introduced its race begin instances for its , highlighted by an extra hour of community TV lead-in for the Indianapolis 500.
The upcoming season, with two-time defending sequence champ Alex Palou and two-time defending 500 winner Josef Newgarden seeking to go back-to-back-to-back, at midday (ET).
Considerably important begin time adjustments in comparison with final yr’s slate on NBC, USA Community and Peacock embody:
The Thermal Membership: What was a midday ET begin (9 a.m. native) for a non-points exhibition will now be held at 3 p.m. ET/midday native.
The Indy 500: Although the scheduled inexperienced flag begin time of the Biggest Spectacle in Racing, which has fallen round 12:45 p.m. in recent times, is not anticipated to alter, IndyCar followers watching from house will get an extra hour of pre-race airtime the place Fox can do some extra storytelling that both had aired on NBC’s Peacock or NBC Sports activities platforms or hadn’t existed. The six-hour window on Fox will run from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Laguna Seca: IndyCar’s journey to California’s central coast can be held three hours earlier in 2025, shifting to three p.m. ET/midday native.
Iowa Speedway doubleheader: A yr in the past, Race 1 was at nightfall and Race 2 15 hours later, IndyCar’s journey to the quick oval simply outdoors Des Moines encompasses a 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. native begin on Saturday afternoon, adopted by a mid-afternoon begin on Sunday (2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. native).
World Vast Expertise Raceway: Whereas additionally shifting two months ahead within the schedule, IndyCar’s journey simply outdoors St. Louis will see an oval race held in mid-afternoon (3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. native), three hours sooner than in 2024.
IndyCar’s new TV take care of Fox:
Of notice, all races minus the five hundred will function two-and-a-half hour home windows. In 2023, IndyCar landed eight three-hour home windows and one three-and-a-half hour one in its take care of NBC. Six ran two-and-a-half hours, oftentimes with post-race exhibits that ran over onto NBC’s Peacock streaming platform.
2025 IndyCar race broadcast schedule
Here is the total 2025 IndyCar schedule, together with the printed window begin instances (all instances listed in ET):
Sunday, March 2: Streets of St. Petersburg (road course), Fox, Midday
Sunday, March 23: The Thermal Membership (street course), Fox, 3 p.m.
Sunday, April 13: Streets of Lengthy Seashore (road course), Fox, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, Might 4: Barber Motorsports Park (street course), Fox, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Might 10: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (street course), Fox, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, Might 25: Indianapolis 500 (oval), Fox, 10 a.m.
Sunday, June 1: Streets of Detroit (road course), Fox, 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 15: World Vast Expertise Raceway (oval), Fox, 3 p.m.
Sunday, June 22: Street America (street course), Fox, 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 6: Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automobile Course (street course), Fox, 2 p.m.
Saturday, July 12: Iowa Speedway (oval), Fox, 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 13: Iowa Speedway (oval), Fox, 2 p.m.
Sunday, July 20: Streets of Toronto (road course), Fox, 2 p.m.
Sunday, July 27: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (street course), Fox, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 10: Portland Worldwide Raceway (street course), Fox, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 24: Milwaukee Mile (oval), Fox, 2 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 31: Nashville Superspeedway (oval), Fox, 2:30 p.m.
