[2] Linus Lundqvist, the reigning 2022 Indy Lights champion, became a free agent after the season, so he did not defend his championship.

Succeeding him as the first ever Indy NXT champion was Christian Rasmussen, who won the title after collecting five wins and nine podiums throughout the season.

All teams used Dallara IL-15 cars with an AER produced Mazda sourced 2.0 litre engine and Firestone tires.

This then turned into a red flag, when the recovery vehicle sent out to retrieve Foster's car got stuck in the mud.

He built a 1.5 second gap, while Foster overtook second-placed Andretti man Hunter McElrea and set out after Nannini.

[57] Foster took a double pole position despite having a broken suspension on Indy NXT's debut around the Detroit Street Circuit.

This second restart with two laps to go posed no threat to Siegel, and he led Rasmussen home to again shrink the championship lead, down to only two points.

He ran off the road into the first turn, however, ceding his lead to Gold ahead of Foster and Siegel and dropping down to seventh.

After an interruption when championship leader Rasmussen retired, Gold had to give up on his podium hopes when Abel and later also McElrea got by him.

Foster held on to take his maiden win, while Siegels late error, coupled with Rasmussen's third place, saw the American's championship lead reduced to 17 points.

Abel completed the podium after a race-long battle with Foster, before the pair made contact and the latter dropped back.

The weekend at Gateway was affected by a rain storm that saw qualifying cancelled and the race delayed by multiple hours.

A late caution reignited the fight for the other podium spaces, with Foster coming out second ahead of McElrea.

Foster took the restart ahead of Frost and Siegel, and the top trio remained that way until the final stages of the race.

[64] The final weekend of the season at Laguna Seca began with McElrea and Rasmussen sharing pole positions.

A safety car for the retiring Foster bunched the field back up, but the restart lasted only a few corners before another caution.

[65] Rasmussen became the inaugural Indy NXT champion when he started the final race of the season on pole position.

He completely controlled the race, building a sizable gap to the rest of the field before a safety car for Simpson and Gold colliding nullified his advantage.

Siegel finished seventh to claim third in the standings, five points ahead of Foster, which also secured him the Rookie of the Year title.

While Siegel looked a worthy contender in his rookie year during the first half of the season, experience prevailed in the end.

Once Rasmussen had claimed the lead in Iowa, he always looked in control and also made the most of days where luck was not on his side, like his fourth place in Portland after being part of the opening shunt.