As Phoenix did this year, COTA will host Race 2 of the season after the now customary opener on the streets of St Petersburg.
“COTA is one of the finest motorsports facilities in the world and Austin is a happening city. This a natural fit for the IndyCar Series,” said Mark Miles, the President/CEO of IndyCar’s parent, Hulman & Co.
“Indy car racing has a large and passionate fan base in Texas with a hunger to attend more races. This added date will allow us to deliver both oval and road course events to the state in a single season.”
Barber Motorsports Park pivots from the weekend after to the weekend before Long Beach, which keeps the same date, leaving a four-week gap until the IndyCar Grand Prix on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course.
The 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 takes place on May 26 and is again followed in consecutive weekends by the Detroit double-header and Texas Motor Speedway, which recently inked a new four-year deal to host IndyCar.
Mid-Ohio, Pocono, Gateway, and Portland, are all unchanged for 2019, before the season ends at Laguna Seca.
The calendar comprises five each of street circuits and ovals in addition to the seven road course races.
“IndyCar has worked to deliver a consistency and cadence to the schedule and that is reflected again in 2019,” said Miles.
“We’ve added races at a pair of tracks that know how to put on fantastic events, while returning to tracks where IndyCar has longstanding relationships on familiar race dates.
“The diversity of next year’s schedule will continue to make what we believe is the most challenging and competitive championship in motorsports.”
There is just one race left in the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series, at Sonoma on September 14-16 (local time).
IndyCar Series 2019 Calendar
Race
Date
Circuit/Race
Type
1
Mar 10
St Petersburg
Street
2
Mar 24
Circuit of the Americas
Road
3
Apr 7
Barber Motorsports Park
Road
4
Apr 14
Long Beach
Street
5
May 11
Indianapolis Road Course
Road
6
May 26
Indianapolis 500
Oval
7, 8
Jun 1-2
Detroit
Street
9
Jun 8
Texas Motor Speedway
Oval
10
Jun 23
Road America
Road
11
Jul 14
Toronto
Street
12
Jul 20
Iowa
Oval
13
Jul 28
Mid-Ohio
Road
14
Aug 18
Pocono
Oval
15
Aug 24
Gateway
Oval
16
Sep 1
Portland
Road
17
Sep 22
Laguna Seca
Road
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