When is the next IndyCar race? Full 2024 schedule and Indy 500 dates

A blockbuster new finale which changed locations before it even happened, a $1million non-championship race and the fan-demanded return of a classic oval headline this year’s IndyCar calendar.

The increasingly-popular Nashville round is hosted in one of America’s burgeoning tourism hot-spots, but a plan to move slightly but keep its city centre street race ultimately failed as a rejigged organising group elected to instead move the race to the Nashville oval used by NASCAR.

The site of last year’s pre-season test, the super-exclusive Thermal Club, hosts a non-championship race to break up the gap between races one and two where the cancelled Texas oval race would have been, while former season finale venue Laguna Seca moves to a new June date.

Milwaukee’s short oval returns and there’s plenty of excitement for a double-header, which should set up a nice title fight as the penultimate round before Nashville - which now makes for a three-race oval run-in to conclude the campaign.

Of course, the Indy 500 takes its usual spot on the last weekend in May, which sadly follows the familiar trend of clashing with the Monaco Grand Prix, while a very quiet month from late-July to mid-August is down to a gap where TV partner NBC will dedicate almost its entire coverage to the Olympic Games, which has caused some of the aforementioned calendar shuffles.

When is the next race?

The next race is the Nashville Super Speedway season finale on September 15. The 1.33-mile oval hasn't been on the IndyCar calendar since 2008.

Alex Palou leads the championship by 33 points heading in, and a ninth-place finish would guarantee him the title.

Full 2024 calendar

St Petersburg (street course) - March 8-10 (won by Pato O'Ward)
Thermal Club (road course) - March 22-24 (won by Alex Palou)
Long Beach (street course) - April 19-21 (won by
Barber Motorsports Park (road course) - April 26-28
Indianapolis road course - May 10-11 (won by Alex Palou)
Indy 500 (oval) - May 26 (won by Josef Newgarden)
Detroit (street course) - May 31-June 2 (won by Scott Dixon)
Road America (road course) - June 7-9 (won by Will Power)
Laguna Seca (road course) - June 21-23 (won by Alex Palou)
Mid-Ohio (road course) - July 5-7 (won by Pato O'Ward)
Iowa double-header (oval) - July 12-14 (won by Scott McLaughlin, Will Power)
Toronto (street course) - July 19-21 (won by Colton Herta)
Gateway (oval) - August 16-17 (won by Josef Newgarden)
Milwaukee double-header (oval) - August 30-June 1 (won by Pato O'Ward, Scott McLaughlin)
Nashville Superspeedway (oval) - September 13-15