2010 IndyCar schedule could look a lot different

According to this SPEEDTV.com article, existing contracts dictated the majority of the 2009 18-race lineup. Next year is the final one for the contracts with Kansas, Milwaukee, Texas, Richmond, Watkins Glen, Kentucky, Motegi, Detroit, Iowa, Miami and Mid-Ohio. The IRL has multi-year deals in place with St. Petersburg, Edmonton, Long Beach, Sonoma, Chicago and Toronto. Oh yeah, and Indy. Therefore, in 2010 the IRL has a chance to revamp its schedule in a big way if it so chooses.