Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls Fast Facts
By: NTT INDYCAR SERIES (Photo Courtesy INDYCAR)
Race weekend: Saturday, July 18-Sunday, July 19
Track: Nashville Superspeedway, a 1.33-mile oval in Lebanon, Tennessee
Race distance:
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls: 300 laps/399 miles
INDY NXT by Firestone
INDY NXT by Firestone Music City Grand Prix: 65 laps/86.45 miles
Hybrid energy deployment parameters:
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Unlimited activation with a maximum deployment of 140 kilojoules (kJ) per lap.
Firestone tire allotment:
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Seven sets primary, five sets alternate to be used during the event weekend. Teams must use one set of primary and two sets of alternate tires during the race. One additional set is available for use during the high-line group practice session on Saturday.
INDY NXT by Firestone
Three new sets for use throughout the event weekend. A carryover set from the April 2 Open Test held at Nashville may be used during the pre-qualifying practice session Saturday.
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2025 race winners:
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Josef Newgarden (No. 2 Astemo Team Penske Chevrolet)
INDY NXT by Firestone
Myles Rowe (No. 99 ABEL Motorsports with Force Indy)
2025 NTT P1 Award winner:
Pato O’Ward (No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet), 47.5178 seconds, 201.520 mph (two laps)
2025 INDY NXT by Firestone pole winner:
Salvador de Alba (No. 27 Andretti Global), 51.9106 seconds, 184.471
One-lap qualifying record:
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Scott Dixon, 22.6952 seconds, 206.211 mph, July 18, 2003
INDY NXT by Firestone
Thiago Medeiros, 25.6508 seconds, 182.386 mph, July 16, 2004
Note: Qualifying records based on time, not speed.
FOX Sports telecasts: NTT INDYCAR SERIES: Practice 1, 10 a.m. ET Saturday, FS1 (live); Qualifying, 3 p.m. ET Saturday, FOX (live); High Line Session/Final practice, 6 p.m. ET Saturday, FS2; Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls, Approx 5:35 p.m. ET, Sunday, FOX, FOX One (live). Will Buxton is the play-by-play announcer for FOX’s coverage of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, alongside analysts Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe. Georgia Henneberry, Kevin Lee and Jack Harvey are the pit reporters. | INDY NXT by Firestone: Practice 1, 11:30 a.m. ET Saturday, FS1 (live); Qualifying, 4:30 p.m. ET Saturday, FS2 (live); Race, 1 p.m. ET Sunday, FS1 (live). Kevin Lee is the play-by-play announcer for FOX Sports’ coverage of INDY NXT by Firestone alongside analyst Jack Harvey. Georgia Henneberry is the pit reporter.
INDYCAR Radio powered by OnlyBulls broadcasts: Mark Jaynes is the anchor alongside analyst Davey Hamilton. Michael Young is the turn announcer. Jake Query, Ryan Myrehn and DJ Clark are the pit reporters. The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls race (5 p.m. ET Sunday) can be heard live on network affiliates nationwide. The NTT INDYCAR SERIES race, INDY NXT by Firestone race (12:55 p.m. ET Sunday), NTT P1 Award qualifying (3 p.m. ET Saturday) and all NTT INDYCAR SERIES practices also air live on SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation 218, indycar.com/leaderboard and the INDYCAR App powered by NTT DATA. All INDY NXT by Firestone practices, qualifying sessions and races are available on SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation 218, indycar.com/leaderboard and the INDYCAR App powered by NTT DATA.
At-track schedule (all times Central):
SATURDAY, JULY 18
9-10 a.m. – NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice, FS1
10:35-11:25 a.m. – INDY NXT by Firestone Practice 1, FS1
2 p.m. – Qualifying for the NTT P1 Award (Single car, Two laps, FOX
3:35 p.m. – INDY NXT by Firestone Qualifying (Single car, Two laps), FS2
5 p.m. – NTT INDYCAR SERIES High Line Session (Two groups, four alternating 10-minute sessions), FS2
6-7 p.m. – NTT INDYCAR SERIES Final Practice, FS2
SUNDAY, JULY 19
12:01 p.m. – INDY NXT by Firestone Music City Grand Prix “Drivers, start your engines”
12:06 p.m. – INDY NXT by Firestone Music City Grand Prix (65 laps/86.45 miles), FS1
4:35 p.m. – FOX on air (all times approximate, based on World Cup Final)
4:35 p.m. – Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls “Drivers, start your engines”
4:40 p.m. – Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls (300 laps/399 miles), FOX (Live)
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Notes:
- The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls will be the 12th race of the 2026 season. There have been six winners in the first 11 NTT INDYCAR SERIES races this season. Alex Palou (Streets of St. Petersburg, Barber Motorsports Park, Streets of Long Beach and Streets of Detroit), Josef Newgarden (Phoenix Raceway and World Wide Technology Raceway), Christian Lundgaard (Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course and Road America), Kyle Kirkwood (Streets of Arlington), Felix Rosenqvist (Indianapolis 500) and Pato O’Ward (Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course).
- The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls will be the fourth oval race of the 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule. Two of the first three oval races were won by Josef Newgarden of Team Penske (Phoenix Raceway and World Wide Technology Raceway). Felix Rosenqvist of Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian won the 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge in May.
- The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls will be the 11th INDYCAR SERIES event at Nashville Superspeedway. Scott Dixon and Josef Newgarden are the only former Nashville Superspeedway winners entered in the event. Dixon won three consecutive races in 2006-08. Newgarden, a native of Hendersonville, Tenn., has won 13 of the last 30 oval races on the NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule (2021-present), including last year’s race. Dixon, Marcus Ericsson and Kyle Kirkwood won the three editions of the Music City Grand Prix held on the streets of downtown Nashville.
- Twenty-two drivers have previous starts at Nashville Superspeedway. Scott Dixon has the most starts, with eight. Eleven drivers have led laps at the track: Dixon 248, Pato O’Ward 137, Josef Newgarden 114, Kyle Kirkwood 67, Alexander Rossi 48, Alex Palou 11, David Malukas 9, Scott McLaughlin 7, Will Power 5, Rinus VeeKay 2 and Marcus Armstrong 1.
- Milestones: Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 368th consecutive start, extending his record streak…Graham Rahal will attempt to make his 268th consecutive start, the third-longest streak in INDYCAR SERIES history…Josef Newgarden will attempt to make his 231st consecutive start, the sixth-longest streak in INDYCAR SERIES history…Dixon will extend his record to 431 with a start Sunday.
Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix Entry List
INDY NXT by Firestone Race Notes:
- The ultra-competitive INDY NXT by Firestone season continues with the season’s second oval visit of the season at Nashville Superspeedway. The HMD Motorsports duo of Enzo Fittipaldi and Tymek Kucharczyk top the point standings with Fittipaldi leading Kucharczyk by 17 points. Cape Motorsports Powered by ECR’s Nikita Johnson is just 20 points behind the lead. The 2026 season has seen eight winners in 12 races. The series record is 10 different winners in both 2008 and 1998.
- The INDY NXT by Firestone Music City Grand Prix will be the series’ ninth race at Nashville Superspeedway. Myles Rowe won the race in 2025. Previous INDY NXT by Firestone winners at Nashville include Cory Witherill, Mark Taylor, Thiago Medeiros, Jay Howard, Ana Beatriz and Louis Foster.
