Nitrocross has introduced that the remaining three occasions of its 2024-25 season is not going to go forward after the sequence was placed on an indefinite “pause”.
RACER sources have indicated a current administration change on the father or mother firm, Thrill One, has led to the sequence’ inside workings being reevaluated with a purpose to guarantee its viability in the long term.
The sequence, in its fourth as a full-multi-event championship after initially debuting as part of the Nitro World Video games motion sports activities competitors in 2018, has already taken in double-header stops at Richmond Raceway and Utah Motorsports Campus in September and October respectively. It was set to proceed at Firebird Motorsports Park in Phoenix, Arizona in November earlier than going to Miami Marine Stadium in January and the Las Vegas Strip initially of March.
In an announcement supplied to RACER by Nitrocross, it instructed that plans had been already within the works to safe the long-term way forward for the property, which was pioneered by motion sports activities legend Travis Pastrana.
“We consider deeply within the potential of Nitrocross to steer motorsports into the subsequent era and are happy with the legacy it has already established,” stated the assertion. “Nonetheless, we’ve decided {that a} new imaginative and prescient is required for the model’s long-term future and have made the troublesome determination to pause the present 2024/25 season, which incorporates the upcoming race weekends scheduled for Phoenix, Miami, and Las Vegas.
“Any additional information on the 2024/2025 season shall be communicated on the acceptable time. Our dedication to delivering a groundbreaking, revolutionary motorsports expertise stays unwavering and we stay up for sharing new updates in regards to the model and the game quickly.”
On the time of the season’s stoppage, Dreyer & Reinbold JC’s Robin Larsson – champion of the final two seasons within the top-level Group E class – leads the factors standings after successful the opening race of the season and taking back-to-back second locations in Utah.
Olsbergs MSE’s Oliver Eriksson, winner of the second race of the season, lies second, with Andreas Bakkerud, additionally of DRR JC – who gained each Finals in Utah, ending a winless streak stretching again to the 2022-23 season – in third.
The NEXT EVO class, which launched the brand new sustainably-fuelled FC2 automotive this season, is headed by Mitchell De Jong, forward of Tommi Hallman, with the pair splitting the 4 spherical wins within the class thus far. The sequence additionally consists of divisions for Can-Am Aspect-by-Sides and Class 11 Volkswagen Beetles, initially seen within the SCORE off-road sequence.
In addition to a strong forged of European and American off-road expertise, the sequence has additionally attracted star names within the type of NASCAR Cup Collection champions Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott, 2009 Formulation 1 World Champion Jenson Button, five-time World Rally winner Kris Meeke, six-time World Rallycross champion Johan Kristoffersson, Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric, double DTM Champion and World RX race winner Timo Scheider, IndyCar podium finisher Conor Daly, and three-time NASCAR Truck sequence champion Matt Crafton.
The present season additionally welcomed high-profile backers within the type of Monster Vitality, Busch Mild, and Dodge.
