Nitrocross has unveiled the observe format for its 2024-25 season opener, which can happen at Richmond Raceway on Sept. 7-8.
The venue is the primary NASCAR observe to be featured on the Nitrocross schedule, and first for use for a U.S. rallycross race since Gateway Motorsports Park hosted the second and third rounds of the 2019 Americas Rallycross championship. The likes of Charlotte Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway additionally beforehand featured throughout the days of International Rallycross within the mid-to-late 2010s.
The course encompasses all 4 turns of the oval, with the lap starting on the pit lane earlier than Flip 1. Flip 2 then tightens into the infield the place the primary filth part, full with a tabletop leap, is featured. The third nook on the Nitrocross format is a 90-degree asphalt right-hander, resulting in the subsequent filth patch, which encompasses turns 4 by means of six.
Turns 3 and 4 on the oval are thought-about one large sweeping left –Flip 7 — with Flip 8 (on the exit of the oval’s Flip 4) being a delicate left kink main onto a spot leap and the end straight. A Joker lap — an alternate route, on this case an extended one, that have to be taken as soon as per race — forgoes the oval’s remaining financial institution, reducing onto the primary half of the pit lane, then proper, although the hole leap, earlier than making a tough left to rejoin the beginning straight.
Richmond will likely be one in every of 5 venues on the upcoming Nitrocross schedule, with Utah Motorsports Campus close to Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah (Oct.5-6), Firebird Motorsports Park close to Phoenix, Ariz. (Nov. 15-16), the streets of Biscayne Bay in Miami (Jan. 11-12), and the Las Vegas strip (March 1-2). Every occasion will likely be a doubleheader, making a complete of 10 championship rounds.
