List of Indycar races

2016 IndyCar season schedule

Rd.	Date	Race Name	Track	City	TV
1	March 13	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	ABC
2	April 2	Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	NBCSN
3	April 17	42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	NBCSN
4	April 24	Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	NBCSN
5	May 14	Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Speedway, Indiana	ABC
6	May 29	100th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Speedway, Indiana	ABC
7	June 4	Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit	The Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	ABC
8	June 5	Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit	The Raceway at Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	ABC
9	June 11	Firestone 600	Texas Motor Speedway	Fort Worth, Texas	NBCSN
10	June 26	Grand Prix of Road America	Road America^[1]	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	NBCSN
11	July 10	Iowa Corn 300	Iowa Speedway	Newton, Iowa	NBCSN
12	July 17	Honda Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	CNBC
13	July 31	Honda Indy 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	CNBC
14	August 21	ABC Supply 500	Pocono Raceway	Long Pond, Pennsylvania	NBCSN
15	September 18	GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma	Sonoma Raceway	Sonoma, California	NBCSN

Oval/Speedway

Road Course

Temporary Street Circuit

Former IndyCar races and locations (1996–2015)

Event	Track	Years Active
Atlanta 500 Classic	Atlanta Motor Speedway	1998–2001
MAVTV 500	Auto Club Speedway	2002–2005, 2012–2015
VisionAire 500K	Charlotte Motor Speedway	1997–1999
Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300	Chicagoland Speedway	2001–2010
MBNA Mid-Atlantic 200	Dover International Speedway	1998–1999
Edmonton Indy	Edmonton City Centre Airport	2008–2012
Emerson Indy 250	Gateway International Speedway	2001–2003
Homestead–Miami Indy 300	Homestead-Miami Speedway	2001–2010
RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300	Kansas Speedway	2001–2010
Kentucky Indy 300	Kentucky Speedway	2000–2011
IZOD IndyCar World Championships	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	1996–2000, 2011
Firestone Indy 400	Michigan International Speedway	2002–2007
ABC Supply Wisconsin 250	Milwaukee Mile	2004–2009, 2011–2015
Firestone Indy 200	Nashville Speedway	2001–2008
Firestone Indy 225	Nazareth Speedway	2002–2004
New Hampshire Indy 225	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	1996–1998, 2011
Indy Grand Prix of Louisiana	NOLA Motorsports Park	2015
Honda Indy 225	Pikes Peak International Raceway	1997–2005
Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston	Reliant Park	2013–2014
SunTrust Indy Challenge	Richmond International Raceway	2001–2009
Grand Prix of Baltimore	Streets of Baltimore	2011–2013
Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300	Streets of São Paulo	2010–2013
Gold Coast Indy 300	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	2008 (Non Championship Event)
Indy Japan 300	Twin Ring Motegi	2003–2011
Delphi Indy 200	Walt Disney World Speedway	1996–2000
Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen	Watkins Glen International	2005–2010

Other Former Indycar races and locations

Some former Indycar events sanctioned by USAC and/or CART include the following:

Cancelled IndyCar Series races and locations

These races were cancelled during the IndyCar season for various reasons. This includes all sanctioning bodies.

1917/1918 Indianapolis 500 (AAA) - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (cancelled as the United States entered World War I)
1942 Indianapolis 500 (AAA) - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (cancelled as the United States entered World War II. future races would remain halted for the next three years. the Indy 500 would return in 1946)
1980 USAC Championship Car season(USAC) - Six Events (Texas World Speedway, Road Atlanta, Milwaukee Mile(second race), Talladega Superspeedway, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Charlotte Motor Speedway were cancelled as USAC started to unite with CART)
Chicago Indy Grand Prix (CART) - Street of Chicago (Announced in 1980 for a race the following year, however it never came into fruition)
1999 VisionAire 500K(IRL) - Charlotte Motor Speedway (race cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities)
Hawaiian Super Prix(CART) - Kalaeloa Airport (cancelled by promoter at the last minute)
Firestone Firehawk 600(CART) - Texas Motor Speedway (cancelled due to safety concerns)
2003 King Taco 500(CART) - Auto Club Speedway (cancelled due to the Old Fire natural disaster)
Grand Prix of Seoul and Grand Prix of Ansan (CCWS) - Street of Seoul/Streets of Ansan (cancelled due to numerous delays)
2007 Champ Car season - Three Events - (street races at Denver, Phoenix, and a road course race in China were announced but were never fulfilled mostly due to financial reason)
2008 Champ Car season (CCWS) - All races except for three (these races where the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the Edmonton Indy, and the Gold Coast Indy 300 as Champ Car race its sole event at Long Beach and the Indy Racing League took Edmonton and Surfer's Paradise respectively.)
2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship(ICS) - Las Vegas Motor Speedway (race cancelled after 11 laps due to the death of Dan Wheldon)
Indy Qingdao 600(ICS) - Streets of Qingdao (cancelled by promoters due to logistical reasons)
Brasilia Indy 300(ICS) - Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Brasília) (cancelled by the newly elected Brazilian Socialist Party representatives)
Grand Prix of Boston(ICS) - Boston Seaport District

Selected records

All-time fastest races

500 mile races

Races averaging 180 mph or greater

Date	Race	Track	Sanction	Winner	Distance (miles)	Time	Speed (mph)
July 6, 2014	Pocono IndyCar 500	Pocono	INDYCAR	Juan Pablo Montoya	500	2:28:13.1798	202.402
November 3, 2002	The 500	Fontana	CART	Jimmy Vasser	507.25	2:33:42.960	197.995
August 30, 2014	MAVTV 500	Fontana	INDYCAR	Tony Kanaan	500	2:32:58.4659	196.111
August 5, 1990	Marlboro 500	Michigan	CART	Al Unser, Jr.	500	2:38:07.219	189.727
August 1, 1993	Marlboro 500	Michigan	CART	Nigel Mansell	500	2:39:24.131	188.203
May 26, 2013	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	INDYCAR	Tony Kanaan	500	2:40:03.4181	187.433
May 25, 2014	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	INDYCAR	Ryan Hunter-Reay	500	2:40:48.2305	186.563
July 25, 1999	U.S. 500	Michigan	CART	Tony Kanaan	500	2:41:12.362	186.097
May 27, 1990	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	USAC	Arie Luyendyk	500	2:41:18.414	185.981
August 7, 1988	Marlboro 500	Michigan	CART	Danny Sullivan	500	2:46:03.820	180.654

All types and all tracks

Races averaging 190 mph or greater

Date	Race	Track	Sanction	Winner	Distance (miles)	Time	Speed (mph)
September 21, 2003	Toyota Indy 400	Fontana	IRL	Sam Hornish, Jr.	400	1:55:51.451	207.151
June 11, 2011	Firestone Twin 275s #2	Texas	INDYCAR	Will Power	165.87	0:48:08.9739	206.693
July 6, 2014	Pocono IndyCar 500	Pocono	INDYCAR	Juan Pablo Montoya	500	2:28:13.1798	202.402
October 10, 2009	Firestone Indy 300	Homestead	IRL	Dario Franchitti	297	1:28:28.3117	201.420
August 1, 2009	Meijer Indy 300	Kentucky	IRL	Ryan Briscoe	296	1:28:24.3246	200.893
November 3, 2002	The 500	Fontana	CART	Jimmy Vasser	507.25	2:33:42.977	197.995
August 17, 2003	Belterra Casino Indy 300	Kentucky	IRL	Sam Hornish, Jr.	296	1:29:44.6120	197.897
August 30, 2014	MAVTV 500	Fontana	INDYCAR	Tony Kanaan	500	2:32:58.4659	196.111
September 10, 2006	Peak Antifreeze Indy 300	Chicagoland	IRL	Dan Wheldon	304	1:33:37.2662	194.828
July 30, 2006	Firestone Indy 400	Michigan	IRL	Hélio Castroneves	400	2:03:43.7441	193.972
July 7, 2013	Pocono IndyCar 400	Pocono	INDYCAR	Scott Dixon	400	2:04:26.4178	192.864

NOTE: Some discrepancy in track calculations used by INDYCAR and CART.

Closest finishes

All races

Date	Winner	Margin (seconds)	Runner-up	Sanction	Race	Track
September 8, 2002	Sam Hornish, Jr.	0.0024	Al Unser, Jr.	IRL	Delphi Indy 300	Chicagoland
September 7, 2008	Hélio Castroneves	0.0033	Scott Dixon	IRL	Peak Antifreeze Indy 300	Chicagoland
July 4, 2004	Buddy Rice	0.0051	Vítor Meira	IRL	Argent Mortgage Indy 300	Kansas
August 29, 2009	Ryan Briscoe	0.0077	Scott Dixon	IRL	Peak Antifreeze Indy 300	Chicagoland
September 15, 2002	Sam Hornish, Jr.	0.0096	Hélio Castroneves	IRL	Chevy 500	Texas
October 2, 2011	Ed Carpenter	0.0098	Dario Franchitti	INDYCAR	Kentucky Indy 300	Kentucky
September 7, 2003	Sam Hornish, Jr.	0.0099	Scott Dixon	IRL	Delphi Indy 300	Chicagoland

500 mile races

Date	Winner	Margin (seconds)	Runner-up	Sanction	Race	Track
July 25, 1999	Tony Kanaan	0.032	Juan Pablo Montoya	CART	U.S. 500 by Toyota	Michigan
July 23, 2000	Juan Pablo Montoya	0.040	Michael Andretti	CART	U.S. 500 by Toyota	Michigan
May 24, 1992	Al Unser, Jr.	0.043	Scott Goodyear	USAC	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis
July 30, 1995	Scott Pruett	0.056	Al Unser, Jr.	CART	Marlboro 500	Michigan
May 26, 2014	Ryan Hunter-Reay	0.0600	Hélio Castroneves	INDYCAR	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis
May 28, 2006	Sam Hornish, Jr.	0.0635	Marco Andretti	IRL	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis

Road courses

Date	Winner	Margin (seconds)	Runner-up	Sanction	Race	Track
June 27, 1997	Mark Blundell	0.027	Gil de Ferran	CART	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Portland
June 15, 1986	Mario Andretti	0.070	Michael Andretti	CART	Budweiser/G.I. Joe's 200	Portland

References

↑ Dave Kallmann. "Road America will get IndyCar race in 2016". jsonline.com.

IndyCar Series

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Cancelled	Boston Qingdao Brasília

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