» IndyCars: Final 2015 calendar announced

The wait for the 2015 IndyCar Series season schedule has now finally drawn to a close, with series officials announcing a 17-race schedule – down from 18 in 2014 – for the North American open-wheel series.

Continuing with its still-to-be-explained logic of a condensed six-month calendar, the championship will kick off on March 8 in Brazil and close at the end of August at Sonoma Raceway. It marks the first time since 1995 that a road course will host the final event of the season.

The traditional superspeedway finale at Fontana has been dropped, with the Californian oval circuit playing host to a June calendar slot.

With last year’s calendar featuring three double-header events, the 2015 schedule has just one: a pair of street circuit races around the Belle Isle parklands in Detroit.

Previously announced calendar additions at Brasília and New Orleans remain on the schedule, while the pair of street circuit races at Houston’s Reliant Park are dropped this year.

The sole Canadian round originally slated to take place at Mosport has been moved back to its traditional street circuit venue at Toronto’s Exhibition Place, and it will be the fourth venue over consecutive weekends to host the championship as it crisscrosses the continent.

2015 IndyCar Series Calendar:

Date	Event	Venue
08 March	Brasília Indy 300	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Brasília
29 March	Grand Prix of St Petersburg	St Petersburg street circuit, Florida
12 April	Grand Prix of Louisiana	NOLA Motorsports Park, Louisiana
19 April	Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach, California
26 April	Grand Prix of Alabama	Barber Motorsports Park, Alabama
09 May	Grand Prix of Indianapolis	Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC, Indiana
24 May	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana
30-31 May	Indy Dual in Detroit	Belle Isle, Michigan
06 June	Firestone 600	Texas Motor Speedway, Texas
14 June	Grand Prix of Mosport	Exhibition Place street circuit, Canada
27 June	MAVTV 500	Auto Club Speedway, California
12 July	ABC Supply Wisconsin 250	The Milwaukee Mile, Wisconsin
18 July	Iowa Corn Indy 300	Iowa Speedway, Ohio
02 August	Honda Indy 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Ohio
23 August	Pocono Indy 500	Pocono Raceway, Pennsylvania
30 August	Grand Prix of Sonoma	Sonoma Raceway, California