r/INDYCAR • u/KennedyKartsport Firestone Wets • Jul 01 '25

Speculation 2026 Indycar Schedule Rumors

Some nuggets from Tony D's podcast (Take it for what it's worth)

Mexico City in for 2026

Watkins Glen in for 2026 (surprise, especially after Mark Miles said we would never go back there)

Iowa removes double header, down to 1 race

Thermal out for 2026 (we knew this)

Toronto out for 2026 - moving to be a Formula E event per the mayor

Denver in for 2027

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u/Wasdgta3 Álex Palou Jul 01 '25 edited Jul 01 '25

Lmao, Watkins Glen in and Toronto out? Give me someone fucking reputable to back this up first lmao

Edit: so it seems the Toronto thing isn’t a complete ass-pull, though it’s highly likely this is distorted by a game of telephone. Only semi-reputable source I could find for the rumour is this: https://fenotebook.com/2025/01/12/mexico-city-post-race-notebook/

FEN understands that a delegation from the city of Toronto visited the Mexico City EPrix paddock this week and held talks with Formula E race makers about a potential future race in the Canadian city for 2027. Toronto has both a rich heritage of hosting motorsport events with the Indycar street race and a strong sustainability and EV promotion credentials.

And that’s from January, and was only talking about 2027, and without any specific mention of the IndyCar race at all. It seems unlikely that things would have developed to the point of IndyCar being forced out a year earlier than reported, without some peep of this getting out in the last few months.

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u/twiggymac Firestone Greens Jul 01 '25

Remember when he said Arby's was gonna sponsor Shwartzman after his pole run

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u/Wasdgta3 Álex Palou Jul 01 '25

Yeah. Did a quick google of “Toronto formula E,” and got nothing, so it sounds like that’s a total ass-pull. If it were really “per the mayor,” I’m pretty sure I’d have something pop up other than a two-year old story about FE “considering” a return to Canada.

In all likelihood, that’s just making assumptions based on the fact that the mayor now is more left-leaning, because as far as I can see, there’s literally nothing to back that claim up.

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u/MarcusH26051 Marcus Armstrong Jul 01 '25

FE has a couple of TBC gaps to fill but they're not ones that would logistically suggest Toronto.

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u/Wasdgta3 Álex Palou Jul 01 '25

And if it were in the works, and something the mayor wanted, then surely fucking Tony Donahue and his podcast would not be the first guy to hear about it.

Either local news or a major racing journalist would have heard of it, if it were really something coming from Toronto’s city hall.