General Tire Off-Road Weekly: September 3, 2024

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Event: Nitrocross Richmond
Location: Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia

Fast Facts: The 2024-25 Nitrocross season kicks off with a return to a NASCAR-centric venue for the first time in half a decade. Adapting a short oval into a rallycross track has been done before, as Global Rallycross did so on both pavement (Bristol Motor Speedway, Memphis International Raceway) and dirt (The Dirt Track at Charlotte), but the Richmond track raises the stakes by putting Nitrocross’ signature crossover jump and Joker Lap front and center on the oval frontstretch.

Event: FIA World Rallycross of Portugal
Location: Montalegre Circuit, Montalegre, Portugal

Fast Facts: Home to the very first World RX event when the series went global in 2014, Montalegre is one of Europe’s most recognizable rallycross tracks thanks to its long start straight, high altitude, and multiple chicanes in the second half of its lap. Over the past three years, four-time and defending series champion Johan Kristoffersson and Niclas Gronholm have taken two final wins apiece on the Portuguese circuit.