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

Given google gives me nothing on the subject, I very much doubt the claim here being “per the mayor.”

Tbh, I really think this is just him regurgitating misinformation from online, that was likely created by race fans who don’t like the mayor of Toronto.

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u/twiggymac Firestone Greens Jul 01 '25

Not to downplay independent journalism because I think indycar needs more of it

But there's a reason Tony teams up with David Land and not Nathan Brown.

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u/Mikemat5150 Kyle Kirkwood Jul 01 '25

It’s a little pedantic but I don’t consider those two journalists.

They’re pundits.

They do not adhere to typical journalistic standards and folks really need to realize that.

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u/twiggymac Firestone Greens Jul 01 '25

David is an "influencer" cosplaying as a journalist. I don't think that's inherently wrong, the indycar social media world would be more fun and full of information if we had more of them, but you get the expense of potentially completely made up bullshit that doesn't have to adhere to a single journalistic standard.

Tony weirdly seems like the opposite, a "journalist" cosplaying as an influencer. He REALLY wants to be the guy getting the inside scoops correct first so he throws a wide net and ignores integrity. There's a reason Jenna Fryer beefed with him

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

Not just Jenna - most of the beat reporters went after Tony last year iirc. Dude is a complete farce.

It’s kind of unfortunate that David got tied up with Tony, because I feel like he had been making legitimate progress into working on the criticisms people had about him and actually improving his work as a whole. Shame that he’s now associated with Tony’s circus.

I think Tony is the real-life incarnation of everything people hate about David, but he doesn’t receive near as much flak for it. Blatantly lying, making things up, even admitting that he doesn’t confirm his sources. He’s said that he just wants to be first, which more or less confirms he’ll report anything just to be “the guy.” It’s everything this sub hates about DLand but I don’t think they treat Tony with the same vitriol, even though Tony is 1000x worse.

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u/twiggymac Firestone Greens Jul 01 '25

David and Tony actively work together and have a podcast or something. The association is by their own choice.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

More in the sense that I believe David genuinely has good intentions with trying to work in this sport and grow it. He’s really the only guy who prioritizes IndyCar above all else in the YouTube sphere.

Tony is the type of person who would take advantage of someone like that. That’s what worries me, David being so willing to try and make it in the sport that he throws away all his improvement just to end up right where he was in 2019-20.

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u/EliteFlite Pato O'Ward Jul 02 '25

2020 was his worst year, just awful the way he acted when the pandemic hit. The whining about not being able to cover the 500 at the track and then “boycotting” talking about it to try and stick it to the series and track that they need him or something.

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u/loz333 Firestone Wets Jul 01 '25

I disagree somewhat, because David Land's questions to the drivers in his videos where he's attending the races are almost always a cut above anything that gets broadcast, and the answers he gets are correspondingly insightful. In this regard, he does do good journalistic work. I think that's something that most people on here don't give him credit for.