Caio Collet kept the upper hand on championship leader Dennis Hauger during the second practice for the Grand Prix of Road America on Saturday, eyeing his first pole and victory of the INDY NXT by Firestone season.

2024 series Rookie of the Year Collet was quickest at 1 minute, 52.3358 seconds in the No. 76 HMD Motorsports car, nearly one second quicker than his session-leading time of 1:53.1345 from Friday. Collet is third in the standings, 78 points behind Hauger, with a best start and finish this season of second in the INDYCAR development series.

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Hauger was second once again, this time at 1:52.3998 in the No. 28 Nammo car of Andretti Global. Myles Rowe jumped from sixth Friday to third in the 45-minute session today at 1:52.8789 in the No. 99 Abel/Force Indy machine.

Callum Hedge also charged up the leader board today on the 14-turn, 4.014-mile circuit, climbing from seventh to fourth at 1:53.0088 in the No. 17 Abel Motorsports car. Salvador de Alba rounded out the top five at 1:53.3482 in the No. 27 Grupo Indi entry of Andretti Global.

Lochie Hughes, second in the standings and just 19 points behind Hauger, ended up seventh at 1:53.3950 in the No. 26 McGinley Clinic/USF Pro Championship car of Andretti Global. Hughes was third Friday.

Up next is qualifying at 1:30 p.m. ET today. The 20-lap race starts at 11 a.m. ET Sunday. Live coverage of both sessions will be provided by FS1, the FOX Sports app and the INDYCAR Radio Network.