Indy unveils 18-race schedule for 2014

October 22,2013

INDIANAPOLIS—IndyCar unveiled an 18-race 2014 schedule Thursday featuring a new Grand Prix of Indianapolis on a road course set out at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

 

The race on the 3.77-kilometer, 14-turn course at Indy—more known as a pinnacle of oval circuit racing—will be held on May 10.

 

The schedule will also feature double-headers at Detroit, Houston and Toronto.

 

The season will kick off at St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 30.

 

Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, will host the season finale on Aug. 30.

 

“The 2014 schedule reflects a more condensed North American calendar to increase the consistency with our race weekends,” said Mark Miles, chief executive of IndyCar parent company Hulman & Co.

 

“We’ll be building momentum throughout the season toward crowning our champion on Labor Day weekend.”

 

Miles added that the street course race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which has been contested the past four years, may yet return in 2014 but is not part of the schedule so far.

 

The road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will use portions of the famed Brickyard oval—where the Indianapolis 500 will be contested on May 25.

 

The 2013 IndyCar series will conclude on Saturday at Fontana.

 

New Zealand’s Scott Dixon of Target Chip Ganassi Racing will seek his third series title, with three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves of Brazil going into the season final 25 points behind. AFP

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