For 2024 USF Pro Championship winner Lochie Hughes, the season opener was his big debut in the Indy NXT series. He had a great weekend.
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Lochie Hughes says Indy NXT debut “a big learning curve” following P2 finish

Sunday, March 2nd was an action-packed day out on the track with Indy NXT by Firestone in St. Pete as Andretti had a 1-2 with Dennis Hauger and Lochie Hughes. A couple of race restarts and caution flags made for an interesting race for both drivers and fans.  For 2024 USF Pro Championship winner Lochie…

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Christian Lundgaard's orange and black Arrow McLaren at St. Petersburg in the IndyCar series.
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How did Arrow Mclaren’s Christian Lundgaard and others perform for their new teams at St. Petersburg?

The IndyCar season kicked off on the unforgiving streets of St. Petersburg with six drivers racing for a new team in IndyCar. Christian Lundgaard made his debut for Arrow McLaren while the driver he replaced, Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi, stepped in at Ed Carpenter Racing for 2025. Rinus VeeKay switched from ECR to Dale…

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Alex Palou's yellow No. 10 car at St. Petersburg
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Race winner Alex Palou would “modify the OT rule” after struggling to lap Robb at IndyCar St. Pete

Alex Palou kicked off his IndyCar title defence with a superb drive to victory on the streets of St. Petersburg. The Spaniard is aiming for his fourth title and third in a row for Chip Ganassi Racing after a superb run of success in IndyCar. Palou recovered from a lacklustre qualifying which saw him fail…

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Scott Dixon's orange and white No. 9 IndyCar at St. Petersburg
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Scott Dixon opens up on radio issue that “ultimately cost us the race” in IndyCar St. Pete event

Scott Dixon endured an arduous day at the first round of the IndyCar season as he missed out on victory at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The New Zealander was battling at the sharp end of the field throughout the 100-lap race but lost track position at the final pit stop. His Chip…

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IndyCar debutants Simpson, Rasmussen and Braun reflect on St. Pete

Last weekend marked a very special occasion for some of the drivers on the 2024 grid, as it marked their first official race as IndyCar drivers. The three of them had very different first approaches to the American championship, but overall they all had a rather positive debut. Linus Lundqvist and Tom Blomqvist are also…

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O’Ward says P2 at St. Pete “a very solid foundation”, predicts 2024 season will be “a very tight and competitive” one

The Arrow McLaren driver started out the 2024 season in style securing a great podium finish. Just like in 2023, he came in P2 at St. Petersburg. But this time around there wasn’t late heartbeeak as eventual race winner Josef Newgarden was in complete control. O’Ward was still pretty pleased with his performance, as he…

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Scott McLaughlin delighted to showcase “proper racing” after charging through to P3 at IndyCar season-opener

Team Penske had a great day in St. Petersburg with all three of their drivers ending up in the top four of the race. Scott McLaughlin took third in his #3 Chevy, after making up a lot of places during the race, having started only ninth. So obviously he was quite pleased with the eventual…

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St. Pete winner Newgarden on his dominant IndyCar victory: “It seemed simple to drive it fast”

The reigning champion of the Indy 500 began his twelfth season in IndyCar in style with a very dominant weekend in St. Petersburg. Newgarden secured on Saturday pole position with only hundreds of a second of advantage over Felix Rosenqvist in second place. The 33-year-old went on to win on the next day, leading for…

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Josef Newgarden “crazy proud” of his team after first IndyCar pole of the season

Josef Newgarden grabbed pole position after a scintillating qualifying session, where he beat Felix Rosenqvist by just 0.0058 seconds. Before the season one of his goals was to get more pole positions, and in the dying seconds of the Fast 6 he added the pole position to his tally. He is therefore really proud of…

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