Races
| Rnd | Race Name | Circuit | City/Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach | Streets of Long Beach | Long Beach, California | April 18 |
| 2 | Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey | Fundidora Park | Monterrey, Mexico | May 23 |
| 3 | The Time Warner Cable Roadrunner 250 | Milwaukee Mile | West Allis, Wisconsin | June 5 |
| 4 | Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland | Portland International Raceway | Portland, Oregon | June 20 |
| 5 | U.S. Bank Presents The Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland | Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport | Cleveland, Ohio | July 3 |
| 6 | Molson Indy Toronto | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario | July 11 |
| 7 | Molson Indy Vancouver | Streets of Vancouver | Vancouver, British Columbia | July 25 |
| 8 | Grand Prix of Road America Presented by the Chicago Tribune | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | August 8 |
| 9 | Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver | Streets of Denver | Denver, Colorado | August 15 |
| 10 | Molson Indy Montreal | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Montreal, Quebec | August 29 |
| 11 | Bridgestone Grand Prix of Monterey | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | Monterey, California | September 12 |
| 12 | Bridgestone 400 Presented by Corona | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Las Vegas, Nevada | September 25 |
| 13 | Lexmark Indy 300 | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit | Surfers Paradise, Australia | October 24 |
| 14 | Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate Presented by Banamex | Autódromo Hermanos RodrÃguez | Mexico City, Mexico | November 7 |
The initial schedule announced by Champ Car at the Long Beach Season Premiere event included 16 races. One event that didn't make the final schedule was a race on a street circuit in Seoul, South Korea on October 17, a week before the Surfers Paradise race. The race was canceled in July after efforts to secure government approval for the race near Seoul World Cup Stadium could not be arranged. The second was a "TBA" event that was scheduled to take place somewhere in the United States after the Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate in Mexico City and never materialized. A second TBA event on the initial schedule became the Bridgestone 400 on September 25 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which was announced on July 7.
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