2026 Indycar Series(CJMSA)

== Entries ==
Team 	Engine 	No.	Driver 	Rounds
Abel Motorsports 	Abel Motorsports	50 	Jacob Abel 	All
Abel Motorsports 	Abel Motorsports	57 	Yuven Sundaramoorthy(R)	All
Foyt Enterprises 	Chevrolet 	14 	Santino Ferrucci 	All
Foyt Enterprises with Force Indy 	Chevrolet 	99 	Myles Rowe 	All
Andretti Global 	Honda 	25 	Stefan Wilson 	7
Andretti Global 	Honda 	26 	Colton Herta 	All
Andretti Global 	Honda 	27 	Louis Foster 	All
Andretti Global 	Honda 	28 	Jamie Chadwick(R) 	All
Arrow McLaren 	Chevrolet 	5 	Pato O’Ward 	All
Arrow McLaren 	Chevrolet 	6 	Rinus Veekay 	All
Arrow McLaren 	Chevrolet 	7 	Alexander Rossi 	All
Arrow McLaren with Hendrick Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	17 	Kyle Larson(R) 	7
Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda 	4 	Theo Pourchaire 	All
Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda 	8 	Caio Collet(R) 	All
Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda 	9 	Christian Rasmussen 	All
Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda 	10 	Alex Palou 	All
Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda 	11 	Marcus Armstrong 	All
Dreyer & Reinbold Coyne Racing 	Honda 	18 	Jack Harvey 	7
Dreyer & Reinbold Coyne Racing 	Honda 	24 	Conor Daly 	7
Ed Carpenter Racing 	Chevrolet 	20 	Kyffin Simpson 	All
Ed Carpenter Racing 	Chevrolet 	21 	Marcus Ericsson 	All
Ed Carpenter Racing with Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet 	33 	Kyle Busch(R) 	7
HMD Motorsports 	Honda 	17 	Callum Hedge(R) 	All
HMD Motorsports 	Honda 	44 	Lochie Hughes(R) 	All
Meyer Shank Racing 	Honda 	06 	Linus Lundqvist 	All
Meyer Shank Racing 	Honda 	60 	Felix Rosenqvist 	All
Meyer Shank Racing 	Honda 	66 	Romain Grosjean 	All
Prema Racing 	Chevrolet 	38 	Callum Ilott 	All
Prema Racing 	Chevrolet 	83 	David Malukas 	All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 	Honda 	15 	Graham Rahal 	All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 	Honda 	30 	Nolan Siegel 	All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 	Honda 	45 	Christian Lundgaard 	All
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 	Honda 	75 	Luca Ghiotto 	All
Team Penske 	Chevrolet 	2 	Josef Newgarden 	All
Team Penske 	Chevrolet 	3 	Scott McLaughlin 	All
Team Penske 	Chevrolet 	12 	Ryan Blaney(R) 	7
Team Penske 	Chevrolet 	22 	Kyle Kirkwood 	All
==Driver & Team Changes==
*Abel Motorsports and Stefan Wilson parted ways after the 2025 Indy 500, Yuven Sundaramoorthy was brought on to drive the 57 car full time in his place.
*Marco Andretti retired from racing to focus on team ownership after the 2025 Indy 500. In his place Andretti Global once again partnered with Stefan Wilson to drive the 25 car in the Indy 500.
*Andretti Global and Marcus Ericsson parted ways at the end of 2025. In his place, Andretti Global brought on multi-time Indy NXT winner Jamie Chadwick to compete for rookie of the year.
*Linus Lundqvist parted ways with Chip Ganassi Racing at the end of 2025. In his place, Chip Ganassi Racing brought on the 2025 Indy NXT champion Caio Collet to drive the 8 full time, also competing for rookie of the year.
*Scott Dixon retired at the end of 2025. In his place, Chip Ganassi Racing brought on Christian Rasmussen full time.
*Rick Ware Racing left Indycar at the end of 2025 and Ryan Hunter-Reay completely retired from racing to help support his sons in the junior levels of open-wheel racing. Dale Coyne Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing decided to merge together, entering the 18 car for Jack Harvey and the 24 car for Conor Daly into the 2026 Indy 500.
*Ed Carpenter retired from racing after 2025 to focus solely on team ownership. Kyffin Simpson was touted to drive the 20 car full time in 2026 after a part time stint on the road and street courses last season.
*Ed Carpenter Racing signed Marcus Ericsson to take Christian Rasmussen’s place in the 21 car full time.
*Juncos Hollinger Racing left the sport at the end of 2025.
*HMD Motorsports started a full time independent program in Indycar, opening up the 17 and the 44 for 2 successful drivers in Indycar’s junior series Callum Hedge and Lochie Hughes.
*Helio Castroneves retired from racing at the end of 2025. In his place, Meyer Shank Racing hired Linus Lundqvist to pilot the 06 full time.
*Tom Blomqvist moved back to sports cars to drive in Meyer Shank Racing’s IMSA program. In his place, the team hired Romain Grosjean to drive the 66 full time.
*Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing opened up the 75 team for Luca Ghiotto to run the full schedule.
==Schedule==
Round	Date 	Race Name 	Track 	Location
1 	March 1 	Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg	Streets of St. Petersburg 	St. Petersburg, Florida
2 	March 15 	GMR Grand Prix of Sebring 	Sebring Raceway 	Sebring, Florida
3 	March 29 	Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach 	Streets of Long Beach 	Long Beach, California
4 	April 12 	Indycar Classic 	Circuit of the Americas 	Austin, Texas
5 	April 26 	Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix 	Barber Motorsports Park 	Birmingham, Alabama
6 	May 2 	Sonsio Grand Prix 	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course	Speedway, Indiana
7 	May 24 	109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 	Indianapolis Motor Speedway 	Speedway, Indiana
8 	May 31 	Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix 	Streets of Detroit 	Detroit, Michigan
9 	June 7 	XPEL Grand Prix at Road America 	Road America 	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10 	June 21 	Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey 	Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca 	Monterey, California
11 	July 4 	Hy-Vee Indycar Race Weekend Race 1 	Iowa Speedway 	Newton, Iowa
12 	July 5 	Hy-Vee Indycar Race Weekend Race 2 	Iowa Speedway 	Newton, Iowa
13 	July 12 	Honda Indy Toronto 	Streets of Toronto 	Toronto, Ontario
14 	July 26 	Honda Indy 200 at Mid Ohio 	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 	Lexington, Ohio
15 	August 8 	Bommarito Automotive Grouo 500 	World Wide Technology Raceway 	Madison, Illinois
16 	August 23 	BitNile.com Grand Prix of Portland 	Portland International Raceway 	Portland, Oregon
17 	August 29 	Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s Race 1 	Milwaukee Mile 	West Allis, Wisconsin
18 	August 30 	Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s Race 2 	Milwaukee Mile 	West Allis, Wisconsin
19 	September 6 	Shell 400 	Chicagoland Speedway 	Joliet, Illinois
20 	September 13	Big Machine Music City 300 	Nashville Superspeedway 	Lebanon, Tennessee
21 	September 20	Big Machine Music City Grand Prix 	Streets of Nashville 	Nashville, Tennessee
NC 	October 18 	Mission Grand Prix of Mexico City 	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 	Mexico City, Mexico
==Schedule Changes==
*Indycar added the Shell 400 to be the 19th race of the season, moving the 2 Nashville races back one round.
*The Grand Prix of Argentina was replaced with the Mission Grand Prix of Mexico City at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
==Results==
Round	Race 	Pole Position 	Fastest Lap 	Most Laps Led 	Race Winner 	Race Winner 	Race Winner
Round	Race 	Pole Position 	Fastest Lap 	Most Laps Led 	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer
1 	St. Petersburg 	Christian Rasmussen	Marcus Armstrong 	Alex Palou 	Alex Palou 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda
2 	Sebring 	Josef Newgarden 	Josef Newgarden 	Josef Newgarden 	Rinus Veekay 	Arrow McLaren 	Chevrolet
3 	Long Beach 	Louis Foster 	Theo Pourchaire 	Kyle Kirkwood 	Colton Herta 	Andretti Global 	Honda
4 	Circuit of the Americas	Colton Herta 	Colton Herta 	Theo Pourchaire 	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
5 	Barber Motorsports Park	Rinus Veekay 	Kyle Kirkwood 	Pato O’Ward 	Pato O’Ward 	Arrow McLaren 	Chevrolet
6 	IMS GP 	Alex Palou 	Christian Lundgaard	Alex Palou 	Kyle Kirkwood 	Team Penske 	Chevrolet
7 	Indy 500 	Santino Ferrucci 	Josef Newgarden 	Alexander Rossi 	Pato O’Ward 	Arrow McLaren 	Chevrolet
8 	Detroit 	Kyle Kirkwood 	Alex Palou 	Alex Palou 	Alex Palou 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda
9 	Road America 	Colton Herta 	Jamie Chadwick 	Colton Herta 	Louis Foster 	Andretti Global 	Honda
10 	Laguna Seca 	Kyle Kirkwood 	Colton Herta 	Alex Palou 	Kyle Kirkwood 	Team Penske 	Honda
11 	Iowa 1 	Josef Newgarden 	Pato O’Ward 	Josef Newgarden 	Josef Newgarden 	Team Penske 	Chevrolet
12 	Iowa 2 	Pato O’Ward 	Pato O’Ward 	Pato O’Ward 	Josef Newgarden 	Team Penske 	Chevrolet
13 	Toronto 	Felix Rosenqvist 	Marcus Armstrong 	Felix Rosenqvist 	Marcus Armstrong 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda
14 	Mid Ohio 	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Rasmussen	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda
15 	WWT Raceway 	Josef Newgarden 	Pato O’Ward 	Alexander Rossi 	Alexander Rossi 	Arrow McLaren 	Chevrolet
16 	Portland 	Alex Palou 	Felix Rosenqvist 	Alex Palou 	Alex Palou 	Chip Ganassi Racing 	Honda
17 	Milwaukee 1 	Josef Newgarden 	Rinus Veekay 	Josef Newgarden 	Josef Newgarden 	Team Penske 	Chevrolet
18 	Milwaukee 2 	Rinus Veekay 	David Malukas 	Rinus Veekay 	David Malukas 	Prema Racing 	Chevrolet
19 	Chicagoland 	Santino Ferrucci 	Josef Newgarden 	Rinus Veekay 	Rinus Veekay 	Arrow McLaren 	Chevrolet
20 	Nashville Superspeedway	David Malukas 	Santino Ferrucci 	Rinus Veekay 	David Malukas 	Prema Racing 	Chevrolet
21 	Nashville Street 	Pato O’Ward 	Louis Foster 	Louis Foster 	Felix Rosenqvist 	Meyer Shank Racing 	Honda
NC 	Mexico City 	Josef Newgarden 	Nolan Siegel 	Nolan Siegel 	Pato O’Ward 	Arrow McLaren 	Chevrolet
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