Indy NXT, previously Indy Lights, is an American

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automobile racing series sanctioned by

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, currently known as Firestone Indy NXT Series for sponsorship reasons. Indy Lights is the highest step on the

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, a program of racing series leading up to the

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. The Indy Lights series has been promoted by Anderson Promotions since 2014, which also manages the Road to Indy program. A similar series named Indy Lights filled the developmental role for the

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series, and ran from 1986 to 1993 as the American Racing Series and Dayton Indy Lights from 1991 to 2001. The current IndyCar sanctioned series was founded in

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as the Infiniti Pro Series as a way to introduce new talent to IndyCar, with the moniker Indy Lights returning in 2008 when CART and IndyCar unified. The Indy Lights champion was awarded a $1M scholarship toward the IndyCar Series, and guaranteed three races including the Indianapolis 500 during this time. For 2023, Penske Entertainment announced a rebranding to the name Indy NXT.

Early origins

In the post-

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era, through the early 1960s, open wheel race cars were almost exclusively front-engined "roadsters". The primary ladder series included

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and midgets. By the end of the 1960s, the cars evolved into rear-engine formula-style machines. Likewise, the feeder series began to follow the same mold. When USAC became the primary sanctioning body for top-level

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, the ladder of progression began to change.

USAC Mini Indy Series

The

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Super Vee and

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series were among the first formula-based ladder series. However, neither had any direct tie to USAC. In 1977, USAC started the "Mini-Indy" series, using Super Vee machines. The series ended after 1980 when USAC stopped sanctioning Indy car races outside of

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. Following the end of the "Mini Indy" series, the driver pool in the early 1980s to

and the

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was drawn in a somewhat unorganized fashion among Super Vees,

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, former

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drivers,

, midgets, and even

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and

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. In addition, a number of CART series drivers during the 1980s and early 1990s were former

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competitors, most of whom had climbed the European-based ladder series.

Original series (1986–2001)

The original Indy Lights series was an open-wheeled racing series that acted as a developmental circuit for

from 1986 to 2001. It was founded in 1986 as the ''American Racing Series'' (ARS). The series was renamed ''Indy Lights'' in 1991. The CART-sanctioned series became widely popular and secured the title sponsorship of Firestone. Later, Firestone's subsidiary Dayton Tires took over as tire supplier and title sponsor. A spec-series, CART Indy Lights used

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chassis (essentially a modified 85B

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chassis, renamed to Wildcat) from 1986 to 1992. In 1992

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became the primary chassis constructor to the series, using a modified F3000 chassis. In 1997, a newly updated and modern-looking chassis was introduced based on an F3000 design. It would remain through 2001. Buick V6 engines were used for its entire existence. The ARS/Indy Lights series' championship winners included two CART champions, two

champions, seven CCWS race-winners and two

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drivers. The Indy Lights schedule closely followed that of the CART series, and typically had a gap of up to a month while the primary CART teams raced at the

. The races were usually held the morning of the CART series races, as an

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event. In early years, the Indy Lights series skipped superspeedway races such as

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, but eventually found its way to race there. In some rare occasions, the Indy Lights ran at non-CART tracks, generally as a support race to a series other than CART. In 2001 Indy Lights ran at

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the weekend of the

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, and ran at

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with the

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. By the late 1990s and early 2000s, CART was suffering from financial problems. Meanwhile, in 1996, the rival

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was formed. CART canceled the minor league outright after the 2001 season. By this time, the

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series was equally effective in providing CART with new drivers. In addition, the Atlantics served as a springboard for such drivers as

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and

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to enter the

. The Atlantics effectively became CART's primary feeder system, and later became Champ Car World Series' official in-house feeder championship for a time.

Current series (2002–present)

The Infiniti Pro Series was re-founded by the Indy Racing League and began racing in 2002, the year after the CART-sanctioned Indy Lights series' demise. It was a spec series using a TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing) developed 3.5L version of the V8 engine used in the

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combined with

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chassis producing . The series initially struggled to attract drivers and some races have had fewer than 10 entrants. However, with the introduction of a number of road-course races to the schedule in

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, many of America's top prospects like

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and

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were attracted to the series to run part-time schedules on road courses. In

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, a boost in prize money even further increased car counts to 16 or more, with an even six oval and six road course mix. The selected races being double races, and a stand-alone race (independent of the IndyCar Series) were scheduled on the USGP weekend. Homestead-Miami Stadium

The series was called the ''Menards Infiniti Pro Series'' (MIPS) until 2006 when both

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and

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dropped their sponsorship of the series. It was then known as the ''Indy Pro Series''. On March 26, 2008, the series announced a changing of names, when the historical records and proprietary information of

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were acquired by the IRL. The series then became known as ''Firestone Indy Lights''. The centerpiece of the Indy Lights schedule is the

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, contested at

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on the Friday prior to the

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. The series also held a support race for the U.S. Grand Prix, the

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, from 2005 to 2007. It was the series' only event that was not a support race to an IndyCar event. On September 9, 2007, during the Chicagoland 100,

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beat

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by 0.0005 seconds (approximately at 188 mph) which reflects the closest recognized finish in the over century-long history of organized automobile racing throughout the world. In 2008, the margin was established by the ''

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'' as the closest finish ever in a car race. On May 24, 2013, Peter Dempsey captured his first Indy Lights win in the

in the closest finish in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history (0.0026 secs) in a four-wide finish. In June 2013, it was announced that the series would be promoted by Andersen Promotions beginning in

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. with IndyCar sanctioning remaining. In August it was announced that

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would replace Firestone as the official tire of the series in 2014. This resulted in all three levels of the

leading up to the IndyCar Series being promoted by Andersen and feature Cooper tires, beginning in 2014. The Andersen team implemented a number of cost-reducing updates to the chassis and engine package in 2014 and introduced a new chassis and engine combination in 2015. On October 31, 2013, the series announced that Dallara would be the manufacturer of the fourth-generation Indy Lights chassis and it would be named the Dallara IL-15. On November 1, 2013 a new logo was unveiled for the Indy Lights series On November 26 it was announced that the engine for the new package would be a 2.0L

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MZR-R four cylinder engine, tuned to last a full season of competition and producing 450 horsepower, with push-to-pass offering an additional 50 horsepower. Indy lights racing (47966362101)

The 2020 season was canceled through a combination of low grid numbers and the

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. As of 2021, the Dallara IL-15 continues to be the chassis employed by the series, but engines are now provided by AER, Advanced Engines Research, modifying and tuning base 2.0 liter I-4 Mazda power plants turbocharged to provide the same power and push-to-pass capability of the former engines, with the added capability of longevity: the engines are designed and fabricated to run an entire season without a rebuild. A

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was added to the IL-15 for the 2021 season. Andretti Autosport's Kyle Kirkwood captured the 2021 series championship, while HMD Motorsports' David Malukas finished second and Global Racing Group w/HMD Motorsports' Linus Lundqvist was third. HMD Motorsports/Global Racing Group secured their first Road to Indy team championship. Firestone will return as the official tire supplier for the 2023 season.

Teams

Specifications

Specifications (2002–2014)

*Engine displacement:

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built by

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V8 *Gearbox: 6-speed

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*Weight: on ovals; on road/street courses *Power output: *Fuel:

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100 RON unleaded *Fuel capacity: *Fuel delivery:

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*Aspiration:

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*Length: *Width: *Wheelbase: *Steering: Manual,

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Specifications (2015–present)

*Chassis manufacturer:

IL-15 *Engine displacement:

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- AER P63

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*Gearbox: 6-speed sequential semi-automatic gearbox *Weight: excluding driver and fuel *Power output: push-to-pass *Fuel: VP Racing Fuels 101 RON unleaded *Fuel delivery:

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*Aspiration: Single-turbocharged *Length: *Width: *Wheelbase: Undisclosed *Steering: Manual,

Champions

USAC Mini-Indy Series

*1977: Bagley and Johnson tied in the points and were declared co-champions.

Indy Lights

¹ Chaves and Jack Harvey (

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were tied in points and wins (4 each). Chaves won the title based on more second-place finishes (5 vs 1).

Graduates

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^a *

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* Dillon Battistini *

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Jon Beekhuis Jon Beekhuis (; born March 31, 1960) is an American former race car driver. Beekhuis was born in Zurich, Switzerland while his American father was studying at ETH Zurich, and grew up in California. The 1988 ARS (Indy Lights) champion, Beekhuis d ...

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^a * Brian Bonner *

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* Claude Bourbonnais * Matthew Brabham * Steve Bren * Jason Bright * Robbie Buhl^a * Buzz Calkins^{a b} * Jaime Camara * Juan Carlos Carbonell * Ed Carpenter (racing driver), Ed Carpenter^a * Patrick Carpentier^d * Hélio Castroneves^{a c d} * Alfonso Celis Jr. * Gabby Chaves * Ross Cheever * P. J. Chesson * Max Chilton * Zachary Claman DeMelo * Bryan Clauson * Wade Cunningham * Guido Daccò * Wally Dallenbach Jr. * Conor Daly * Cristiano da Matta^{d e} * Paul Dana * Airton Daré^a * James Davison * Luis Díaz (racing driver), Luis Díaz * Mark Dismore^a * Scott Dixon^{a b c d} * Mario Domínguez^d * Fredrik Ekblom * RC Enerson * Wim Eyckmans * Juan Manuel Fangio II * Adrián Fernández^{a d} * Stan Fox * A. J. Foyt IV * Franck Fréon * Luiz Garcia Jr. * Affonso Giaffone * Felipe Giaffone^a *

* Jorge Goeters * Marco Greco * Michael Greenfield (racing driver), Michael Greenfield * Mike Groff * Robbie Groff * Dean Hall (racing driver), Dean Hall * Matthew Halliday (racing driver), Matt Halliday * Scott Harrington (racing driver), Scott Harrington * Jack Harvey (racing driver), Jack Harvey * Naoki Hattori * Shigeaki Hattori * Jack Hawksworth * Jon Herb * Bryan Herta^{a d} * Colton Herta^a * J. R. Hildebrand * James Hinchcliffe^a * Jay Howard * Ken Johnson (racing driver), Ken Johnson * Davy Jones (racing driver), Davy Jones * Ed Jones (racing driver), Ed Jones * P. J. Jones * Niclas Jönsson * Kyle Kaiser * Tony Kanaan^{a b c d} * Sage Karam * Dalton Kellett * Charlie Kimball^a * Kyle Kirkwood * David Kudrave * Rodolfo Lavín * Eddie Lawson * Jaques Lazier^a * Matheus Leist *

* Arie Luyendyk Jr. * David Malukas * Pippa Mann * Raphael Matos * Hiro Matsushita * Casey Mears * Thiago Medeiros * Chris Menninga * Dr. Jack Miller * Greg Moore (racing driver), Greg Moore^d * Carlos Muñoz (racing driver), Carlos Muñoz^a * Brad Murphey * Hideki Mutoh * Josef Newgarden^{a b} * Hideki Noda * Ryan Norman * Johnny O'Connell * Patricio O'Ward^a * Franck Perera * Spencer Pigot * Martin Plowman * Ted Prappas * Graham Rahal^a *

^{a b} * Tony Renna * André Ribeiro (racing driver), André Ribeiro^d * Billy Roe * Mario Romancini * Felix Rosenqvist^a * Marty Roth * Sebastián Saavedra * Gualter Salles * Vinicio Salmi * Franco Scapini * Oriol Servià^d * Jeff Simmons (racing driver), Jeff Simmons * Guy Smith (racing driver), Guy Smith * Mark Smith (American racing driver), Mark Smith * Sammy Swindell * Mark Taylor (racing driver), Mark Taylor * Didier Theys * Brian Till * Paul Tracy^{d e} * Robby Unser * Jimmy Vasser^{d e} * Tristan Vautier * Zach Veach * Rinus Veekay^a * Jeff Ward (motorsports), Jeff Ward^a * Dan Wheldon^{a b c} * Stefan Wilson * Cory Witherill ^a denotes driver who has won an

event.
^b denotes driver who has won an IndyCar Series championship.
^c denotes driver who has won an

.
^d denotes driver who has won a CART/

event.
^e denotes driver who has won a CART/Champ Car World Series championship.

References

External links

* {{Formula Vee years Indy Lights, Auto racing series in Canada Auto racing series in the United States One-make series Recurring sporting events established in 1986 Formula racing series Road to Indy 2006 in formula racing, Indy Pro Series