2013 IndyCar Schedule

UPDATE #7 This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' with this announcement.

09/29/12 The latest rumored schedule by AutoWeek, which is fairly close to ours, shows no Providence, RI race listed, though it can be added last minute.

Date	Track	City	Venue	Network
March 24	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Fla.	1.8-mile street course	NBCSN
April 7	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Ala.	2.38-mile road course	NBCSN
April 21	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, Calif.	1.968-mile street course	NBCSN
May 5	Streets of Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo, Brazil	2.6-mile street course	NBCSN
May 26	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis	2.5-mile oval	ABC
June 1	Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Detroit (Standing Start)	2.07-mile street course	ABC
June 2	Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Detroit (Rolling Start)	2.07 mile street course	ABC
June 8	Texas Motor Speedway*	Fort Worth, Texas	1.5-mile oval	ABC
June 15	The Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wis.	1-mile oval	NBCSN
June 23	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	0.875-mile oval	ABC
July 7	Pocono International Raceway	Long Pond, Pa.	2.5-mile oval	ABC
July 13	Streets of Toronto	Toronto (Standing Start)	1.75-mile street course	NBCSN
July 14	Streets of Toronto	Toronto (Rolling Start)	1.75-mile street course	NBCSN
Aug. 4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	2.258-mile road course	NBCSN
Aug. 25	Raceway at Sonoma	Sonoma, Calif.	2.303-mile road course	NBCSN
Sept. 1	Streets of Baltimore	Baltimore	2.04-mile street course	NBCSN
Oct. 5	Reliant Park	Houston (Standing Start)	1.7-mile street course	NBCSN
Oct. 6	Reliant Park	Houston (Rolling Start)	1.7-mile street course	NBCSN
Oct. 19	Auto Club Speedway*	Fontana, Calif.	2-mile oval	NBCSN

*Denotes Night Race Schedule subject to change

09/28/12 A press conference has been called for Monday morning at Pocono International Raceway at which time it is expected to be announced that the IZOD IndyCar Series is returning to the track in 2013.

The press conference will feature Pocono Raceway president Brandon Igdalsky, IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard, 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti and Ed Carpenter, the winner of the 2012 IndyCar Series season finale.

09/23/12 Edmonton, which has been cancelled for lack of a title sponsor two years running, has been removed from the schedule below bringing it down to 19 races. In this Twitter interview, Michael Andretti admits to being the promoter of the Ft. Lauderdale race if it happens. He says he is still working on it, so that might be added in.

09/19/12 An article by Autoweek said Pocono is expected to be on the 2013 IndyCar schedule and that the race would be held either the weekend before or after the July 4 holiday. See assumed schedule below.

09/15/12 At Fontana IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard all but confirmed that Pocono (Pa.) Raceway and a street race in Providence, R.I., will be on the 2013 schedule to be announced by Oct. 1. See updated assumed schedule below – it shows 20 races so one of them probably will not happen.

08/31/12 Pencil in Sao Paulo for the first weekend in May we hear.

08/30/12 IndyCar’s 2013 schedule is shaping up, with Iowa Speedway’s confirmation that it will host its race June 22.

That makes at least nine events with confirmed dates:

March 22-24 – Street race in St. Petersburg, Fla.
April 5-7 – Road course race at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala.
April 19-21 – Street race in Long Beach, Calif.
May 3-5 – Streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil
May 26 – Indianapolis 500
June 1 – Street race at Belle Isle circuit in Detroit (Doubleheader?)
June 2 – Street race at Belle Isle circuit in Detroit (Doubleheader?)
June 7-8 – Oval race at Texas Motor Speedway
June 14-15 – Oval race at the Milwaukee (Wis.) Mile
June 21-22 — Oval race at Iowa Speedway
Jul 6-7 – Oval at Pocono Raceway
Jul 12-14 – Streets of Toronto
Aug 2-4 – Road Course at Mid-Ohio
Aug 9-11 – Street Race Providence RI
Aug 24 – Road Course at Sonoma (Doubleheader?)
Aug 25 – Road Course at Sonoma (Doubleheader?)
Aug 30-Sep. 1 – Streets of Baltimore (Tentative)
Sep 21-22 – Oval at Fontana
Oct. 4-6 – Street race in Houston