P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Indy NXT St. Petersburg: Nolan Siegel wins season opener
Siegel led the race from pole position, battling wheel to wheel with Jacob Abel at Turn 1, but Abel managed to hold onto his lead. Myles Rowe, the leading rookie from HMD with Force Indy, held third place on the opening lap ahead of Louis Foster, Michael d’Orlando, Reece Gold, Caio Collet, and Bryce Aron. Gold received a three-place penalty for an improper lane change, dropping him to eighth place. Jamie Chadwick initially ran in tenth but dropped to the back of the field after a contact with Josh Pierson. Chadwick later hit the wall at Turn 2 and had to pit for suspension repairs. Siegel extended his lead over Abel to 1.8s, with Foster passing Rowe for third on lap 4. Collet spun out of fifth place, causing a full-course caution, while Aron crashed out of sixth, necessitating another caution. In the end, Siegel won the 45-lap race, followed by Abel and Foster in second and third place, respectively. D’Orlando finished fourth, with Gold, Jonathan Browne, Collet, and Rowe rounding out the top eight positions.
