Andretti Global announced on Mondayas they revealed their INDY NXT liveries for 2025 that Don Lambert will lead their INDY NXT program as Team Manager.
Andretti Global will field four cars this season with the No. 26 McGinley Clinic/USF Pro Championship Dallara is rookie Lochie Hughes. The 22-year-old Australian native is the current USF Pro 2000 Champion, dominating the 2024 season in the development series just a rung below INDY NXT on the ladder system up to INDYCAR. Next up making his INDY NXT debut this season in the No. 28 Rental Group Dallara is Norwegian driver Dennis Hauger.
Ireland’s James Roe had a breakthrough sesson in 2024 and returns to the No.29 Topcon Dallara.
In 2024, Roe scored seven top-10 finishes, five top-five finishes, two podiums and one pole position finishing the season in 6th place in the championship.
Salvador de Alba will transition over to the Andretti INDY NXT team to pilot the No. 27 Grupo Indi Dallara. De Alba has seen success across multiple series with driver’s championship titles in the NASCAR Peak Mexico Series (2021, 2023) and Super Copa GTM (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024). He made his open-wheel racing debut in USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tires in 2022 and placed third in the development series’ Driver Championship in 2023.