2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix

United States 2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix
Race details
13th round of the 2023 IndyCar season
DateAugust 6, 2023
Official nameBig Machine Music City Grand Prix
LocationNashville Street Circuit, Nashville, Tennessee
CourseTemporary street circuit
2.100 mi / 3.380 km
Distance80 laps
168.00 mi / 270.37 km
Pole position
DriverNew Zealand Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske)
Time01:14.6099
Fastest lap
DriverSweden Linus Lundqvist (Meyer Shank Racing)
Time01:16.7115 (on lap 57 of 80)
Podium
FirstUnited States Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Autosport)
SecondNew Zealand Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske)
ThirdSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville Street Circuit. The eleventh edition of INDYCAR in Nashville consisted of 80 laps and was won by Kyle Kirkwood.

The race was accompanied by the Wesley Mortgage Freedom Friday Tribute Concert, on Friday, August 4, featuring Brian Kelley (from Florida Georgia Line), Chris Janson, Vince Neil (from Mötley Crüe), Gavin DeGraw, Sixwire, and others. Concerts by Frank Ray, Dillon Carmichael, and Flo Rida were also announced. On Sunday, August 6, Jay DeMarcus, Jason Crabb, and others performed, presented by Red Street Records.[1]

On February 14, 2024, it was announced because of construction issues with the new Tennessee Titans stadium and the Broadway region issues with closing streets for the race, the Nashville Street Circuit race will be discontinued. It will be replaced by Gladeville's Nashville Superspeedway for the first time since 2008.

  1. ^ "BIG MACHINE MUSIC CITY GRAND PRIX ANNOUNCES THE WESLEY MORTGAGE FREEDOM FRIDAY CONCERT LINE-UP AND THE IHEART MUSIC STAGE". Visit Music City. 18 May 2023.