2026 Wienie 500

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR race discussion thread for the 2026 Wienie 500.

For additional live chat and conversation, you may also wish to join us in our Discord server.

🏁 RACE INFORMATION

• 🔁 Laps — 2
• 📏 Distance — 5 miles (8.047km)
• 🟢 Green flag — 2:15pm EDT

📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

Region	🟨 Wienie 500
🇺🇸	FOX, 2pm EDT

There are no international broadcasts.

🗒️ STARTING GRID

1. #03 Slaw Dog (W)
2. #01 Chicago Dog
3. #05 Seattle Dog
4. #06 Chili Dog
5. #02 New York Dog
6. #04 Corn Dog (R)

2026 Round 7 — 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR Carb Day final practice discussion thread for the 2026 Indianapolis 500.

For additional live chat and conversation, you may also wish to join us in our Discord server.

📅 SESSION SCHEDULE

All times Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Friday 22nd May — Miller Lite Carb Day

• 11:00am — 🛞 Final Practice (2hrs)

📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

Region	Final Practice
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 11am EDT
🇺🇸	FS1, 11am EDT
🇨🇦	TSN+, 11am EDT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 3pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports Mix, 4pm BST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 17:00 CEST
🇳🇴	V Sport 3, 17:00 CEST
🇭🇺	Net4+, 17:00 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 18:00 EEST
🇯🇵	GAORA SPORTS, 24:00 JST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 5, 3am NZST

2026 Round 7 — 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR practice 7 discussion thread for the 2026 Indianapolis 500.

For additional live chat and conversation, you may also wish to join us in our Discord server.

📅 SESSION SCHEDULE

All times Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Monday 18th May

• 1:00pm — 🛞 Practice 7 (2hrs)

📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

Region	Practice 7
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 1pm EDT
🇺🇸	FS1, 1pm EDT
🇨🇦	TSN+, 1pm EDT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 5pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports F1, 6pm BST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 19:00 CEST
🇭🇺	Net4+, 19:00 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 20:00 EEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 2, 5am NZST

2026 Round 7 — 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500

Welcome to race week! Here we have collated all the information you might need for the upcoming race weekend.

Additionally, feel free to use this thread as an open forum to discuss the various aspects of attending and enjoying the upcoming race weekend. Feel free to discuss things like meetups, ticket sales, parking, merchandise, food vendors, restaurants, journey plans, route maps, hotels, checklists, and whatever else comes to mind!

All questions regarding attending these sessions should ideally be posted in r/INDY500.

📍 CIRCUIT INFORMATION

• 🧭 Location — Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana
• 🛣️ Track Type — Superspeedway oval
• 📏 Length — 2.5 miles (4.023km)
• 📐 Banking — Turns: 9.2°

🏁 RACE INFORMATION

All times Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

• 🔁 Laps — 200
• 📏 Distance — 500 miles (804.672km)
• 🟢 Green flag — Sunday 24th, 12:45pm EDT

📅 SESSION SCHEDULE

All times Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Monday 18th May

IMS Facility Map — Monday Practice

• 11:00am — Public gates open
• 1:00pm — 🛞 Practice 7 (2hrs)

Friday 22nd May — Miller Lite Carb Day

IMS Facility Map — Miller Lite Carb Day (Friday)

• 8:00am — Public gates open
• 11:00am — 🛞 Final Practice (2hrs)
• 2:00pm — 🟨 Wienie 500
• 2:30pm — Oscar Mayer Indy 500 Pit Stop Challenge
• 4:00pm — Miller Lite Carb Day concert

Saturday 23rd May — Legends Day

IMS Facility Map — Legends Day

• 7:00am — Veteran driver autograph session wristband lines start forming
  • Bronze Badge holders only at this point
• 8:00am — Public gates open
• 8:00am — Veteran driver autograph session wristband distribution
  • Two lines, one per session (A and B)
  • 80 wristbands per session, one wristband per person
• 9:00am — ✍️ Full-field autograph session (1hr)
• 10:30am — Public drivers meeting (30mins)
• 12:00pm — Veteran driver autograph session A (1hr)
• 1:30pm — Veteran driver autograph session B (1hr)
• 6:00pm — Legends Day concert
  • Everwise Amiptheater, White River State Park

Sunday 24th May — Race Day

IMS Facility Map — Race Day

• 6:00am — Public gates open
• 7:00am — Snake Pit gates open
• 9:00am — Push-out to pit lane
• 10:00am — 📺 FOX broadcast commences
• 10:30am — Cars to grid
• 10:37am — Indy 500 winners lap
• 11:25am — Military appreciation lap
• 11:47am — Driver introductions
• 12:18pm — Invocation
• 12:24pm — National anthem
• 12:29pm — Drivers to cars
• 12:36pm — Back Home Again in Indiana
• 12:38pm — Command to start engines
• 12:45pm — 🟢 Green flag (200 laps)

📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

⏰ indicates late-join coverage only; 🧩 indicates partial live coverage only; 📼 indicates tape-delay coverage only; ⏩ indicates highlights coverage only

Monday Practice

Region	Practice 7
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 1pm EDT
🇺🇸	FS1, 1pm EDT
🇨🇦	TSN+, 1pm EDT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 5pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports F1, 6pm BST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 19:00 CEST
🇭🇺	Net4+, 19:00 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 20:00 EEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 2, 5am NZST

Broadcast notes: none

Carb Day

Region	Final Practice	🟨 Wienie 500	Pit Stop Challenge
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 11am EDT	—	—
🇺🇸	FS1, 11am EDT	FOX, 2pm EDT	FOX, 2:30pm EDT
🇨🇦	TSN+, 11am EDT	—	TSN+, 2:30pm EDT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 3pm GMT	—	Viaplay, 6:30pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports Mix, 4pm BST	—	⏰ Sky Sports Main Event or Sky Sports F1, 8:10pm BST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 17:00 CEST	—	Viaplay, 20:30 CEST
🇳🇴	V Sport 3, 17:00 CEST	—	V Sport 1 or V Sport 3, 20:30 CEST
🇭🇺	Net4+, 17:00 CEST	—	Net4+, 20:30 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 18:00 EEST	—	Viaplay, 21:30 EEST
🇯🇵	GAORA SPORTS, 24:00 JST	—	GAORA SPORTS, 3:30 JST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 5, 3am NZST	—	Sky Sport 5, 6:30am NZST

Broadcast notes: none

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Race Day

Region	Pre-Race Broadcast	Race Broadcast	Green Flag
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 10am EDT	⬅️	12:45pm EDT
🇺🇸	FOX, 10am EDT	⬅️	12:45pm EDT
🇨🇦	TSN3 or TSN+, 10am EDT	⬅️	12:45pm EDT
🇧🇷	⏰ Band, 13h00 BRT	⬅️	13h45 BRT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 2pm GMT	⬅️	4:45pm GMT
Africa	—	⏩ CANAL+ SPORT 5, 8:52pm GMT	4:45pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports Mix, 3pm BST^(1)	⬅️^(1)	5:45pm BST
🇵🇹	⏰ SPORT TV 4, 16h50 WEST	⬅️	18h45 WEST
🇪🇸	⏰ M+ Vamos, 18.00h CEST	⬅️	18.45h CEST
🇫🇷	—	⏰ CANAL+ SPORT, 19h15 CEST	18h45 CEST
🇳🇱	Ziggo Sport 3, 16:00 CEST^(2)	Ziggo Sport or Ziggo Sport 3, 18:30 CEST	18:45 CEST
🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹	Sky Sport Mix, 16:00 CEST^(3)	Sky Sport Mix or Motorvision+, 18:30 CEST^(3,4)	18:45 CEST
🇮🇹	—	???	18:45 CEST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 16:00 CEST	⬅️	18:45 CEST
🇩🇰	—	TV3 MAX, 18:30 CEST	18:45 CEST
🇳🇴	⏰ V Sport 1, 17:30 CEST	⬅️	18:45 CEST
🇸🇪	V Sport Motor, 16:00 CEST	⬅️	18:45 CEST
🇭🇺	⏰ Arena4, 17:00 CEST	Arena4 or Net4+, 18:30 CEST	18:45 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 17:00 EEST	⬅️	19:45 EEST
🇹🇷	—	S Sport Plus, 19:30 TRT	19:45 TRT
🇯🇵	GAORA SPORTS, 23:00 JST	⬅️	25:45 JST
🇦🇺	Stan Sport, 12am AEST	⬅️	2:45am AEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 3, 2am NZST	⬅️	4:45am NZST

Broadcast notes:

1. 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 — 🧩 Partial coverage also available on Sky Sports F1: 3pm–3:40pm, 4:30pm–5pm, 6:20pm–7:30pm BST.
2. 🇳🇱 — ⏰ Late-join pre-race coverage also available on Ziggo Sport [broadcast as Ziggo Sport Race Café], from 17:30 CEST.
3. 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹 — 🧩 Partial coverage also available on Sky Sport F1: 16:00–16:40, 17:30–17:55, 19:20–20:00 CEST.
4. 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹 — ⏰ Late-join coverage also available on Sky Sport Top Event, from 19:00 CEST.

2026 Round 7 — 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR qualifying day 2 discussion thread for the 2026 Indianapolis 500.

For additional live chat and conversation, you may also wish to join us in our Discord server.

📅 SESSION SCHEDULE

All times Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Sunday 17th May — PPG Armed Forces Qualifying Day 2

• 12:00pm — ⏱️ Full-field qualifying
  • One attempt per car, in original qualifying order.
• 4:00pm — ⏱️ FOX Qualifying broadcast
  • 4:30pm — Top 12
  • 6:00pm — Firestone Fast Six

📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

As this is a rescheduled session, please check your local TV broadcaster as their schedules may have updated with this session despite not being shown in these collated listings.

Region	Full-field Qualifying	Top 12 & Fast Six
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 12pm EDT	INDYCAR LIVE, 4pm EDT
🇺🇸	FS2, 12pm EDT	FOX, 4pm EDT
🇨🇦	⏰ TSN+, 1pm EDT	TSN+, 4pm EDT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 4pm GMT	Viaplay, 8pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports F1, 5pm BST	Sky Sports F1, 9pm BST
🇵🇹	—	⏰ SPORT TV 6, 22h00 WEST
🇪🇸	M+ Deportes 6, 18.00h CEST	M+ Deportes 6, 22.00h CEST
🇳🇱	⏰ Ziggo Sport 4, 19:00 CEST	Ziggo Sport 4, 22:00 CEST^(1)
🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹	Sky Sport F1 or Motorvision+, 18:00 CEST	Sky Sport F1 or Motorvision+, 22:00 CEST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 18:00 CEST	Viaplay, 22:00 CEST
🇸🇪	—	V Sport Motor, 22:00 CEST
🇭🇺	—	Net4+, 22:00 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 19:00 EEST	Viaplay, 23:00 EEST
🇹🇷	—	S Sport Plus, 23:00 TRT
🇯🇵	GAORA SPORTS, 25:00 JST	GAORA SPORTS, 5:00 JST
🇦🇺	—	Stan Sport, 6am AEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 5, 4am NZST	Sky Sport 2, 8am NZST

Broadcast notes:

1. 🇳🇱 — ⏰ Late-join coverage also available on Ziggo Sport 3 from 23:00 CEST, or Ziggo Sport from 23:10 CEST.

🗒️ INITIAL FULL-FIELD QUALIFYING ORDER

110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Qualification Order

2026 Round 7 — 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR practice 6 discussion thread for the 2026 Indianapolis 500.

For additional live chat and conversation, you may also wish to join us in our Discord server.

📅 SESSION SCHEDULE

All times Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Sunday 17th May — PPG Armed Forces Qualifying Day 2

• 9:30am — 🛞 Practice 6
  • 9:30am — Group A (30mins)
  • 10:00am — Group B (30mins)

📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

As this is a rescheduled session, please check your local TV broadcaster as their schedules may have updated with this session despite not being shown in these collated listings.

Region	Practice 6
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 9:30am EDT
🇺🇸	FS2, 9:30am EDT
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 1:30pm GMT
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 15:30 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 16:30 EEST
🇯🇵	GAORA On Demand, 22:30 JST
🇦🇺	Stan Sport, 11:30pm AEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 6, 5am NZST

2026 Round 7 — 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500

Welcome to the r/INDYCAR qualifying day 1 discussion thread for the 2026 Indianapolis 500.

For additional live chat and conversation, you may also wish to join us in our Discord server.

📅 SESSION SCHEDULE

All times Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).

Saturday 16th May — PPG Armed Forces Qualifying Day 1

• 11:00am — ⏱️ Qualifying
  • 11:00am — Runs commence (5hrs, 50mins)
  • 5:50pm — Runs conclude

📺 BROADCAST INFORMATION

Region	Day 1 Qualifications
🌐	INDYCAR LIVE, 11am EDT
🇺🇸	FS2, 11am EDT; then FS1, 2pm EDT; then FOX, 4pm EDT
🇨🇦	TSN+, 11am EDT^(1)
🇮🇸	Viaplay, 3pm GMT
🇬🇧 🇮🇪	Sky Sports F1, 4pm BST
🇵🇹	🧩 SPORT TV 4: 16h00–17h47; SPORT TV 5: 20h19–20h59; SPORT TV 5 tape delay: 23h30–01h31 WEST
🇪🇸	M+ Deportes 2, 17.00h CEST
🇳🇱	Ziggo Sport 3, 17:00 CEST
🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇦🇹	Sky Sport F1 or Motorvision+, 17:00 CEST
🇩🇰 🇳🇴 🇸🇪	Viaplay, 17:00 CEST
🇸🇪	V Sport Motor, 17:00 CEST
🇭🇺	Net4+, 17:00 CEST
🇫🇮	Viaplay, 18:00 EEST
🇯🇵	GAORA SPORTS, 0:00 JST
🇦🇺	Stan Sport, 1am AEST
🇳🇿	Sky Sport 6, 3am NZST

Broadcast notes:

1. 🇨🇦 — ⏰ Late-join coverage also available on TSN2 from 4pm EDT.

🗒️ INITIAL QUALIFYING ORDER

110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Qualification Order