[Anonymous]

If you could decide the IndyCar calendar, what would it look like?

Here’s my (fairly realistic) effort:

1. 24th March – St Petersburg (Street)
2. 7th April – Barber Motorsport Park (Road)
3. 21st April – Long Beach (Street)
4. 5th May – Laguna Seca (Road)
5. 26th May – Indianapolis 500 (Oval)
6. 9th June – Milwaukee (Oval)
7. 16th June – Iowa (Oval)
8. 30th June – Road America (Road)
9. 7th July – Pocono (Oval)
10. 21st July – Mont-Tremblant or Mosport (Road)
11. 4th August – Mid-Ohio (Road)
12. 25th August – Sonoma (Road)
13. 8th September – Rockingham, UK (Oval)
14. 15th September – Imola (Road)
15. 6th October – Mexico City (Road)
16. 19th October – Auto Club Speedway (Oval)

[sushant008]

@bmwf1 Only 16 races? this year they have 19. A 20 race schedule is better imo as most of the races are held in one country USA. I would like add Watkins glen, COTA, Road Atlanta and a race in Japan/Australia to your calendar.

[Anonymous]

Sixteen tracks though. Three are doubleheaders.

[sushant008]

I would rather add new tracks to the schedule than have doubleheaders on the existing ones, and also get rid of these month long breaks between two races. Waiting till 5th of October for next race now :(

[the_sigman]

1. 31th March – St Petersburg (Street)
2. 7th April – Barber Motorsport Park (Road)
3. 21st April – Long Beach (Street)
4. 28th April – Road Atlanta (Road)
5. 5th May – Road America (Road)
6. 26th May – Indianapolis 500 (Oval)
7. 9th June – Milwaukee (Oval)
8. 16th June – Iowa (Oval)
9. 7th July – Pocono (Oval)
10. 21st July – Mosport (Road)
11. 28th July – Toronto (Steet)
12. 11th August – Mid-Ohio (Road)
13. 25th August – Sonoma (Road)
14. 8th September – Watkins Glen Long (Road)
15. 22th September – Autodromo Nelson Piquet (Road)
16. 29th September – Mexico City (Road)
17. 13th October – Lime Rock Park (Road)
18. 19th October – Auto Club Speedway (Oval)

[David-A]

Assuming that they can’t have any F1 tracks:

1. St Petersburg (Street)
2. Barber Motorsports Park (Permanent)
3. Long Beach (Street)
4. Sao Paulo (BRA) (Street)
5. Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Oval)
6. Belle Isle Raceway (Street)
7. Texas Motor Speedway (Oval)
8. Milwaukee Mile (Oval)
9. Iowa Speedway (Oval)
10. Watkins Glen International (Permanent)
11. Pocono Raceway (Oval)
12. Exhibition Place (CAN) (Street)
13. Edmonton (CAN) (Permanent)
14. Kentucky Speedway (Oval)
15. Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (Permanent)
16. New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Oval)
17. Sonoma Raceway (Permanent)
18. Twin Ring Motegi Super Speedway (JPN) (Oval)
19. Surfers Paradise (AUS) (Street)
20. Reliant Park (Street)
21. Auto Club Speedway (Oval)

A good balance of 12 road course (5 permanent, 7 street), and 9 ovals (3 short, 3 1.5 milers, 3 long). Five international events in there too.

[Anonymous]

Updated:

1. 24th March – St Petersburg (Street)
2. 7th April – Barber Motorsport Park (Road)
3. 21st April – Long Beach (Street)
4. 28th April – Laguna Seca (Road)
5. 12th May – Watkins Glen (Road)
6. 26th May – Indianapolis 500 (Oval)
7. 9th June – Milwaukee (Oval)
8. 16th June – Iowa (Oval)
9. 30th June – Road America (Road)
10. 7th July – Pocono (Oval)
11. 21st July – Mont-Tremblant or Mosport (Road)
12. 4th August – Mid-Ohio (Road)
13. 25th August – Sonoma (Road)
14. 8th September – Rockingham, UK (Oval)
15. 15th September – Imola (Road)
16. 29th September – Motegi (Oval/Road)
17. 13th October – Mexico City (Road)
18. 27th October – Auto Club Speedway (Oval)

[sushant008]

Here’s my effort-

1. St Petersburg
2. Barber Motorsports Park
3. Long Beach
4. Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet (Brazil)
5. Indianapolis Motor Speedway
6. Watkins Glen
7. Texas Motor Speedway
8. Milwaukee Mile
9. Iowa Speedway
10. Pocono Raceway
11. Road America
12. Exhibition Place (Canada)
13. Mosport (Canada)
14. Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
15. Laguna Seca
16. Sonoma Raceway
17. Imola (Italy)
18. Fuji (Japan)
19. Surfers Paradise (AUS)
20. Fontana

[JackySteeg]

Quite a bit of an overhaul, but if I were able to choose then this is what I’d go for…

1. Interlagos
2. Sebring Raceway
3. Suzuka
4. Long Beach
5. Indianapolis 500
6. Pocono
7. Lime Rock Park
8. Road America
9. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
10. Toronto Street Circuit
11. Virginia International Raceway
12. Brands Hatch Indy
13. Imola
14. Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
15. Road Atlanta
16. Kentucky Speedway
17. Chicagoland Speedway
18. Surfers Paradise
19. Laguna Seca

[Antonio Nartea]

Here we go. I applied it to 2014:

30.03 – Miami Bayfront Park Street Circuit (Street)
06.04 – Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (Road)
20.04 – Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico (Road)
04.05 – Twin Ring Motegi, Japan (Oval)
18.05 – Watkins Glen International (Road)
25.05 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Oval)
08.06 – Milwaukee Mile (Oval)
15.06 – Pocono Raceway (Oval)
29.06 – Belle Isle, Detroit (Street)
13.07 – Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst (Road)
27.07 – Exhibition Place, Toronto, Canada (Street)
03.08 – Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport (Street)
17.08 – Brands Hatch, UK (Road)
24.08 – Autodromo Nationale Monza, Italy (Road)
07.09 – Road America, Elkhart Lake (Road)
14.09 – Daytona International Speedway (Oval)
28.09 – Streets of Baltimore (Street)
12.10 – Sonoma Raceway (Road)
19.10 – Texas World Speedway (Oval)
02.11 – Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Australia (Street)
16.11 – Streets of Long Beach (Street)

21 race calendar – Oval – 6, Street – 7, Road – 8
I stand by my opinion that IndyCar should end the season with a reputable street race instead an oval race with 3/4 of the grandstands empty.

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