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34-430: NXT may refer to: Sports [ edit ] Indy NXT ("NXT"), open-wheel open-cockpit motorsports series, formerly Indy Lights ("Lights") Professional wrestling [ edit ] WWE NXT , a professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that began in 2010 NXT (WWE brand) , WWE's Florida-based brand and developmental territory NXT UK ,

68-670: A cryptocurrency started in November 2013 Lego Mindstorms NXT , a kit for building robots with Lego bricks created in 2006 Sharp Nemesis NXT , a kit-built racing aircraft NXT, a COVID-aware smart-workplace platform developed by NetSol Technologies Other [ edit ] NXT record, an obsolete DNS resource record type; see List of DNS record types#NXT See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "nxt" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles beginning with NXT All pages with titles containing NXT Next (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

102-577: A four-wide finish. In June 2013, it was announced that the series would be promoted by Andersen Promotions beginning in 2014 . with IndyCar sanctioning remaining. In August it was announced that Cooper Tire would replace Firestone as the official tire of the series in 2014. This resulted in all three levels of the Road to Indy leading up to the IndyCar Series being promoted by Andersen and feature Cooper tires, beginning in 2014. The Andersen team implemented

136-408: A newly updated and modern-looking chassis was introduced based on an F3000 design. It would remain through 2001. Buick V6 engines were used for its entire existence. The ARS/Indy Lights series' championship winners included two CART champions, two IndyCar Series champions, seven Champ Car World Series race-winners and two Formula One drivers. The Indy Lights schedule closely followed that of

170-543: A number of CART series drivers during the 1980s and early 1990s were former Formula 1 competitors, most of whom had climbed the European-based ladder series. The original Indy Lights series was an open-wheeled racing series that acted as a developmental circuit for CART from 1986 to 2001. It was founded in 1986 as the American Racing Series (ARS). CART became the sanctioning body for the series in 1988, and it

204-523: A number of cost-reducing updates to the chassis and engine package in 2014 and introduced a new chassis and engine combination in 2015. On October 31, 2013, the series announced that Dallara would be the manufacturer of the fourth-generation Indy Lights chassis and it would be named the Dallara IL-15. On November 1, 2013 a new logo was unveiled for the Indy Lights series On November 26 it was announced that

238-563: A support race to a series other than CART. In 2001 Indy Lights ran at Road Atlanta the weekend of the Petit Le Mans , and ran at Kansas with the IRL . By the late 1990s and early 2000s, CART was suffering from financial problems. Meanwhile, in 1996, the rival Indy Racing League was formed. CART canceled the minor league outright after the 2001 season. By this time, the Toyota Atlantic series

272-609: A way to introduce new talent to IndyCar, with the moniker Indy Lights returning in 2008 when CART and IndyCar unified. The Indy Lights champion was awarded a $ 1M scholarship toward the IndyCar Series, and guaranteed three races including the Indianapolis 500 during this time. For 2023, Penske Entertainment announced a rebranding to the name Indy NXT. In the post- WWII era, through the early 1960s, American open-wheel racing cars were almost exclusively front-engined "roadsters". The primary ladder series included sprints and midgets . By

306-844: Is an American diversified transportation services company based in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan . Roger Penske is the founder and chairman of the privately held company, and Rob Kurnick is the president. Penske operates in the automotive retail, truck leasing, transportation , logistics, and motorsports industries. Penske operates in over 3,200 locations and employs more than 70,000 people globally. Holdings [ edit ] Current [ edit ] DAVCO Technology (transportation component manufacturing) Ilmor Engineering (high performance motorsport engines) Penske Automotive Group (a 40+% stake) Penske Entertainment Corporation, parent company of: INDYCAR, LLC ( Motorsports sanctioning body ; parent company of

340-508: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Indy NXT A similar series named Indy Lights filled the developmental role for the CART series, and ran from 1986 to 1993 as the American Racing Series and Dayton Indy Lights from 1991 to 2001. The current IndyCar sanctioned series was founded in 2002 as the Infiniti Pro Series as

374-1005: The IndyCar Series ) Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-mile race track in Speedway, Indiana ) IMS, LLC (Operators of the race track) IMS Productions, Inc. (broadcast television production company with satellite trucks, TV trucks and audio/visual editing facilities) Grand Prix Association of Long Beach (Runs and organizes the Grand Prix of Long Beach in downtown Long Beach, California . Penske Logistics (supply chain management and logistics service) Penske Motor Group (retail automotive in California and Texas) Premier Truck Group (commercial vehicle dealerships) Penske Truck Leasing (joint venture with Penske Corp. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd) Penske Truck Rental (truck rental services) Team Penske (Motorsports team that enters teams in

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408-694: The IndyCar Series , IMSA SportsCar Championship , NASCAR and World Endurance Championship ) Truck-Lite (transportation component manufacturing) Carshop (certified used vehicle dealer) Former [ edit ] Detroit Diesel – A former GM subsidiary, Penske purchased a portion of the company in 1988 and, together with General Motors, spun the company off into a separate company. Sold to DaimlerChrysler AG in 2000. DJR Team Penske (51% stake) (Australian V8 Supercars team) sold in 2020 Penske Auto Centers – A former subsidiary that had operated auto repair centers within selected Kmart stores from 1995 until 2002. VM Motori S.p.A. – 50%

442-490: The "Mini-Indy" series, using Super Vee machines. The series ended after 1980 when USAC stopped sanctioning Indy car races outside of the Indianapolis 500. Following the end of the "Mini Indy" series, the driver pool in the early 1980s for CART and the Indy 500 was drawn in a somewhat unorganized fashion among Super Vees, Atlantics, former Can-Am drivers, sprint cars, midgets, and even stock cars and off-road racing . In addition,

476-564: The British spin-off of NXT featuring the namesake brand NXT UK (WWE brand) WWE's United Kingdom-based brand Groups, companies, organizations [ edit ] NextDC (ASX ticker NXT ), Australian data centre operator Centre Alliance , an Australian political party formerly known as the Nick Xenophon Team that traded under the NXT brand Products [ edit ] Nxt ,

510-503: The CART series, and typically had a gap of up to a month while the primary CART teams raced at the Indy 500 . The races were usually held the morning of the CART series races, as an undercard event. In early years, the Indy Lights series skipped superspeedway races such as Michigan , but eventually found its way to race there. In some rare occasions, the Indy Lights ran at non-CART tracks, generally as

544-769: The Indy Lights schedule was the Freedom 100 , contested at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the Friday prior to the Indianapolis 500 . The series also held a support race for the U.S. Grand Prix , the Liberty Challenge , from 2005 to 2007. It was the series' first event that was not a support race to an IndyCar event. On September 9, 2007, during the Chicagoland 100 , Logan Gomez beat Alex Lloyd by 0.0005 seconds (approximately 1.65 inches (42 mm) at 188 mph) which reflects what

578-665: The USGP weekend. The series was called the Menards Infiniti Pro Series (MIPS) until 2006 when both Menards and Nissan dropped their sponsorship of the series. It was then known as the Indy Pro Series . On March 26, 2008, the series announced a changing of names, when the historical records and proprietary information of Champ Car were acquired by the IRL. The series then became known as Firestone Indy Lights . The centerpiece of

612-497: The end of the 1960s, the cars evolved into rear-engine formula-style machines. Likewise, the feeder series began to follow the same mold. When United States Automobile Club (USAC) became the primary sanctioning body for top-level open-wheel racing, the ladder of progression began to change. The Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Super Vee and Formula Atlantic series were among the first formula-based ladder series. However, neither had any direct tie to USAC. In 1977, USAC started

646-606: The engine for the new package would be a 2.0L turbocharged MZR-R four cylinder engine, tuned to last a full season of competition and producing 450 horsepower, with push-to-pass offering an additional 50 horsepower. The 2020 season was canceled through a combination of low grid numbers and the COVID-19 pandemic . As of 2021, the Dallara IL-15 continues to be the chassis employed by the series, but engines are now provided by AER, Advanced Engines Research, modifying and tuning base 2.0 liter I-4 Mazda power plants turbocharged to provide

680-7411: The original on October 4, 2013 . Retrieved October 3, 2013 . ^ Ganz, Andrew (February 15, 2011). "Fiat to split VM Motori with GM after buying Penske's 50% share" . LeftlaneNews. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013 . Retrieved October 3, 2013 . External links [ edit ] Official website v t e [REDACTED] Team Penske Headquarters: Mooresville , North Carolina Personnel Roger Penske Tim Cindric Walter Czarnecki Travis Geisler IndyCar Series Drivers (2) Josef Newgarden (3) Scott McLaughlin (12) Will Power Race engineers (2) Eric Leichtle (3) Ben Bretzman (12) David Faustino NASCAR Cup Series Drivers (2) Austin Cindric (12) Ryan Blaney (22) Joey Logano Crew chiefs (2) Brian Wilson (12) Jonathan Hassler / Tony Palmer (22) Paul Wolfe FIA World Endurance Championship Drivers (5) Matt Campbell / Michael Christensen / Frédéric Makowiecki (6) Kévin Estre / André Lotterer / Laurens Vanthoor IMSA SportsCar Championship Drivers (6) Mathieu Jaminet / Nick Tandy (7) Dane Cameron / Felipe Nasr Former drivers Formula One Mark Donohue John Watson IndyCar Bobby Allison A. J. Allmendinger Bill Alsup Mario Andretti Alex Barron Gary Bettenhausen Geoff Brabham Ryan Briscoe Hélio Castroneves Kevin Cogan Mark Donohue Gil de Ferran Emerson Fittipaldi David Hobbs Sam Hornish Jr. Gordon Johncock Jan Magnussen Tarso Marques Rick Mears Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud Max Papis André Ribeiro Gonzalo Rodríguez Johnny Rutherford Oriol Servià Tom Sneva Danny Sullivan Mike Thackwell Paul Tracy Al Unser Al Unser Jr. Bobby Unser NASCAR Justin Allgaier Bobby Allison Donnie Allison A. J. Allmendinger Dave Blaney Chad Blount Neil Bonnett Kurt Busch Mark Donohue George Follmer Brendan Gaughan Sam Hornish Jr. Ricky Johnson Brad Keselowski Parker Kligerman Travis Kvapil Dave Marcis Jeremy Mayfield Michael McDowell Paul Menard Juan Pablo Montoya Ryan Newman Kyle Petty David Stremme Alex Tagliani Jacques Villeneuve Mike Wallace Rusty Wallace ARCA Austin Cindric Sam Hornish Jr. Travis Kvapil Ryan Newman Rusty Wallace Steve Wallace Billy Wease Sports cars Timo Bernhard Ryan Briscoe Kurt Busch Dane Cameron Hélio Castroneves Mark Donohue Romain Dumas Patrick Long Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen Juan Pablo Montoya Simon Pagenaud Graham Rahal Alexander Rossi Ricky Taylor Supercars Marcos Ambrose Scott Pye Fabian Coulthard Scott McLaughlin Indianapolis 500 wins 1972 (Donohue) 1979 (Mears) 1981 (B. Unser) 1984 (Mears) 1985 (Sullivan) 1987 (A. Unser) 1988 (Mears) 1991 (Mears) 1993 (Fittipaldi) 1994 (Unser Jr.) 2001 (Castroneves) 2002 (Castroneves) 2003 (de Ferran) 2006 (Hornish) 2009 (Castroneves) 2015 (Montoya) 2018 (Power) 2019 (Pagenaud) 2023 (Newgarden) 2024 (Newgarden) National Championships 1977 (Sneva) 1978 (Sneva) 1979 (Mears) 1981 (Mears) 1982 (Mears) 1983 (A. Unser) 1985 (A. Unser) 1988 (Sullivan) 1994 (Unser Jr.) 2000 (de Ferran) 2001 (de Ferran) 2006 (Hornish) 2014 (Power) 2016 (Pagenaud) 2017 (Newgarden) 2019 (Newgarden) 2022 (Power) NASCAR Hall of Fame Bobby Allison (2011) Rusty Wallace (2013) Roger Penske (2019) Donnie Allison (2024) NASCAR Cup Series Championships 2012 (Keselowski) 2018 (Logano) 2022 (Logano) 2023 (R. Blaney) 2024 (Logano) NASCAR Xfinity Series Championships Drivers' Championship 2010 (Keselowski) 2020 (A. Cindric) Owners' Championship 2010 (No. 22) 2013 (No. 22) 2014 (No. 22) 2015 (No. 22) 2017 (No. 22) 2020 (No. 22) 2021 (No. 22) Regular Season Championship 2020 (A. Cindric) Daytona 500 wins 2008 (Newman) 2015 (Logano) 2022 (A. Cindric) Coca-Cola 600 wins 2010 (Busch) 2020 (Keselowski) 2023 (R. Blaney) Brickyard 400 wins 2018 (Keselowski) Southern 500 wins 1975 (B. Allison) 2018 (Keselowski) Jack Link's 500 wins 2012 (Keselowski) 2016 (Keselowski) 2018 (Logano) 2020 (R. Blaney) 2021 (Keselowski) All-Star Race wins 2002 (Newman) 2010 (Busch) 2016 (Logano) 2022 (R. Blaney) 2024 (Logano) Busch Light Clash wins 1998 (Wallace) 2011 (Busch) 2017 (Logano) 2018 (Keselowski) 2022 (Logano) Supercars Drivers' championships 2018 (McLaughlin) 2019 (McLaughlin) 2020 (McLaughlin) Supercars Teams' championships 2017 2019 2020 Bathurst 1000 wins 2019 (McLaughlin / Prémat) Partnerships and affiliations Ford Performance / Front Row Motorsports / Roush-Yates Engines / Wood Brothers Racing / (NASCAR) Ilmor / Chevrolet Performance (IndyCar) Porsche / Multimatic (IMSA) Related NASCAR operations of Team Penske Penske Corporation ( Indianapolis Motor Speedway / INDYCAR, LLC ) Greg Moore Dick Johnson Racing Authority control databases [REDACTED] International VIAF National United States Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penske_Corporation&oldid=1257418134 " Categories : Penske Corporation Companies based in Oakland County, Michigan Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Transport companies established in 1969 1969 establishments in Michigan Trucking companies of

714-403: The original on 2015-12-10 . Retrieved 2018-01-23 . ^ Buck, Genevieve (September 26, 1995). "Kmart To Sell Automotive-service Chain: Discounter Steers Focus Back To Retail" . Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on 2018-01-24 . Retrieved 2018-01-23 . ^ "Penske Auto Centers close for good" . United Press International . April 9, 2002. Archived from

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748-514: The original on January 15, 2021 . Retrieved September 15, 2014 . ^ Penske finalises exit from Supercars, DJR reborn Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine Auto Action October 24, 2020 ^ "Kmart Sells Money-Losing Auto Service Business : Divestiture: Roger Penske buys 860 centers for $ 112 million. Company to focus on retailing" . Los Angeles Times . September 26, 1995. Archived from

782-463: The original on January 23, 2018 . Retrieved January 23, 2018 . ^ Hays, Constance L. (April 9, 2002). "Kmart and Penske Told to End Dispute Over Closing of Auto Centers" . New York Times . Archived from the original on January 24, 2018 . Retrieved January 23, 2018 . ^ Sutton, Mike (July 16, 2007). "GM, Penske Partner in VM Motori Stake" . Ward's . Archived from

816-553: The original on October 5, 2013 . Retrieved October 3, 2013 . ^ "People: Roger Penske...This Guy Should Run GM" . Motor Trend . Archived from the original on October 5, 2013 . Retrieved October 3, 2013 . ^ "Penske Corporation Announces Sale of Its Detroit Diesel Stake to DaimlerChrysler" . The Auto Channel . July 20, 2000. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019 . Retrieved October 3, 2013 . ^ "Penske confirms 2015 V8 Supercar entry" . Speedcafe . September 15, 2014. Archived from

850-478: The same power and push-to-pass capability of the former engines, with the added capability of longevity: the engines are designed and fabricated to run an entire season without a rebuild. A halo was added to the IL-15 for the 2021 season. Andretti Autosport's Kyle Kirkwood captured the 2021 series championship, while HMD Motorsports' David Malukas finished second and Global Racing Group w/HMD Motorsports' Linus Lundqvist

884-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NXT . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NXT&oldid=1154070808 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

918-472: The schedule in 2005 , many of America's top prospects like Marco Andretti and Phil Giebler were attracted to the series to run part-time schedules on road courses. In 2006 , a boost in prize money even further increased car counts to 16 or more, with an even six oval and six road course mix. The selected races being double races, and a stand-alone race (independent of the IndyCar Series) were scheduled on

952-844: The title based on more second-place finishes (5 vs 1). Penske Corporation American transportation services company Not to be confused with Penske Media Corporation . "Penske" redirects here. For other uses, see Penske (disambiguation) . Penske Corporation [REDACTED] Company type Private Industry Transportation Founded 1969 ; 55 years ago  ( 1969 ) Founder Roger Penske Headquarters Bloomfield Township, Michigan , U.S. Key people Roger Penske (Chairman) Brian Hard (President) Products Auto Racing, Truck Leasing, Retail, Logistics Number of employees ~65,000 Website www .penske .com Penske Corporation, Inc. ( / p ɛ n . s k iː / )

986-594: The year after the CART-sanctioned Indy Lights series' demise. It was a spec series using a TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing) developed 3.5L version of the V8 engine used in the Infiniti Q45 combined with Dallara chassis producing 420 horsepower (310 kW). The series initially struggled to attract drivers and some races have had fewer than 10 entrants. However, with the introduction of a number of road-course races to

1020-609: Was bought in 2003 and the rest in 2007, but a 51% stake was sold to Fiat S.p.A. in February 2011, and the remainder sold to Fiat in 2013. References [ edit ] ^ "Penske named Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient" . IndyCar.com . Archived from the original on 2021-01-13 . Retrieved 2019-07-02 . ^ "About Us" . Archived from the original on 2023-04-08 . Retrieved 2023-04-08 . ^ Levin, Doron (May 25, 1989). "Penske Wins Big at Detroit Diesel" . The New York Times . Archived from

1054-558: Was equally effective in providing CART with new drivers. In addition, the Atlantics served as a springboard for such drivers as Greg Ray , Sam Hornish Jr. and Richie Hearn to enter the IRL . The Atlantics effectively became CART's primary feeder system, and later became Champ Car World Series' official in-house feeder championship for a time. The Infiniti Pro Series was re-founded by the Indy Racing League and began racing in 2002,

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1088-425: Was renamed as Indy Lights in 1991, with title sponsorship by Firestone . Later, Firestone's subsidiary Dayton Tires took over as tire supplier and title sponsor. A spec-series , CART Indy Lights used March chassis (essentially a modified 85B Formula 3000 chassis, renamed to Wildcat) from 1986 to 1992. In 1992 Lola became the primary chassis constructor to the series, using a modified F3000 chassis. In 1997,

1122-570: Was the closest recognized finish in the over century-long history of organized automobile racing throughout the world, until the 2018 Powershares QQQ 300 . In 2008, the margin was established by the Guinness Book of World Records as the closest finish ever in a car race. On May 24, 2013, Peter Dempsey captured his first Indy Lights win in the Freedom 100 in the closest finish in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history (0.0026 secs) in

1156-511: Was third. HMD Motorsports/Global Racing Group secured their first Road to Indy team championship. Firestone returned as the official tire supplier for the 2023 season. That season saw the series name changed to Indy NXT, and IndyCar assume direct operation of the series from Andersen Promotions, which continues to operate the affiliated lower-tier USF Championships under IndyCar sanctioning. Chaves and Jack Harvey ( Schmidt Peterson Motorsports were tied in points and wins (4 each). Chaves won

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