Gateway Motorsports Park is in discussions with the IndyCar series to add a race at the track in Madison in 2017, with a decision expected by the end of August.

Gateway general manager Chris Blair said the biggest challenge is finding a date that avoids major conflicts and fits into network television schedules. The Indy Racing League, as it was previously called, last ran at Gateway from 2001 to 2003.

The two sides have talked about a race for a couple of years, and IndyCar chief executive Mark Miles visited the facility last week for the first time.

“We’ve been kicking the can down the road for some time talking to them, but this was the first opportunity the CEO had to look at the track,” Blair said. “We’re pretty far into the conversations, but we don’t have a signed agreement yet. There are a few things we have to sort out, the main thing being the date.”

Blair said Gateway ideally would get a Saturday night for the race.

Gateway was approved last year as a certified test course for IndyCar, and driver Ed Carpenter tested at the track last fall. That came after series officials visited the track in 2014 and in the summer of 2015.