Overview
- Max Taylor set the INDY NXT benchmark at 1:05.0852 in a 45‑minute session that ended with an Andretti Global sweep by Taylor, Josh Pierson and Seb Murray.
- The INDY NXT practice was twice red‑flagged for incidents involving Jack Beeton at Turn 10 and Lochie Hughes at Turn 7, with repairs needed but drivers continuing.
- Scott McLaughlin led the first IndyCar practice at 1:01.1020 on the 1.8‑mile St. Petersburg street circuit, edging a tightly packed field with less than a tenth covering the top five.
- Honda-powered entries filled four of the top five IndyCar spots, and Andretti Global was the only team with two drivers in that group.
- Josef Newgarden, Scott Dixon and Louis Foster made barrier contact during IndyCar practice, with Dixon’s car heavily damaged though he was unhurt; Saturday brings more practice and qualifying on FS1/FS2, with Sunday’s INDY NXT race at 10 a.m. ET and the IndyCar race at noon ET on FOX.