INDYCAR has confirmed the start times for all 17 rounds of the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series, with a few notable changes.
Four events; St. Petersburg, Circuit of The Americas, Iowa and Mid-Ohio will see changes to their green flag times, whilst the start time for the returning Richmond Raceway event has been confirmed for 20:15 ET.
Richmond returns to the calendar for the first time since 2009.
The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will have a new start time of 15:30 ET, which is just under two hours later than its 2019 slot of 13:40 ET.
The AutoNation IndyCar Challenge at Circuit of The Americas – which is now the fourth round of the season – moves to 16:10 ET next season, which is a 2.5 hour shift.
The Iowa 300 will be entirely run under floodlights given its later start time of 21:00 ET, whilst Mid-Ohio gets an earlier slot at 12:45 ET.
IndyCar Start Times & Broadcaster
| Date | Venue | Broadcaster | Eastern Time | Local Time |
| March 15 | St. Petersburg | NBCSN | 15:30 | 15:30 |
| April 05 | Barber Motorsports Park | NBCSN | 16:15 | 15:15 |
| April 19 | Long Beach | NBCSN | 16:45 | 13.45 |
| April 26 | Circuit of The Americas | NBCSN | 16:10 | 15:10 |
| May 09 | IMS Road Course | NBC | 15:50 | 15:50 |
| May 24 | Indianapolis 500, IMS | NBC | 12.30 | 12.30 |
| May 30 | Detroit Race 1 | NBC | 15:50 | 15:50 |
| May 31 | Detroit Race 2 | NBC | 15:50 | 15:50 |
| June 06 | Texas Motor Speedway | NBCSN | 20:45 | 19:45 |
| June 21 | Road America | NBC | 12.50 | 11.50 |
| June 27 | Richmond Raceway | NBCSN | 20:15 | 20:15 |
| July 12 | Toronto | NBCSN | 15:40 | 15:40 |
| July 18 | Iowa Speedway | NBCSN | 21:00 | 20:00 |
| August 16 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | NBC | 12:45 | 12.45 |
| August 22 | Worldwide Technology Raceway at Gateway | NBCSN | 20:45 | 19:45 |
| September 6 | Portland International Raceway | NBC | 15:4 | 12.40 |
| September 20 | WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | NBC | 15:25 | 12.25 |
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