The 2024 Firestone Indy NXT Series will be the 37th season of the

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series and the 22nd sanctioned by

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, 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.

Team and driver chart

All teams will use

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cars with an AER produced

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sourced 2.0 litre engine and Firestone tires. The following drivers and teams are scheduled to compete in the series.

Team changes

* On September 5, 2023,

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announced a rebrand that would take effect for the 2024 season, with all of its race teams running under the Andretti Global banner. * On November 28, 2023, Former IndyCar Series driver

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announced that his team Miller Vinatieri Motorsports would be joining Indy NXT in 2024.

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. This meant

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would leave the team. * On September 18, 2023,

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announced that development driver Kyffin Simpson would join the team full time in 2024. Simpson came tenth in 2023 driving for HMD Motorsports. * On October 11, 2023, Andretti Global announced that

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would step up from the Euroformula Open Championship to join the team in 2024. * On October 25, 2023,

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announced that reigning champion Christian Rasmussen would step up to the IndyCar series on a partial schedule. * 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. * On November 28, 2023 coinciding with Miller Vinatieri Motorsports' announcement, the team confirmed that

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would be driving the No. 40 car, graduating after three years of competing in the

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. * On November 29, 2023, HMD Motorsports announced their sixth driver would be

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, who will step up after two years spent in the USF Pro 2000 Championship and drive the No. 23 car. * 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. * On December 22, 2023,

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announced that Lindsay Brewer would be stepping up full-time to Indy NXT in 2024 after two years of competing in USF Pro 2000.

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

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Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

; Scoring system * 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 * 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

References

External links

* {{Road to Indy Indy Lights seasons