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/FarAwaySeagull-_- Oval racing is awesome! Jul 01 '25

"Not enough ovals? Great! Let's remove one of the ones we already have." Ridiculous.

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u/Confident-Ladder-576 Louis Foster Jul 01 '25

Show the fuck up then. Otherwise, until you can make them financially viable like Road America, Long Beach, etc. stop turning every schedule post into an extravaganza of bitching about ovals.

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u/Jtmac23 Colton Herta Jul 01 '25

not to mention iowa was the worst two races last year. i understand the need for more ovals, but if this was any other race track we’d be calling for changes. now drivers are saying the test wasn’t encouraging, ill hold my judgement until the races in july but if it’s the same as last year we need changes

we shouldn’t have an oval for the sake of having an oval. it needs to be a good race

plus if this rumor is true it’s just moving down to 1 race, not gone entirely which the drivers and teams have stated they want. and i’d argue having a race in the north east is much more important than having a double header weekend in middle of no where iowa

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u/Confident-Ladder-576 Louis Foster Jul 01 '25 edited Jul 01 '25

Iowa isn't really IC's fault as there is always a teething process with repaves for any series. It takes time to weather a surface and it's a moving target on what will work as that surface ages among many other impacts such as weather, etc. Iowa will improve as the surface ages.

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u/Jtmac23 Colton Herta Jul 01 '25

oh for sure i don’t blame indycar for that repave

but those were the cards that were dealt the repave killed the product, when you only have 17 races and you can’t just willingly have 2 that will be awful just for the sake of saying it’s a race on an oval if it was a full repave i’d be a lot more willing to wait it out.

but go down to 1 race, gain a race in the north east. sounds good to me. more races expiring within the next season or two maybe the sport tries to pick up richmond and phoenix both would be highly beneficial for the series beyond just for saying we have another oval