The season starts Sunday, March 10 with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding. Ericsson won the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding, the season’s opening race, and finished in the top six of the standings for the third consecutive year. Lundqvist made three series starts last year with Meyer Shank Racing; Simpson will make his first series start in St. Petersburg. But it was neither Kirkwood nor Malukas who won the first or last race of the 2021 INDY NXT by Firestone season. That honor went to Lundqvist, who like Kirkwood was in his first season in the series. Palou also scored his second series championship at the same age as Dixon was when he captured his second.

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