The 2025 NTT IndyCar Series final round takes place at Nashville Superspeedway, a 1.33-mile oval in Lebanon, Tennessee, US. The 225 lap/299.25 miles race gets underway on Sunday at 1:45pm local time (6:45am Monday NZ time).
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 INDYCAR SERIES crown Aug. 10 at Portland International Raceway.
The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by WillScot will be the 17th and final race of the 2025 season. There have been six winners in 16 NTT INDYCAR SERIES races in the 2024 season. Alex Palou (Streets of St. Petersburg, The Thermal Club, Barber Motorsports Park, Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Indianapolis 500, Road America, Iowa Speedway-2, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca), Kyle Kirkwood (Streets of Long Beach, Streets of Detroit, World Wide Technology Raceway), Scott Dixon (Mid-Ohio Sports Car Couse), Pato O’Ward (Iowa Speedway-1, Streets of Toronto), Will Power (Portland International Raceway) and Christian Rasmussen (Milwaukee Mile) have all won in 2025.
The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by WillScot will be the sixth oval race of the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule. The first four oval races were won by drivers from four different teams. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou (Indianapolis 500, Iowa Speedway-2), Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood (World Wide Technology Raceway), Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward (Iowa Speedway-1) and Ed Carpenter Racing’s Christian Rasmussen (Milwaukee Mile).
The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by WillScot will be the 10th INDYCAR SERIES 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.
The race for NTT INDYCAR SERIES 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 INDYCAR 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 NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule. Newgarden, a native of Hendersonville, Tennessee, 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.
Milestones: Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 356th consecutive start, extending his INDYCAR SERIES record streak…Graham Rahal will attempt to make his 256th consecutive start, the third-longest streak in INDYCAR SERIES history…Josef Newgarden will attempt to make his 219th consecutive start, the sixth-longest streak in INDYCAR SERIES history…Dixon passed Mario Andretti for the INDYCAR SERIES record for starts with his 408th start May 25 at Indianapolis and will extend his record to 419 with a start Sunday…Dixon’s win July 6 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – his 59th INDYCAR SERIES win – extended two ongoing INDYCAR SERIES records he holds: seasons with a win (23) and consecutive seasons with a win (21). Dixon has extended two additional ongoing INDYCAR SERIES records he holds: podium finishes (145) and top-five finishes (216)…By leading 199 laps at Milwaukee, Alex Palou (1,718 laps led) passed Tony Stewart, Parnelli Jones, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Tom Sneva and ranks 25th on the all-time laps led list.
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