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Firestone Indy NXT Series | |
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Races | 14 |
Start date | March 10 |
End date | September 15 |
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The 2024 Firestone Indy NXT Series is 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 is 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]
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.
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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. [33]
On February 14, It was announced that the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix would be moved from the downtown Streets of Nashville to the Nashville Superspeedway instead due to anticipated construction beginning on the new Tennessee Titans Stadium, which would interfere with the course for the race. [34]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st |
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Points | 50 | 40 | 35 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Teams' championship
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Pos | Team | STP | ALA | IMS | DET | ROA | LAG | MOH | IOW | GAT | POR | MIL | NSH | Points | ||
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1 | HMD Motorsports | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 117 | ||||||||||
5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
2 | Andretti Global | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 98 | ||||||||||
10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||
3 | Abel Motorsports | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 88 | ||||||||||
8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | |||||||||||||
4 | Andretti Cape Indy NXT | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 48 | ||||||||||
7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
5 | HMD Motorsports with Force Indy | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 44 | ||||||||||
6 | Miller Vinatieri Racing | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 18 | ||||||||||
7 | Juncos Hollinger Racing | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 17 | ||||||||||
Pos | Team | STP | ALA | IMS | DET | ROA | LAG | MOH | IOW | GAT | POR | MIL | NSH | Points |
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