Nitrocross Oklahoma Day One Recap

June 17, 2023Joe Moore
NitroCross

The first day of Nitrocross Oklahoma has come to an end. Qualifiers and the Battle Round took place. Find out more below!

Battle Round Qualifiers

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Qualifier One

Travis Pastrana, Fraser McConnell and Robin Larsson would face off in the first qualifier. Travis Pastrana would set the fastest lap in the qualifier, 0.333 seconds faster than McConnell. 

Qualifier Two

Andreas Bakkerud, Kris Meeke and Kevin Eriksson would face off in the second qualifier. Andreas Bakkerud set the fastest lap in the qualifier, finishing 0.489 seconds faster than Kris Meeke. 

Qualifier Three 

Oliver Eriksson, Conor Daly, and Benito Guerra faced off in the third qualifier. Oliver Eriksson set the fastest lap in the qualifier, finishing 1.937 seconds faster than Conor Daly. 

Qualifier Four

Oliver Bennett and Conner Martell faced off in the fourth and final qualifier. Oliver Bennett set the fastest lap during the qualifier, over a minute faster than Martell. As Martell wouldn’t complete two laps so no time was registered. 

Battle Rounds

Group One

Kevin Eriksson, Robin Larsson and Benito Guerra faced off in the first battle group. Kevin Eriksson would take the battle win, finishing with a time 2.654 seconds faster than Robin Larsson to advance to the Battle finals. Benito Guerra would finish the race 28.006 seconds slower than Larsson. 

Group Two

Fraser McConnell, Kris Meeke, Conor Daly and Conner Martell faced off in the second battle group. Fraser McConnel would take the win, beating Kris Meeke by 0.730 seconds to advance to the battle final. Conor Daly finished 3.710 seconds slower than Meeke. 

Group Three

Andreas Bakkerud, Oliver Eriksson, Travis Pastrana and Oliver Bennett faced off in the third and final battle group. Andreas Bakkerud took the win, setting a time a minute and 40.647 seconds faster than Oliver Eriksson.

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