IndyCar Releases '13 Schedule, Including ABC Primetime Race And Three Doubleheaders

The Izod IndyCar Series yesterday announced its '13 TV schedule, which includes ABC’s first primetime race and three doubleheaders -- one on ABC, and two on NBC Sports Network. NBCSN will televise the first four races of the season, beginning with the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 24. ABC will air six races, beginning with the net’s 49th consecutive year of televising the Indianapolis 500. Qualification for 12 races, including Pole Day and Bump Day for the Indy 500, will air on NBCSN. The net also will continue to air “IndyCar 36,” which follows a driver behind the scenes during a race. All 12 Firestone Indy Lights races will be broadcast on NBCSN (IndyCar).

'13 IZOD INDYCAR SERIES TV SCHEDULE
DATE	TRACK	NET
3/24	Streets of St. Petersburg	NBCSN
4/7	Barber Motorsports Park	NBCSN
4/21	Streets of Long Beach	NBCSN
5/5	Streets of Sao Paulo	NBCSN
5/26	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	ABC
6/1	Streets of Belle Isle	ABC
6/2	Streets of Belle Isle	ABC
6/8	Texas Motor Speedway	ABC
6/15	The Milwaukee Mile	NBCSN
6/23	Iowa Speedway	ABC
7/7	Pocono Raceway	ABC
7/13	Streets of Toronto	NBCSN
7/14	Streets of Toronto	NBCSN
8/4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	NBCSN
8/25	Raceway at Sonoma	NBCSN
9/1	Streets of Baltimore	NBCSN
10/5	Reliant Park	NBCSN
10/6	Reliant Park	NBCSN
10/19	Auto Club Speedway	NBCSN

STANDARD PROCEDURE: SPEEDTV.com's Marshall Pruett reported new Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles, who oversees the IndyCar Series, “expressed his desire to see a more standardized television package to help fans follow the sport, and it has come in the form of broadcast times that will start within a relatively consistent window at most rounds.” IndyCar COO Robby Greene said, "The 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series television schedule was created with the goal of keeping things simple for our fans. Our fans asked for more consistency and we thank our television partners and our promoters for working with us to help achieve that goal” (SPEEDTV.com, 1/21)