2025 Indy NXT

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2025 Indy NXT season
Firestone Indy NXT Series
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Start dateMarch 2
End dateAugust 31
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The 2025 Firestone Indy NXT Series is scheduled to be the 38th season of the Indy NXT open wheel auto racing series and the 23rd sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. This is the third year of the championship running under the Indy NXT moniker following its acquisition by Penske Entertainment, the owner of the IndyCar Series, in 2022. All races will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2. [1]

Contents

Teams and drivers

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

TeamNo.DriversStatusRound(s)
Abel Motorsports [2] 17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Callum Hedge [3] All
48 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Missig [4] All
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Abel Motorsports with Force Indy99 Flag of the United States.svg Myles Rowe [5] All
Andretti Global 26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes [6]  R All
27 Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador de Alba [7] All
28 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger [8]  R All
29 Flag of Ireland.svg James Roe [9] All
Andretti Cape Indy NXT 3 Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo Escotto [10] All
Chip Ganassi Racing [11] 9 Flag of Ireland.svg Jonathan Browne [12] All
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Koolen [12] All
HMD Motorsports 11 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Allaer [13] All
14 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Pierson [14] All
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tommy Smith [15]  R All
23 Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet [16] All
38 Flag of the United States.svg Hailie Deegan [17]  R All
39 Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Aron [18] All
TBA Flag of Germany.svg Sophia Flörsch [19]  R All
Juncos Hollinger Racing 75 Flag of Paraguay.svg Miguel María García [20]  R All
76Flag of none.svg TBATBC
Miller Vinatieri Racing40 Flag of the United States.svg Jack William Miller [21] All
IconStatus
 R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Team changes

Driver changes

Schedule

The 2025 schedule was announced on June 13, 2024. Indy NXT will visit the same twelve locations as the year before. [25]

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1March 2Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2May 4Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Alabama R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
3May 9Indy NXT by Firestone Indianapolis Grand Prix R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
4May 10
5June 1Indy NXT by Firestone Detroit Grand Prix R  Detroit Street Circuit Detroit, Michigan
6June 15Indy NXT by Firestone Outfront Showdown O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois
7June 22Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix at Road America R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
8July 6Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
9July 12Indy NXT by Firestone Iowa 100 O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
10July 26Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
11July 27
12August 10Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Portland R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
13August 24Indy NXT by Firestone Milwaukee 100 O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
14August 31Indy NXT by Firestone Music City 100 O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee
O Oval track
R Road/street course

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  21st 
Points50403532302826242220191817161514131211109

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