By Steve Wittich After a pair of pace laps of the 1.8-mile, 14-turn St. Petersburg street circuit behind the Honda Civic Type R, the veteran front row of pole winner Nolan Siegel (HMD Motorsports) and Jacob Abel (HMD Motorsports) brought the field down the long front straight for the first green flag of the year.
READ MOREHMD Motorsports’ veteran Nolan Siegel reacts to winning his first career INDY NXT by Firestone pole at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Photo Courtesy Of Penske Entertainment – Chris Jones) By Steve Wittich After starting in the first two rows in seven of 14 races during the 2023 season, HMD Motorsports veteran Nolan
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By Steve Wittich The 8:25 am alarm clock for the denizens of the hundreds of condos surrounding the 1.8-mile, 14-turn St. Petersburg street circuit was the sweet sound of 21 AER-prepared turbo-charged 2.0L four-cylinder engines. The ambient temperature at the beginning of the session was 75F with high humidity. The track temperature was 80F. The
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Louis Foster in the Novara Technologies sponsored No. 26 from the Andretti Global stable during testing at Sebring International Raceway (Photo Courtesy Of Penske Entertainment – Chris Jones) By Steve Wittich The 39th season of INDY NXT by Firestone action got underway for the first practice of the 2024 season after a
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By Steve Wittich Michael d’Orlando on track in the No. 75 Juncos Hollinger Racing machine Photo Courtesy Of Penske Entertainment – Chris Jones) Juncos Hollinger Racing, with rookie Michael d’Orlando turning a lap at 57.294 seconds, led a mixed weather two-day NXT by Firestone series test at Sebring International Raceway that had 15 of the
READ MOREINDIANAPOLIS (January 16, 2024) – Andretti Global announced today that Salvador de Alba Jr. will pilot the No. 2 Andretti Cape INDY NXT Dallara for the newly-formed Andretti Cape INDY NXT team in the 2024 INDY NXT by Firestone season. The 24-year-old Mexican driver enters the Championship through a two-year agreement making his 2024 series debut
READ MOREINDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 15, 2024) – Andretti Global announced today that the multi-time INDY NXT championship team has formed a technical partnership with Cape Motorsports entering the 2024 INDY NXT by Firestone season. The newly formed Andretti Cape INDY NXT alliance will see Cape Motorsports receive engineering and operational support from Andretti, building on the successful model between
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By Steve Wittich Andretti Global returnee Louis Foster led a tight field of 21 INDY NXT by Firestone drivers at the 12th annual Chris Griffis Memorial on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Seventeen drivers were within one second of the 74.8432-second lap turned by the Odiham, England native on his 20th of
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By Patrick Stephan The second race of the weekend and the final race of the 2023 INDY NXT by Firestone season went green at 10:15am Pacific Time with the air temp at just 58F, the track at 90F and the humidity at 88%. We had a delay this morning for the NTT INDYCAR Series final...
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By Patrick Stephan The first INDY NXT by Firestone race of the weekend started with the air temp up to 76F and the track at 118F. The sun is shining brightly on the 18 car field with the humidity at 50%. This is much warmer than this morning’s qualifying sessions, which were delayed 35 minutes...
