INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indy Pro Series will feature a series-record 16 races in 2007, including seven races on ovals, seven on road courses and two on street courses. The series will compete three times at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The 2007 season begins March 24 on the 1.5-mile oval at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and concludes Sept. 9 on the 1.5-mile oval at Chicagoland Speedway. More than $3 million in prize money will be at stake.

The Indy Pro Series, which introduced doubleheader weekends to its competitors in 2006, will expand from two to four doubleheader weekends in 2007, including on the road course at Indianapolis in support of the United States Grand Prix.

New venues for 2007 include the 7/8-mile oval at Iowa Speedway and the 13-turn, 2.258-mile road course at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

After a three-race swing through Florida to begin the season, Indy Pro Series drivers and teams will compete in the fifth annual Freedom 100 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Carb Day, Friday, May 25, two days before the Indianapolis 500. The Indy Pro Series will join the IndyCar Series at The Milwaukee Mile the following weekend in the only back-to-back oval races of the season before returning to Indianapolis for the doubleheader on the road course just 22 days after the Freedom 100. The series will then alternate events at ovals and road courses through the season finale.

The complete 2007 Indy Pro Series schedule is as follows:

Date Track

March 24 Homestead-Miami Speedway

March 31 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

April 1 Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

May 25 Indianapolis Motor Speedway (oval)

June 2 Milwaukee Mile

June 16 Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course)

June 17 Indianapolis Motor Speedway (road course)

June 23 Iowa Speedway

July 7 Watkins Glen International

July 8 Watkins Glen International

July 14 Nashville Superspeedway

July 22 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Aug. 11 Kentucky Speedway

Aug. 25 Infineon Raceway

Aug. 26 Infineon Raceway

Sept. 9 Chicagoland Speedway

For more information, visit: http://www.indycar.com