The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is positioned to remain a cornerstone event on the NTT IndyCar Series schedule through at least 2024 as the St. Petersburg City Council in Florida unanimously approved a four-year extension to the existing agreement with event promoter Green Savoree St. Petersburg.

The spring break racing tradition has been the season-opening event on INDYCAR’s annual calendar for the past nine years of its 15-year history.

“The Firestone Grand Prix has a home in the Sunshine City,” St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman said. “I am so pleased to have this cornerstone event of the NTT IndyCar Series dedicated to St. Petersburg for the next five years. I want to thank Kim Green and Kevin Savoree for their partnership, and for their dedication to St. Pete.”

Set for the second weekend of March, the approved dates for the next five Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg events are:

March 12-15, 2020
March 11-14, 2021
March 10-13, 2022
March 9-12, 2023
March 7-10, 2024

The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is run on a 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary waterfront circuit that includes a combination of adjacent downtown streets circling Pioneer Park, the Mahaffey Theater, the Salvador Dali Museum and extending onto the runways of Albert Whitted Airport, which overlook the Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg harbor and marina.

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