NBC Sports today made their Indycar broadcast schedule ,official. A record nine races will be on NBC, including six of the first eight races. The NBC portion begins at the season opener at Barber Motorsports Park and continues the following weekend. The season finale at Long Beach is slated for NBCSN.

My NBC coverage for the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 begins at 11 am Eastern. I assume the race will begin at 12:30 or a little bit later.

Eight broadcasts begin at noon Eastern.

I would prefer the double header at Detroit be moved to NBCSN and Road America and Long Beach replace those two races on NBC. Once again, Roger didn’t return my call.

I’m sure the network is as proud as a Peacock about this schedule.

Here is the schedule with broadcast times:

Date	Race/Track	Network	Time (ET)
Sun., April 18	Barber Motorsports Park	NBC	3 p.m.
Sun., April 25	Streets of St. Petersburg	NBC	12 p.m.
Sat., May 1	Texas Motor Speedway – Race 1	NBCSN	7 p.m.
Sun., May 2	Texas Motor Speedway – Race 2	NBCSN	5 p.m.
Sat., May 15	Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course)	NBC	2:30 p.m.
Sun., May 30	The 105th Indianapolis 500	NBC	11 a.m.
Sat., June 12	Raceway at Belle Isle Park/Detroit – Race 1	NBC	2 p.m.
Sun., June 13	Raceway at Belle Isle Park/Detroit – Race 2	NBC	12 p.m.
Sun., June 20	Road America	NBCSN	12 p.m.
Sun., July 4	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	NBC	12 p.m.
Sun., July 11	Streets of Toronto	NBCSN	12 p.m.
Sun., Aug. 8	Streets of Nashville	NBCSN	5:30 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 14	Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Road Course)	NBCSN	12:30 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 21	World Wide Technology Raceway	NBCSN	8 p.m.
Sun., Sept. 12	Portland International Raceway	NBC	3 p.m.
Sun, Sept. 19	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca	NBC	3 p.m.
Sun, Sept. 26	Streets of Long Beach	NBCSN	3 p.m.

Note: dates and networks are subject to change