IndyCar Nashville race: Starting lineup, TV schedule for Music City Grand Prix
LEBANON – Kyle Kirkwood, the 2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix IndyCar champion, won the pole Saturday ahead of the 2024 race Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway. The Nashville race was Kirkwood's last win.
Kirkwood averaged 201.520 miles per hour in qualifying. His 2023 Music City Grand Prix win came on the streets of downtown Nashville on a road course. The race moved this year to Nashville Superspeedway where it is being run on a 1.33-mile oval.
Kirkwood has not won a race this year and Saturday was his first pole.
Nashville driver Josef Newgarden qualified second at 201.352 mph and will start on the front row along with Kirkwood, the same position he had when he won the Indianapolis 500 for the second straight year in May.
Sunday's race will serve as the finale for the IndyCar series season. Points standing leader Alex Palou will start 15th. Palou will win the championship if he finishes no lower than ninth place.
Here's the full starting lineup for Sunday's Music City Grand Prix.
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Green Flag Time: 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Sept. 15
Track: Nashville Superspeedway (1.33-mile oval) at Lebanon, Tennessee
Length: 206 laps, 273.98 miles
TV coverage: NBC (Watch FREE on Fubo) and Peacock
Radio: Sirius XM (IndyCar Radio)
Streaming: Peacock (subscription required)
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Music City Grand Prix starting lineup
Row 1
1. Kyle Kirkwood, No. 27 Andretti Global
2. Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Team Penske
Row 2
3. Felix Rosenqvist, No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing
4. Will Power, No. 12 Team Penkse
Row 3
5. Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 AJ Foyt Enterprise
6. David Malukas, 66, Meyer Shank Racing
Row 4
7. Conor Daly, No. 78 Juncos Hollinger Racing
8. Pato O'Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren
Row 5
9. Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Team Penske
10. Linus Lundqvist, No. 8 Chip Ganassi Racing
Row 6
11. Colton Herta, 26 Andretti Global
12. Rinus VeeKay, No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing
Row 7
13. Scott Dixon, No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing
14. Marcus Armstrong, No. 11 Chip Ganassi Racing
Row 8
15. Alex Palou, No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing
16. Romain Grosjean, No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing
Row 9
17. Christian Rasmussen, No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing
18. Marcus Ericsson, No. 28 Andretti Global
Row 10
19. Pietro Fittipaldi, No. 30 Rahal Letterman Lenigan Racing
20. Alexander Rossi, No. 7 Arrow McLaren
Row 11
21. Kyffin Simpson, No. 4 Chip Ganassi Racing
22. Graham Rahal, No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Row 12
23. Jack Harvey, No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing
24. Christian Lundgaard, No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Row 13
25. Katherine Legge, No. 51 Dale Coyne Racing
26. Sting Ray Robb, No. 41 AJ Foyt Enterprice
Row 14
27. Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren
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