Christian Rasmussen claimed the 2023 Indy NXT championship when he took the green flag from pole in Race 2 at Laguna Seca.
entering Turn 6 in the battle for sixth, with the pair coming together that led to former spinning out and bringing out the caution on the following lap. Simpson received a penalty for avoidable contact and was dropped to the back of the field.Rookie Francesco Pizzi , only racing his third weekend in the series, was on the early charge, moving up to eighth on Lap 10 from his starting position of 14.
Pizzi attempted a move on James Roe for seventh on Lap 18, but instead did his best Alex Zanardi impersonation and cut the corner, with the bumps bouncing his front wing on the asphalt and getting slightly damage. Roe was able to hold onto the position, while Pizzi remained in eighth.Roe’s chances for a top 10 evaporated with 10 laps to go when he spun off course in Turn 10, dropping down to 17th from seventh.
Simpson’s day went from bad to worse as a broken front wing also led to him being black flagged with five laps to go, relegating him to 16th., who started 16th and finished 12th, was in the mix of several battles and made a race-high 25 on-track passes. In the end, Rasmussen proved too much to handle as he closed out his Indy NXT career with a win at the 11-turn, 2.238-mile circuit. McElrea, who finished second in the championship, and Foster settled the rest of the podium.
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