| Race details | |||||
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17th round of the2024 IndyCar season
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 Layout of theNashville Superspeedway circuit | |||||
| Date | September 15, 2024 | ||||
| Official name | Big Machine Music City Grand Prix | ||||
| Location | Nashville Superspeedway,Lebanon, Tennessee | ||||
| Course | Superspeedway 1.330 mi / 2.140 km | ||||
| Distance | 206 laps 273.98 mi / 440.8 km | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver |  Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Autosport) | ||||
| Time | 23.7702 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) | ||||
| Time | 24.2869 (on lap 165 of 206) | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Colton Herta (Andretti Global withCurb-Agajanian) | ||||
| Second | Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) | ||||
| Third | Josef Newgarden (Team Penske) | ||||
| Chronology | |||||
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The2024 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix was the seventeenth and final round of the2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 15, 2024, inLebanon, Tennessee at theNashville Superspeedway. Due to the construction ofNew Nissan Stadium, the race was moved fromNashville Street Circuit to Nashville Superspeedway, owned by Marcus Smith and his Speedway Motorsports group.[1] This was the last IndyCar race aired onNBC. From 2025 onwards, the IndyCar series will be televised byFox.
Following the race,Álex Palou would win the 2024 season championship.
| Key | Meaning |
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| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time |
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| 1 | 10 |  Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 00:23.9565 |
| 2 | 9 |  Scott Dixon W | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 00:23.9583 |
| 3 | 26 | Colton Herta | Andretti Global withCurb-Agajanian | Honda | 00:23.9776 |
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Coming into the race, 3 drivers were mathematically eligible to win the championship,Alex Palou,Will Power, andScott 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 afterMarcus 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-chargingPato O'Ward, who was on a different strategy, to take the win. This was his first win on an oval track.
Points leaderAlex Palou finished 11th, securing his 3rd IndyCar championship. Colton Herta would finish 2nd in the standings (–31), and Scott McLaughlin came 3rd (–39).
