IndyCar has moved what was alleged to be its season-opening race in St. Petersburg, Florida, to April 25.

The race by the downtown metropolis streets had been scheduled to start out the brand new season for a tenth consecutive 12 months on March 7.

IndyCar’s season opener will now be held at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama on April 11.

The change offers St. Petersburg promoters hope that extra spectators will likely be permitted to attend the favored road pageant as pandemic restrictions loosen.

IndyCar beforehand rescheduled the Grand Prix of Lengthy Seaside from April till September due to restrictions in California. That transfer opened room on the schedule for St. Pete to request a later race date.

“It is not stunning that an occasion of this magnitude, scheduled for the primary week of March, continues to be topic to the implications of the pandemic,” mentioned Penske Leisure Corp. president and CEO Mark Miles, including that April 25 is “a extra appropriate date, which helps consolidate the start of our schedule and permits us to remain on NBC community tv.”

IndyCar was in St. Petersburg final March getting ready to open its season when sports activities shut down in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The season finally didn’t begin till June, and St. Petersburg was moved to October because the finale.