nate Wessel	1–2
		143	Tyler Remmereid	1–2
		169	Banks Hovey[9]	2, 4
		188	Terry Madden	3
		199	Travis Pastrana	1–3

BajaBugs

Manufacturer	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Volkswagen	Beetle	214	Donald Cerrone	3–4
		430	Lucy Block	1–3
			Terry Madden	4
		1101	Will Harris	1–2
		1103	Tim Sletten	1–4
		1105	Chris Isenhouer	2
			Nick Isenhouer	1, 3–4
		1107	Donny Donovan	1–4
		1122	Scotty Lasater	1–4
		1140	Joe Terrana	3–4
		1141	Jim York	1–4
		1142	Greg Shapiro	1–4
		1143	Avery Remmereid	1–2
		1144	Oliver Flemate	3–4
		1153	Kyle Zirkus	1–4
		1157	Blake Wilkey	1–2
		1184	Josh Felix	1–4

Driver standings

Group E

Rank Driver RVA1 RVA2 UMC1 UMC2 FBP1 FBP2 MIA1 MIA2 LAS1 LAS2 Pts 1 Robin Larsson 1 4 2 2 219 2 Oliver Eriksson 2 1 3 3 207 3 Andreas Bakkerud 7 8 1 1 191 4 Fraser McConnell 3 2 4 7 177 5 Tanner Foust 8 5 6 4 139 6 Conner Martell 5 7 7 8 131 7 Viktor Vranckx 4 3 8 9 129 8 Lia Block 6 6 9 5 114 9 Kevin Eriksson 9 WD 5 6 73

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)

NEXT

Rank	Driver	RVA1	RVA2	UMC1	UMC2	FBP1	FBP2	MIA1	MIA2	LAS1	LAS2	Pts
1	Mitchell DeJong	1	2	2	1							240
2	Tommi Hallman	2	1	1	2							237
3	Casper Jansson	8	3	3	3							191
4	Lane Vacala	3	8	5	5							155
5	Ellis Spiezia	4	5	7	4							141
6	Michael Leach	7	4	6	7							135
7	Patrick Gruszka	6	7	4	6							129
8	Alastair Scully	9	9	9	9							81
9	Kainan Baker	5	6									64
10	David Sterckx			8	8							47
11	Eric Gordon			10	10							34

SxS

Rank	Driver	RVA1	RVA2	UMC1	UMC2	FBP1	FBP2	MIA1	MIA2	LAS1	LAS2	Pts
1	Kainan Baker	7	1	6	1							206
2	Travis Pastrana	3	2	1								183
3	Kory Willis	2	3	7	4							174
4	Cash LeCroy	1	9	2	5							169
5	Jacob Geisendorff	6	10	3	8							138
6	Gray Leadbetter	5	7	5	3							136
7	Jacob Rosales	8	6	10	12							83
8	Banks Hovey		8		2							76
9	Nate Wessel	4	5									76
10	Hailie Deegan			4	9							61
11	Tyler Remmereid	9	4									57
12	Mia Chapman	10	11	12	11							57
13	Luke Roberts			9	6							50
14	Mika Block				7							29
15	Terry Madden			8								26
16	Lucy Block				10							17
17	Kira Block			11								14
18	Lyn-Z Pastrana	11										14

References

1. "Nitrocross reveals cost-containment plan to elevate development class". RACER. 2024-06-18. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
2. "NITROCROSS UNVEILS ALL-ELECTRIC "SIERRA CAR" SUPPORT SERIES RACE CLASS, USHERING IN NEW ERA FOR MOTORSPORT". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
3. "Nitrocross announces 2024-2025 calendar". NBC Sports. 2023-11-11. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
4. "Nitrocross adds Miami event to 2024-25 schedule". RACER. 2024-02-29. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
5. "2024/2025 Season Update". Nitrocross. 2024-10-16.
6. "Dodge partnering with Dreyer & Reinbold in Nitrocross Group E". RACER. 2024-09-06. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
7. "@liakblock will be a guest driver for @dreyerreinboldracing in Group E this weekend at Richmond Raceway". Nitrocross on Instagram. 6 September 2024.
8. "@hailiedeegan has 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 a spot in SXS for Salt Lake City". Nitrocross on Instagram. 2024-09-26.
9. "@lynzskate & @banks169 have 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 their spot in SXS". Nitrocross on Instagram. 5 September 2024.