James Roe making NXT level headway with the goal of getting to IndyCar for 2025

Certainty is not a feeling that can be relied on too often in motor racing but for James Roe, the road into 2024 is very concrete.

This time last year, the Naas, Co Kildare native was coming off the back of a partial debut season in Indy NXT with the TJ Speed Motorsport outfit.

But then in January, he announced a blockbuster move to the front-running Andretti team for 2023 and by October it was already confirmed that he would be back for more next season as he makes another concerted run at the final rung on the ladder that he hopes will soon lead him to the Indy Car series, the elite grade of single-seater racing in the US.

Roe and Andretti's mutual rapport was strengthened during a year in which the 25-year-old experienced a steady progression throughout the season that would culminate in a maiden Indy NXT podium.

"The amount of resources we have at our disposal is phenomenal," Roe said as he joined RTÉ Sport from the US west coast to reflect on the season just gone and what he aims to be a pivotal 2024.

"Being identified as one of (Andretti's) four drivers in Indy NXT was a dream come true for me and quite big here in the US, as you can imagine.

"So on the track, a huge resource advantage, off track (it's) a massive brand advantage and the two together just meet in the middle and it's an ominous force."

Watch the full interview here alongside fellow Irish drivers, 2023 Junior WRC champion William Creighton and Alex Dunne:

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