INDYCAR to open 2027 season at St. Petersburg on March 7

Green Savoree Racing Promotions announced that the 2027 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg will be held March 5-7, with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES again headlining the weekend. The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding is set to open the 2027 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season on Sunday, March 7, and tickets are expected to go on sale in the fall.

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will return to the downtown St. Petersburg street circuit for its second appearance, with its race scheduled for Saturday, March 6. The Truck Series first raced on the temporary street course at the 2026 event, where Layne Riggs won the OnlyBulls Green Flag 150 and Alex Palou claimed his second straight Grand Prix victory.

The 2027 race will be the 23rd edition of the event on the streets of downtown St. Petersburg. The temporary 1.8-mile, 14-turn circuit runs around Pioneer Park, the Duke Energy Center for the Arts and The Dalí Museum, and extends onto the runway at Albert Whitted Airport along Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg Harbor and Marina. Organizers said the 2026 event was their best yet, citing strong attendance across all three days.