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2026 Indy NXT season
Firestone Indy NXT Series
Season
Races17
Start date1 March
End date6 September
Awards
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The 2026 Firestone Indy NXT Series is the fortieth season of the Indy NXT open wheel auto racing series and the 24th sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IndyCar Series. This is the fourth 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

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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.

Team No. Drivers Status Round(s)
Abel Motorsports 12 United States Max Garcia[2] R All
48 United States Jordan Missig[3] 1–13
United States Jacob Abel[4] 14
57 United States Colin Kaminsky[5] All
Abel Motorsports with Force Indy 99 United States Myles Rowe[6] All
Andretti Global 26 Australia Lochie Hughes[7] All
27 United Kingdom Sebastian Murray[8] All
28 United States Max Taylor[9] All
29 United States Josh Pierson[10] All
A. J. Foyt Racing[11][N 1] 4 Brazil Nicholas Monteiro[12] R All
14 Argentina Alessandro de Tullio[13][N 2] R All
Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR[14] 20 Italy Matteo Nannini[15] All
21 United States Nikita Johnson[16] R All
Chip Ganassi Racing[17] 8 Republic of Ireland James Roe[18] All
9 United States Bryce Aron[18] All
10 Netherlands Niels Koolen[18] All
11 United States Carson Etter[18] R All
Cusick Morgan Motorsports[19][20][N 1] 15 Australia Nicolas Stati[21] R 1–7, 9–17
United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy[22] 8
68 United States Juan Manuel Correa[23] All
HMD Motorsports[19] 17 Mexico Salvador de Alba[24] 1–13, 15
United Kingdom Bart Harrison[25] R 14, 16–17
45 Australia Jack Beeton[26] R All
67 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi[27] R All
71 Poland Tymek Kucharczyk[28] R All
Juncos Hollinger Racing[29] 75 United States Alexander Koreiba[30] R All
76 Mexico Ricardo Escotto[31] 1–10
United States Nolan Allaer[32] 11–12, 14, 16–17
Icon Status
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year
 RY  Rookie of the Year

Team changes

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  • On August 27, 2025, IndyCar team Cusick Motorsports announced it would enter two cars in the Indy NXT series in a technical partnership with HMD Motorsports that would also see the latter team scale back its Indy NXT program to four cars.[19] On September 5, 2025, Cusick Motorsports announced it had rebranded to Cusick Morgan Motorsports after its team director Billy Morgan.[20]
  • On September 8, 2025, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced its return to the Indy NXT series. The team had previously competed in the series until the 2024 season, when it had elected to temporarily step back from competing in Indy NXT to focus on its IndyCar efforts.[29]
  • On October 21, 2025, IndyCar team A. J. Foyt Racing announced it would enter two cars in Indy NXT in a strategic alliance with HMD Motorsports.[11]
  • On October 24, IndyCar team Ed Carpenter Racing announced it would enter two cars in Indy NXT in a partnership with Cape Motorsports, who ended its association with Andretti Global.[14]

Driver changes

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  • On September 15, 2025, Abel Motorsports announced that 2025 USF Pro 2000 champion Max Garcia would graduate to Indy NXT with the team, driving the No. 12 entry for the 2026 season.[2]
  • On September 22, 2025, Cape Motorsports announced Nikita Johnson would join the team for his full-time debut in the 2026 season after previously competing in two rounds with HMD Motorsports in 2025.[16]
  • On September 23, 2025, Andretti Global confirmed that reigning champion Dennis Hauger would move up to the IndyCar series with Dale Coyne Racing.[33]
  • On September 30, 2025, Andretti Global announced that Sebastian Murray would move over from Andretti Cape Indy NXT to the main Andretti team for his second Indy NXT season.[8]
  • On October 14, 2025, Andretti Global announced their third driver in Max Taylor, who joined the team for his full-season debut after entering six events in 2025 driving for HMD Motorsports.[9]
  • On October 15, 2025, Cusick Morgan Motorsports announced that their first Indy NXT driver would be Nicolas Stati, who graduates from the Formula Regional Americas Championship.[21]
  • On October 21, 2025, Abel Motorsports announced that Colin Kaminsky would drive for the team in 2026 on his Indy NXT return after last competing in the series in 2023.[5]
  • On October 21, 2025, Andretti Global announced Josh Pierson as the final driver in its lineup, who moved over from HMD Motorsports for his fourth Indy NXT season.[10]
  • On October 24, 2025, Cusick Morgan Motorsports announced that Juan Manuel Correa would drive for the team in his full-time series debut.[23]
  • On October 29, 2025, HMD Motorsports announced the first driver of their four-car lineup: Jack Beeton made his Indy NXT debut after previously competing in the Formula Regional European Championship.[26]
  • On October 30, 2025, HMD Motorsport announced that former Formula 2 driver Enzo Fittipaldi would join the team on his Indy NXT debut in 2026.[27]
  • On November 5, 2025, A. J. Foyt Racing announced the first driver of the team's Indy NXT lineup in USF Pro 2000 graduate Alessandro de Tullio.[13]
  • On November 6, 2025, A. J. Foyt Racing confirmed reports that it had signed 2025 Indy NXT runner-up Caio Collet to drive the team's No. 4 IndyCar entry.[34]
  • On November 14, 2025, A. J. Foyt Racing announced the second driver of their Indy NXT lineup would be Nicholas Monteiro, stepping up from USF Pro 2000, where he came tenth in 2025.[12]
  • On December 17, 2025, Chip Ganassi Racing announced their expanded four-car lineup: returnees Bryce Aron and Niels Koolen were joined by James Roe, who moved over from Andretti Global for his fifth Indy NXT campaign, and Carson Etter, who stepped up from USF Pro 2000 after finishing the 2025 season in 17th with Exclusive Autosport.[18]
  • On January 13, 2026, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced the first driver of the team's Indy NXT lineup in Ricardo Escotto, who returned to the series after being released by Andretti Cape halfway through 2025. Escotto had previously made his Indy NXT debut with Juncos for a part-time program in 2024.[31]
  • On January 14, 2026, HMD Motorsports announced that reigning Euroformula Open Champion Tymek Kucharczyk would join them for the 2026 season.[28]
  • On January 15, 2026, HMD Motorsports announced that Salvador de Alba would move over from Andretti Global for his third year in the series, taking the final spot in their lineup.[24]
  • On January 31, 2026, Cape Motorsports announced their second driver in Matteo Nannini, who rejoined Indy NXT after last competing there in 2023 driving for Juncos Hollinger Racing.[15]
  • On February 19, 2026, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced the final driver of the 2026 grid in LMP3 driver and Indy NXT debutant Alexander Koreiba.[30]

Mid-season

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Schedule

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The schedule was released on September 25.[36]

Icon Legend
 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit
Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 1 Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 March 15 Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Arlington  S  Streets of Arlington Arlington, Texas
3 March 28 Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Alabama  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
4 March 29
5 May 8 Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Indianapolis  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
6 May 9
7 May 31 Indy NXT by Firestone Detroit Grand Prix  S  Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan
8 June 7 Indy NXT by Firestone at World Wide Technology Raceway  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois
9 June 20 Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix at Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10 June 21
11 July 4 Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
12 July 5
13 July 19 Indy NXT by Firestone Music City Grand Prix  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee
14 August 9 Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
15 August 30 Indy NXT by Firestone at the Milwaukee Mile  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
16 September 5 Indy NXT by Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
17 September 6

Calendar changes

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  • Indy NXT saw the debut of the Streets of Arlington, Indy NXT's first race in the state of Texas since it held two races at Circuit of the Americas in 2019.
  • Barber Motorsports Park, Road America, Mid-Ohio and Laguna Seca will hold double-headers for the first time since 2021.
  • The Nashville round will no longer be the season finale and will instead be round 13, held on July 19, while the Monterey round will move from mid-July to the season finale, held on September 5 and 6.
  • Indy NXT does not return to Iowa Speedway.

Race results

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Rd. Track Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race winner
Driver Team
1 Streets of St. Petersburg United States Max Taylor United States Max Taylor United States Nikita Johnson United States Nikita Johnson Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR
2 Streets of Arlington Argentina Alessandro de Tullio United States Max Taylor Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi United States Max Taylor Andretti Global
3 Barber Motorsports Park Argentina Alessandro de Tullio Argentina Alessandro de Tullio Argentina Alessandro de Tullio United States Nikita Johnson Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR
4 Argentina Alessandro de Tullio Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Argentina Alessandro de Tullio Argentina Alessandro de Tullio A. J. Foyt Racing
5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Argentina Alessandro de Tullio Argentina Alessandro de Tullio Australia Lochie Hughes Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi HMD Motorsports
6 United States Max Taylor United States Max Taylor Poland Tymek Kucharczyk Poland Tymek Kucharczyk HMD Motorsports
7 Streets of Detroit Argentina Alessandro de Tullio Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Poland Tymek Kucharczyk Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi HMD Motorsports
8 World Wide Technology Raceway Australia Lochie Hughes United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe United States Myles Rowe Abel Motorsports with Force Indy
9 Road America Argentina Alessandro de Tullio United States Bryce Aron Australia Lochie Hughes Australia Lochie Hughes Andretti Global
10 Argentina Alessandro de Tullio Poland Tymek Kucharczyk[N 3] —N/a[N 4] Italy Matteo Nannini[N 5] Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR
11 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi HMD Motorsports
12 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi HMD Motorsports
13 Nashville Superspeedway Italy Matteo Nannini Australia Lochie Hughes Italy Matteo Nannini Italy Matteo Nannini Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR
14 Portland International Raceway Argentina Alessandro de Tullio United States Jacob Abel Argentina Alessandro de Tullio Argentina Alessandro de Tullio A. J. Foyt Racing
15 Milwaukee Mile
16 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
17

Season report

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Opening rounds

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The 2026 Indy NXT season began with 24 cars at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, the series' biggest grid since 2009.[39] Cape/ECR's Nikita Johnson topped the first qualifying group, before Andretti's Max Taylor bettered his time in the second group to take pole position.[40] Taylor covered the inside entering turn one at the start of the race, but a move around the outside saw Johnson claim the lead. HMD's Tymek Kucharczyk slotted into third, before a caution was called at the end of the lap. Two more interruptions followed, but the top group remained static throughout. Taylor shadowed Johnson but was unable to deter him from winning as Kucharczyk held off Andretti's Sebastian Murray for third.[41]

Round two of the season saw a new venue for Indy NXT as A. J. Foyt's Alessandro de Tullio took pole position in qualifying around the Streets of Arlington.[42] The race, shortened to 30 minutes after a schedule change, began under yellow after HMD's Jack Beeton made a huge jump start, Abel's Colin Kaminsky heavily collided with the wall and Kucharczyk pushed poleman De Tullio into an escape road. The race restarted with HMD's Enzo Fittipaldi leading Kucharczyk and Taylor. The trio battled for the lead throughout the rest of the race, with Taylor sliding past Kucharczyk before eventually taking the lead after a second caution period. His maiden win saw him take the championship lead by ten points.[43]

The double-header at Barber Motorsports Park saw De Tullio notch up two more pole positions in qualifying.[44] The first race began with a caution before De Tullio and Taylor began gapping the field after it was withdrawn. Taylor closely shadowed the leader until the pair encountered two CGR backmarkers. Taylor made a move for the lead, De Tullio retook the place one corner later, and the pair collided. Both dropped down the order, with Johnson slipping through to take the lead. The collision saw a second caution, and no changes in the order occurred afterwards. Johnson took the victory, reclaiming the championship lead by 28 points, with Fittipaldi and Kucharczyk completing the podium.[45]

A day later, De Tullio and Taylor once again led the field to green. Taylor initially dropped behind Johnson at the start of the race, before passing him on lap two. The top three then began to pull away from the field, with Taylor remaining less than a second behind the leader throughout the race. On the final lap, Taylor shortened the gap to the leader to 0.3 seconds, but did not risk a move for the lead. De Tullio remained mistake-free to finally convert pole position to victory - his maiden Indy NXT win and A. J. Foyt Racing's first junior series victory since 2003. Johnson took third to remain championship leader as Taylor climbed to second place in the standings, 23 points behind him.[46][47]

The start of the second race of the 2026 Indy NXT Indianapolis Grand Prix

Another double-header at Indianapolis Motor Speedway followed, where De Tullio claimed pole position for the first race.[48] He ran wide at the opening corner, ceding the lead to Andretti's Lochie Hughes as Fittipaldi rose from tenth to fourth amid multiple first-lap incidents. The race was then halted when it started to rain, with all drivers switching to wet tires. Fittipaldi claimed second place off Taylor at the restart before a multi-lap battle with the leader saw him take the lead late on in the race. The race ended under caution, handing Fittipaldi his maiden series win and second place in the standings. Johnson claimed third after rising up the order in the wet and kept his 23-point standings lead.[49]

The second race at IMS saw Taylor start from pole position after setting the fastest second-best lap.[50] The race began with chaos as the top three all ran off in the opening corner. This allowed Kucharczyk, who had started fifth, to seize the lead. Taylor recovered to second and began chasing the leader. He attempted an overtake on lap 4, with Kucharczyk prevailing after slight contact. Taylor kept pressuring him, with Kucharczyk eventually suffering multiple lockups. Still, he held him off and was able to claim the first win for a Pole in Indy NXT history. Fittipaldi completed the podium in third as Johnson took sixth, his advantage over newly second-placed man Kucharczyk reduced to eleven points.[51][52]

Mid-season rounds

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De Tullio earned his fifth pole position of the season in Detroit ahead of Taylor and Kucharczyk.[53] On the opening lap, Hughes collided with De Tullio at turn 3, dropping the polesitter several laps behind the field. Fittipaldi sustained front wing and nose damage in the ensuing chain reaction, while Kucharczyk took the lead. He held it until a restart on lap 27, when Abel/Force Indy's Myles Rowe attempted a diving pass for the lead at turn 3. Both drivers ran wide, allowing Fittipaldi to thread his car through to take the lead. He maintained the top spot through multiple restarts, ultimately winning under yellow ahead of Rowe and Kucharczyk to take a seven-point championship lead over Johnson.[54][55]

The season's first oval round at WWTR saw Hughes claim pole position as Rowe and Fittipaldi were both excluded from qualifying.[56] Hughes held the lead early on, while Rowe climbed up the order to 15th by the time an early caution came out. Pierson passed Hughes shortly after the restart as Rowe continued his climb, taking fifth on lap 28 before picking off the top four shortly thereafter and claiming the lead on lap 48. He managed the rest of the race afterwars to take a historic victory after starting last, as Hughes sank to sixth and de Tullio claimed second over Pierson. Fittipaldi had a technical issue at the start and ultimately came 13th, dropping two points behind Johnson in the standings.[57][58]

De Tullio took two more pole positions in qualifying for the Road America double-header.[59] The opening race began with multiple caution periods that disrupted the first half of the race. De Tullio managed that opening part from the lead as Hughes rose from fourth on the grid to second. A restart on lap nine then saw Hughes able to take the lead. He then built a 0.7-second lead over the field and controlled the rest of the race to claim Andretti's 100th win in series history. Teammate Pierson passed De Tullio on the final lap to make it an Andretti 1-2. Series leader Johnson finished sixth and championship chaser Fittipaldi suffered bad luck again, finished 22nd and dropped to third in the standings.[60][61]

The second race of the weekend began with contact between Hughes, Pierson and Beeton off the start that put all three drivers out of contention. De Tullio built a lead at the front as JHR's Matteo Nannini passed Johnson for second place. Kucharczyk meanwhile climbed up the order after starting 16th, reaching fourth by lap six before dropping back down to eighth after a restart. He spent the final ten laps fighting back to third place, but Nannini and De Tullio were too far for him to reach. De Tullio took victory, before a tire rule infraction saw him disqualified post-race. Nannini therefore claimed his second series victory, with Johnson taking the final podium spot to now lead Kucharczyk by six points.[62]

Pole position for both races at Mid-Ohio went to Fittipaldi, who broke the lap record on his fastest lap as he took his maiden P1 start.[63] De Alba and Beeton started behind him, before both got overtaken by Kucharczyk after an early caution period. Two more safety car interruptions followed, but Fittipaldi remained faultless on both restarts, leaving no opening for Kucharczyk to attack. His continuous pace advantage over the field saw him set the fastest lap on the final lap before he won the race. Kucharczyk, Beeton and De Alba completed a historic HMD Motorsports 1-2-3-4. Pre-race points leader Johnson equaled his worst finish of the season in seventh, handing a seven-point lead to Kucharczyk.[64]

Fittipaldi continued where he left off in race two, this time with De Tullio starting alongside him. The Argentine tried taking the lead on lap two, but ran off track and fell down the order. That handed second to Beeton, with Johnson following in third after overtaking Kucharczyk on the opening lap. Cusick Morgan's Juan Manuel Correa then also moved past Kucharczyk into fourth on lap eight as Fittipaldi began building a gap to the field. The race went ahead without interruption, allowing Fittipaldi to extend his lead to more than twelve seconds. The Brazilian took took victory again to sweep the weekend and claim a 17-point lead over Kucharczyk, with Johnson a further three points behind in third.[65][66]

Closing rounds

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Nashville Superspeedway hosted the second oval round of the year, and Nannini claimed pole position in qualifying.[67] He held his lead as Johnson took second, before a caution came out when Correa collected a spinning car. Rowe challenged Nannini for the lead when the race resumed and overtook him on lap 18, before Nannini moved back in front. Another caution followed, before Hughes also entered the lead battle. Slight contact between Rowe and Hughes then allowed Nannini to build a gap, before Johnson was able to return to second place. Nannini was unchallenged for the rest of the race and won, with Johnson retaking a single-point championship lead over Fittipaldi, who came eleventh.[68][69]

Championship standings

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Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23rd   24th 
Points 50 40 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6
  • The fastest driver in each qualifying session is awarded one additional point.
  • Every driver who led at least one lap is awarded a bonus point, the driver who led the most laps receives two points.

Drivers' championship

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Pos Driver STP ARL BAR IMS DET GAT ROA MOH NSS POR MIL LAG Points
1 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi 17 2L* 2 4 1L 3 1L 13 22 4 1L* 1L* 11 7 476
2 United States Nikita Johnson 1L* 6 1L 3 3 6 6 7 6 3 7 3 2 8 475
3 Poland Tymek Kucharczyk 3 3 3 5 4 1L* 3L* 9 8 2 2 5 18 4 458
4 United States Max Taylor 2 1L 19 2 5 2 20 5 12 17 10 9 5 3 396
5 Australia Lochie Hughes 5 5 12 16 2L* 4 21 6L 1L* 20 5 10 7 2 386
6 Argentina Alessandro de Tullio 10 11 20L* 1L* 9 5 22 2 3L 23 6 8 9 1L* 378
7 United States Myles Rowe 6 9 5 23 7 24 2 1L* 9 5 9 16 3L 22 344
8 Australia Jack Beeton 11 15 9 9 21 13 13 11 4 6 3 2 8 13 316
9 Italy Matteo Nannini 19 8 15 13 23 7 11 20 5 1 14 12 1L* 20 307
10 United States Juan Manuel Correa 9 4 11 8 12 11 9 14 7 7 22 4 23 6 299
11 United States Josh Pierson 7 23 24 14 6 8 14 3L 2 22 11 6 6 21 291
12 United States Max Garcia 12 14 4 24 15 23 4 8 10 18 8 7 4 9 286
13 United Kingdom Sebastian Murray 4 7 22 10 20 9 5 12 13 15 15 15 13 15 260
14 Mexico Salvador de Alba 8 20 18 11 13 10 12 22 18 8 4 11 12 234
15 United States Bryce Aron 18 18 8 7 22 12 8 23 21 10 16 14 10 16 224
16 Netherlands Niels Koolen 22 13 17 20 8 14 23 4 11 9 13 13 21 17 224
17 United States Jordan Missig 14 10 6 6 11 16 15 10 24 16 12 20 22 216
18 Australia Nicolas Stati 16 21 10 15 14 21 7 17 12 23 17 15 23 182
19 United States Colin Kaminsky 15 24 16 18 16 15 10 17 20 21 17 22 19 12 178
20 Republic of Ireland James Roe 21 17 23 12 10 22 18 18 15 19 20 19 16 14 176
21 United States Alexander Koreiba 20 16 13 22 19 17 16 24 23 14 19 24 14 18 161
22 Brazil Nicholas Monteiro 23 22 14 19 18 18 17 15 19 24 18 21 17 19 150
23 United States Carson Etter 24 19 21 21 17 19 19 16 16 13 21 23 20 24 147
24 Mexico Ricardo Escotto 13 12 7 17 24 20 24 19 14 11 142
25 United States Nolan Allaer 24 18 11 37
26 United States Jacob Abel 5 30
27 United Kingdom Bart Harrison 10 20
28 United States Yuven Sundaramoorthy 21 9
Pos Driver STP ARL BAR IMS DET GAT ROA MOH NSS POR MIL LAG 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

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

Pos Entry STP ARL BAR IMS DET GAT ROA MOH NSS POR MIL LAG Points
1 #67 HMD Motorsports 17 2L* 2 4 1L 3 1L 13 22 4 1L* 1L* 11 7 476
2 #21 Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR 1L* 6 1L 3 3 6 6 7 6 3 7 3 2 8 475
3 #71 HMD Motorsports 3 3 3 5 4 1L* 3L* 9 8 2 2 5 18 4 458
4 #28 Andretti Global 2 1L 19 2 5 2 20 5 12 17 10 9 5 3 396
5 #26 Andretti Global 5 5 12 16 2L* 4 21 6L 1L* 20 5 10 7 2 386
6 #14 A. J. Foyt Racing 10 11 20L* 1L* 9 5 22 2 3L 23 6 8 9 1L* 378
7 #99 Abel Motorsports with Force Indy 6 9 5 23 7 24 2 1L* 9 5 9 16 3L 22 344
8 #45 HMD Motorsports 11 15 9 9 21 13 13 11 4 6 3 2 8 13 316
9 #20 Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR 19 8 15 13 23 7 11 20 5 1 14 12 1L* 20 307
10 #68 Cusick Morgan Motorsports 9 4 11 8 12 11 9 14 7 7 22 4 23 6 299
11 #29 Andretti Global 7 23 24 14 6 8 14 3L 2 22 11 6 6 21 291
12 #12 Abel Motorsports 12 14 4 24 15 23 4 8 10 18 8 7 4 9 286
13 #27 Andretti Global 4 7 22 10 20 9 5 12 13 15 15 15 13 15 260
14 #17 HMD Motorsports 8 20 18 11 13 10 12 22 18 8 4 11 12 10 254
15 #48 Abel Motorsports 14 10 6 6 11 16 15 10 24 16 12 20 22 5 246
16 #10 Chip Ganassi Racing 22 13 17 20 8 14 23 4 11 9 13 13 21 17 224
17 #9 Chip Ganassi Racing 18 18 8 7 22 12 8 23 21 10 16 14 10 16 224
18 #15 Cusick Morgan Motorsports 16 21 10 15 14 21 7 21 17 12 23 17 15 23 191
19 #76 Juncos Hollinger Racing 13 12 7 17 24 20 24 19 14 11 24 18 11 179
20 #57 Abel Motorsports 15 24 16 18 16 15 10 17 20 21 17 22 19 12 178
21 #8 Chip Ganassi Racing 21 17 23 12 10 22 18 18 15 19 20 19 16 14 176
22 #75 Juncos Hollinger Racing 20 16 13 22 19 17 16 24 23 14 19 24 14 18 161
23 #4 A. J. Foyt Racing 23 22 14 19 18 18 17 15 19 24 18 21 17 19 150
24 #11 Chip Ganassi Racing 24 19 21 21 17 19 19 16 16 13 21 23 20 24 147
Pos Entry STP ARL BAR IMS DET GAT ROA MOH NSS POR MIL LAG Points

See also

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 Technical partnership with HMD Motorsports.
  2. ↑ De Tullio is an Argentinian-American driver who competed under an American licence at rounds 1–2 and an Argentinian licence at rounds 3–17.
  3. ↑ Alessandro de Tullio originally claimed the fastest lap, but was disqualified for a tire violation. Tymek Kucharczyk inherited the fastest lap.[37]
  4. ↑ Alessandro de Tullio led all 18 laps, but was disqualified from the race. No points were awarded for leading the most laps.[37][38]
  5. ↑ Alessandro de Tullio finished first on track, but was disqualified for a tire violation. Matteo Nannini inherited the win.[37]

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