BROWNSBURG, Ind. — Cape Motorsports has completed its lineup for the upcoming season, signing British-Pakistani driver Enaam Ahmed to join Jagger Jones on the team’s Indy NXT by Firestone squad.
“We are extremely excited to announce Enaam as part of our Indy NXT team for 2023,” said Dominic and Nicholas Cape. “Enaam draws from experience in many types of cars and brings that experience to the table for us.”
Ahmed, 23, moves to IndyCar’s development series after finishing third in the 2022 USF Pro 2000 Championship (formerly known as Indy Pro 2000). He made his presence known in just his second Indy NXT series test, topping the speed charts at January’s full-field Firestone tire test on the road course at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The London resident contested a partial season in the series in 2021, his first foray in the U.S., capturing a podium in the season finale at Mid-Ohio. He went on to score five podiums last year and was the model of consistency, with 13 top-five finishes in 18 races.
Ahmed relishes the opportunity to return to the U.S. and to join the team in its return to the series.
“I’m thrilled to join Cape Motorsports this season in Indy NXT,” said Ahmed. “We will be racing the best teams and drivers of my generation as we fight to get to the NTT IndyCar Series. I have really been impressed working with the Cape brothers and I love being an underdog driver with an underdog team. We are ready for war.”