IndyCar's 2024 calendar will feature one true night race, a pair of twilight oval races and a mid-afternoon season-finale facing off against Week 2 of the NFL season, according to the list of broadcast start times the series unveiled Tuesday.

Much to the excitement of the sport's oval-obsessed fanbase -- as well as drivers and teams alike -- Iowa Speedway will sport the series' first true scheduled night race in several years, with a local broadcast start time of 7 p.m. that will see cars race squarely under the lights to kickoff the doubleheader weekend. Making for a short turnaround, Sunday's race broadcast will start at 11 a.m. local.

Additionally, both World Wide Technology Raceway and The Milwaukee Mile will host Saturday twilight oval races, with local broadcast start times of 5 p.m. Notably, The Mile does not have lights, with Penske Entertainment targeting a finish of 7:30 p.m. local time (roughly an hour before sunset) so as not to run into daylight concerns in the race's closing stretch. Initially, September's schedule release had noted a pair of "night races", before a shift of the start time for the oval race just outside St. Louis.

As is typical, the 2024 IndyCar season will kickoff with a noon broadcast of the Grand Prix of St. Pete on March 10. The $1 Million Challenge later that month will feature a mid-morning local start time for the non-points event out in southern California. As is tradition, the Indianapolis 500 race day broadcast will begin at 11 a.m., with NBC also airing a chunk of the tense moments of the qualifying Sunday starting at 3 p.m. on the broadcast network.

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The season will close with a midday local start time at Nashville Superspeedway, following last week's news of the abandonment of IndyCar's downtown Nashville street race for the foreseeable future.

The series says the start time for the April 28 race at Barber Motorsports Park is yet to be determined, but IndyCar and its broadcast partner NBC are targeting a midday race for the event just outside Birmingham, Ala.

Here's the full 2024 IndyCar broadcast schedule

(Broadcast start times are Eastern Time; all races will be simulcast on NBC's streaming platform Peacock)

Sunday, March 10: Streets of St. Petersburg, NBC, 12 p.m.

Sunday, March 24: The Thermal Club (non-points $1 Million Challenge), NBC, 12:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 21: Streets of Long Beach, USA Network, 3 p.m.

Sunday, April 28: Barber Motorsports Park, NBC, TBD

Saturday, May 11: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course), NBC, 3 p.m.

Sunday, May 26: Indianapolis 500 (estimated green flag at 12:45 p.m.), NBC, 11 a.m.

Sunday, June 2: Streets of Detroit, USA Network, 12 p.m.

Sunday, June 9: Road America, NBC, 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 23: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, USA Network, 6 p.m.

Sunday, July 7: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, NBC, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 13: Iowa Speedway Race 1, NBC, 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 14: Iowa Speedway Race 2, NBC, 12 p.m.

Sunday, July 21: Streets of Toronto, Peacock, 1 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 17: World Wide Technology Raceway, USA Network, 6 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 25: Portland International Raceway, USA Network, 3 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 31: Milwaukee Mile Race 1, Peacock, 6 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 1: Milwaukee Mile Race 2, USA Network, 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 15: Nashville Superspeedway, NBC, 3 p.m.

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar: Here are the 2024 season broadcast start times