Danica's 2007 IndyCar Schedule

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Menstuff® has compiled the following information on the IRL schedule for 2007. See also ALMS and Champ Cars (Start/finish/qual speed/laps/status)

The IRL released the schedule for 2007 with seventeen races. (Start/Finish/Qual Speed/Laps/XL/LL/Status)

IRL March 24 - Homestead-Miami Speedway FL 1.5-mile oval (Night) (13 14 211.431 154 0 0 Accident)
IRL April 1 - Streets of St. Petersburg , FL 1.8-mile street course ( 11 8 101.901 100 0 0 Running)
IIRL April 21 - Twin Ring Motegi , Japan 1.5-mile oval (4 11 204.270 198 0 0 Running)
IRL April 29 - Kansas Speedway , KS 1.5-mile oval (10 7 211.796 198 0 0 Running)
IRL May 27 - Indy 500, Indianapolis Motor Speedway IN, 2.5-mile oval (8 8 0.000 166 0 0 Running)
IRL June 3 - The Milwaukee Mile , West Allis, WI 1-mile oval (17 8 163.566 225 0 0 Running )
IRL June 9 - Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX 1.5-mile oval (Night) (6 3 213.274 228 1 2 Running)
IRL June 24 - Iowa Speedway, .875-mile oval Newton, IA (7 11 13 180.974 99 1 1 Accident)
IRL June 30 - Richmond International Raceway , VA, .75-mile oval (Night) (7 8 0.000 250 0 0)
IRL July 8 - Watkins Glen International Raceway , NY, 3.37-mile road course (15 11 130.809 60 0 0 Running)
IRL July 15 - Nashville Superspeedway , TN 1.33-mile oval5 ( 7 3 203.399 200 0 0 Running) (Rain delayed until Sunday, July 15)
IRL July 22 - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course , Lexington, OH, 2.258-mile road course (2 5 121.098 85 0 0 Running)
IRL August 5 - Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, MI 2-mile oval (9 7 216.967 199 2 5 Running)
IRL August 11 - Kentucky Speedway Sparta, KY 1.5-mile oval (Night) (11 16 215.275 180 0 0 Accident)
IRL August 26 - Infineon Raceway , Sonoma, CA 2.4-mile road course (2 6 107.325 80 0 0 Running)
IRL Sept. 2 - The Raceway at Belle Isle, Streets of Detroit, MI, 2.096-mile street course (11 2 100.153 89 1 9 Running)
IRL September 9 - Chicagoland Speedway , IL 1.5-mile oval (7 11 213.813 198 0 0 Running)

The Indy Racing League will switch its race at Kansas Speedway from July to late April next year as a buildup to the start of practice for the Indianapolis 500.

The July slot vacated by Kansas instead will be used for a road race at Watkins Glen, and a feasibility test eventually could produce an IRL race at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR's most famous track.

The earlier date for Kansas would provide cooler weather and a more comfortable atmosphere for fans, 70 percent of whom had voiced support for the switch, said track president Jeff Boerger. Having a race the July 4 holiday week at Watkins Glen, meanwhile, would enhance the upstate New York area's attractiveness to summertime tourists, said president Craig Rust.

Barnhart said moving the Kansas race to one week before the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens for practice would fill a seven-week gap in which the only race the past two years has been in Japan.

"The race at Twin Ring Motegi is also an important event for us because of our partners at Honda and Firestone," he said. "But it is difficult to get the mainstream media to follow you when you're on the other side of the planet, and we kind of disappear off the radar screen for the 10 or 12 days that we're over on the other side.

"It certainly gets us back into the mainstream media and the public eye the week before practice opens for the Indianapolis 500."