Pole-sitter Jacob Abel went flag-to-flag and fended off the field on multiple restarts to win the opening race of the doubleheader weekend for Indy NXT on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
The latest edition of the championship rivalry building between Abel and Nolan Siegel took to the 2.439-mile, 14-turn circuit, with the former successfully defending the lead despite a restart with three laps to go to win by 0.5470s. It is the second career victory for Abel, who collected his first in the last round at Barber Motorsports Park. “Yeah, this is awesome,” Abel said. “Unfortunately, we don't get to celebrate for too long here; we get another chance at it tomorrow.
Moments after the green flag, Andretti Global’s James Roe made a mess of his third-place start after an early lockup in Turn 7 resulted in going off in the grass and falling down the running order to 14th and then, after pitting, to 21st. The fourth lap then saw a clash between Caio Collett and Louis Foster while battling for second. Collett’s right-rear caught the front wing of Foster in Turn 3, which resulted in a flat tire that sent Collett into a spin under braking in Turn 7.
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