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# IndyCar postpones opener in latest calendar change
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/indycar/2021-indycar-calendar-revised-with-delayed-start/
- Published: 2021-01-22T16:33:57.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T17:21:39.000Z
- Description: IndyCar has made its third change to the 2021 calendar, delaying the opening round at Barber Motorsports Park by a week until April 18
- Author: Jack Benyon
- Tags: IndyCar, #image-bottom-right

IndyCar has made its third change to the 2021 calendar, delaying the opening round at Barber Motorsports Park by a week until April 18.

It had already shifted the planned second round of the season – the Long Beach Grand Prix – [to the season finale slot](https://www.the-race.com/indycar/indycar-season-opener-postponed-for-second-year-in-a-row/), then its original series opener at St Petersburg was [postponed until April 25](https://www.the-race.com/indycar/long-beach-becomes-finale-in-first-2021-indycar-calendar-change/) in a pair of changes influenced by the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Alabama-based Barber event moving back a week creates a triple-header of weekends opening the year with four races in total, with Barber and St Pete followed by an oval double-header at Texas Motor Speedway before going into the traditional ‘Month of May’ that encompasses the Indianapolis 500.

While the changes affect teams’ planning for the upcoming events and condenses the schedule, Penske Entertainment Corporation president and chief executive officer Mark Miles reckons there’s a positive to the move.

“The schedule changes we’ve had, while partially prompted by ongoing pandemic conditions, give us a powerful start to the 2021 season,” he said.

![Barber IndyCar 2019](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2021/01/Spacesuit-Media-Jamie-Sheldrick-136794-1024x683.jpg)

“With six of our first eight races on network television and all in a more compact timeline, it’s an enormous opportunity to drive even more momentum as we deliver our exciting brand of racing to our fans.”

Barber missed out on a race last year due to the pandemic, but a group of teams did manage [to test at the venue](https://www.the-race.com/indycar/five-things-learned-from-vital-barber-indycar-test) before Christmas.

Takuma Sato won the last Barber IndyCar round back in 2019.

## LATEST INDYCAR 2021 CALENDAR

**April 18** Barber Motorsports Park  
**April 25** St Petersburg  
**May 1-2** Texas double-header  
**May 15** Indianapolis road course  
**May 30** Indianapolis 500  
**June 12-13** Detroit double-header  
**June 20** Road America  
**July 4** Mid-Ohio  
**July 11** Toronto  
**August 8** Nashville  
**August 14** Indianapolis road course 2  
**August 21** Gateway  
**September 12** Portland  
**September 19** Laguna Seca  
**September 26** Long Beach