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.
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.
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
KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Driver Team Engine2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet60 Linus Lundqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing ChevroletSource:
Practice Practice 1 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:16.4042 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:16.6494 3 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:16.7192 Source:
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 Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:31.7999 2 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:32.6910 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:32.8167 Source:
Qualifying Due to rain causing track conditions to worsen, qualifying was moved to start at 6:15 PM ET.
Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Group 1 Group 2 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:15.1629 N/A 01:14.7484 01:14.6099 1 2 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:15.1251 01:14.5944 01:14.9395 2 3 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda N/A 01:15.0030 01:14.7128 01:15.2416 3 4 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:15.0849 01:14.7218 01:15.2462 4 5 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:15.7943 N/A 01:15.0519 01:15.8703 5 6 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:15.1570 01:14.7695 01:15.9921 6 7 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:15.4599 01:15.1384 N/A 7 8 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:15.0561 01:15.1641 N/A 8 9 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:15.9347 N/A 01:15.4862 N/A 9 10 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:15.8303 N/A 01:15.5711 N/A 10 11 60 Linus Lundqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:16.0892 N/A 01:16.0715 N/A 11 12 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:15.7094 N/A 01:16.7692 N/A 12 13 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:16.0985 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:15.4638 N/A N/A 14 15 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:16.1825 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:15.5631 N/A N/A 16 17 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:16.2203 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:16.0170 N/A N/A 18 19 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:16.3356 N/A N/A N/A 19 20 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:16.0420 N/A N/A 20 21 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:16.6416 N/A N/A N/A 21 22 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:16.1193 N/A N/A 22 23 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:16.6900 N/A N/A N/A 23 24 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda N/A 01:16.3907 N/A N/A 24 25 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet No Time N/A N/A N/A 25 26 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A 01:16.4369 N/A N/A 26 27 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:17.2417 N/A N/A 27 Source: Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warmup Due to qualifying being delayed to 6:15 PM ET, final practice was canceled.
+ Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1CANCELED 2 3 Source:
Race The race started at 12:30 PM ET on August 6, 2023.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Autosport Honda 80 01:58:02.3028 2 8 34 53 2 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +0.7633 2 1 25 42 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 +1.7221 2 4 12 36 4 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +3.1416 2 9 32 5 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 +4.1655 2 12 30 6 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 80 +5.9518 2 6 4 29 7 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 +6.4148 3 20 4 27 8 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 80 +6.6966 2 2 24 9 45 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80 +8.0168 3 13 22 10 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +9.0456 2 7 1 21 11 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 80 +9.8718 3 17 19 12 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 80 +10.6859 3 18 18 13 11 Marcus Armstrong Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 +11.4056 3 16 17 14 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 80 +11.8172 4 19 16 15 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80 +14.2271 3 15 15 16 20 Ryan Hunter-Reay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 80 +14.6874 4 27 14 17 51 Sting Ray Robb Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 80 +15.1158 4 24 13 18 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 80 +16.5253 4 21 12 19 7 Alexander Rossi Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 78 +2 Laps 3 10 11 20 78 Agustín Canapino Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 77 Off-Course 5 23 10 21 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 76 Mechanical 3 3 9 22 6 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 73 Contact 4 14 8 23 55 Benjamin Pedersen A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 73 Contact 4 25 7 24 30 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 71 Contact 3 22 6 25 60 Linus Lundqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 69 Contact 3 11 5 26 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 65 Contact 3 26 5 27 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 11 Mechanical 1 5 5Fastest lap: Linus Lundqvist (Meyer Shank Racing) - 01:16.7115 (lap 57) Source:
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Álex Palou 5132 Josef Newgarden 4293 Scott Dixon 387 14 Scott McLaughlin 371 15 Marcus Ericsson 357 Source:
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 1108 2 Chevrolet 1016 Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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