Road to Indy feeder series discussion

[Everso Biggyballies]

Bottom post of the previous page:

And is it still one lucky driver will get rewarded with a (relative) bag of peanuts for winning the series, compared to previous winners.... no works assisted drives or the previous sweeteners (pre Penske ownership?) or big chunk of budget to help career progression in another category up the ladder.

I just remember Lundqvist I think it was got shafted royally on his feeder series win.

Im hoping that the situation was remedied after that but not holding my breath. I must confess I dont follow the Indy feeder stuff that closely and may be suffering good old fashioned ignorance with this.

[MonteCristo]

And is it still one lucky driver will get rewarded with a (relative) bag of peanuts for winning the series, compared to previous winners.... no works assisted drives or the previous sweeteners (pre Penske ownership?) or big chunk of budget to help career progression in another category up the ladder.

I just remember Lundqvist I think it was got shafted royally on his feeder series win.

Im hoping that the situation was remedied after that but not holding my breath. I must confess I dont follow the Indy feeder stuff that closely and may be suffering good old fashioned ignorance with this.

Not sure about 2024, but it increased in 2023 since Lundquist won.

https://racer.com/2023/01/12/indy-nxt-prize-increases/

https://formulascout.com/indy-nxt-udpat ... son/102833

A guaranteed $850,000 will be given to the 2023 champion to spend on “an oval test at Texas Motor Speedway, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Open Test/Rookie Orientation Programme, the Indianapolis 500 and an additional 2024 IndyCar event” according to a series representative.