Indianapolis 500 practice schedule, qualifying start time, TV, streaming
It's May, and that means the IndyCar Series is at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With the road course race complete, attention turns to the 108th Indianapolis 500, scheduled for Sunday, May 26. But there's a lot of activity on the 2.5-mile oval before then. Here's what's going on at the track.
Indy 500 practice, qualifying schedule
All sessions will be on Peacock, IndyCar Live, IndyCar Radio and SiriusXM Channel 218; all times ET
May 15-17, Wednesday-Friday
Noon-6 p.m.: Indy 500 full field practice
Thursday practice is scheduled from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
May 18, Saturday
8:30-9:30 a.m.: Indy 500 full field practice
11 a.m.-6 p.m.: Indy 500 qualifying
May 19, Sunday
Noon-2 p.m.: Indy 500 practice
3-6 p.m.: Indy 500 qualifying, also on NBC
Monday, May 20
1-3 p.m.: Indy 500 full field practice
Friday, May 24
11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Carb Day, Indy 500 full field practice
2:30-4 p.m.: Pit stop competition
Indy 500 practice, qualifying tickets
Practice tickets start at $20. Qualifying tickets start at $30. Buy tickets here.
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IndyCar 2024 schedule
Times are ET for TV coverage
Date, time | Location | TV/winner |
March 10 | St. Petersburg, Fla.% | |
March 24 | Thermal, Calif.*# | |
April 21 | Long Beach, Calif.% | |
April 28 | Leeds, Ala.# | |
May 11, 3 p.m. | Indianapolis# | |
May 26, 11 a.m. | Indianapolis@ | NBC |
June 2, noon | Detroit% | USA |
June 9, 3:30 p.m. | Elkhart Lake, Wis.# | NBC |
June 23, 6 p.m. | Monterey, Calif.# | USA |
July 7, 1:30 p.m. | Lexington, Ohio# | NBC |
July 13, 8 p.m. | Newton, Iowa@ | NBC |
July 14, noon | Newton, Iowa@ | NBC |
July 21, 1 p.m. | Toronto% | Peacock |
Aug. 17, 6 p.m. | Gateway, Ill.@ | USA |
Aug. 25, 3 p.m. | Portland# | USA |
Aug. 31, 6 p.m. | Milwaukee@ | Peacock |
Sept. 1, 2:30 p.m. | Milwaukee@ | USA |
Sept. 15, 3 p.m. | Nashville@ | NBC |
IndyCar Series points standings
(Through May 11)
Alex Palou, 152
Will Power, 140
Colton Herta, 127
Scott Dixon, 127
Felix Rosenqvist, 107
Scott McLaughlin, 88
Pato O'Ward, 88
Kyle Kirkwood, 86
Christian Lundgaard, 84
Alexander Rossi, 70
Marcus Armstrong, 68
Graham Rahal, 63
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