LEBANON, Tenn. — The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by WillScot will be the 17th and final race of the NTT IndyCar Series season.
There have been six winners in 16 races. Alex Palou (eight), Kyle Kirkwood (three), Pato O’Ward (2), Scott Dixon, Will Power and Christian Rasmussen have all won this season.
The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by WillScot will be the sixth oval race of the schedule. The first four oval races were won by drivers from four different teams. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou, Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood, Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward and Ed Carpenter Racing’s Christian Rasmussen.
The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by WillScot will be the IndyCar event at Nashville Superspeedway.
Scott Dixon and Colton Herta are the only former Nashville Superspeedway winners entered in the event. Dixon, Marcus Ericsson and Kyle Kirkwood won the three editions of the Music City Grand Prix held on the streets of downtown Nashville.
• Alex Palou became the first INDYCAR SERIES champion since Cristiano da Matta in 2002 to clinch the series title with two races remaining when he clinched his third consecutive NTT series crown Aug. 10 at Portland International Raceway.
• The race for Rookie of the Year will be decided during the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by WillScot. Louis Foster of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing leads Robert Shwartzman of PREMA Racing by eight points (203-195) entering the event.
Foster, the 2024 Indy NXT by Firestone champion, won at Nashville Superspeedway in the developmental series last season. Shwartzman was named the 2025 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year after earning pole position.
• Josef Newgarden has won 10 of the last 22 oval races on the IndyCar schedule. Newgarden, a native of Hendersonville, Tenn.,, raced at Nashville Superspeedway for the first time in 2024.
Twenty-two drivers have previous starts at Nashville Superspeedway. Scott Dixon has the most starts, with seven.
Seven drivers have led laps at the track: Dixon 247, Kyle Kirkwood 67, Josef Newgarden 54, Alexander Rossi 32, Colton Herta 24, Pato O’Ward 21 and David Malukas 8.
• Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 356th consecutive start, extending his record streak…Graham Rahal will attempt to make his 256th consecutive start, the third-longest streak in history…Josef Newgarden will attempt to make his 219th consecutive start, the sixth-longest streak in history.
