It would be a doubleheader with NASCAR on May 1st May during the FOX season. Apparently it's a part of a push from FOX Sports leadership to have Indycar put on a headline Saturday night oval race. Please, racing Gods, make it happen.

Pruett also mentioned the series is much less set on going back to 17 races than it was a few months ago, where Denker said 17 was a concrete number, and this week officials being a lot less committal.

I have to imagine that Nashville is on the chopping block if they do decide to stick with 17 and Barcelona happens, or if both races happen - or are there any other candidates in the second half of the calendar?

It's possible they want to keep Nashville to maintain the oval count even with Barcelona, and the only way it doesn't is if they can make TMS happen.

EDIT: Okay yep, forgot about Milwaukee being a doubleheader. So Nashville is probably fine for 2027.…