A total of 65 young drivers with their sights set on a career in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and the Indianapolis 500 will converge on the 2.74-mile, 13-turn road course situated only a few miles from downtown New Orleans, which also hosted the series’ traditional Spring Training pre-season test last month.

Twelve months after Lochie Hughes and Nikita Johnson shared the victory spoils during the opening two USF2000 races of the season on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, the two talented youngsters have repeated the feat.

Just as he did one year ago, Australian Lochie Hughes arrived at the opening race of a new season on the unforgiving streets of St. Petersburg as a rookie and promptly scored an emphatic debut victory.

Both USF Pro 2000 and USF2000 have attracted strong fields with over 40 rising stars of the sport seeking to begin their bids for scholarship prizes to catapult them toward a future in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, which also commences its 2024 season on the unforgiving streets.

Perfect weather conditions once again prevailed today at NOLA Motorsports Park in Avondale, La., as the USF Pro Championships Presented by Continental Tire open-wheel racing development ladder concluded its traditional two-day Spring Training test in advance of the new race season.