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2020 IndyCar season
NTT IndyCar Series
Season
Races17
Start dateMarch 15
End dateSeptember 20
Awards
Drivers' championSeason starts March 15
Manufacturers' CupSeason starts March 15
Rookie of the YearSeason starts March 15
Indianapolis 500 winnerRace is May 24
Discipline champions
Oval championSeason starts May 24
Road course championSeason starts March 15
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Josef Newgarden is the reigning IndyCar Series Drivers' Champion.

The 2020 NTT IndyCar Series will be the 25th season of the IndyCar Series and the 99th official championship season of American open wheel racing. The premier event will be the 2020 Indianapolis 500. Josef Newgarden will enter the season as the defending National Champion. Honda will enter as the defending Manufacturers' Cup champion for the second consecutive season.

Series news

  • On May 24, 2019 it was announced that IndyCar Series will schedule to introduce radical cockpit protection that combining aeroscreen and Halo from 2020 season onwards. The radical cockpit protection will be built by Red Bull Advanced Technologies. The combination of aeroscreen and halo is designed to improve safety standards by deflecting debris away from a driver's head and was originally developed for use in Formula One and IndyCar before its application was expanded to other open-wheel championships.[1]

Schedule

The 2020 schedule was announced on September 1, 2019; there was one change from the 2019 IndyCar Series calendar with Pocono Raceway being replaced by Richmond Raceway, the latter track returning to the series for the first time since 2009.[2]

Rd. Date Race Name Track City Time (EDT) Network
1 March 15 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida TBA NBCSN
2 April 5 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama TBA NBCSN
3 April 19 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach  S  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California TBA NBCSN
4 April 26 IndyCar Classic[3]  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas TBA NBCSN
5 May 9 IndyCar Grand Prix  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana TBA NBC
6 May 24 104th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway TBA
7 May 30 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Presented by Lear Corporation  S  The Raceway on Belle Isle Detroit, Michigan TBA NBC
8 May 31 TBA
9 June 6 DXC Technology 600  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas TBA NBCSN
10 June 21 REV Group Grand Prix at Road America  R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin TBA NBC
11 June 27 TBA  O  Richmond Raceway Richmond, Virginia TBA NBCSN
12 July 12 Honda Indy Toronto[4]  S  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario TBA NBCSN
13 July 18 TBA  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa TBA NBCSN
14 August 16 Honda Indy 200  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio TBA NBC
15 August 22 Bommarito Automotive Group 500  O  World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway Madison, Illinois TBA NBCSN
16 September 6 Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon TBA NBC
17 September 20 Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey  R  WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California TBA NBC
O Short Oval/Superspeedway
R Road Course
S Street Circuit

Contracted teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers have been announced to compete in the 2020 IndyCar Series season.

Team Engine No. Driver(s) Round(s)
A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 4 TBA TBA
14 Brazil Tony Kanaan[5] All
Andretti Autosport Honda 26 United States Zach Veach[6] All
27 United States Alexander Rossi[7] All
28 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay[8] All
Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport 88 United States Colton Herta[9] All
Andretti Herta Autosport w/ Marco Andretti & Curb Agajanian 98 United States Marco Andretti[10] All
Arrow McLaren Racing SP[11] Chevrolet 5 Canada James Hinchcliffe[12] All
7 TBA All
Carlin Chevrolet 23 TBA TBA
59 TBA TBA
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 8 Marcus Ericsson[13] All
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon[14] All
10 Felix Rosenqvist[13] All
Dale Coyne Racing Honda 19 TBA All
Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan 18 France Sébastien Bourdais[15] All
DragonSpeed Chevrolet 81 United Kingdom Ben Hanley  R  TBA
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 20 United States Ed Carpenter 6, 9, 11, 13, 15
TBA 1-5, 7-8, 10, 12, 14, 16-17
21 TBA All
Juncos Racing Chevrolet 32 TBA All
Meyer Shank Racing[16] TBA 60 TBA All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing[17] Honda 15 United States Graham Rahal[18] All
30 Japan Takuma Sato[19] All
Team Penske Chevrolet 1 United States Josef Newgarden[20] All
12 Australia Will Power[21] All
22 France Simon Pagenaud[22] All
  • After winning the 2019 Indy Lights championship and the accompanying scholarship, Oliver Askew is guaranteed an entry at the 2020 Indianapolis 500 and two other IndyCar races in 2020. The team Askew will enter these races with has yet to be announced.

Team changes

See also

References

  1. ^ "INDYCAR Announces Plan For Cockpit Protection Innovation". IndyCar.com. IndyCar Series. May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "IndyCar 2020: Richmond part of 17-race schedule". IndyCar Series. Brickyard Trademarks, Inc. September 1, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  3. ^ THE CLASSIC RETURNS IN 2020 DATES TBA
  4. ^ TORONTO NOTES: HONDA CANADA EXTENDS SPONSORSHIP THROUGH 2020
  5. ^ Furst, Dave. "Tony Kanaan says a full season agreement has been reached with A.J. Foyt Racing for 2020". twitter.com. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "Zach Veach signs with Andretti Autosport through 2020". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  7. ^ "Rossi and Honda re-sign with Andretti Autosport". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  8. ^ "Andretti Autosport re-signs Ryan Hunter-Reay, DHL". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  9. ^ "Herta to join Andretti in fifth Steinbrenner-backed entry in 2020". Racer.com. September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  10. ^ "IndyCar: Marco Andretti to return to Andretti Herta Autosport in 2019". Beyond the Flag. 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  11. ^ a b Malsher, David (August 9, 2019). "McLaren returns to IndyCar full-time partnering with Arrow SPM". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  12. ^ "Hinchcliffe staying with Arrow McLaren SP for 2020". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. August 31, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Chip Ganassi Racing to Field Third NTT IndyCar Series Entry with Marcus Ericsson in 2020". 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  14. ^ "Dixon to stay with Ganassi for 2019". RACER. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  15. ^ "Sebastien Bourdais Is Right At Home With Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan". Frontstretch. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  16. ^ Pruett, Marshall (August 9, 2019). "Meyer Shank considering options after McLaren/SPM union". Racer.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  17. ^ Pruett, Marshall (August 7, 2019). "RLL closing in on third car". Racer.com. Racer.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  18. ^ "Rahal extends contract with RLLR in five-year deal". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  19. ^ "RLLR retains Sato for 2020 IndyCar season". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  20. ^ "IndyCar: What we know about the 2019 driver lineup". Beyond the Flag. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  21. ^ "IndyCar: What we know about the 2019 driver lineup". Beyond the Flag. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  22. ^ Malsher, David (2019-05-27). "Penske confirms Indy 500 winner Pagenaud will stay on in 2020". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  23. ^ Fair, Asher (August 1, 2019). "IndyCar: Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports to continue with two full-time cars in 2020". Beyond the Flag. Retrieved 2019-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ^ "Andretti Autosport confirms Herta/HSR deal". Racer.com. September 21, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  25. ^ Pruett, Marshall (October 8, 2019). "Ericsson confirmed for third Ganassi IndyCar in 2020". Racer.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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