By Steve Wittich

Similar to the first INDY NXT by Firestone test on Firestone rubber, the second test at the same 2.21-Mile, 14-Turn Homestead-Miami Speedway road course saw a mix of expected and unexpected names at the top of the timing screens at the end of the day.

The one constant, though, was the pace shown by the pair of Juncos Hollinger Racing rookies. Matteo Nannini, who ended the late January test with the fourth-quickest time, was the only driver to turn a lap below 76 seconds to end the off-season on a high note. His teammate Reece Gold ended the day with the fourth quickest lap.

Returnee and championship favorite Hunter McElrea set the second quickest time, followed by his rookie Andretti Autosport teammate James Roe, Jr. as the third best.

Enaam Ahmed, announced as the second Cape Motorsports driver this morning, rounded out the top five after leading the test in January.

Nannini and McElrea had a sizeable time advantage over the remaining 17 drivers, who were covered by less than a second, however we suggest you don’t read too much into this. Drivers and teams were given the opportunity to utilize push-to-pass, and that can create lap time discrepancies depending on when and how the extra horsepower is applied.

The 19 drivers completed 1213 laps (2680.73 miles) of testing.

The same pilots will move to the opposite coast of the Sunshine State to start their season with practice on the Streets Of St. Petersburg on Friday.

Very unofficial testing results from Homestead-Miami Speedway

RANK	DRIVER	TEAM	BEST LAP	DIFF.	TOTAL LAPS
1	Matteo Nannini	Juncos Hollinger Racing	75.935		63
2	Hunter McElrea	Andretti Autosport	76.203	-0.268	75
3	James Roe, Jr.	Andretti Autosport	76.582	-0.647	75
4	Reece Gold	Juncos Hollinger Racing	76.646	-0.711	60
5	Enaam Ahmed	Cape Motorsports	76.662	-0.727	38
6	Louis Foster	Andretti Autosport	76.796	-0.861	106
7	Kyffin Simpson	HMD Motorsports	76.816	-0.881	67
8	Rasmus Lindh	HMD Motorsports	76.828	-0.893	68
9	Jagger Jones	Cape Motorsports	76.880	-0.945	54
10	Jacob Abel	Abel Motorsports	76.895	-0.96	61
11	Christian Rasmussen	HMD Motorsports w/Dale Coyne Racing	76.979	-1.044	37
12	Danial Frost	HMD Motorsports w/Dale Coyne Racing	77.037	-1.102	63
13	Jamie Chadwick	Andretti Autosport	77.039	-1.104	74
14	Colin Kaminsky	Abel Motorsports	77.120	-1.185	39
15	Christian Bogle	HMD Motorsports w/Dale Coyne Racing	77.353	-1.418	68
16	Josh Pierson	HMD Motorsports	77.427	-1.492	77
17	Ernie Francis, Jr.	Force Indy w/HMD Motorsports	77.465	-1.53	69
18	Nolan Siegel	HMD Motorsports w/Dale Coyne Racing	77.507	-1.572	56
19	Josh Green	HMD Motorsports w/Dale Coyne Racing	77.517	-1.582	63