INDYCAR has announced a 17-race schedule for the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season highlighted by two Saturday night races, a new and unique made-for-TV exhibition in Southern California and a global entertainment destination as the new host city for the season finale.
Milwaukee Mile lands on the INDYCAR SERIES schedule for the first time since 2015. The fabled 1-mile oval in West Allis, Wisconsin, also will showcase the NTT INDYCAR SERIES racing with a doubleheader weekend for the first time in the track’s history, providing two crucial races during the homestretch of the 2024 championship.
The 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season opens Sunday, March 10 on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, for the 20th Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding. North America’s premier open-wheel series will crisscross the United States, including a stop for the 108th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on Sunday, May 26, before all roads lead to Nashville for an unforgettable championship finale Sunday, Sept. 15 down the heart of the city’s entertainment district and honky tonk row, where the 2024 champion will be crowned for the first time.
Two street circuits and two road courses will entertain NTT INDYCAR SERIES fans and set the stage for the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. After the 2024 season opens Sunday, March 10 for the 14th time on the sun-splashed Streets of St. Petersburg, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES returns to The Thermal Club for the first $1 Million Challenge Sunday, March 24.
Serving as an Open Test and a non-points NBC showcase, the event will take place at the world-class facility located just outside of Palm Springs, California – a short drive from Los Angeles and the world’s top entertainment market. The $1 Million Challenge weekend format will include a qualifying session and two heat races. With members of The Thermal Club embedded with race teams and drivers, the top six finishers from the two heat races will advance to a showcase of stars, where they’ll compete for a $1 million prize.
The NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule resumes Sunday, April 21 on the palm tree-lined Streets of Long Beach. It will be the 40th time the INDYCAR SERIES has raced on the iconic Southern California streets, in the shadows of Hollywood.
Barber Motorsports Park will host the INDYCAR SERIES for the 14th time, with the Sunday, April 28 race marking the final NTT INDYCAR SERIES event before moving into the traditional Month of May calendar at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
May at IMS begins with a race on the road course Saturday, May 11 before attention shifts to the famed 2.5-mile oval for two days of qualifying Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19 building toward the 108th edition of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” – the world’s largest single-day sporting event – on Sunday, May 26.
The NTT INDYCAR SERIES will feature an adrenaline-filled stretch of action on five consecutive weekends leading into the months of June and July. It begins with the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear on Sunday, June, with racing on the 1.7-mile downtown street circuit for the second straight year. The new layout on the city’s vibrant and challenging streets featured as much passing as any street circuit in 2023.
The intense competition continues a week later at historic Road America on Sunday, June 9. The newly repaved, picturesque circuit in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, witnessed the most on-track passing for an INDYCAR SERIES race at the facility in 2023.
The 2024 season continues Sunday, June 23 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Known for its iconic and breathtaking Corkscrew turn complex, the Northern California facility will host an INDYCAR SERIES race in June for the first time in 21 years.
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will continue the country’s Fourth of July celebration by hosting the NTT INDYCAR SERIES on Sunday, July 7. Mid-Ohio matches Long Beach as it hosts INDYCAR SERIES racing for the 40th year in 2024.
The annual Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend doubleheader at Iowa Speedway is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, July 13-14. The 2024 edition will include the return of a Saturday night race to the jam-packed weekend. With support from Hy-Vee, the weekend combines exhilarating, wheel-to-wheel action with world-class music at the “Fastest Short Track on the Planet.”
The final race before the Summer Olympics break takes the NTT INDYCAR SERIES back to the Streets of Toronto on Sunday, July 21.
The 2024 season finishes with a flurry as it features five races – including three on ovals – in five weeks. Beginning on the World Wide Technology Raceway oval, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES homestretch races out of the gates Saturday night, Aug. 17. The expected start time will take the brash and bold INDYCAR SERIES stars under the lights on the 1.25-mile track.
A week later, INDYCAR returns to the West Coast and races Sunday, Aug. 25 at Portland International Raceway for the 30th time. In 2023, races at both WWT Raceway and PIR featured the most on-track passes on record at those facilities.
The new Labor Day weekend doubleheader at the Milwaukee Mile on Saturday Aug. 31 and on Sunday, Sept. 1 before the spotlight shifts to the Streets of Nashville for the season finale Sunday, Sept. 15 on NBC and Peacock.
The new 2.17-mile, seven-turn circuit in Nashville still incorporates the iconic Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge but adds views of the Country Music Hall of Fame and world-famous honky tonk row. For the first time, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion will be crowned and celebrated as part of the marquee Big Machine Music City Grand Prix weekend, which will include a massive Broadway street party that only Nashville can throw.
Previously announced, the 2024 season awards ceremony will also take place in the Music City, on Monday, Sept. 16 at the beautiful Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES SCHEDULE
| Date | Venue | Television |
| Sunday, March 10 | Streets of St. Petersburg | NBC, Peacock |
| Sunday, March 24 | The Thermal Club $1 Million Challenge* | NBC, Peacock |
| Sunday, April 21 | Streets of Long Beach | USA Network, Peacock |
| Sunday, April 28 | Barber Motorsports Park | NBC, Peacock |
| Saturday, May 11 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course) | NBC, Peacock |
| Saturday, May 18 | Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Day 1 | NBC, Peacock |
| Sunday, May 19 | Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Day 2 | NBC, Peacock |
| Sunday, May 26 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway (oval) | NBC, Peacock |
| Sunday, June 2 | Streets of Detroit | USA Network, Peacock |
| Sunday, June 9 | Road America | NBC, Peacock |
| Sunday, June 23 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | USA Network, Peacock |
| Sunday, July 7 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | NBC, Peacock |
| Saturday, July 13 | Iowa Speedway Race 1 | NBC, Peacock |
| Sunday, July 14 | Iowa Speedway Race 2 | NBC, Peacock |
| Sunday, July 21 | Streets of Toronto | Peacock |
| Saturday, Aug. 17 | World Wide Technology Raceway | USA Network, Peacock |
| Sunday, Aug. 25 | Portland International Raceway | USA Network, Peacock |
| Saturday, Aug. 31 | Milwaukee Mile Race 1 | Peacock |
| Sunday, Sept. 1 | Milwaukee Mile Race 2 | USA Network, Peacock |
| Sunday, Sept. 15 | Streets of Nashville | NBC, Peacock |
*Non-points event
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