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Dennis Hauger secures 2025 Indy NXT championship

Hauger clinched the title with one race left in the 2025 season

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Dennis Hauger

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An F3 champion and F2 race winner, Dennis Hauger is now an Indy NXT champion as he eyes a future in IndyCar. His journey from Europe to America has been a spectacular one, winning six of the 13 races he's entered this year, and recording 11 top fives.

All of these tracks were completely new to the 22-year-old Andretti Global driver, and he had never raced on ovals before, but that didn't stop him from clinching the championship with one race to spare. With a runner-up finish at Milwaukee, he is 69 points clear of his closest competition, which is Caio Collet in second.

Hauger is also the first driver from Norway to claim an Indy NXT title. Recent Indy NXT (previously Indy Lights) champions include Louis Foster, Christian Rasmussen, Linus Lunqvist, and Kyle Kirkwood -- three of which currently compete full-time in IndyCar.

"It's been an incredible season as a rookie with Andretti," Hauger told FOX Sports. "Super proud to be a part of them and to be a part of this championship season. It's been an incredible year. A few ups and downs but mostly ups. Obviously, super happy. This is a big championship win for me."

He went on to note how "every weekend has been a new track for me, and it's been so many new factors, but we've just really been on top of things. Super happy."

Motorsport.com did an exclusive interview with Hauger at the start of the 2025 season, where he discussed the decision to turn away from the European pipeline and cross the Atlantic to compete in the top levels of US open-wheel racing.

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