IndyCar Schedule 2027: 17 Races From St. Petersburg on Mar. 7 to Laguna Seca on Sept. 5

The 2027 IndyCar season has 17 races, opening on the Streets of St. Petersburg on Sun., Mar. 7, 2027, and ending at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Sun., Sept. 5, 2027, according to IndyCar’s 2027 schedule. The 111th Indianapolis 500 is Sun., May 30. IndyCar released the schedule in two phases, on Aug. 12 and Oct. 23, 2026. Start times are not out yet.

The table below lists every race with its weekday, computed from the dates IndyCar published, and a track type that is our own count from the venue names. A one-page copy is in the downloads box with this story. To fit the races against other plans, use the 2027 printable yearly calendar.

What is the full 2027 IndyCar race schedule?

Race	Date	Event and track	City	Track type (our count)
1	Sun., Mar. 7	Streets of St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg, Florida	Street
2	Sat., Mar. 13	Phoenix Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Oval
3	Sun., Mar. 21	Streets of Arlington	Arlington, Texas	Street
4	Sun., Apr. 4	Barber Motorsports Park	Birmingham, Alabama	Road course
5	Sun., Apr. 18	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Street
6	Sat., May 15	Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) Road Course	Indianapolis	Road course
7	Sun., May 30	111th Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Oval
8	Sun., June 6	Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, Streets of Detroit	Detroit, Michigan	Street
9	Sun., June 13	World Wide Technology Raceway	Madison, Illinois, near St. Louis	Oval
10	Sun., June 27	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	Road course
11	Sun., July 4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Road course
12	Sun., July 18	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Barcelona, Spain	Road course
13	Sun., Aug. 1	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	Road course
14	Sun., Aug. 15	Streets of Markham (Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham)	Markham, Ontario	Street
15	Sat., Aug. 28	Milwaukee Mile, Race 1	West Allis, Wisconsin	Oval
16	Sun., Aug. 29	Milwaukee Mile, Race 2	West Allis, Wisconsin	Oval
17	Sun., Sept. 5	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	Road course

IndyCar describes Phoenix as a “1-mile desert oval” and the Indianapolis 500 is run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The other track types come from the venue names: Streets of St. Petersburg, Arlington, Long Beach, Detroit and Markham are street circuits, and the road courses are Barber, the IMS Road Course, Road America, Mid-Ohio, Barcelona, Portland and Laguna Seca. By that count the season has 5 oval races, 5 street races and 7 road-course races.

When is the 2027 Indy 500?

IndyCar says the 111th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge is set for Sunday, May 30, 2027, race 7 of 17. The road-course race at IMS comes two weeks earlier, on Sat., May 15. Dates for Indy 500 practice, qualifying and Carb Day are not in the announcements we read. Phase Two also mentions three additional telecasts during the two days of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500, without dates. To see May 2027 by day, use the May printable calendar.

How does the 2027 IndyCar season break down by month?

These counts are ours, taken from the race dates above.

Month	Races	Race days
March	3	Mar. 7, 13 and 21
April	2	Apr. 4 and 18
May	2	May 15 and 30
June	3	June 6, 13 and 27
July	2	July 4 and 18
August	4	Aug. 1, 15, 28 and 29
September	1	Sept. 5

The longest break between races is 27 days, from Long Beach on Apr. 18 to the IMS Road Course on May 15. Fourteen races are on Sundays and three are on Saturdays: Phoenix on Mar. 13, the IMS Road Course on May 15 and Milwaukee Mile Race 1 on Aug. 28. The race at Mid-Ohio falls on July 4, which is Independence Day.

Which 2027 IndyCar races are new or notable?

IndyCar calls Barcelona on July 18 “the historic addition of Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya,” the one race outside North America. Markham, Ontario, hosts the only race in Canada on Aug. 15. Phoenix on Mar. 13 is described as “the series’ return to historic Phoenix Raceway.” Road America on June 27 will be the series’ 37th race there, and St. Petersburg will be the 17th time the championship opens in the Sunshine City. The Milwaukee Mile hosts a doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 28-29, the only weekend with two races. Then comes the finale. It is at Laguna Seca on Sunday, Sept. 5.

For other 2027 motorsport lists, see the Formula 1 calendar for 2027 and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Cup schedule for 2027. To see the opener and the Phoenix race by day, use the March printable calendar.

Where can you watch the 2027 IndyCar season?

IndyCar says that for the third consecutive season, all races will be broadcast on FOX in the United States.

What is not yet announced for 2027?

IndyCar says tune-in times for next season’s events will be announced at a later date, so no race has a start time yet. Indy 500 practice, qualifying and Carb Day dates are also not yet listed in the announcements. This story will be updated when IndyCar publishes them.