IndyCar: 2019 TV schedule revealed; 8 races on NBC, 9 on NBCSN

The 2019 IndyCar schedule has been revealed, and eight of the season’s 17 races are set to be broadcast live on NBC with the other nine set to be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network.

In March of 2018, IndyCar and NBC Sports confirmed a new television contract to broadcast all of the races on the 2019 schedule on either NBC or NBC Sports Network.

IndyCar races had previously either been broadcast on NBC Sports Network or on ABC, but ESPN/ABC ended up losing their rights to broadcast any IndyCar races last year when IndyCar and NBC Sports reached a new contract.

This new contract ended a long and historic run for IndyCar races being broadcast on ABC, which first began airing races that are now IndyCar races back in 1965 with the 49th running of the Indianapolis 500.

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ABC has broadcast each of the last 54 Indianapolis 500 races, but that streak is set to end in the 2019 season.

The final IndyCar race to be broadcast on ABC was the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Race 2 from the Raceway at Belle Isle Park on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan on Sunday, June 3, 2018.

The 2019 IndyCar schedule was confirmed in September of 2018, and 17 races are scheduled to take place this season just like in the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

Of these 17 races, 15 were on the schedule last season and two are new additions, unlike last season when 16 races were on the 2017 schedule and just one was a new addition.

With the IndyCar schedule itself having been revealed, all that was left as far as scheduling was concerned for the 2019 season was the TV schedule, and now that has been confirmed as well.

Here is the TV schedule for the 2019 IndyCar season.

Date - Race - Location - Channel - Time (ET)
Sunday, March 10 - Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg - Streets of St. Petersburg - NBC Sports Network - 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 24 - IndyCar Classic - Circuit of the Americas - NBC Sports Network - 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 7 - Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama - Barber Motorsports Park - NBC Sports Network - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 14 - Grand Prix of Long Beach - Streets of Long Beach - NBC Sports Network - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 11 - IndyCar Grand Prix - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - NBC - 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 26 - 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - NBC - 11:00 a.m.
Saturday, June 1 - Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Race 1 - The Raceway at Belle Isle Park - NBC - 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 2 - Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Race 2 - The Raceway at Belle Isle Park - NBC - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 8 - DXC Technology 600 - Texas Motor Speedway - NBC Sports Network - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 23 - Road America Grand Prix - Road America - NBC - 12:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 14 - Honda Indy Toronto - Streets of Toronto - NBC Sports Network - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 20 - Iowa 300 - Iowa Speedway - NBC Sports Network - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 28 - Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - NBC - 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 18 - ABC Supply 500 - Pocono Raceway - NBC Sports Network - 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 24 - Bommarito Automotive Group 500 - Gateway Motorsports Park - NBC Sports Network - 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 1 - Grand Prix of Portland - Portland International Raceway - NBC - 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 22 - IndyCar Grand Prix of Monterey - WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca - NBC - 2:30 p.m.

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Be sure to tune in to the live broadcasts of each of the 17 races on the 2019 IndyCar schedule, starting with the live broadcast of the season opener, the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, from the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida on Sunday, March 10 at 1:00 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network.