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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIndyCar plans to make its debut at Circuit of the Americas in Texas and return to Laguna Seca, California, as part of its 2019 schedule.
The 17-race schedule released Tuesday drops Phoenix and Sonoma, California, from the calendar.
The Texas track in Austin replaces Phoenix in March as the second race on the schedule. The road course opened in 2011, hosts a Formula One race and, at 4.048 miles, becomes the second-longest circuit on IndyCar's schedule.
Laguna Seca hosted 22 open-wheel races until 2004. The road course near Monterey was last the site for an Indy car season finale in 1996. It replaces Sonoma as the IndyCar season finale next season.
Following is the complete schedule:
March 10 — Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida
March 24 — Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas
April 7 — Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, Alabama
April 14 — Streets of Long Beach, California
May 11 — IndyCar Grand Prix, Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course
May 26 — 103rd Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval
June 1 — Streets of Detroit, Race 1, Detroit, Michigan
June 2 — Streets of Detroit, Race 2, Detroit, Michigan
June 8 — Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas
June 23 — Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
July 14 — Streets of Toronto, Canada
July 20 — Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa
July 28 — Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Aug. 18 — Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Aug. 24 — Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, Illinois
Sept. 1 — Portland International Raceway, Portland, Oregon
Sept. 22 — WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, California
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