The upcoming 2023 IndyCar schedule follows the mold Penske put in place this past year after the additions of Iowa, Nashville and the doubleheader weekend with NASCAR at IMS. Go to to see a breakdown of the schedule. 📸 Doug McSchooler/For IndyStar
put in place this past year after the additions of Iowa, Nashville and the doubleheader weekend with NASCAR at IMS. After landing 14 races of its 17 events on network TV, IndyCar dials back by one -- which was to be expected after NBC went above and beyond in 2022. And, yes, you'll still have to subscribe to Peacock to be able to watch the July race on the streets of Toronto.
The Sebring 12 Hours smack in the middle causes some issues, of course, as I imagine IndyCar wants avoid the backlash they received from making several of their full-time drivers vacate their IMSA endurance seats to prioritize Texas a year ago. In avoiding that and keeping this St. Pete date, you’d have to have a back-to-back , which could feel rushed given the rest of the front half of the schedule.
And even with that, instead of the ‘five races in four weeks’ sprint we saw this year between Toronto, Iowa, IMS and Nashville, teams get a week off after spending two days racing in the intense Iowa heat. From there, we end with a back-to-back , followed by a week off and then three in-a-row to finish things off .