2023 Indy NXT

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2023 Indy NXT season
INDY NXT by Firestone
Season
Races14
Start dateMarch 5
End dateSeptember 10
Awards

The 2023 INDY NXT by Firestone season will be the 21st season of the primary support series for the IndyCar Series, sanctioned by IndyCar. Known as Indy Lights before 2023, the championship was rebranded following its aquisition by Penske Entertainment, the owner of INDYCAR, in 2022. This rebrand, together with the three lower support series also changing their branding, effectively ended the unified ladder system known as Road to Indy.[1]

Series news

  • On June 22, 2022, it was announced that after seven seasons, Cooper Tires will be replaced as tire supplier by Firestone.[2]

Team and driver chart

The following drivers and teams compete in the series.

Team No. Drivers Round(s)
Abel Motorsport[3][4] 51 United States Jacob Abel[5] All
TBA TBA TBC
Andretti Autosport 26 United Kingdom Louis Foster[6]  R  All
27 New Zealand Hunter McElrea[7] All
Cape Motorsports[8] 98 United States Jagger Jones[9]  R  All
TBA TBA TBC
HMD Motorsports 14 United States Josh Pierson[10]  R  TBC
21 Barbados Kyffin Simpson[11] All
HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing[12] 3 United States Josh Green[13]  R  All
6 Denmark Christian Rasmussen[14] All
7 United States Christian Bogle[15] All
10 Sweden Rasmus Lindh[16] All
39 United States Nolan Siegel[17]  R  All
68 Singapore Danial Frost[18] All
HMD Motorsports with Force Indy 99 United States Ernie Francis Jr.[19] All
Juncos Hollinger Racing[20] TBA TBA TBC
TBA TBA TBC
Legacy Autosport[21] TBA TBA TBC
TBA TBA TBC
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Schedule

The schedule was released on November 3, 2022; with the only minor change from last season being the changed location of the Detroit round from Belle Isle to downtown Detroit.[22]

Rd. Date Track Location
1 March 5  R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 April 30  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
3 May 12–13  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course) Speedway, Indiana
4
5 June 3–4  R  Detroit Street Circuit Detroit, Michigan
6
7 June 18  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
8 July 2  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
9 July 22  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa
10 August 6  R  Nashville Street Circuit Nashville, Tennessee
11 August 27  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois
12 September 3  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
13 September 9–10  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California
14

See also

References

  1. ^ "Indy Lights rebranded for 2023 as "INDY NXT by Firestone"". MSN. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  2. ^ "Indy Lights confirms Firestone switch for 2023". RACER. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  3. ^ Series, F1 Feeder (2022-10-08). "Indy Lights Silly Season update: who goes where in 2023?". F1 Feeder Series. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  4. ^ "TBT to our first Indy Lights race at @GPSTPETE. Sophomore season coming soon". Twitter.
  5. ^ "Abel Staying with Growing Family Team for 2023 Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  6. ^ "Foster joins Andretti Autosport for 2023 Indy Lights season". Motorsport.com. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  7. ^ Herrero, Daniel (2022-09-02). "McElrea signs new Indy Lights contract with Andretti". Speedcafe. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  8. ^ "Cape Motorsports to advance to Indy Lights in 2023". RACER. 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  9. ^ Report, Staff (2022-09-07). "Jones Signs With Cape Motorsports For Indy Lights In 2023". SPEED SPORT. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  10. ^ Wood, Ida (2022-10-18). "WEC racer Josh Pierson to add Indy Lights campaign in 2023". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  11. ^ "Simpson Staying with HMD Motorsports for 2023 Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  12. ^ "NEWS | HMD Motorsports will expand to no less than EIGHT cars in @IndyLights next year". Twitter.
  13. ^ Pruett, Marshall (2022-09-15). "Green joins HMD w DCR for Indy Lights". Racer. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  14. ^ "Christian Rasmussen makes switch to HMD Motorsports for 2023". Rtd-media.com. October 6, 2022.
  15. ^ Wood, Ida (2022-09-22). "Christian Bogle sticks with HMD Motorsports for third year in Indy Lights". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  16. ^ "Rasmus Lindh is back in Indy Lights with support from Garage XYZ as he joins HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing". Rtd-media.com. October 17, 2022.
  17. ^ Media, R. T. D. (2022-10-04). "NOLAN SIEGEL CONFIRMS FULL-TIME JUMP TO INDY LIGHTS WITH HMD MOTORSPORTS". RTD Media. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  18. ^ "DANIAL FROST EYES INDY LIGHTS CHAMPIONSHIP IN HMD MOTORSPORTS RETURN". RTD Media. 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  19. ^ "Force Indy Expands Reach, Focus in 2023 with Francis, Rowe". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  20. ^ Pruett, Marshall (September 29, 2022). "Juncos Hollinger returns to Indy Lights with two entries". Racer.com. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  21. ^ "Legacy Autosport Climbing to Indy Lights in 2023". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  22. ^ "IndyCar rebrands Indy Lights, releases 2023 schedule". Racer.com. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

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