The IndyCar Series is an open-wheel series with races in the United States and Canada. The 2023 schedule started in St. Petersburg, Fla., in March and finishes at Monterey, Calif., in September.

2023 IndyCar schedule, results

March 5 at St. Petersburg, Fla. (street course)

Winner: Marcus Ericsson; second: Pato O'Ward; third: Scott Dixon. Results

April 2 at Fort Worth, Texas (oval)

Winner: Josef Newgarden; second: Pato O'Ward; third: Alex Palou. Results

April 16 at Long Beach, Calif. (street course)

Winner: Kyle Kirkwood; second: Romain Grosjean; third: Marcus Ericsson. Results

April 30 at Birmingham, Ala. (road course)

Winner: Scott McLaughlin; second: Romain Grosjean; third: Will Power. Results

May 13 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course)

Winner: Alex Palou; second: Pato O'Ward; third: Alexander Rossi. Results

May 28 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (oval)

Winner: Josef Newgarden; second: Marcus Ericsson; third: Santino Ferrucci. Results

June 4 at Detroit (street course)

Winner: Alex Palou; second: Will Power; third: Felix Rosenqvist. Results

June 18 at Elkhart Lake, Wis. (road course)

Winner: Alex Palou; second: Josef Newgarden; third: Pato O'Ward. Results

July 2 at Lexington, Ohio (road course)

Winner: Alex Palou; second: Scott Dixon; third: Will Power. Results

July 16 at Toronto (street course)

Winner: Christian Lundgaard; second: Alex Palou; third: Colton Herta. Results

July 22 at Newton, Iowa (oval)

Winner: Josef Newgarden; second: Scott McLaughlin; third: Pato O'Ward. Results

July 23 at Newton, Iowa (oval)

Winner: Josef Newgarden; second: Will Power; third: Alex Palou. Results

Aug. 6 at Nashville (street course)

Winner: Kyle Kirkwood; second: Scott McLaughlin; third: Alex Palou. Results

Aug. 12 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course)

Winner: Scott Dixon; second: Graham Rahal; third: Pato O'Ward. Results

Aug. 27 at Madison, Ill. (oval)

Winner: Scott Dixon; second: Pato O'Ward; third: David Malukas. Results

Sept. 3 at Portland (road course)

Winner: Alex Palou; second: Felix Rosenqvist; third: Scott Dixon. Results

Sept. 10 at Monterey, Calif. (road course)

Winner: Scott Dixon; second: Scott McLaughlin; third: Alex Palou. Results

IndyCar 2023 points leaders

Through 17 races; *-race winners

Alex Palou*****, 656 points

Scott Dixon***, 578

Scott McLaughlin*, 488

Pato O'Ward, 484

Josef Newgarden****, 479

Marcus Ericsson*, 438

Will Power, 425

Christian Lundgaard*, 390

Alexander Rossi, 375

Colton Herta, 356

Kyle Kirkwood**, 352

Felix Rosenqvist, 324

Romain Grosjean, 296

Rinus VeeKay, 277

Graham Rahal, 276

Callum Ilott, 266

David Malukas, 265

Helio Castroneves, 217

Santino Ferrucci, 214

Marcus Armstrong, 214

IndyCar ends double points for Indy 500

From 2014-22, IndyCar emphasized the importance of the Indianapolis 500 by awarding double points. Over the winter, the series changed course because "the rule has proven to overly penalize full-time championship teams that have performed poorly in 500."

How IndyCar awards points at the Indy 500

In qualifying, the pole-sitter gets 12 points, the No. 2 qualifier gets 11, etc., through the 12th-best qualifier. At most races, the pole-sitter gets 1 point.

The race winner gets 50 points, like in all other races, with lesser amounts down to 5 for 33rd. In 2022, the difference was 100-10. Race bonuses: 1 point for leading a lap, 2 for leading the most laps.

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar Series results, schedule, points for 2023 season