2021 Nitro RX Prediction

[MissClarrpz]

Nitro Rallycross Prediction Competition

It was an anticlimactic ending to last year's season but it's back, now for NRX thanks to a large entry list. With a new format comes slightly different rules.

Selection:
1. Pick 2 DRIVERS and a TEAM who are set to run the full season.
2. These picks must be from the different teams. Ie. DRIVER A must be from team X, DRIVER B from team Y and your (2 car) TEAM pick is team Z.

Template to enter:
Driver A:
Driver B:
Team:

Scoring:
3. You score points based on how many drivers your DRIVERS beat across each race they compete in. It will not be based on time, only on those in their individual races.

Losing Points:
4. You lose 1 point for each place apart your drivers are in Qualifying and the 1st Heat (for this I will compare total race times). So if your TEAM are 2nd and 4th in quali then 3rd and 6th in the heat race you lost 4 points.

Making changes:
5. Each permanent change to your line-up costs you 5 points.
6. Should a driver be replaced you get their replacement.
7. Should a team or driver miss a round you will be assigned a replacement randomly

Joker Round
8. For 1 round you can completely change your line-up assuming it still follows rule 2. It then reverts back after the round. You do not have to joker though it is encouraged.

Late Entries:
9. Anyone can join throughout the season and will be penalised with the lowest scores from each round they missed. You cannot joker if you enter late. You’ll be last but only just.

Expected Entries:

Subaru Vermont SportsCar	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	Scott Speed
Subaru Vermont SportsCar	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	Travis Pastrana
Subaru Vermont SportsCar	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	Andreas Bakkerud
Olsberg MSE (Ford)	Ford Fiesta	Fraser McConnell
Olsberg MSE (Ford)	Ford Fiesta	Oliver Eriksson
Olsberg MSE (Honda)	Honda Civic Coupe	Kevin Eriksson
Olsberg MSE (Honda)	Honda Civic Coupe	Sebastian Eriksson
Monster Energy RX Cartel	Audi S1	Liam Doran
Monster Energy RX Cartel	Audi S1	Robin Larson
Red Bull Hansen	Peugeot 208	Kevin Hansen
Red Bull Hansen	Peugeot 208	Timmy Hansen
Dreyer & Reinbold EKS JC	Audi S1	Cabot Bigham
Dreyer & Reinbold EKS JC	Audi S1	Unknown Driver
Xite Energy Racing	BMW Mini	Oliver Bennett
Loenbro Motorsports	Hyundai i20	Steve Arpin

-Bakkerud is currently only set to race in the opening 2 rounds
-OMSE can be seen as 2 different teams, Ford & Honda
-I do not know who will drive which car for OMSE, if this affects anyone I will let those people know
-For those who do not know there is a new format for NRX. There is 1 lap quali, then battle brackets. 2 heats, 2 semis and a LCQ with top 2 of each to the final. 10 car final.

Qualifying is on Friday, get in entries before then.

[MissClarrpz]

I'll start off with my entry

Driver A: Steve Arpin
Driver B: Kevin Hansen
Team: OMSE (Ford)

[crmalcolm]

Timmy Hansen
Liam Doran
OMSE(Honda)

[RichP]

Driver A: Tanner Foust
Driver B: Timmy Hansen
Team: Subaru

[SnoodyMcFlude]

Bakkerud
K Eriksson
Team Hansen

[tbtstt]

Driver A: Scott Speed
Driver B: Tanner Foust
Team: Hansen

[NaBUru38]

Driver A: Travis Pastrana
Driver B: Tanner Foust
Team: OMSE Honda

[NaBUru38]

I'll switch to the OMSE Ford.

[BertMk2]

Bit late to the party but:

Driver A: Robin Larson
Driver B: Kevin Eriksson
Team: Hansen

[NaBUru38]

Oops, wrong thread.

[MissClarrpz]

Round 1 is done and there have already been plenty of surprises.

Drivers

Kevin Hansen	16
Fraser McConnell	14
Timmy Hansen	14
Steve Arpin	14
Travis Pastrana	12
Scott Speed	11
Tanner Foust	9
Andreas Bakkerud	7
Oliver Eriksson	7
Robin Larson	5
Cabot Bigham	5
Oliver Bennett	5
Kevin Eriksson	4
Liam Doran	3

Teams

RX Cartel	5
OMSE (Fras, Kev)	8
OMSE (Ford)	12
D&R EKS JC	14
OMSE (Erikssons)	14
Hansen	17
Subaru	19

Points Table

		Joker?
MissClarrpz	18	No
NaBUru38	9	No
crmalcolm	5	No
RichP	4	No
tbtstt	3	No
SnoodyMcFlude	-6	No
BertMk2	-8	No

Everyone is still able to use their joker round if they want to. Any new entrants will start with -8 points and will not have a joker. Each permanent change to your line up cost 5 points

[BertMk2]

Off to a storming start

[MissClarrpz]

After Round 2 everyone has got off the mark.

Drivers

Scott Speed	18
Kevin Hansen	17
Travis Pastrana	16
Timmy Hansen	16
Fraser McConnell	14
Robin Larson	12
Oliver Eriksson	11
Steve Arpin	10
Andreas Bakkerud	9
Tanner Foust	8
Oliver Bennett	7
Kevin Eriksson	6
Andrew Carlson	5
Cabot Bigham	4
Liam Doran	2

Teams

Subaru	3
D&R EKS JC	3
RX Cartel	4
OMSE (Erikssons)	6
Hansen	7
OMSE (Ford)	10
OMSE (Fras, Kev)	10

Points Table

	Rd2	Total	Joker?
MissClarrpz	17	35	No
RichP	21	25	No
NaBUru38	14	23	No
tbtstt	19	22	No
crmalcolm	8	13	No
BertMk2	11	3	No
SnoodyMcFlude	8	2	No

Everyone is still able to use their joker round if they want to. Any new entrants will start with 0 points and will not have a joker. Each permanent change to your line up cost 5 points

[MissClarrpz]

Round 3 is done and dusted and the points have closed up nicely.

Drivers

Scott Speed	17
Travis Pastrana	17
Timmy Hansen	14
Steve Arpin	13
Kyle Busch	11
Tanner Foust	10
Robin Larson	9
Kevin Hansen	9
Cabot Bigham	9
Fraser McConnell	7
Kevin Eriksson	6
Oliver Eriksson	5
Ronalds Baldins	1
Liam Doran	0
Oliver Bennett	0

Teams

D&R EKS JC	5
Subaru	6
OMSE (Erikssons)	7
OMSE (Ford)	11
Hansen	12
OMSE (Fras, Kev)	14
RX Cartel	24

Points Table

	Rd3	Total	Joker?
MissClarrpz	11	46	No
RichP	18	43	No
NaBUru38	16	39	No
tbtstt	15	37	No
crmalcolm	3	16	No
SnoodyMcFlude	5	7	No
BertMk2	3	6	No

Round 4 is in a few days with the finale not long after that. Any new entries will start on 3 points. Everyone still has a joker, though you don't have to use it.

[MissClarrpz]

Joker round
Driver A: Robin Larson
Driver B: Kevin Eriksson
Team: Hansen

[BertMk2]

I'll play my joker too:

Driver A: Scott Speed
Driver B: Timmy Hansen
Team: OMSE Ford

Can't do any worse right?

[NaBUru38]

Joker round:

Driver A: Travis Pastrana
Driver B: Tanner Foust

Team: Hansen

[MissClarrpz]

Round 4 is in the books.

Drivers

Travis Pastrana	17
Andreas Bakkerud	16
Scott Speed	14
Kevin Eriksson	14
Timmy Hansen	12
Steve Arpin	12
Kevin Hansen	11
Oliver Eriksson	8
Robin Larson	8
Ronalds Baldins	7
Fraser McConnell	4
Liam Doran	4
Tanner Foust	2
Oliver Bennett	1
Cabot Bigham	0

Teams

Hansen	2
Subaru	4
RX Cartel	5
OMSE (Ford)	7
D&R EKS JC	8
OMSE (Erikssons)	11
OMSE (Fras, Kev)	14
OMSE (Honda)	17

Points Table

	Rd 4	Total	Joker?
MissClarrpz	20	66	Yes
NaBUru38	17	56	Yes
RichP	10	53	No
tbtstt	14	51	No
SnoodyMcFlude	28	35	No
crmalcolm	9	25	No
BertMk2	19	25	Yes

4 people are still able to use their joker, though don't have to. Only 1 round to go with the top 4 all able to win.

[NaBUru38]

Thanks Miss Clarrpz!

[tbtstt]

Last round joker:

Driver A: Travis Pastrana
Driver B: Steve Arpin
Team: Hansen

[NaBUru38]

What's the final results, Miss?

[MissClarrpz]

Round 5 is done and so is the whole season.

Drives

Kevin Hansen	16
Timmy Hansen	14
Tanner Foust	14
Scott Speed	12
Kevin Eriksson	11
Travis Pastrana	10
Oliver Eriksson	10
Steve Arpin	9
Robin Larson	8
Fraser McConnell	5
Chase Elliot	5
Liam Doran	4
Ronalds Baldins	4
Cabot Bigham	3
Oliver Bennett	3

Teams

Hansen	3
Subaru	5
OMSE (Honda)	6
RX Cartel	6
OMSE (Fras, Kev)	7
OMSE (Erikssons)	8
D&R EKS JC	12
OMSE (Ford)	15

Well done to RichP! It was tied at the top like many rallycross titles this year. On countback the title goes to you.

Points Table

	Rd 5	Total	Joker?
RichP	23	76	No
MissClarrpz	10	76	Yes
tbtstt	16	67	Yes
NaBUru38	9	65	Yes
SnoodyMcFlude	13	48	No
BertMk2	16	41	Yes
crmalcolm	3	28	No

Thanks everyone for playing along. I want to run it again next year, we'll see which championship it would be best for.

[RichP]

Thanks MissClarrpz for organizing this. Always makes the weekend a bit more enjoyable. I'll be back next year to try and defend my title (sponsors permitting)!!!

[tbtstt]

Originally Posted by MissClarrpz

Thanks everyone for playing along.

Thanks for running: seems quite fitting to have a countback win given how other Championships have finished this year!

[NaBUru38]

Thank you!


That last round hurt my chances.