2026 IndyCar Series

2026 IndyCar season
NTT IndyCar Series
Season
RacesTBD
Start dateMarch 1
End dateTBD
Awards
Álex Palou is the defending Indianapolis 500 winner and series champion

The 2026 NTT IndyCar Series is the upcoming 115th official championship season of American open wheel racing and the 31st season under IndyCar Series sanction. Its showcase event is the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500. Álex Palou enters the season as the defending Indianapolis 500 winner and the three-time defending champion.

Background and series news

  • On September 12, 2024, IndyCar announced that the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company had signed an extension to remain as the series' sole tire supplier.[1]
  • On July 31, 2025, Fox Sports parent company Fox Corporation announced that it had acquired a one-third stake in IndyCar parent company Penske Entertainment. As part of the acquisition, Fox Sports' TV contract was extended to 2030.[2][3]

Confirmed entries

The following teams, entries, and drivers are contracted to compete in the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season. All teams will use a spec Dallara DW12 chassis with 2018 universal aero kit and Firestone tires.

Team Engine No. Driver(s) Round(s) Ref(s)
A.J. Foyt Enterprises[N 1] Chevrolet 4 United States David Malukas All [4]
14 United States Santino Ferrucci All [5]
Andretti Global Honda 26 United States Colton Herta All [6]
27 United States Kyle Kirkwood All [7]
28 Sweden Marcus Ericsson All [8]
Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 5 Mexico Pato O'Ward All [9]
6 United States Nolan Siegel All [10]
7 Denmark Christian Lundgaard All [11]
Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 8 Cayman Islands Kyffin Simpson All [12]
9 New Zealand Scott Dixon All [13]
10 Spain Álex Palou All [14]
Dale Coyne Racing Honda 18 TBA All
51 TBA All
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
 Chevrolet 23 TBA TBC
24 TBA TBC
Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 20 United States Alexander Rossi All [15]
21 Denmark Christian Rasmussen All [15]
Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 76 TBA All [16]
77 TBA All [17]
Meyer Shank Racing[N 2]
with Curb-Agajanian 		Honda 06 Brazil Hélio Castroneves All [18]
60 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist All [19]
66 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong All [20]
PREMA Racing Chevrolet 83 Israel Robert Shwartzman All [21]
90 United Kingdom Callum Ilott All [21]
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 15 United States Graham Rahal All [22]
30 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco All [23]
45 United Kingdom Louis Foster All [24]
Team Penske Chevrolet 2 United States Josef Newgarden All [25]
3 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin All [26]
12 TBA All
Icon Status
 R  Eligible for Rookie of the Year
 RY  Rookie of the Year

Schedule

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 1 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg  S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 March 15 Grand Prix of Arlington  S  Streets of Arlington Arlington, Texas
TBC April 19 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach  S  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
TBC May 9 Sonsio Grand Prix  R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
TBC May 24 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway
TBC May 31 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix  S  Streets of Detroit Detroit, Michigan

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit

Schedule changes

IndyCar is set to add a new street race around the Streets of Arlington, marking the championship's return to Texas for the first time since 2023.[27]

Notes

  1. ^ Technical partnership with Team Penske.
  2. ^ Technical partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing.

References

  1. ^ "Firestone extends long Term as exclusive tire supplier". September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  2. ^ Goldsmith, Jill (July 31, 2025). "Fox Acquires One-Third Stake In Penske Entertainment, Owner Of Indycar Series". Deadline. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  3. ^ Brittle, Cian (August 5, 2025). "Why did Fox invest in IndyCar and what happens next?". BlackBook Motorsport. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  4. ^ Brown, Nathan. "David Malukas lands multi-year deal with AJ Foyt Racing starting in 2025". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  5. ^ "Ferrucci To Stay with AJ Foyt Racing in 2025". IndyCar.com. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  6. ^ Fryer, Jenna (October 25, 2022). "Herta signs 4-year Andretti IndyCar extension through 2027". AP NEWS. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  7. ^ Pruett, Marshall (September 26, 2023). "Kirkwood extends deal with Andretti". RACER. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  8. ^ Benyon, Jack (August 23, 2023). "Ericsson to leave Ganassi for IndyCar rival Andretti". The Race. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  9. ^ "O'Ward signs contract extension with AMSP". racer.com. May 27, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  10. ^ "Arrow McLaren signs Nolan Siegel to multiyear contract, set to race Laguna Seca onward". www.mclaren.com. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  11. ^ Fryer, Jenna (July 2, 2024). "Arrow McLaren to replace Rossi with Lundgaard in yet another driver lineup change for IndyCar team". AP News. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  12. ^ "Chip Ganassi Racing finalizes its 2025 lineups for IndyCar and Indy NXT programs". www.motorsport.com. October 30, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  13. ^ Barnes, Joey (September 18, 2024). "Ganassi's take on the charters: IndyCar "benefitting" from Penske's NASCAR experience". Motorsport.com. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  14. ^ "Seven things we learned as McLaren escalates Palou claim to $30m". The Race. February 28, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  15. ^ a b Brown, Nathan; Newell, Nat. "Alexander Rossi joins Ed Carpenter Racing; Carpenter only doing Indy 500". USA TODAY. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  16. ^ Pruett, Marshall (December 18, 2024). "Daly lands full-time IndyCar ride with Juncos Hollinger". RACER. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  17. ^ Newell, Nat. "Sting Ray Robb signed by Juncos Hollinger Racing IndyCar team". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  18. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (May 25, 2025). "Helio Castroneves Plans To Return for Another Indy 500: 'I Will. I'll Make It Happen'". Frontstretch.com. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  19. ^ Pruett, Marshall (September 5, 2023). "Rosenqvist signs multiyear IndyCar deal with Meyer Shank Racing". Racer.com.
  20. ^ Dejewski, Kevin (August 18, 2025). "MSR extends Marcus Armstrong contract for 2026 IndyCar season". Motorsport Week. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
  21. ^ a b Pruett, Marshall (August 8, 2025). "IndyCar's silly season roadmap hinges on one critical domino". Racer.com. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
  22. ^ Barnes, Joey (November 13, 2023). "Rahal signs multi-year deal to remain with Rahal Letterman Lanigan". Autosport. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  23. ^ Pruett, Marshall (December 9, 2024). "DeFrancesco to make IndyCar return with RLL". RACER. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  24. ^ "Indy NXT champion Foster signs multi-year deal with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing". www.motorsport.com. October 9, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  25. ^ Brown, Nathan. "Days after 2nd Indy 500 win, Josef Newgarden, Team Penske announce multi-year contract extension". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  26. ^ Pruett, Marshall (August 2, 2024). "IndyCar silly season update, August 2". Racer.com. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  27. ^ "Unique Partnership Presents INDYCAR Grand Prix of Arlington". IndyCar.com. Retrieved August 14, 2025.
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