2025 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix

The 2025 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix was the seventeenth and final round of the 2025 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 31, 2025, in Lebanon, Tennessee at the Nashville Superspeedway. Due to construction of New Nissan Stadium, this was the second consecutive year that the race was held at the Superspeedway, The race was contested of 225 laps. Josef Newgarden won the race, Álex Palou finished 2nd, and Scott McLaughlin finished 3rd. Kyffin Simpson and Conor Daly rounded out the top five, while Kyle Kirkwood, Felix Rosenqvist, Santino Ferrucci, Callum Ilott, and Alexander Rossi rounded out the top ten.

Entry list KeyMeaningRookiePast winner

Driver Team Engine 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 4 David Malukas A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 20 Alexander Rossi Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 21 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 83 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing Chevrolet 90 Callum Ilott PREMA Racing Chevrolet

Practice The first practice session was held on Saturday, August 30, at 9:30 AM CT. + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:23.6612 2 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 00:23.7059 3 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:23.7447 Source:

Qualifying Qualifying was held on August 30, 2025, at 1:00 PM CT.

Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time 1 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:47.2607 1 2 4 David Malukas A J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 00:47.4243 2 3 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:47.4734 3 4 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:47.4994 4 5 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:47.5384 5 6 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:47.5495 6 7 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 00:47.5531 16 8 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 00:47.6334 7 9 90 Callum Ilott PREMA Racing Chevrolet 00:47.6841 18 10 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:47.7123 8 11 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:47.7139 9 12 12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 00:47.7272 10 13 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 00:47.7624 11 14 14 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 00:47.7755 12 15 26 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:47.8115 13 16 21 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 00:47.8784 25 17 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:47.8853 14 18 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 00:47.9130 15 19 83 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing Chevrolet 00:47.9889 17 20 20 Alexander Rossi Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 00:48.0213 19 21 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 00:48.1118 20 22 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:48.2061 21 23 30 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:48.2188 22 24 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 00:48.2195 23 25 76 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 00:48.3181 24 26 18 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 00:48.5238 26 27 51 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 00:48.9122 27 Source: Notes Cars 6, 21, and 90 were penalized 9 grid positions.

Final practice The final practice session was held on Saturday, August 30, at 4:30 PM CT. + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 00:24.0895 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 00:24.1250 3 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Chevrolet 00:24.1296 Source:

Race The race was held on August 31, 2025, at 1:00 PM CT.

Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps LapsLed PitStops Time/Retired 162 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 22560401:54:50.6727 51 2410 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 22511401:54:51.1748 41 373 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 2257401:54:51.4030 36 488 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 225–401:54:51.6480 32 52476 Conor Daly Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 2252401:54:52.9191 31 61127 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 225–401:54:53.3805 28 7960 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 225–401:54:53.9970 26 81214 Santino Ferrucci A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 225–401:54:54.7552 24 91890 Callum Ilott PREMA Racing Chevrolet 225–501:54:56.1356 22 101920 Alexander Rossi Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 22516501:54:57.8861 21 111326 Colton Herta Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 2253501:54:58.5068 20 1259 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 2251501:54:59.1382 19 132618 Rinus VeeKay Dale Coyne Racing Honda 2252501:54:59.6483 18 141783 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing Chevrolet 224–401:54:57.3910 16 151528 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 224–401:55:00.0004 15 162077 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 224–401:55:00.3255 14 17166 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 224–501:55:00.9229 13 182230 Devlin DeFrancesco Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 224–501:55:01.2523 12 191466 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 2241501:55:16.3704 12 202345 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 223–401:55:14.0061 10 211012 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 2225501:55:02.8309 10 222115 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 220–501:55:07.3476 8 232751 Jacob Abel Dale Coyne Racing Honda 215–5Retired 7 2415 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 1261162Contact 10 2537 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 123–2Mechanical 5 2624 David Malukas A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 8211Contact 6 272521 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet –––Contact 5 Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 7112 Pato O'Ward 515 (–196)3 Scott Dixon 452 (–259)4 Kyle Kirkwood 433 (–278)5 Christian Lundgaard 431 (–280) Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 1550 2 Chevrolet 1328 (–222) Source:

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