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

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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 re-jigged organising group elected to instead move the race to the Nashville oval used by NASCAR.

.@MusicCityGP has announced updates to the 2024 season finale.@NashvilleSuperS will be the first oval in a decade to serve as the NTT #INDYCAR SERIES Championship finale. pic.twitter.com/BWLe1OwgjA
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) February 14, 2024

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.

Start your engines 🏎️ pic.twitter.com/WBXcFnqSwV
— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) September 25, 2023

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?

With three points-paying races in the books, the IndyCar Series returns to its spiritual home for a race on the Indianapolis road course to lick off the Month of May culminating in the Indy 500.

Last year, it was Alex Palou's first win of the season which set him on the path to domination and a second IndyCar championship. The race takes place on May 11.

Here's the full 2024 calendar with dates.