Louis Foster received the USF Professional 2000 championship, took the sizable development prize from Andersen Promotions to Andretti World, and left the staff because the reigning Indy NXT champion (and was introduced at the moment as an IndyCar driver for Rahal Letterman Lanigan). Australia’s Lochie Hughes not too long ago received the USF Professional 2000 title, had the commencement funds in hand from Andersen, and has taken it to Andretti World the place he hopes to emulate the Briton and lead the staff to consecutive NXT crowns.
“I’m so excited to be becoming a member of the Andretti INDY NXT staff in 2025,” mentioned Hughes, who captured the USF Professional 2000 championship with Flip 3 Motorsports. “It’s a dream to be part of this historic staff, and one which I’ve needed to race for since transferring to the U.S.
“This 12 months was nice for me successful the USF Professional 2000 Championship and for Andretti successful the Indy NXT Championship, so, I hope that I may help be part of including one other championship title to Andretti’s document. Proper now, it’s all eyes on the 2025 season, and there’s nowhere else I’d relatively be for subsequent 12 months. I simply need to thank my dad and mom for supporting me by means of my profession, my sponsor The McGinley Clinic and the USF Professional 2000 Championship Scholarship for making this occur.”
Andretti president J-F Thormann, its longstanding chief among the many staff’s junior open-wheel packages, welcomes the spirited 22-year-old to the storied program which launched the likes of Pato O’Ward, Colton Herta, Kyle Kirkwood, and Oliver Askew upward to IndyCar in recent times.
“After an distinctive season for our Indy NXT program, we’re excited to kick off subsequent 12 months’s marketing campaign with the primary addition to our 2025 Andretti Indy NXT lineup,” Thormann mentioned of the four-car outfit. “Though it’s nonetheless early in his profession, Lochie has already compiled a formidable resume of success.
“He’s labored his method up the event sequence ladder, displaying his potential at each step, and we’re wanting ahead to serving to him proceed to refine his abilities and progress in his racing profession. Our focus stays on bringing residence wins and our seventh Indy NXT Championship, and we really feel that Lochie will likely be an integral a part of making these issues occur in 2025.”
