Created by rallycross driver Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus production in 2018, its inaugural season began in 2021.

In late 2020, it expanded into its own series with plans of running the inaugural season in 2021 and debuting an electric class in 2022.

[2] Nitrocross cars raced with exclusively internal combustion engines in 2021 while the electric Group E class was introduced in 2022.

[3][4][5] Group E's electric vehicles are built using a battery-powered SUV platform called the FC1-X, which is developed by First Corner – a joint venture between QEV Technologies and Olsbergs MSE, the project received manufacturer support such as Ford, Subaru, and Volkswagen.

[11] The final consists of ten cars and points are allocated in five-point intervals beginning with 50 for the winner.