IndyCar 2026 Schedule, Results, Dates, Race Times, Venues, Winners

IndyCar 2026 NTT IndyCar Series calendar, full schedule, dates, times, tv channel, venues, notable changes

The NTT IndyCar Series has officially released the 2026 IndyCar Calendar after the season. The schedule includes several changes, from a new championship location to a street race in Texas. 

The 17-race season — with each race televised on FOX — begins March 1 on the streets of St. Petersburg and then goes to Phoenix Raceway on March 7, which will be a Saturday race the day before the NASCAR Cup Series event on the same 1-mile oval.

Phoenix is one of three new venues. The other two — a race on the streets of Arlington (March 15) around the complex that includes the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers stadiums and a race on the streets of the Toronto suburb Markham (Aug. 17) to replace the event at Toronto’s Exhibition Centre — already had been announced.

Over the course of the year, the 2025 season became IndyCar’s most-watched campaign in 17 years. But after a bumper 1.412-million viewers for St. Pete, there was a dip to little over 700,000 for Thermal and, albeit not aided by clashes with The Masters golf and NASCAR, 552,000 for Long Beach. This was undoubtedly partially a product of the stuttered start.

The INDYCAR Radio Network again will provide audio coverage of all NTT INDYCAR SERIES sessions via SiriusXM Channel 218 and the INDYCAR App powered by NTT DATA.

Start times for the 2026 events has been announced. The 2026 schedule for INDY NXT by Firestone.

2026 NTT IndyCar Series schedule, Winner Results, start-times, where to watch, TV channel info

Date - Venue -  Television

Sun., March 1 — Streets of St. Petersburg — 12 p.m. — FOX — Winner: Alex Palou, HNDA

Sat., March 7 — Phoenix Raceway — 3 p.m. — FOX — Winner:  Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet

Sun., March 15 — Streets of Arlington — 12:30 p.m. — FOX — Winner: Kyle Kirkwood, Honda

Sun., March 29 — Barber Motorsports Park — 1 p.m. — FOX — Winner: Alex Palou, NHDA

Sun., April 19 — Streets of Long Beach — 5:30 p.m. — FOX — Winner:  

Sat., May 9 — IMS Road Course — 4:30 p.m. — FOX — Winner:  

Sun., May 24 — Indianapolis 500 — 10 a.m. — FOX — Winner:  

Sun., May 31 — Streets of Detroit — 12:30 p.m. — FOX — Winner:  

Sun., June 7 — World Wide Technology Raceway — 9 p.m. — FOX — Winner:  

Sun., June 21 — Road America — 2 p.m. — FOX — Winner:  

Sun., July 5 — Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course — 12:30 p.m. — FOX — Winner:  

Sun., July 19 — Nashville Superspeedway — TBA — FOX — Winner:  

Sun., Aug. 9 — Portland International Raceway — 4 p.m. — FOX — Winner:  

Sun., Aug. 16 — Streets of Markham — 12 p.m. — FOX — Winner:  

Sat., Aug. 29 — Milwaukee Mile (Race 1) — 2:30 p.m. — FOX — Winner:  

Sun., Aug. 30 — Milwaukee Mile (Race 2) — 1 p.m. — FOX — Winner:  

Sun., Sept. 6 — WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca — 2:30 p.m. —
FOX — Winner:   

2026 IndyCar Series Teams list, full drivers grid, line-up.

Car No. Driver Team Engine Rounds

2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevy Full Season

3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevy Full Season

4 TBA AJ Foyt Racing Chevy Full Season

5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevy Full Season

06 Helio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda Indy 500

6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevy Full Season

7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevy Full Season

8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Full Season

9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Full Season

10 Alex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Full Season

12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevy Full Season

14 Santino Ferrucci AJ Foyt Racing Chevy Full Season

15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Full Season

18 TBA Dale Coyne Racing Honda Full Season

20 Alexander Rossi Ed Carpenter Racing Chevy Full Season

21 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevy Full Season

23 TBA   Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevy Indy 500

24 Jack Harvey Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevy Indy 500

26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda Full Season

27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda Full Season

28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda Full Season

30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Full Season

33 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevy Indy 500

45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda Full Season

60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda Full Season

66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda Full Season

76 TBA Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevy Full Season

77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevy Full Season

83 Robert Shwartzman Prema Racing Chevy Full Season

90 Callum Ilott Prema Racing Chevy Full Season

TBA Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda Full Season

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