Andretti Cape signs Escotto for Indy NXT

Ricardo Escotto is the first driver confirmed by the Andretti Cape Indy NXT team. The 19-year-old from Mexico made five NXT starts last season for Juncos Hollinger Racing with bests result of 13th at Monterey and Milwaukee.

“I'm super excited to be with Andretti Cape in 2025,” Escotto said. “I’ve only worked with the team for a short amount of time, but after getting to do the test with them in Indianapolis, I feel like we already work together really well. This is a great career opportunity for me to be able to race in Indy NXT, so I'm looking forward to working hard with the team and getting some good results next season.”

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Cape Motorsports’ Dominic Cape was happy with what he saw from Escotto during the recent all-series test on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.

“We are extremely happy to have Ricardo in our lineup for the 2025 season,” Cape said. “We had the opportunity to evaluate him while we were at the Chris Griffis test, and he immediately fit in with everyone on the team. Ricardo had excellent feedback and performed really well. We are all looking forward to working with him.”

Escotto, through the technical alliance struck between Cape and Andretti, joins the four Andretti Global NXT drivers in Salvador De Alba, Dennis Hauger, Lochie Hughes, and James Roe and awaits the confirmation of Andretti Cape’s second driver.