MINNEAPOLIS – Fans witnessed a second day of high adrenaline racing Sunday at ERX Motor Park, the latest stop on the five-city Nitro Rallycross calendar.
In the marquee SuperCars class, Rallycross veteran Scott Speed added a Nitro RX trophy to his collection with a textbook performance, leading the stacked field from start to finish. The victory was especially sweet as it completed Speed’s comeback from a broken back sustained at Nitro Rallycross in 2019.
Speed finished less than half of a second ahead motorsports icon – and fellow Subaru Motorsports USA teammate -Travis Pastrana. Placing third, Kevin Hansen maintained the Hansen family’s hold on the Nitro RX podium: Kevin took the top prize in 2019 while his brother Timmy won last weekend at Nitro RX’s Salt Lake City kickoff as well as in 2018 at Nitro RX’s debut race.
In the final of the NRX Next developmental class, Sage Karam completed a stunning comeback from seventh place to take the win, becoming the fourth different winner in four rounds of competition. Spun around backwards on the first turn after a frenzied start, Karam thought his chances of making the podium were finished. Nonetheless, he pressed on and worked his way through the field to cross the finish line nine ahead of runner-up George Megennis. Martin Enlund followed up his win Saturday with a third-place finish in this contest.
In a battle of motorsports legends, Tanner Foust held off Brian Deegan to take gold in the special Side-By-Side event. It was a back and forth contest, with Foust and Deegan putting on a master class for the crowd. Scottie Lawrence secured a third-place finish on the podium.