2026 Indy NXT Barber | Practice results

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The only 2026 Indy NXT practice session of the weekend at Barber has been completed, view the full results here.

Andretti driver Max Taylor went into the weekend as championship leader following a brilliant win at Arlington. He holds a 10-point lead for Nikita Johnson who won at St. Pete. Tymek Kucharczyk completes the top 3, 22 points away from P1.

At the 10-minute mark, a 1:13.297 from Myles Rowe saw him lead Hughes, Pierson, Aron, Taylor and Garcia.

Down at turn 14, Carson Etter took a trip through the grass but continued.

Taylor was the first driver below 73s as he logged a 1:12.951, going a tenth ahead of Rowe. Lochie Hughes then responded to that, beating his teammate by 0.001s.

Rookie Max Garcia put down a rapid lap with 24 minutes left as he smashed in a 1:12.469 to go over 0.4s quicker than the rest. Myles Rowe, in the same stable, then moved into 2nd, 0.3s away.

Taylor, Pierson, Hughes and Missig rounded out the top 6 at this point. Bryce Aron showed pace for CGR as he ran 7th.

After Lochie Hughes posted a 1:12.200, Pierson, Correa and Rowe all bested that. The young Andretti star was 0.004s faster than the former F2 driver.

It got even closer with just over five minutes left as a 1:12.034 from Myles Rowe was 0.001 ahead of Juan Manuel Correa. That would remain the benchmark time after the 45-minute session was done.

Pierson, Hughes, Fittipaldi, Taylor, de Tullio, Kucharczyk, Aron and Missig completed the top 10.

At turn 1, Tymek Kucharczyk had a moment through the grass, getting a tiny bit of air while doing so.