The race will be contested on the new NOLA Motorsports Park in Avondale, 14 miles southwest of downtown New Orleans. The 13-turn, 2.67-mile road course held an Indy Lights race earlier this year ...

As has become a tradition over the last few years, all three championships will open their season at NOLA Motorsports Park while headlining a special open-wheel weekend in The Big Easy.

Additional preseason testing follows at NOLA Motorsports Park (Feb. 26-27). Wheldon's season officially kicks off with the series' first three races at NOLA April 5-7. Start the day smarter.