The 2022 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 7, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville Street Circuit. The race consisted of 80 laps and was won by Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing.

Entry list

KeyMeaningRookiePast winner Driver Team Engine2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet5 Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet14 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda16 Simona de Silvestro Paretta Autosport Chevrolet18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport Honda27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda45 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda51 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing ChevroletSource:

Practice Practice 1 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:15.9659 2 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 01:16.2050 3 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:16.2366 Source:

Practice 2 + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:15.4609 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:15.7554 3 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:15.8415 Source:

Qualifying Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Group 1 Group 2 1 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:14.7742 01:14.6788 01:14.5555 1 2 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:15.1382 01:14.7679 01:14.6975 2 3 30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:14.8331 01:14.8086 01:14.7149 3 4 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:15.9983 N/A 01:14.6437 01:14.9087 4 5 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet N/A 01:15.1494 01:14.9373 01:14.9261 5 6 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:16.7541 N/A 01:14.8284 01:15.1461 6 7 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:16.6882 N/A 01:14.9616 N/A 7 8 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:14.7460 01:14.9818 N/A 8 9 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:15.2383 01:15.3112 N/A 9 10 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:17.7101 N/A 01:15.3897 N/A 10 11 45 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:16.6324 N/A 01:15.9758 N/A 11 12 4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:17.7521 N/A 01:16.5600 N/A 12 13 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:19.4039 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:15.3179 N/A N/A 14 15 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 01:21.1784 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 14 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 01:15.4382 N/A N/A 16 17 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 01:21.4579 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:15.4501 N/A N/A 18 19 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:57.6982 N/A N/A N/A 19 20 51 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda N/A 01:15.5935 N/A N/A 20 21 16 Simona de Silvestro Paretta Autosport Chevrolet No Time N/A N/A N/A 21 22 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:16.3955 N/A N/A 22 23 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda No Time N/A N/A N/A 23 24 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:16.5898 N/A N/A 26 25 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda No Time N/A N/A N/A 24 26 48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:17.5888 N/A N/A 25 Source: Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:15.6050 2 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:15.6760 3 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:16.0134 Source:

Race The race was scheduled to start at 3:30 PM ET on August 7, 2022. However, lightning in the surrounding area caused a lightning hold to be initiated which delayed the start until 5:13 PM ET.

During the race, Marcus Ericsson was forced to give up three spots for getting out of formation and passing prior to the start of the race. On lap 3, Colton Herta bumped the wall while attempting to pass Dalton Kellett on the outside of turn 4. Herta was able to make it back to the pits where his car's nose was replaced. However the time this took put him a lap down. On lap 8, shortly after pitting, the rear wheels of Alexander Rossi's car locked going into turn 10. This stalled the engine and led to the first full course caution of the race. The track crew were able to re-fire Rossi's car, but he went a lap down while waiting to get restarted.

On lap 22, Helio Castroneves spun coming out of turn 3 but did not hit the wall. This brought out the second full course caution. Many teams opted to pit during this caution period. Álex Palou had pitted just prior to the caution period and therefore did not pit again. Pole sitter Scott McLaughlin had led the race to this point, but when he and many other drivers pitted, it gave the lead to Palou. On lap 26, shortly after the restart, there was a pileup as cars slowed heading through turns 6 and 7. This led to Graham Rahal hitting the back of Pato O'Ward who in turn tapped Will Power. The contact apparently broke O'Ward's gearbox and he was unable to continue. Rahal limped back to the pits, brushing the wall on his way. Further behind them, Callum Ilott stalled while Dalton Kellett and Simona De Silvestro received damage, ending their races. Scott Dixon was hit from behind but was able to continue.

After the restart, there were two separate incidents on lap 33. Alexander Rossi and Callum Ilott ended up in the turn 9 runoff area but were able to continue. Just beyond this in turn 10, Devlin DeFrancesco and Takuma Sato ended up in the wall, ending their race. These incidents brought out yet another full course caution, the forth of the race. On lap 52, Graham Rahal hit the wall in turn 4. Rinus VeeKay was unable to avoid Rahal and ran into the back of his car. Will Power and Jimmie Johnson—who were immediately behind—narrowly managed to miss the wreckage. VeeKay was able to limp back to the pits with front wing damage. Álex Palou had continued to lead the race until this point but pitted during the ensuing caution period. This gave the lead to Josef Newgarden on the restart. He was followed by Scott Dixon who had pitted twelve laps more recently than Newgarden.

On lap 64, Kyle Kirkwood attempted a late pass of David Malukas on the inside of turn 9. When Malukas turned into the corner, he sandwiched Kirkwood between himself and the inside wall. This resulted in both cars sliding into the outside wall, ending their races. During the caution, Newgarden pitted which gave the lead to Scott Dixon. The race resumed with 11 laps to go. Four laps later with just 7 laps to go, Jimmy Johnson spun toward the end of the straight heading toward turn 4 and hit the wall. This brought out the seventh full course caution. On the restart two laps later, Josef Newgarden attempted to pass several cars on the inside of turn 9 (the first corner after the restart line). He pushed Romain Grosjean into the outside wall, ending his race. IndyCar officials decided to red flag the race out of a desire to end the race under green. The race resumed with two laps to go with Scott Dixon still leading, a lead which he held on to until the end of the race. This win was Dixon's 53rd, placing him second in all time American open-wheeled race wins, winning more than any driver besides A.J. Foyt.

Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 02:06:24.2439 7 14 15 51 2 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +0.1067 3 1 22 42 3 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 +0.6100 3 4 31 38 4 27 Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 80 +0.9412 5 17 32 5 26 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 80 +1.3942 4 23 30 6 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +2.1828 4 6 12 29 7 7 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 80 +2.8426 4 15 26 8 30 Christian Lundgaard Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80 +3.2724 3 3 24 9 60 Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 80 +4.4000 3 13 22 10 45 Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80 +5.1560 5 11 20 11 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +6.7843 3 8 19 12 21 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 79 +1 Lap 5 10 18 13 06 Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 79 +1 Lap 9 26 17 14 8 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 76 Gearbox 3 18 16 15 77 Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 76 +4 Laps 8 19 15 16 28 Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 75 Contact 2 2 14 17 20 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 74 +6 Laps 4 22 13 18 48 Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 72 Contact 3 25 12 19 14 Kyle Kirkwood A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 63 Contact 2 16 11 20 18 David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 63 Contact 2 7 10 21 51 Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 32 Contact 1 20 9 22 29 Devlin DeFrancesco Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 32 Contact 2 24 8 23 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 29 Contact 2 9 7 24 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 25 Contact 1 5 6 25 4 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 25 Contact 1 12 5 26 16 Simona de Silvestro Paretta Autosport Chevrolet 25 Contact 1 21 5Fastest lap: Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) – 01:15.7491 (lap 48) Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Will Power 450 22 Scott Dixon 444 13 Marcus Ericsson 438 14 Josef Newgarden 428 15 Álex Palou 417 Source:

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1157 2 Honda 1089 Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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