IndyCar will open its 2015 season in Brazil and end it at Sonoma.

In total, there will be 17 races at 15 different venues, including two events at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (the road course race May 9 and the Indianapolis 500 on May 24) and a doubleheader at Detroit’s Belle Isle Park (May 30-31).

The season will open at the Autodromo International Nelson Piquet circuit in Brasilia, a new event for the series. The other newcomer to the IndyCar calendar is the previously announced April 12 race at NOLA Motorsports Park outside New Orleans.

IndyCar will have six oval races and six on permanent road courses, plus four street circuits.

Among the changes:

The first road course to host a season finale since Mexico City in Champ Car in 2007;

A reduction in doubleheaders from three to one (Houston was dropped, Toronto is a single event due to a relocation because the city is hosting the Pan American Games in July);

The move of the Auto Club Speedway race, which had been the season finale the past three years, to June 27, and it’s a day race;

Milwaukee, Auto Club and Pocono Raceway getting their third different date in as many years;

No February race in Dubai despite efforts to make one happen.

The schedule:

March 8: Brasilia, Brazil (NBCSN)

March 29: St. Petersburg, Fla. (ABC)

April 12: Avondale, La. (NBCSN)

April 19: Long Beach, Calif. (NBCSN)

April 26: Birmingham, Ala. (NBCSN)

May 9: Indianapolis road course (ABC)

May 24: Indianapolis 500 (ABC)

May 30-31: Detroit doubleheader (ABC)

June 6: Fort Worth, Texas (NBCSN)

June 14: Toronto (NBCSN)

June 27: Fontana, Calif. (NBCSN)

July 12: Milwaukee, Wis. (NBCSN)

July 18: Newton, Iowa (NBCSN)

Aug. 2: Lexington, Ohio (NBCSN)

Aug. 23: Pocono, Pa. (NBCSN)

Aug. 30: Sonoma, Calif. (NBCSN)

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