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IndyCar TV
The television rights to broadcast the IndyCar Series in the United States have varied between different broadcasters since the series' founding as the Indy Racing League (IRL) in 1995 as a competitor to the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART).

Future

 * Fox: 2025–
 * FS1: 2025– (practice/qualifying only)
 * FS2: 2025– (practice/qualifying only)

Current

 * NBC: 2018–2024
 * USA: 2020, 2022–2024
 * Peacock: 2022–2024

Former

 * ABC: 1996–2014
 * CBS: 1997–1998
 * Fox: 1999
 * ESPN: 2000–2008
 * ESPN2: 1997, 2008
 * ESPN Classic:
 * Versus/NBCSN: 2009–2021
 * CNBC: 2015–2016, 2018
 * TNN: 1998
 * Fox Sports Net: 1999

1996-1999: A variety of partners
For the inagural season of the IRL championship, which consisted of only three races, all events were telecast by ABC Sports. For the series' second season, spanning 1996 and 1997, a single race―TBA―was picked up for broadcast by CBS Sports.

On March 27, 1997, a new television contract was announced for the 1998 season. ABC retained the rights to broadcast four events, including the Indianapolis 500, with ancillary programming surrounding the marquee race airing on ESPN. CBS would also return as a broadcaster for three other events. A new addition for the season would be CBS' cable partner The Nashville Network (TNN; now Paramount Network), which would broadcast three races. This new arrangement would last only a single season, with IRL announcing a new agreement for 1999. For the following season, IRL announced another new contract. The sanctioning body revealed on December 23, 1998, that it had struck a deal with Fox Sports to become a major television partner. For the 1999 season, Fox would broadcast nine out of eleven events, with a majority of races on the regional sports network system Fox Sports Net. ABC Sports would retain rights to air just two races–the Indianapolis 500 and the race at Walt Disney World Speedway. A television contract for qualifying at the series races, excluding the 500, was carved out for Speedvision.

2000-2008: Settling with ABC/ESPN
With the first four years of IRL marked by changing television partners, the series made the decision to settle down with a primary partner. Beginning with the 2000 season, the league signed a multi-year deal with ABC and ESPN. The contract, worth $13 million annually over five years, covered ten races, split between the broadcast and cable network. The relationship between IRL and ABC/ESPN was deepened in 2001, when the two sides agreed to extend their deal through the 2007 season. A key aspect to this extension was an exclusive sporting relationship between the two, locking CART out of a broadcasting relationship with ABC/ESPN.

2009-2014: A split contract
In August 2008, a now-unified IndyCar Series announced two separate television deals worth $10.9 million annually for the 2009 season. ABC renewed with a deal significantly smaller than its previous arrangement. The broadcast network would only air five races per season, including the 500, under a $4.2 million per-year, three-year deal. Meanwhile, burgeoning cable sports network Versus signed a ten-year deal to cover thirteen races annually from the series through the 2018 season. ABC would later renew their deal to broadcast the 500 plus four other races through 2019, coinciding with the end of the Versus contract. In 2011, Comcast, owner of Versus, would purchase a majority stake in NBCUniversal, completing a full acquisition in 2013. As a result, in 2012, Versus was folded into NBC Sports and rebranded as NBC Sports Network (NBCSN).

2015-2024: Exclusivity with NBC
As ABC/ESPN and NBCSN's respective deals neared expiring after the 2018 season, both networks were considered front runners for deals to exclusively televise the series from 2019 onward. According to sources, each network offered the series a significant jump in races on over-the-air television, with ABC offering ten races annually and NBC eight. On March 21, 2018, IndyCar and NBC Sports announced a three-year deal to become the exclusive rightsholder to races through the 2021 season. As per reports, at least eight races were slated to air on NBC, with the others remaining on NBCSN. Practice and qualifying sessions would become part of a seasonal package on NBC Sports Gold. The deal ended ABC's coverage of the Indianapolis 500 after 50-plus years.

NBC Sports would renew its exclusive television deal on July 20, 2021. A few aspects would change in the new contract. The majority of the series races would now be broadcast on NBC (13 in 2022). In a series' first, up to two races per season would be aired on NBCUniversal's new subscription streaming service Peacock, in addition to practice and qualifying sessions. USA Network would also become NBC's new cable outlet, following the shuttering of NBCSN at the end of 2021, airing all races not on NBC or Peacock.

Future
On February 14, 2024, Racer reported that Fox Sports was preparing to make a serious bid for the series' television rights for the 2025 season and beyond. However, on April 5, it was reported that both Fox and NBC were in frontrunner positions for a new television contract.

2016

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KY 746
Kentucky Route 746 (KY 746) is a 0.476 mi state highway located in portions of northern Wolfe and southeastern Menifee counties in east central Kentucky. The route connects KY 191 east of Wolfe County's seat Campton to US 460 west-southwest of the community of Denniston, southeast of Menifee county seat Frenchburg via Valeria.

Route description
KY 746 begins at a Y intersection with KY 191 1.2 mi northeast of Campton. The route crosses the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway via an overpass with no interchange. The route then traverses portions of rural northern Wolfe County over and through a variety of ridges and valleys. A touch over 6 mi into its route, KY 746]] crosses the Red River upstream from the Red River Gorge before intersecting KY 3357. The route crosses a local stream before meeting KY 2027 at a T-intersection in the community of Valeria. KY 746 then crosses over into Menifee County and immediately meets KY 2072 at yet another T-intersection. The route picks up the local name Trimble Bend Road and proceeds to cross some ridges in a bow shape, meeting KY 3341, before coming back into a creek valley to meet KY 946 west of Pomeroyton. KY 746 then navigates some more local terrain before terminating at US 460 west of Denniston.

2003

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2010 Nationwide
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