Overview
- Starting second, Johnson swept around pole-sitter Max Taylor into Turn 1 and controlled the restarts to lead all 42 laps.
- The scheduled 45-lap race was shortened to a timed contest after four full-course cautions.
- Taylor finished 0.699 seconds behind, with HMD Motorsports’ Tymek Kucharczyk third on his series debut.
- The result was Johnson’s first series victory and Cape Motorsports’ maiden Indy NXT win in partnership with Ed Carpenter Racing.
- Incidents included a clash between Chip Ganassi Racing teammates James Roe Jr and Niels Koolen and Carson Etter’s Turn 8 crash into the tire barrier.