IndyCar: Richmond race cancelled as 2020 calendar changes

Just a fortnight from the start if the 2020 IndyCar season at Texas Motor Speedway, the schedule has changed again.

Richmond’s oval race was set to be held on 27 June but that has been cancelled along with the Toronto race, the latter was announced last week.

Due to this, Road America will move its event to the 10-12 July, the vacated Toronto spot and will also become a double-header event. Iowa (July 17-18) and Laguna Seca (September 19-20) are also double-header race weekends.

There will be a third event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on 3 October with the season finale set to be held in St Petersburg on 25 October.

2020 Official IndyCar Calendar

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It has been a hectic few months for IndyCar and they have done a fantastic job to get 14 races on the schedule.

Every race apart from the upcoming season opener at Texas has changed its date whilst Barber, Long Beach, Circuit of the Americas, Richmond, Toronto and the Detroit doubleheader will not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The latest news means there will be five races in 15 days during the month of July.

August promises to be an exciting month with a race at Mid-Ohio followed by the qualifying weekend for the 104th Indy 500, the big race itself on 23 August and the final oval race of the year at Gateway

A trio of races in September and two races in October are set to finish off the 2020 season.