Foster Wins at Milwaukee, Clinches INDY NXT Title

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Andretti Global driver Louis Foster dominated Saturday’s INDY NXT by Firestone race at the Milwaukee Mile, leading all 90-laps from the pole position to win his seventh race of the year and clinch the season championship.

For Foster, the title is the culmination of a lot of hard work the last couple of years.

“Yeah, when I joined Andretti in late '22 after winning Indy Pro, I knew that we'd be strong ever since we got out of the gates,” Foster said. “Just struggled with consistency last year.

“Had a good year. Team has been awesome. We've broken a few records along the way. Over the moon.”

For Foster, the difference between last season and this year was mental; calming down and seeing the big picture.

“Yeah, I think I worked a lot this year outside of the car, just mentally being in the right place for races. I always talked with my dad about that. He helps a lot because obviously he knows me best.

“I think understanding where we are, staying cool in races. I think races last year some of the mistakes was being a rookie. This year we've calmed it down a lot more, seen the bigger picture.

“But yeah, obviously we've just continued a pace every weekend and always showed up with the same mindset and goals, and we haven't changed.”

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Having now won the championship, the question is where Foster will be racing next season. The NTT INDYCAR SERIES is the goal.

“Yeah, I have talked to teams, obviously. Really, really hoping I'll get an opportunity in it. As it stands currently, we don't have anything signed. I'm hoping that around Nashville, slightly after, we can find something.

“But yeah, I think I've done as much as I can this year to prove to the teams that I'm worthy of a seat. I'm hoping we can get an opportunity.”

Foster is confident that he’ll be able to make the step up.

“Yeah, I would like to say we have a good chance of getting in. I'm quite confident that we will be able to. But nothing's guaranteed.

“It's the best drivers in the world at the end of the day. It's just such a hard circuit to get into. Look at what happened with Linus two years ago. We're working as hard as we can to try and get onto the grid.

“But yeah, I'm hopeful that we will be.”

As far as celebrating his championship, Foster says that party will have to wait for another two weeks at the final race of the season at Nashville Superspeedway.

“Yeah, I think we'll save the celebrations for Nashville. Job's not finished. One more race to go. Want to try to go finish off with a bang.

“Yeah, go out for some drinks tonight and have a bit of fun. But we'll get the party started in Nashville, for sure.”