2025 Indy NXT

2025 Indy NXT season
Firestone Indy NXT Series
Season
Races14
Start dateMarch 2
End dateAugust 31
Awards

The 2025 Firestone Indy NXT Series is the ongoing 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 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.[1]

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 are contracted to compete in the series.

Team No. Drivers Status Round(s)
Abel Motorsports[2] 17 Callum Hedge[3] All
48 Jordan Missig[4] All
Abel Motorsports with Miller Vinatieri Motorsports 40 Jack William Miller[5] All
Abel Motorsports with Force Indy 99 Myles Rowe[6] All
Andretti Global 26 Lochie Hughes[7] R All
27 Salvador de Alba[8] All
28 Dennis Hauger[9] R All
29 James Roe[10] All
Andretti Cape Indy NXT 2 Sebastian Murray[11] R All
3 Ricardo Escotto[12] All
Chip Ganassi Racing[13] 9 Jonathan Browne[14] 1
Bryce Aron[15] 2–14
10 Niels Koolen[14] All
HMD Motorsports 11 Nolan Allaer[16] All
14 Josh Pierson[17] All
16 Tommy Smith[18] R All
18 Nikita Johnson[19] R 1, 3–4, 14
Max Taylor[20] R 2, 5, 9–11, 13
24 Sophia Flörsch[21] R 1
Evagoras Papasavvas[22][23] R 2–4, 7–8
Davey Hamilton Jr.[24] 6, 9, 13–14
30 Liam Sceats[25] R 1–5, 7
38 Hailie Deegan[26] R All
39 Bryce Aron[27] 1
Juan Manuel Correa[28] R 3–6, 8
76 Caio Collet[29] All
Icon Status
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year
 RY  Rookie of the Year

Team changes

  • On September 4, 2024, IndyCar team Chip Ganassi Racing announced its return to the Indy NXT series with a two-car effort.[13] CGR last competed in Indy NXT's predecessor Indy Lights in 2008.
  • On February 4, 2025, Abel Motorsports announced a partnership with Miller Vinatieri Motorsports to field the No. 40 as their fourth entry, with Jack William Miller as the driver.[5]
  • On February 13, 2025, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced it had elected to temporarily step back from competing in Indy NXT to focus on their IndyCar efforts, thereby relinquishing their 2025 entry despite having already signed Miguel María García to drive one of their cars.[30]

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.[36] 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.[23]
  • 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.[15]
  • 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.[28] Correa would enter the rounds at Indianapolis, Detroit, Gateway and Mid-Ohio.
  • 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.[37]

Schedule

The 2025 schedule was announced on June 13, 2024. Indy NXT will visit the same twelve locations as the year before.[38]

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

Race results

Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 Streets of St. Petersburg Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Andretti Global
2 Barber Motorsports Park Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Andretti Global
3 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Lochie Hughes Lochie Hughes Lochie Hughes Lochie Hughes Andretti Global
4 Lochie Hughes Josh Pierson Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Andretti Global
5 Detroit Street Circuit Dennis Hauger Lochie Hughes Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Andretti Global
6 World Wide Technology Raceway Dennis Hauger Caio Collet Caio Collet Lochie Hughes Andretti Global
7 Road America Dennis Hauger Caio Collet Dennis Hauger Caio Collet HMD Motorsports
8 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Dennis Hauger Caio Collet Dennis Hauger Dennis Hauger Andretti Global
9 Iowa Speedway
10 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
11
12 Portland International Raceway
13 Milwaukee Mile
14 Nashville Superspeedway

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 
Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9
  • The fastest driver in each qualifying session is awarded one additional point.
  • Every driver who leads at least one lap is awarded a bonus point, the driver who leads the most laps gets two points.

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver STP ALA IMS DET GAT ROA MOH IOW LAG POR MIL NSH Points
1 Dennis Hauger 1L* 1L* 8 1L* 1L* 5L 2L* 1L* 371
2 Lochie Hughes 2 3 1L* 2L 5 1L 3 3 324
3 Caio Collet 3 19 2 5 2 3L* 1L 2 288
4 Myles Rowe 4 4 3 3 18 2 5 10 236
5 Josh Pierson 9 5 6 9 4 6 4 5 224
6 Salvador de Alba 5 11 5 4 8 4 8 4 223
7 Callum Hedge 8 18 4 10 11 7 6 6 189
8 Jack William Miller 16 8 9 19 7 19 7 11 153
9 Jordan Missig 6 12 11 17 12 11 19 7 152
10 Sebastian Murray 17 16 12 12 6 12 11 18 140
11 Niels Koolen 21 13 18 6 9 10 15 14 139
12 Bryce Aron 13 15 15 15 10 14 9 12 138
13 Ricardo Escotto 10 9 14 16 20 13 13 19 127
14 Liam Sceats 18 6 7 8 14 10 126
15 James Roe 20 10 19 11 13 18 14 13 122
16 Evagoras Papasavvas 2 10 13 12 9 117
17 Tommy Smith 15 14 13 21 17 17 17 15 111
18 Nolan Allaer 19 20 16 20 15 9 16 16 110
19 Juan Manuel Correa 21 14 3 8 8 108
20 Hailie Deegan 14 17 17 18 16 16 18 17 107
21 Nikita Johnson 11 20 7 55
22 Max Taylor 7 19 37
23 Jonathan Browne 7 26
24 Sophia Flörsch 12 18
25 Davey Hamilton Jr. 15 15
Pos Driver STP ALA IMS DET GAT ROA MOH IOW LAG POR MIL NSH Points
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn (Wth)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not

participate (DNP)

Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position (1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
L Led a race lap (1 point)
* Led most race laps (2 points)
1 Qualifying cancelled
no bonus point awarded
Rookie
Rookie of the Year
  • Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

Entrants' championship

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

Pos Entry STP ALA IMS DET GAT ROA MOH IOW LAG POR MIL NSH Points
1 #28 Andretti Global 1L* 1L* 8 1L* 1L* 5L 2L 1L* 371
2 #26 Andretti Global 2 3 1L* 2L 5 1L 3 3 324
3 #76 HMD Motorsports 3 19 2 5 2 3L* 1L 2 288
4 #99 Abel Motorsports with Force Indy 4 4 3 3 18 2 5 10 236
5 #14 HMD Motorsports 9 5 6 9 4 6 4 5 224
6 #27 Andretti Global 5 11 5 4 8 4 8 4 223
7 #17 Abel Motorsports 8 18 4 10 11 7 6 6 189
8 #40 Abel Motorsports with Miller Vinatieri Motorsports 16 8 9 19 7 19 7 11 153
9 #48 Abel Motorsports 6 12 11 17 12 11 19 7 152
10 #24 HMD Motorsports 12 2 10 13 15 12 9 150
11 #9 Chip Ganassi Racing 7 15 15 15 10 14 9 12 147
12 #2 Andretti Cape Indy NXT 17 16 12 12 6 12 11 18 140
13 #10 Chip Ganassi Racing 21 13 18 6 9 10 15 14 139
14 #3 Andretti Cape Indy NXT 10 9 14 16 20 13 13 19 127
15 #30 HMD Motorsports 18 6 7 8 14 10 126
16 #39 HMD Motorsports 13 21 14 3 8 8 125
17 #29 Andretti Global 20 10 19 11 13 18 14 13 122
18 #16 HMD Motorsports 15 14 13 21 17 17 17 15 111
19 #11 HMD Motorsports 19 20 16 20 15 9 16 16 110
20 #38 HMD Motorsports 14 17 17 18 16 16 18 17 107
21 #18 HMD Motorsports 11 7 20 7 19 92
Pos Entry STP ALA IMS DET GAT ROA MOH IOW LAG POR MIL NSH Points

See also

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