2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix
Race details | |
---|---|
13th round of the 2023 IndyCar season | |
![]() Layout of the Nashville Street Circuit | |
Date | August 6, 2023 |
Official name | Big Machine Music City Grand Prix |
Location | Nashville Street Circuit, Nashville, Tennessee |
Course | Temporary street circuit 2.100 mi / 3.380 km |
Distance | 80 laps 168.00 mi / 270.37 km |
Pole position | |
Driver | ![]() |
Time | 01:14.6099 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | ![]() |
Time | 01:16.7115 (on lap 57 of 80) |
Podium | |
First | ![]() |
Second | ![]() |
Third | ![]() |
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.[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
Key | Meaning |
---|---|
R | Rookie |
W | Past winner |
Practice
Practice 1
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | ![]() | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:16.4042 |
2 | 10 | ![]() | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:16.6494 |
3 | 7 | ![]() | 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.
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | ![]() | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:31.7999 |
2 | 21 | ![]() | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:32.6910 |
3 | 12 | ![]() | 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
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Time | Final grid | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||
Group 1 | Group 2 | ||||||||
1 | 3 | ![]() | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:15.1629 | N/A | 01:14.7484 | 01:14.6099 | 1 |
2 | 5 | ![]() | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:15.1251 | 01:14.5944 | 01:14.9395 | 2 |
3 | 26 | ![]() | Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | N/A | 01:15.0030 | 01:14.7128 | 01:15.2416 | 3 |
4 | 10 | ![]() | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:15.0849 | 01:14.7218 | 01:15.2462 | 4 |
5 | 18 | ![]() | Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports | Honda | 01:15.7943 | N/A | 01:15.0519 | 01:15.8703 | 5 |
6 | 28 | ![]() | Andretti Autosport | Honda | N/A | 01:15.1570 | 01:14.7695 | 01:15.9921 | 6 |
7 | 12 | ![]() | Team Penske | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:15.4599 | 01:15.1384 | N/A | 7 |
8 | 27 | ![]() | Andretti Autosport | Honda | N/A | 01:15.0561 | 01:15.1641 | N/A | 8 |
9 | 2 | ![]() | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 01:15.9347 | N/A | 01:15.4862 | N/A | 9 |
10 | 7 | ![]() | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | 01:15.8303 | N/A | 01:15.5711 | N/A | 10 |
11 | 60 | ![]() | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 01:16.0892 | N/A | 01:16.0715 | N/A | 11 |
12 | 9 | ![]() | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 01:15.7094 | N/A | 01:16.7692 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 45 | ![]() | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:16.0985 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13 |
14 | 6 | ![]() | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:15.4638 | N/A | N/A | 14 |
15 | 15 | ![]() | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 01:16.1825 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15 |
16 | 11 | ![]() | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:15.5631 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
17 | 06 | ![]() | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | 01:16.2203 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 17 |
18 | 77 | ![]() | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:16.0170 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
19 | 21 | ![]() | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 01:16.3356 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 19 |
20 | 8 | ![]() | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:16.0420 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
21 | 14 | ![]() | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 01:16.6416 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 21 |
22 | 30 | ![]() | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:16.1193 | N/A | N/A | 22 |
23 | 78 | ![]() | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | 01:16.6900 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 23 |
24 | 51 | ![]() | Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing | Honda | N/A | 01:16.3907 | N/A | N/A | 24 |
25 | 55 | ![]() | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | No Time | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25 |
26 | 29 | ![]() | Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport | Honda | N/A | 01:16.4369 | N/A | N/A | 26 |
27 | 20 | ![]() | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | N/A | 01:17.2417 | N/A | N/A | 27 |
Source:[6] |
- Notes
- Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warmup
Due to qualifying being delayed to 6:15 PM ET, final practice was canceled.[5]
Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CANCELED | ||||
2 | |||||
3 | |||||
Source: |
Race
The race started at 12:30 PM ET on August 6, 2023.
Race classification
Championship standings after the race
|
|
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
- ^ "BIG MACHINE MUSIC CITY GRAND PRIX ANNOUNCES THE WESLEY MORTGAGE FREEDOM FRIDAY CONCERT LINE-UP AND THE IHEART MUSIC STAGE". Visit Music City. 18 May 2023.
- ^ Bradley, Charles (August 2, 2023). "IndyCar Nashville: Start times, how to watch, entry list & more". Motorsport. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
- ^ "Practice - Results". indycar.com. August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ "Practice 2 Results". indycar.com. August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
- ^ a b Kelly, Paul (August 5, 2023). "Qualifying Moved to 6:15 P.M. ET; Ericsson Leads Wet Practice". IndyCar.com. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
- ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "Race - Results - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. August 6, 2023. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^ @INDYCAR (August 6, 2023). "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). Retrieved August 8, 2023 – via NBC Sports.
Previous race: 2023 Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend | IndyCar Series 2023 season | Next race: 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix |
Previous race: 2022 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix | Big Machine Music City Grand Prix | Next race: None |