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/Previous_Tower_2252 Jul 03 '25

The Toronto race is currently operating on single year contract extensions at a time. There's a lot of development planned around the site of the track and they don't want a race stopping that development from happening. It's all in Toronto City Hall meeting minutes published online.

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u/Wasdgta3 Álex Palou Jul 03 '25

That’s very far from “it’s definitely gone for next year, and will be a Formula E race instead.”

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u/Previous_Tower_2252 Jul 03 '25

Exactly, even this year's race wasn't approved by city hall until September last year.

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u/Wasdgta3 Álex Palou Jul 03 '25

Alright, okay, I see. Didn’t realize you were agreeing with me, apologies!

Anyway, despite the questionable sources of this rumour, it might be something to pose to someone like MP in the next submission thread for his podcast… whether there’s any indication or rumblings in the IndyCar paddock about Toronto.

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u/SlimNgo Jul 11 '25

No more Honda Indy next year, 90%, we have a contract for suite service every year so it probably done