2024 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix

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Flag of the United States.svg 2024 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix
Race details
17th round of the 2024 IndyCar season
Nashville Superspeedway diagram.svg
Layout of the Nashville Superspeedway circuit
DateSeptember 15, 2024
Official name Big Machine Music City Grand Prix
Location Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tennessee
CourseSuperspeedway
1.330 mi / 2.140 km
Distance206 laps
273.98 mi / 440.8 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood  (Andretti Autosport)
Time23.7702
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward  (Arrow McLaren)
Time24.2869 (on lap 165 of 206)
Podium
First Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta  (Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian)
Second Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward  (Arrow McLaren)
Third Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden  (Team Penske)

The 2024 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix was the seventeenth and final round of the 2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 15, 2024, in Lebanon, Tennessee at the Nashville Superspeedway. Due to the construction of New Nissan Stadium, the race was moved from Nashville Street Circuit to Nashville Superspeedway. [1] This was the last IndyCar race aired on NBC. From 2025 onwards, the IndyCar series will be televised by Fox.

Contents

Following the race, Álex Palou would win the 2024 season championship.

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
4 Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Kyffin Simpson  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
5 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
6 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel  R  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
7 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  R  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 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 Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda
20 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen  R  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 Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda
27 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood  W  Andretti Global Honda
28 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  W  Andretti Global Honda
30 Flag of Brazil.svg Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
41 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
45 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
51 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda
60 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda
66 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Meyer Shank Racing Honda
77 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
78 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Source: [2]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds
PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLap Time
110 Flag of Spain.svg Alex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:23.9565
29 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:23.9583
326 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:23.9776
Source: [3]

Qualifying

Qualifying Classification

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineTimeFinal
grid
Laps
Lap 1Lap 2
127 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood  W  Andretti Global Honda 23.748723.77021
22 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 23.751823.80662
360 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 23.836023.88283
412 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 23.837223.89294
514 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 23.855023.90625
666 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Meyer Shank Racing Honda 23.859623.90616
778 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 23.874523.91177
85 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 23.839223.97058
93 Flag of the United States.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 23.905723.91939
108 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23.881923.956710
1126 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 23.900823.954311
1221 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus Veekay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 23.967923.980912
139 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23.969423.998513
1411 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23.944124.033714
1510 Flag of Spain.svg Alex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 23.880024.112415
1677 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 23.992824.014116
1720 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 24.029324.056017
1828 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  W  Andretti Global Honda 24.091424.054118
1930 Flag of Brazil.svg Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 24.063324.085219
207 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 24.112824.236120
214 Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Kyffin Simpson  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 24.339424.191521
2215 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 24.378824.424122
2318 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda 24.526624.453823
2445 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 24.494624.495224
2551 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 24.909424.686425
2641 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet No timeNo time26
276 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel  R  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet No timeNo time27
Source: [4]

Race

Coming into the race, 3 drivers were mathematically eligible to win the championship, Alex Palou, Will Power, and Scott McLaughlin. However, McLaughlin was eliminated from contention upon race start since Palou started the race. Early in the race, Will Power came to pit road after his seatbelts came loose, in essence eliminating him from the title fight. On lap 55, Felix Rosenqvist ran high out of Turn 2, hitting the wall and bringing out the first caution. He was eliminated from the race. On lap 85, Katherine Legge hit the wall coming out of Turn 4, bringing out the second caution and eliminating her from the race. On lap 137, the third and final caution of the race came out after Marcus Ericsson hit the wall in Turn 4, taking him out of the race.

At the end of the race, Colton Herta fought off a hard-charging Pato O'Ward, who was on a different strategy, to take the win. This was his first win on an oval track.

Points leader Alex Palou finished 11th, securing his 3rd IndyCar championship. Colton Herta would finish 2nd in the standings (–31), and Scott McLaughlin came 3rd (–39).

Race results

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTotal TimePit
Stops
GridLaps
Led
Pts.
126 Flag of the United States.svg Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 20601:43:15.2534492451
25 Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 20601:43:157.0640472141
32 Flag of the United States.svg Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 20601:43:17.2145425436
427 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Kirkwood  W  Andretti Global Honda 20601:43:19.9709316736
53 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 20601:43:23.0371418030
614 Flag of the United States.svg Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 20601:43:24.4870414028
711 Flag of New Zealand.svg Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 20601:43:29.6404312026
88 Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Lundqvist  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 20601:43:29.905348024
966 Flag of the United States.svg David Malukas Meyer Shank Racing Honda 20601:43:30.526035823
1078 Flag of the United States.svg Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 205+1 Lap36020
1110 Flag of Spain.svg Alex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 205+1 Lap424019
1221 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rinus Veekay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 205+1 Lap410018
1318 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Harvey Dale Coyne Racing Honda 205+1 Lap320017
1420 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Rasmussen  R  Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 205+1 Lap320016
157 Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 205+1 Lap4263216
1677 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 204+2 Laps413014
179 Flag of New Zealand.svg Scott Dixon  W  Andretti Global Honda 204+2 Laps311013
186 Flag of the United States.svg Nolan Siegel  R  Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 204+2 Laps427012
1945 Flag of Denmark.svg Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 204+2 Laps421011
2041 Flag of the United States.svg Sting Ray Robb A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 204+2 Laps323010
2130 Flag of Brazil.svg Pietro Fittipaldi Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 204+2 Laps51809
224 Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Kyffin Simpson  R  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 202+4 Laps51908
2315 Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 202+4 Laps41907
2412 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 198+8 Laps6406
2528 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson  W  Andretti Global Honda 137Contact31505
2651 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 85Contact22205
2760 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 55Contact0305
Fastest lap: Flag of Mexico.svg Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) – 24.2869 (lap 165)
Source: [5]

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