Are you ready for the Indy GP, the appetizer for the Indianapolis 500?

The road course event will serve as a prelude to the Greatest Spectacle In Racing two weeks afterward

There will be lots of racing for the next couple of weeks -- both on the weekend, as usual, as well as next week during practice for the 107th Running of the Indianapolis 500.

Our schedule guru, Jay Wells, does you his usual great job on this weekend's schedule, highlighting the lead-up to Saturday's Indy Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, as well as the NASCAR races at Darlington Raceway.

And early next week, we'll publish an in-week schedule that will focus on Indy 500 practice sessions that will air on Peacock.

But for now, we've got a lot of racing ahead of us, so let's kick it off: