2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix

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Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix
Race details
13th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
Nashville Street Circuit.png
DateAugust 6, 2023
Official name Big Machine Music City Grand Prix
Location Nashville Street Circuit, Nashville, Tennessee
CourseTemporary street circuit
2.100 mi / 3.380 km
Distance80 laps
168.00 mi / 270.37 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin  (Team Penske)
Time01:14.6099
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  (Meyer Shank Racing)
Time01:16.7115 (on lap 57 of 80)
Podium
First Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood  (Andretti Autosport)
Second Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin  (Team Penske)
Third Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou  (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville Street Circuit. The eleventh edition of INDYCAR in Nashville consisted of 80 laps and was won by Kyle Kirkwood.

Contents

The race was accompanied by the Wesley Mortgage Freedom Friday Tribute Concert, on Friday, August 4, featuring Brian Kelley (from Florida Georgia Line), Chris Janson, Vince Neil (from Mötley Crüe), Gavin DeGraw, Sixwire, and others. Concerts by Frank Ray, Dillon Carmichael, and Flo Rida were also announced. On Sunday, August 6, Jay DeMarcus, Jason Crabb, and others performed, presented by Red Street Records. [1]

On February 14, 2024, it was announced because of construction issues with the new Tennessee Titans stadium and the Broadway region issues with closing streets for the race, the Nashville Street Circuit race will be discontinued. It will be replaced by Gladeville's Nashville Superspeedway for the first time since 2008.

Entry list

KeyMeaning
 R Rookie
 W Past winner
No.DriverTeamEngine
2 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet
5 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
06 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet
14 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
18 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda
20 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
26 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda
27 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda
28 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda
29 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda
30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
45 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
51 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda
55 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
60 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda
77 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
78 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Source: [2]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
112 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:16.4042
210 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:16.6494
37 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:16.7192
Source: [3]

Practice 2

Due to rain delaying the start time of practice 2, the session was shortened to 30 minutes, from the usual 45 minutes.

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
18 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:31.7999
221 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:32.6910
312 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:32.8167
Source: [4]

Qualifying

Due to rain causing track conditions to worsen, qualifying was moved to start at 6:15 PM ET. [5]

Qualifying classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineTimeFinal
grid
Round 1Round 2Round 3
Group 1Group 2
13 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:15.1629N/A01:14.748401:14.60991
25 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A01:15.125101:14.594401:14.93952
326 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda N/A01:15.003001:14.712801:15.24163
410 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:15.084901:14.721801:15.24624
518 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:15.7943N/A01:15.051901:15.87035
628 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A01:15.157001:14.769501:15.99216
712 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A01:15.459901:15.1384N/A7
827 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda N/A01:15.056101:15.1641N/A8
92 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:15.9347N/A01:15.4862N/A9
107 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:15.8303N/A01:15.5711N/A10
1160 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:16.0892N/A01:16.0715N/A11
129 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:15.7094N/A01:16.7692N/A12
1345 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:16.0985N/AN/AN/A13
146 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A01:15.4638N/AN/A14
1515 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:16.1825N/AN/AN/A15
1611 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:15.5631N/AN/A16
1706 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:16.2203N/AN/AN/A17
1877 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A01:16.0170N/AN/A18
1921 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:16.3356N/AN/AN/A19
208 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A01:16.0420N/AN/A20
2114 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:16.6416N/AN/AN/A21
2230 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A01:16.1193N/AN/A22
2378 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:16.6900N/AN/AN/A23
2451 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda N/A01:16.3907N/AN/A24
2555 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet No TimeN/AN/AN/A25
2629 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A01:16.4369N/AN/A26
2720 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A01:17.2417N/AN/A27
Source: [6]
Notes

Warmup

Due to qualifying being delayed to 6:15 PM ET, final practice was canceled. [5]

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
1CANCELED
2
3
Source:

Race

The race started at 12:30 PM ET on August 6, 2023.

Race classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit
Stops
GridLaps
Led
Pts.
127 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 8001:58:02.3028283453
23 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 80+0.7633212542
310 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80+1.7221241236
42 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 80+3.14162932
59 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80+4.165521230
628 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 80+5.951826429
78 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80+6.4148320427
85 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 80+6.69662224
945 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80+8.016831322
1012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 80+9.045627121
1106 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 80+9.871831719
1277 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 80+10.685931818
1311 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80+11.405631617
1421 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 80+11.817241916
1515 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80+14.227131515
1620 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 80+14.687442714
1751 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb  R  Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 80+15.115842413
1814 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 80+16.525342112
197 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 78+2 Laps31011
2078 Flag of Argentina.svg Agustín Canapino  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 77Off-Course52310
2126 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 76Mechanical339
226 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 73Contact4148
2355 Flag of Denmark.svg Benjamin Pedersen  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 73Contact4257
2430 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 71Contact3226
2560 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  R  Meyer Shank Racing Honda 69Contact3115
2629 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 65Contact3265
2718 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 11Mechanical155
Fastest lap: Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist (Meyer Shank Racing) - 01:16.7115 (lap 57)
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race

References

  1. "BIG MACHINE MUSIC CITY GRAND PRIX ANNOUNCES THE WESLEY MORTGAGE FREEDOM FRIDAY CONCERT LINE-UP AND THE IHEART MUSIC STAGE". Visit Music City. May 18, 2023.
  2. Bradley, Charles (August 2, 2023). "IndyCar Nashville: Start times, how to watch, entry list & more". Motorsport. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  3. "Practice - Results". indycar.com. August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  4. "Practice 2 Results". indycar.com. August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Kelly, Paul (August 5, 2023). "Qualifying Moved to 6:15 P.M. ET; Ericsson Leads Wet Practice". IndyCar.com. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  6. "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Race - Results - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. August 6, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  8. @INDYCAR (August 6, 2023). "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). Retrieved August 8, 2023 via NBC Sports.
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