The Thermal Club $1 Million Challenge was a unique situation for INDY NXT by Firestone points leader Nolan Siegel. On one hand, the 19-year-old made his NTT INDYCAR SERIES debut driving the No. This was the first of four events Siegel is contracted to race with the team. “I was at Daytona testing a sports car and didn’t know I was going to drive an INDYCAR SERIES car,” Siegel said. “I wouldn’t have believed you,” Siegel said on what he would have said if I told him he’d finish ahead of those drivers in the heat. “To be able to kind of see where Colton was making the difference and where he could kind of back it up, he knew where I was quicker, and he knew that there was no way I was going to get by him,” Siegel said. Siegel praised the welcoming NTT INDYCAR SERIES paddock for being transparent and helpful all weekend.

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