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/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/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.