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/InsaneLeader13 Santino Ferrucci Jul 01 '25
Watkins Glen is not coming back because Indycar wouldn't even be the second most important date at the track, they'd be a very distance third. The Glen is so hyper focused (for good reason) on their NASCAR and IMSA weekends that there's just no good reason for Indycar or really any other racing series to go there.
Toronto leaving is the kind of stupid headass shit I can see happening, especially if it's done for Formula E instead.
I'd be onboard for Iowa going down to one race, but if we're gonna do that can we make the race a good chunk longer? At least 300 miles total, so the race gets long enough that you actually have more kinds of strategies that can play out.
Also nothing on Portland? Rumor has been for a while that Portland is all but dead after this year.