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230 - Youngest Champ - Nikita Johnson Captures the 2026 Indy NXT Championship

230 - Youngest Champ - Nikita Johnson Captures the 2026 Indy NXT Championship23 sep1 u 02 min

The silly season rolls on in the IndyCar paddock and Speed Street is here with the latest developments. Conor Daly joins Producer Bobby to react to the news of Dennis Hauger's multi-year signing with the A.J. Foyt Racing team, along with the departure of Santino Ferrucci. The guys also look ahead to Conor's upcoming NASCAR Truck start at Kansas, where he will once again field a ride for Kaulig Racing's Dodge RAM operation.

2026 Indy NXT Champion Nikita Johnson joins the show to share his impressions of becoming the youngest series champion in history and what it was like to pick up a crown for Cape Motorsports. Nikita speaks on his ambitions to be a part of the IndyCar grid in the 2027 season and reveals that he has a deal in the works to be announced in the coming weeks, ahead of the busy fall/winter testing schedule.