| 2024 Indy NXT season | |
|---|---|
| Firestone Indy NXT Series | |
| Season | |
| Races | 14 |
| Start date | March 10 |
| End date | September 15 |
| Awards | |
The 2024 Firestone Indy NXT Series will be 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 will be 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]
Team and driver chart
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 scheduled to compete in the series.
| Team | No. | Drivers | Round(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Motorsports | 22 |  Yuven Sundaramoorthy[2] R |
All |
| 51 | Jacob Abel[3] |
All | |
| Andretti Global[4] | 26 |  Louis Foster[5] |
All |
| 27 | Bryce Aron[6] R |
All | |
| 28 | Jamie Chadwick[7] |
All | |
| 29 |  James Roe Jr.[8] |
All | |
| Cape Motorsports[lower-alpha 1] | TBA |  TBA |
TBC |
| HMD Motorsports | 7 | Christian Bogle[9] |
All |
| 10 | Reece Gold[10] |
All | |
| 14 | Josh Pierson[11] |
All | |
| 17 |  Callum Hedge[12] R |
All | |
| 23 | Jonathan Browne[13] R |
All | |
| 33 |  Niels Koolen[14] R |
All | |
| 39 | Nolan Siegel[15] |
All | |
| HMD Motorsports with Force Indy | 99 | Myles Rowe[16] R |
All |
| Juncos Hollinger Racing | 76 | Lindsay Brewer[17] R |
All |
| Miller Vinatieri Motorsports | 40 | Jack William Miller[18] R |
All |
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year
Team changes
- On September 5, 2023, Andretti Autosport announced a rebrand that would take effect for the 2024 season, with all of its race teams running under the Andretti Global banner.[4]
- On November 28, 2023, Former IndyCar Series driver Jack Miller announced that his team Miller Vinatieri Motorsports would be joining Indy NXT in 2024.[18]
- On January 15, 2024, Andretti Global and Cape Motorsports announced that the two teams had formed a "technical partnership" for the 2024 season.[19]
Driver changes
- On September 6, 2023, reigning USF Pro 2000 champion Myles Rowe announced he would join HMD Motorsports in the No. 99 entry co-run by Force Indy.[16] This meant Ernie Francis Jr. would leave the team.
- On September 18, 2023, Chip Ganassi Racing announced that development driver Kyffin Simpson would join the team full time in 2024.[20] Simpson came tenth in 2023 driving for HMD Motorsports.
- On October 11, 2023, Andretti Global announced that Bryce Aron would step up from the Euroformula Open Championship to join the team in 2024.[6]
- On October 25, 2023, Ed Carpenter Racing announced that reigning champion Christian Rasmussen would step up to the IndyCar series on a partial schedule.[21]
- On November 20, 2023, HMD Motorsports announced Formula Regional Oceania runner-up and Formula Regional Americas champion Callum Hedge would graduate to Indy NXT and drive the No. 17 car.[12]
- On November 28, 2023 coinciding with Miller Vinatieri Motorsports' announcement, the team confirmed that Jack William Miller would be driving the No. 40 car, graduating after three years of competing in the USF Pro 2000 Championship.[18]
- On November 29, 2023, HMD Motorsports announced their sixth driver would be Jonathan Browne, who will step up after two years spent in the USF Pro 2000 Championship and drive the No. 23 car.[13]
- On December 21, 2023, HMD Motorsport revealed that the eighth driver joining their squad in the No. 33 car would be Niels Koolen, who will move over from European Formula Regional competition, where his 2023 season saw him contest two championships, albeit without scoring points.[22]
- On December 22, 2023, Juncos Hollinger Racing announced that Lindsay Brewer would be stepping up full-time to Indy NXT in 2024 after two years of competing in USF Pro 2000.[17]
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.[23]
| Rd. | Date | Race name | Track | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 10 | TBA | R Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2 | April 28 | TBA | R Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama |
| 3 | May 10 | TBA | R Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course | Speedway, Indiana |
| 4 | May 11 | TBA | ||
| 5 | June 2 | TBA | R Detroit Street Circuit | Detroit, Michigan |
| 6 | June 9 | TBA | R Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
| 7 | June 22 | TBA | R WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California |
| 8 | June 23 | TBA | ||
| 9 | July 7 | TBA | R Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio |
| 10 | July 13 | TBA | O Iowa Speedway | Newton, Iowa |
| 11 | August 17 | TBA | O World Wide Technology Raceway | Madison, Illinois |
| 12 | August 25 | TBA | R Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon |
| 13 | August 31 | TBA | O Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin |
| 14 | September 15 | TBA | R Nashville Street Circuit | Nashville, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 50 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
- The driver who qualifies on pole will be awarded one additional point.
- Every driver who leads at least one lap will be awarded a bonus point, the driver who leads the most laps will get two points.
Teams' championship
- Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 22 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
- Single car teams will receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
- Only the best two results will count for teams fielding more than two entries
See also
Notes
- ↑ Technical partnership with Andretti Global
References
- ↑ "Indy Lights rebranded for 2023 as "INDY NXT by Firestone"". MSN. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ↑ Pruett, Marshall (October 19, 2023). "Sundaramoorthy joins Abel Motorsports for Indy NXT". Racer.com.
- ↑ "Jacob Abel Back with ABEL Motorsports for Shot at 2024 INDY NXT by Firestone Title – Abel Motorsports". Retrieved November 10, 2023.
- 1 2 "Andretti Autosport to Rebrand as Andretti Global". Andretti Autosport. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ↑ "Louis Foster to Return to Andretti Global in 2024 For Second INDY NXT Season". Andretti Autosport. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- 1 2 "Aron To Make INDY NXT by Firestone Debut with Andretti". IndyCar.com. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Chadwick Staying in Andretti Lineup for 2024 Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- ↑ Pruett, Marshall (October 9, 2023). "Bogle and Roe back in Indy NXT in 2024". Racer.com.
- ↑ "CHRISTIAN BOGLE REJOINS HMD MOTORSPORTS FOR THE 2024 INDY NXT BY FIRESTONE SEASON". RTD Media. October 3, 2023.
- ↑ Media, R. T. D. (September 26, 2023). "REECE GOLD RETURNS TO HMD MOTORSPORTS FOR THE 2024 SEASON". RTD Media. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ↑ "Pierson To Continue with HMD Motorsports in 2024". IndyCar.com. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- 1 2 "NEWLY MINTED FR AMERICAS CHAMPION CALLUM HEDGE JOINS HMD MOTORSPORTS FOR INDY NXT CAMPAIGN". RTD Media. November 20, 2023.
- 1 2 Media, R. T. D. (November 29, 2023). "JONATHAN BROWNE JOINS HMD MOTORSPORTS FOR THE 2024 INDY NXT BY FIRESTONE SEASON". RTD Media. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ↑ "HMD MOTORSPORTS ADDS KOOLEN TO 2024 LINEUP". December 21, 2023.
- ↑ "2023 INDY NXT ROOKIE OF THE YEAR NOLAN SIEGEL RETURNING TO HMD MOTORSPORTS FOR 2024". RTD Media. October 10, 2023.
- 1 2 "Myles Rowe lands Indy NXT ride at HMD Motorsports with Force Indy". www.motorsport.com. September 6, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- 1 2 Wood, Ida (December 22, 2023). "Lindsay Brewer steps up to Indy Nxt with Juncos Hollinger Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Miller, Miller Vinatieri Motorsports Climb to INDY NXT in 2024". IndyCar.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ↑ "Andretti Global and Cape Motorsports Form INDY NXT Alliance". Andretti Autosport. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (September 18, 2023). "Ganassi development driver Kyffin Simpson gets IndyCar seat for 2024". Formula Scout. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- ↑ "Rasmussen To Race Partial Schedule for ECR in 2024". IndyCar.com. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
- ↑ "HMD Motorsports Adds Koolen to 2024 Lineup". IndyCar.com. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
- ↑ "14-Race 2024 INDY NXT by Firestone Schedule Announced". IndyCar.com. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
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