2007 Indy Car Series Season - Schedule Announcements

Schedule Announcements

  • August 2, 2006 - The first event at Iowa Speedway will be held June 24, 2007.
  • August 10, 2006 - Milwaukee will move from July to the weekend following the Indy 500.
  • August 17, 2006 - Texas (June 9) and Kentucky (August 11). Kentucky will switch to a night race.
  • September 19, 2006 - Kansas (April 29) and Watkins Glen (July 8). Kansas will become the final race before the Indy 500. The change was made to avoid hot and humid July temperatures.
  • September 20, 2006 - Richmond (June 30).
  • September 21, 2006 - Chicagoland Speedway (September 9). It will serve as the season finale.
  • September 25, 2006 - Twin Ring Motegi (April 21)
  • September 27, 2006 - Homestead (March 24). The race will switch to a Saturday night race.
  • The race at Michigan International Speedway will move from the last weekend in July, up one week, or one week later. This is due to the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard moving from the first weekend in August to the last weekend in July. Ticket renewal forms sent out by the speedway incicate the race will be held July 22. However, according to published reports, the IRL is requesting MIS accept the first week of August for the race date. On October 13, MIS confirmed August 5 for their IRL event.
  • A rumor on irllive.com suggested a possible race on August 5 in Montreal at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. On September 20, Indy Racing League president Brian Barnhart announced there would be a race on that date, but did not give any details. That date would be a NASCAR Busch Series combination event. However, as of September 27, the event was reported as unlikely. Instead, the league is expected to fill the slot with a race at Mid-Ohio. If a race at Mid-Ohio is announced, it will be scheduled for July 22.
  • September 29, 2006 - The Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Isle will return and be held September 2
  • October 12, 2006 - Mid-Ohio (July 22) and Sonoma (August 26)
  • After originally agreeing in principle to a July 22 date, the IRL and Michigan International Speedway rescheduled the 2007 event for August 5 in order to accommodate new venues. The announcement finalized the 2007 IndyCar schedule
  • On December 8, 2006, the IRL announced that the June 9, 2007 race at Texas Motor Speedway would be lengthened to 550 kilometers (228 laps/342 miles).
  • On December 14, 2006 it was announced that Marquis Sports Marketing, a Dallas-based company, is in coordination to add another race to the 2007 schedule. A non-points, exhibition race in the streets of Biloxi, Mississippi is in the planning stages for September or October 2007 as an effort to revitalize the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast. The race would be the first step in what are plans to build an oval track in the area by 2009.

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