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The race will begin at 8:15 p.m. and televised
on NBCSN.
To limit the amount of time participants will spend on site,
IndyCar will hold practice, qualifying and the race all on that
day.
"We're excited and ready to kick off the NTT IndyCar Series
season at Texas Motor Speedway," IndyCar president Jay Frye
said.
Fyre said IndyCar has worked in conjunction with staff at Texas
Motor Speedway as well as public health officials to ensure the
safety of participants.
Those measures include limiting on-site personnel, a health
screening of all participants, social distancing requirements
and an altered layout to increase distancing, and the issuance
of personal protective equipment to everyone entering the track.
The season was scheduled to begin on March 15 with the Firestone
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, but that was canceled as the
sports world shut down that week. The 104th running of the
Indianapolis 500 was moved from Memorial Day weekend in May to
Aug. 23.
"America needs live sports and they are not going to believe
what they see when the Genesys 300 storms into their living
rooms on TV from Texas," said Eddie Gossage, president and
general manager of Texas Motor Speedway.
"One of the world's greatest sporting events, the Indy 500, has
been postponed until August by coronavirus, so all of that
pent-up energy, anticipation, frustrations and anxiety will be
pounding through the drivers' nervous systems."
--Field Level Media
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