Indianapolis, IN (My Sportsbook) - The IndyCar Series released its 2009 schedule with two new tracks added to the lineup.

The Grand Prix of Long Beach will run for the first time on April 19th in Long Beach, CA. The 35-year-old track has hosted F1, CART and Champ Car events in the past.

The series will also debut in Toronto on July 12th. The Indy Toronto will be the first of back-to-back temporary course events in Canada with Edmonton scheduled for July 26.

There will be a considerable amount of shifting in next year's schedule compared to 2008. The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will move from July to August 9th, while the Kentucky Speedway will move back one week to August 1st, allowing a week off to break up what was six consecutive weeks of racing this year.

The Raceway at Belle Isle Park and the Chicagoland Speedway are exchanging weekends, with Chicago running night-time on August 29th, and the temporary street event in Detroit scheduled for September 6th.

Due to more favorable weather conditions, the Twin Ring Motegi in Japan will move from April to September.

The 93rd running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for May 24th.

The series-opener will run through the streets of St. Petersburg, FL on April 5th, with the season finale moving to the Homestead-Miami Speedway on October 11th. Homestead had been the season-opening race since 2002.

The 2009 season will be extended a month longer than the previous two seasons.

Next year, the series will return to Kansas, Milwaukee, Texas, Iowa, Richmond, Watkins Glen and Sonoma, CA at around the same time as on the 2008 schedule.

The 2009 IndyCar Series schedule:

Sunday, April 5 Streets of St. Petersburg 1.8-mile street course Sunday, April 19 Streets of Long Beach 1.968-mile street course Sunday, April 26 Kansas Speedway 1.5-mile oval Sunday, May 24 Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2.5-mile oval Sunday, May 31 The Milwaukee Mile 1.0-mile oval Saturday, June 6 Texas Motor Speedway 1.5-mile oval Sunday, June 21 Iowa Speedway .875-mile oval Saturday, June 27 Richmond International Raceway .75-mile oval Sunday, July 5 Watkins Glen International 3.4-mile road course Sunday, July 12 Streets of Toronto 1.721-mile street course Sunday, July 26 Edmonton City Centre Airport 1.973-mile airport course Saturday, August 1 Kentucky Speedway 1.5-mile oval Sunday, August 9 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 2.258-mile road course Sunday, August 23 Infineon Raceway 2.245-mile road course Saturday, August 29 Chicagoland Speedway 1.5-mile oval Sunday, September 6 The Raceway at Belle Isle Park 2.07-mile street course Saturday, September 19 Twin Ring Motegi 1.5-mile oval Sunday, October 11 Homestead-Miami Speedway 1.5-mile oval