2024 Indy NXT

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2024 Indy NXT season
Firestone Indy NXT Series
Season
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Start dateMarch 10
End dateSeptember 15
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The 2024 Firestone Indy NXT Series is the 37th season of the Indy NXT open wheel motor racing series and the 22nd sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. This is the second year of the championship running under the Indy NXT moniker following its acquisition by Penske Entertainment, the owner of the IndyCar Series, in 2022. [1]

Contents

Series news

Teams and drivers

All teams use Dallara IL-15 cars with an AER produced Mazda sourced 2.0 litre engine and Firestone tires. The following drivers and teams compete in the series.

TeamNo.DriversStatusRound(s)
Abel Motorsports21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Mason [3]  R All
22 Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy [4]  R All
51 Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Abel [5] All
57 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Ferns [6]  R 10–11, 13–14
Andretti Global [7] 26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Louis Foster [8] All
27 Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Aron [9]  R All
28 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Chadwick [10] All
29 Flag of Ireland.svg James Roe Jr. [11] All
Andretti Cape Indy NXT [12] 2 Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador de Alba [13]  R All
3 Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando [2]  R 1
HMD Motorsports 7 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Bogle [14] All
10 Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold [15] All
11 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Allaer [16]  R All
14 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Pierson [17] All
17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Callum Hedge [18]  R All
18 Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet [19]  R All
23 Flag of Ireland.svg Jonathan Browne [20]  R All
33 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Koolen [21]  R All
39 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel [22] All
HMD Motorsports with Force Indy99 Flag of the United States.svg Myles Rowe [23]  R All
Juncos Hollinger Racing 76 Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Brewer [24]  R All
Miller Vinatieri Racing40 Flag of the United States.svg Jack William Miller [25]  R All
IconStatus
 R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Team changes

Driver changes

Mid-season

  • On March 26, 2024, Abel Motorsport announced they would enter a fourth car for the four oval events, piloted by USAC short-track driver Taylor Ferns. [6]

Schedule

The 2024 schedule was announced on October 4, 2023. The IMS weekend in May became a double-header again as the second IMS weekend was removed, while the Detroit weekend will only hold a single race. The Laguna Seca double-header was moved to June following the rescheduling of the Monterey Grand Prix. The round at Nashville became the season finale to follow the same move for the Music City Grand Prix. The championship will return to the Milwaukee Mile for the first time since 2015. [30]

On February 14, It was announced that the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix would be moved from the downtown Streets of Nashville to the Nashville Superspeedway instead due to anticipated construction beginning on the new Tennessee Titans Stadium, which would interfere with the course for the race. [31]

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1March 10 Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2April 28 Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Alabama  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
3May 10Indy NXT by Firestone Indianapolis Grand Prix Race 1 R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
4May 11Indy NXT by Firestone Indianapolis Grand Prix Race 2
5June 2Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Detroit R  Detroit Street Circuit Detroit, Michigan
6June 9Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix at Road America R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
7June 22Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Monterrey Race 1 R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
8June 23Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Monterrey Race 2
9July 7Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
10July 13Indy NXT by Firestone Iowa 100 O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
11August 17TBA O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois
12August 25Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Portland R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
13August 31Indy NXT by Firestone Milwaukee 100 O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
14September 15Indy NXT by Firestone Music City 100 O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee
O Oval track
R Road/street course

Race results

Rd.TrackPole PositionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winner
DriverTeam
1 Flag of the United States.svg Streets of St. Petersburg Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel HMD Motorsports
2 Flag of the United States.svg Barber Motorsports Park
3 Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
4
5 Flag of the United States.svg Detroit Street Circuit
6 Flag of the United States.svg Road America
7 Flag of the United States.svg WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
8
9 Flag of the United States.svg Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
10 Flag of the United States.svg Iowa Speedway
11 Flag of the United States.svg World Wide Technology Raceway
12 Flag of the United States.svg Portland International Raceway
13 Flag of the United States.svg Milwaukee Mile
14 Flag of the United States.svg Nashville Superspeedway

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th  20th 
Points5040353230282624222019181716151413121110
PosDriver STP ALA IMS DET ROA LAG MOH IOW GAT POR MIL NSH Points
1 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel 1L*54
2 Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Abel 240
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Louis Foster 335
4 Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando  R 432
5 Flag of the United States.svg Reece Gold 530
6 Flag of Ireland.svg Jonathan Browne  R 628
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet  R 726
8 Flag of the United States.svg Myles Rowe  R 824
9 Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador de Alba  R 922
10 Flag of the United States.svg Christian Bogle 1020
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Callum Hedge  R 1119
12 Flag of the United States.svg Yuven Sundaramoorthy  R 1218
13 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Pierson 1317
14 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Allaer  R 1416
15 Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Brewer  R 1515
16 Flag of Ireland.svg James Roe Jr. 1614
17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Josh Mason  R 1713
18 Flag of the United States.svg Jack William Miller  R 1812
19 Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Aron  R 1911
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Chadwick 2010
21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Koolen  R 219
PosDriver STP ALA IMS DET ROA LAG MOH IOW GAT POR MIL NSH Points

Teams' championship

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th+ 
Points221815121086421
  • Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
  • Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th–10th place
Dark BlueFinished (Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn (Wth)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
BlankDid not

participate (DNP)

Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position (1 point)
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
LLed a race lap (1 point)
*Led most race laps (2 points)
1Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
 R Rookie
 RY Rookie of the Year
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.
PosTeam STP ALA IMS DET ROA LAG MOH IOW GAT POR MIL NSH Points
1 HMD Motorsports 132
5
2Abel Motorsports222
8
3 Andretti Cape Indy NXT418
7
4 Andretti Global 316
10
5 HMD Motorsports with Force Indy611
6 Juncos Hollinger Racing 95
7 Miller Vinatieri Racing114
PosTeam STP ALA IMS DET ROA LAG MOH IOW GAT POR MIL NSH Points

See also

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