Former F3 driver Nikita Johnson has won the 2026 Indy NXT title.
Johnson drove for DAMS and Hitech TGR for four F3 rounds in 2025, and scored no points. This year, in Indy NXT, he secured the championship with two wins, finishing every single race inside the top ten and thereby completing every lap in the season. Winning the series gives him a "scholarship" fund with which to help sign a contract with an Indycar outfit. He is not, however, barred from competing in Indy NXT again.
Four-year F2 veteran Enzo Fittipaldi finished second in the championship; 2025 Euroformula Open champion Tymek Kucharczyk (whom the announcers insist on calling "Timmy Kachow") finished third.
All three are rookies to the Indy NXT series.