2025 Indy NXT

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2025 Indy NXT season
Firestone Indy NXT Series
Season
Races14
Start dateMarch 2
End dateAugust 31
Awards
Drivers' champion Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger
Rookie of the Year Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger
  2024
2026  

The 2025 Firestone Indy NXT Series was the 39th 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 was 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. [1]

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Andretti Global driver Dennis Hauger won the Drivers' Championship title with one race to spare, and in doing so also became Rookie of the Year.

Dennis Hauger of Andretti Global won the championship in his rookie season of Indy NXT Dennis Hauger 2021.JPG
Dennis Hauger of Andretti Global won the championship in his rookie season of Indy NXT

Teams and drivers

All teams used Dallara IL-15 cars with an AER produced Mazda sourced 2.0 litre engine and Firestone tires. The following drivers and teams competed 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
Abel Motorsports with Miller Vinatieri Motorsports40 Flag of the United States.svg Jack William Miller [5] All
Abel Motorsports with Force Indy99 Flag of the United States.svg Myles Rowe [6] All
Andretti Global 26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes [7] RAll
27 Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador de Alba [8] All
28 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger [9]  RY All
29 Flag of Ireland.svg James Roe [10] All
Andretti Cape Indy NXT 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sebastian Murray [11] RAll
3 Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo Escotto [12] 1–9
Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando [13] 12–14
Chip Ganassi Racing [14] 9 Flag of Ireland.svg Jonathan Browne [15] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Aron [16] 2–14
10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Koolen [15] All
HMD Motorsports 11 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Allaer [17] 1–12, 14
14 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Pierson [18] All
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tommy Smith [19] RAll
18 Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson [20] R1, 3–4
Flag of the United States.svg Max Taylor [21] R2, 5, 9–11, 13
24 Flag of Germany.svg Sophia Flörsch [22] R1
Flag of the United States.svg Evagoras Papasavvas [23] [24] R2–4, 7–8
Flag of the United States.svg Davey Hamilton Jr. [25] 6, 9, 13–14
Flag of Brazil.svg Nicholas Monteiro [26] R12
30 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Sceats [27] R1–5, 7, 10–11
38 Flag of the United States.svg Hailie Deegan [28] RAll
39 Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Aron [29] 1
Flag of the United States.svg Juan Manuel Correa [30] R3–6, 8–12
76 Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet [31] All
IconStatus
REligible for Rookie of the Year
 RY Rookie of the Year

Team changes

Driver changes

Mid-season

  • On March 27, 2025, HMD Motorsports announced that Sophia Flörsch would not continue her campaign in the No. 24 car and exit the team and the series after just one race. [38] The team announced on April 29 that Evagoras Papasavvas would pilot that car at Barber Motorsports Park and Indianapolis, making his Indy NXT debut a month earlier than originally planned. [24]
  • On April 29, 2025, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that Bryce Aron would take over its No. 9 entry after Jonathan Browne was forced to end his campaign due to budget issues. Aron therefore left HMD Motorsports and the No. 39 car after a single round. [16]
  • On May 7, 2025, HMD Motorsports announced that IMSA driver Juan Manuel Correa would make his US open-wheel debut in the No. 39 entry vacated by Aron. [30] Correa would enter the rounds at Indianapolis, Detroit, Gateway, Mid-Ohio, Iowa, Laguna Seca and Portland.
  • On May 14, 2025, HMD Motorsports announced that sprint car racer Davey Hamilton Jr. would drive the No. 24 entry vacated by Flörsch at the four oval events of the season, returning to Indy NXT after last entering three races in its predecessor series in 2016 and 2018. [39]
  • On July 25, 2025, Andretti Cape announced that it had parted ways with Ricardo Escotto ahead of the Laguna Seca double-header. [40] On August 5, it was announced that Michael d'Orlando would take over the No. 3 Andretti Cape entry for the final three rounds of the season. [13]
  • On July 31, 2025, HMD Motorsports announced that USF Pro 2000 driver Nicholas Monteiro would drive the No. 24 entry at Portland, making his Indy NXT debut. [26]
  • On August 19, 2025, HMD Motorsports disclosed that Nolan Allaer and the No. 11 car would not enter the Milwaukee event due to "family and school obligations". [41]

Schedule

The 2025 schedule was announced on June 13, 2024. Indy NXT visited the same twelve locations as the year before. [42]

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1March 2Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  S  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  S  Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan
6June 15Indy NXT by Firestone at World Wide Technology Raceway 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 at Iowa Speedway 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 at the Milwaukee Mile O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
14August 31Indy NXT by Firestone Music City Grand Prix  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee
IconMeaning
 O Oval track
 R Road course
 S Street circuit

Race results

Rd.TrackPole positionFastest lapMost laps ledRace winner
DriverTeam
1 Streets of St. Petersburg Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Andretti Global
2 Barber Motorsports Park Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Andretti Global
3 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Andretti Global
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Flag of the United States.svg Josh Pierson Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Andretti Global
5 Detroit Street Circuit Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Andretti Global
6 World Wide Technology Raceway Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes Andretti Global
7 Road America Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet HMD Motorsports
8 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Andretti Global
9 Iowa Speedway Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of the United States.svg Myles Rowe Abel Motorsports with Force Indy
10 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet HMD Motorsports
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet HMD Motorsports
12 Portland International Raceway Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Andretti Global
13 Milwaukee Mile Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador de Alba Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador de Alba Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador de Alba Andretti Global
14 Nashville Superspeedway Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador de Alba Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Missig Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador de Alba Flag of the United States.svg Myles Rowe Abel Motorsports with Force Indy

Season report

Opening rounds

The 2025 Indy NXT season began with a brilliant debut for Andretti's Dennis Hauger, who broke the track record in qualifying around the Streets of St. Petersburg to claim pole position. [43] He led from the outset of the race, which was interrupted early by multiple crashes leading to three caution periods. Despite pressure from his teammate Lochie Hughes at each restart, Hauger gradually pulled clear after the third interruption ended on lap 24 and established a commanding lead, before a late crash for Abel/Miller Vinatieri Motorsports’ Jack William Miller brought out the pace car, ending the race under caution. Hauger secured victory ahead of Hughes, with HMD MotorsportsCaio Collet third. [44]

Championship standings

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

Drivers' championship

PosDriver STP ALA IMS DET GAT ROA MOH IOW LAG POR MIL NSH Points
1 Flag of Norway.svg Dennis Hauger 1L*1L*81L*1L*5L2L*1L*21L*2161L*23599
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Collet 3192523L*1L241L*1L*274527
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lochie Hughes 231L*2L51L33166151035466
4 Flag of the United States.svg Myles Rowe 44331825101L48361L458
5 Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador de Alba 511548484319951L*2L*418
6 Flag of the United States.svg Josh Pierson 95694645113211119378
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Callum Hedge 818410117666534418358
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Niels Koolen 2113186910151451166127288
9 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Missig 61211171211197818108138273
10 Flag of the United States.svg Jack William Miller 1689197197111477131715266
11 Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Aron 131515151014912910191956260
12 Flag of Ireland.svg James Roe 20101911131814137141318910235
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sebastian Murray 171612126121118Wth175161611230
14 Flag of the United States.svg Hailie Deegan 1417171816161817181211171413202
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tommy Smith 1514132117171715171312121817202
16 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Allaer 192016201591616199141512192
17 Flag of the United States.svg Juan Manuel Correa 21143881215179176
18 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Sceats 186781410818162
19 Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo Escotto 10914162013131913144
20 Flag of the United States.svg Max Taylor 7191016410123
21 Flag of the United States.svg Evagoras Papasavvas 21013129117
22 Flag of the United States.svg Michael d'Orlando 781466
23 Flag of the United States.svg Davey Hamilton Jr. 1515151659
24 Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson 1120755
25 Flag of Ireland.svg Jonathan Browne 726
26 Flag of Germany.svg Sophia Flörsch 1218
27 Flag of Brazil.svg Nicholas Monteiro 1416
PosDriver STP ALA IMS DET GAT ROA MOH IOW LAG POR MIL NSH Points
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
Rookie
Rookie of the Year
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Entrants' championship

Entrants scored points in the same way drivers score points, including bonus points for pole position and laps led.

PosEntry STP ALA IMS DET GAT ROA MOH IOW LAG POR MIL NSH Points
1#28 Andretti Global 1L*1L*81L*1L*5L2L1L*21L*2161L*23599
2#76 HMD Motorsports 3192523L*1L241L*1L*274527
3#26 Andretti Global 231L*2L51L33166151035466
4#99 Abel Motorsports with Force Indy44331825101L48361L458
5#27 Andretti Global 511548484319951L*2L*418
6#14 HMD Motorsports 95694645113211119378
7#17 Abel Motorsports 818410117666534418358
8#10 Chip Ganassi Racing 2113186910151451166127288
9#48 Abel Motorsports 61211171211197818108138273
10#9 Chip Ganassi Racing 71515151014912910191956269
11#40 Abel Motorsports with Miller Vinatieri Motorsports1689197197111477131715266
12#29 Andretti Global 20101911131814137141318910235
13#2 Andretti Cape Indy NXT 171612126121118Wth175161611230
14#24 HMD Motorsports 12210131512915141516210
15#3 Andretti Cape Indy NXT 109141620131319137814210
16#38 HMD Motorsports 1417171816161817181211171413202
17#16 HMD Motorsports 1514132117171715171312121817202
18#39 HMD Motorsports 1321143881215179193
19#11 HMD Motorsports 192016201591616199141512192
20#18 HMD Motorsports 117207191016410178
21#30 HMD Motorsports 186781410818162
PosEntry STP ALA IMS DET GAT ROA MOH IOW LAG POR MIL NSH Points

See also

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