The 17-race schedule includes seven road courses, five street circuits, and five ovals. There aren’t many big surprises here, since many of these races announced deals to renew the events — but it is still somewhat disappointing to see that there is, once again, a massive gap between the first and second races of the season. It’s difficult to create momentum for the year with a month between on-track activities, which is regularly one of my biggest scheduling criticisms.

The goal here has been to reduce conflicts with other events, so there will be no issues with drivers doing double-duty at the 12 Hours of Sebring or the 24 Hours of Le Mans (though the Detroit GP does fall on a test day for Le Mans, necessitating a pass from organizers to compete in the IndyCar event). The biggest date change is for the second event at the IMS road course, which move from the end of July, before the Nashville street race, to mid-August, after the Music City GP.

According to RACER, 13 of the 17 events will be aired on NBC. Toronto will once again be a Peacock-only race, while the USA Network will air Road America, Mid-Ohio, and the second Indy GP.

I don’t know about y’all, but I’m already penciling in some dates in my calendar. My big bucket-list event for the past few years has been the doubleheader at Iowa Speedway, so here’s hoping that 2023 is the year I cross it off my list!