Foster on top again in Indy Nxt’s second Portland practice session

Photo: Matt Fraver

Andretti Global’s Louis Foster topped the times once again in the final Indy Nxt practice before qualifying at Portland.

It was a relatively trouble-free session, with only a few minor incidents, none of which resulted in circuit-wide yellow flags.

Foster jumped to the top of the times early on, and gradually lowered the benchmark pace throughout the remainder of FP2.

In the closing stages of the session, HMD Motorsports’ Caio Collet and Abel Motorsports’ Jacob Abel were able to get close to what was then the fastest lap, but another improvement from Foster left him comfortably ahead.

He ended practice with a 1m02.3358s as his personal best, with a pace advantage of 0.2885 seconds over Collet.

Abel was third quickest ahead of Andretti’s James Roe Jr and HMD’s Reece Gold. Foster’s team-mate Jamie Chadwick, who briefly held the fastest lap early on, was sixth quickest.

One driver who did have an interrupted morning was Josh Pierson. The HMD driver spent most of the session in the pits, and at the end of practice told media that he had suspected engine issues and felt his lack of running would put him at a disadvantage going into qualifying.

His team-mate Myles Rowe suffered a spin during FP2, but he managed to avoid making contact with any other cars or the barriers and went on to end the session in ninth. The top 12 were covered by less than a second around what is a short lap, and the pace was faster than in the previous day’s practice session.

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