MONTEREY, Calif. — IndyCar’s prolonged partnership with NBC Sports activities yielded a further bonus for subsequent 12 months’s schedule, which was already earmarked to air a document variety of races on community broadcast.

The three-year extension introduced with the community in July touted a document 13 races on NBC. That quantity was expanded to 14 on the 17-race schedule launched Sunday by IndyCar forward of its race at Laguna Seca.

The everlasting highway course will host subsequent 12 months’s finale on Sept. 11, a full two weeks sooner than this season ends. IndyCar concludes its 2021 season subsequent Sunday in Lengthy Seashore.

Lengthy Seashore will return to its conventional date in April subsequent season, which can begin in February for the primary time since 2004. The Feb. 27 opener on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, is per week after NASCAR’s season-opening Daytona 500 and the earliest begin for the IndyCar Sequence since 2003.

The opening race is the primary of six consecutive IndyCar occasions scheduled to air on NBC. Two races — the June occasion at Belle Isle in Detroit and August race outdoors of St. Louis — will air on USA Community. Belle Isle would be the week after the Indianapolis 500 on Could 29 and host only one race fairly than a doubleheader.

Toronto returns to the schedule after a two-year absence due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the July 17 race is the one occasion that NBC has picked to stream completely on Peacock. Though all 17 races will probably be obtainable to be streamed on Peacock, the Toronto race will probably be obtainable solely through streaming.

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Texas Motor Speedway remained on the schedule regardless of gripes just lately over IndyCar’s compatibility with the traction compound used to deal with the monitor for NASCAR. The race strikes to March, although, and is a vital oval occasion forward of the Indy 500.

Lengthy Seashore’s transfer to April 10 earned the occasion its first spot on community tv in 15 years. Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automotive Course maintained its slot on the Fourth of July vacation weekend and can host IndyCar for the thirty eighth 12 months.

Greater than half of the occasions on the 2022 schedule have been on the calendar for 19 or extra years. Iowa is likely one of the pretty new occasions, however its July doubleheader places it again on the calendar after a one-year absence.

“This calendar gives a degree of stability between short-term road circuits, highway programs and ovals, and that selection and required versatility from our drivers are essential, distinguishing attributes of IndyCar racing,” stated Mark Miles, President and CEO of Penske Leisure Corp. “The continuity amongst our occasions and the expansion within the variety of groups showcase our robust positioning and continued momentum.”