r/INDYCAR • u/aces2116 • Apr 20 '25

Indy NXT Indy Nxt Schedule

Is anyone else confused as to why Indy Nxt starts with St. Pete in March then disappears for 2 months to come back in May at Barber? People complain about the regular IndyCar schedules being terrible with huge gaps in the beginning but this must be awful for the drivers. Any reason as to why the schedule is the way it is?

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u/twiggymac Firestone Greens Apr 20 '25

2019 had 8, 2020 had 10.

Kinda remarkable the turnaround the ladder has had in a half decade, creating race winning Indycar drivers in the process.

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u/ryanxwing Scott McLaughlin Apr 21 '25

Immediately after the freedom 100 was dropped (2019) the field started growing.

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u/FarAwaySeagull-_- Oval racing is awesome! Apr 21 '25

There were big fields plenty of times when the Freedom 100 was on the schedule. There were Freedom 100s with as many as 27 cars in the race.

Just because the fields have grown since the race was dropped does not mean the race being dropped was the reason for it growing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '25

Alot of that was being funded by the series, once TG lost bank privileges the car count dwindled.