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A bit of movement, thankfully.

NXT is 20.5 with a part program added for American Max Taylor.

USF Pro 2000 is up to 11 cars.

USF2000 is at 14. Which in my mind is up to "not terrible" territory.

Meanwhile, the bottom rung of the 'Road to Indy' feeder series, USF Juniors, is up to 19 cars. Decent.

You'd think most of them would add an extra one or two in the next month before St Pete...
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MonteCristo wrote: 2 weeks ago NXT is 20.5 with a part program added for American Max Taylor.
21 with quite exciting American prospect Nikita Johnson taking the other half of the seat at HMD Motorsports, together with running a GB3 campaign (English Formula Regional).

Good stuff.

Meanwhile, that means HMD Motorsports is running EIGHT cars in the series. Insane.
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https://formulascout.com/photo-finishes ... ead/128232

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https://www.instagram.com/yacademywinte ... 8xNMly5Ax/

Sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiightly close finish.
Race 3 (18 laps)
1 E Cooley 48m08.046s
2 Vergara +0.001s
3 Wheldon +0.018s
4 Fisher +0.041s
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MonteCristo wrote: 2 weeks ago USF Pro 2000 is up to 11 cars.

USF2000 is at 14. Which in my mind is up to "not terrible" territory.

Meanwhile, the bottom rung of the 'Road to Indy' feeder series, USF Juniors, is up to 19 cars. Decent.
14, 15 and 22 respectively.

Looking alright, actually :shocked:.
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And NXT down to 20 cars, after Juncos shuttered their NXT program, losing a car in the process.

Wonder what that means for their Indycar effort... I know that Daly doesn't have full funding for the year. I assume The People's Champion does though, and is flinging god bucks around the place.
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