A pole to victory season finale race for Indy NXT Champion Foster | Nashville Race Report

Andretti Global’s Louis Foster put his stamp on his championship-winning campaign in Indy NXT by going flag-to-flag from pole for all 65 laps to win the season finale at Nashville Superspeedway.

The Briton was untouchable despite late pressure and fended off Abel Motorsports rookie Yuven Sundaramoorthy by 0.3071s on the 1.33-mile oval. The performance marks the 10th win of Foster’s career, with eight of those coming this season, which also featured 13 top fives, 14 top 10s, six poles and 362 laps led over 640 total through 14 races.  

HMD Motorsports rookie Caio Collet ended up third, with Andretti Global’s James Roe in fourth and Andretti Cape rookie Salvador de Alba Jr. rounding out the top five.

The Race
Foster started on pole after qualifying was rained out and the field was set on points. Abel was left to forfeit his second-place starting spot after returning to pit lane under pace laps for a steering issue, returning before the green flag but relegated to the rear of the field. 

Foster got a clean jump at the start, with rookie Collet behind in second. Foster widened the lead to 1.7147s by lap 10. 

Meanwhile, Myles Rowe and Callum Hedge had a close moment battling for sixth. The two had a wheel-to-wheel moment and then touched going into Turn 1 as Rowe went around the outside. Rowe continued on, but Hedge was forced to pit.

The gap at the front continued to grow as Foster held a 2.0328s back on the halfway mark over Collet. However, there would be a change for second as Sundaramoorthy climbed by Collet. 

Foster held a 3.1744s lead over Sundaramoorthy by lap 40, with Collet in third and Roe in fourth. 

Abel’s charge through the field remained steady as he vaulted up to ninth by lap 40, but 20s behind Foster. 

The caution came out with 14 laps to go after Chadwick tried to get by the lapped car of Jack William Miller but the two made contact in Turn 1, which sent the former nearly into the wall before skating to the inside and through the infield grass. She returned to pit road with suspension damage, but fell out of the race. 

Foster led the field to the restart with seven laps to go and jumped out while snaking to the top and bottom of the track to prevent a tow by Sundaramoorthy. 

The battle for the win was on with three laps to go as Sundaramoorthy was right on the gearbox of Foster, with Collet a distant third at 1.7s back. 

Despite the late pressure, Foster was able to hold on and take victory in his final race in Indy NXT. 

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2

Cla
Driver
#
 
Laps
Time
Interval
Mph
Pits
Points
Retirement

1

L. Foster Andretti Global

26
 
65

–

 
Active
 
 
 

2

Y. Sundaramoort Abel Motorsports

22
 
65

+0.307

0.3071

0.307
Active
 
 
 

3
C. Collet HMD Motorsports
18
 
65

+1.790

1.7897

1.483
Active
 
 
 

4

J. Roe Andretti Global

29
 
65

+2.090

2.0898

0.300
Active
 
 
 

5

S. De Andretti Cape INDY NXT

2
 
65

+2.954

2.9538

0.864
Active
 
 
 

6

M. d’Orlando Andretti Cape INDY NXT

3
 
65

+3.759

3.7591

0.805
Active
 
 
 

7

B. Aron Andretti Global

27
 
65

+5.003

5.0025

1.243
Active
 
 
 

8

J. Abel Abel Motorsports

51
 
65

+5.296

5.2964

0.294
Active
 
 
 

9

C. Brooks HMD Motorsports

39
 
65

+11.540

11.5396

6.243
Active
 
 
 

10
J. Pierson HMD Motorsports
14
 
64

1 lap

 
Active
 
 
 

11
C. Bogle HMD Motorsports
7
 
64

+1 Lap

0.2026

0.203
Active
 
 
 

12

J. Browne HMD Motorsports

23
 
64

+1 Lap

1.2661

1.064
Active
 
 
 

13

N. Allaer HMD Motorsports

10
 
63

1 lap

 
Active
 
 
 

14

M. Rowe HMD Motorsports

99
 
62

2 laps

 
Active
 
 
 

15

J. William Miller Vinatieri Motorsports

40
 
59

5 laps

 
In Pit
 
 
 

16

C. Hedge HMD Motorsports

17
 
54

10 laps

 
Active
 
 
 

17
J. Chadwick Andretti Global
28
 
51

13 laps

 
Cont.
 
 
Accident

18

T. Ferns Abel Motorsports

55
 
12

52 laps

 
DNF
 
 
Retirement

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