The 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls was the twelfth round of the 2026 IndyCar season. The race was originally scheduled to be held on Sunday, July 19, 2026, but after failed track drying attempts, the race would be postponed until Monday, July 20, due to severe rain. The race was run in Lebanon, Tennessee at the Nashville Superspeedway. Originally scheduled to be contested of 300 laps, the race was contested of 225 laps due to extreme heat conditions.

Álex Palou won the race, Josef Newgarden finished 2nd, and David Malukas finished 3rd. Scott McLaughlin and Felix Rosenqvist rounded out the top five, while Marcus Ericsson, Pato O'Ward, Mick Schumacher, Kyffin Simpson, and Kyle Kirkwood rounded out the top ten.

Race background

The Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, is held at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee on its 4-turn oval layout. Due to the construction of New Nissan Stadium, this will be the third consecutive year that the race will be held at the Superspeedway. As a track, it is also currently a points-paying race of the NTT IndyCar Series. The event is contested by "Indy Car", that is a formula of professional-level, single-seat, open cockpit, open-wheel, purpose-built race cars.

Entry list

KeyMeaningRookiePast winner

Driver Team Engine 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Racing 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 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian Honda 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet

Practice + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 00:23.7447 2 10 Álex Palou Chip Gannasi Racing Honda 00:23.7605 3 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 00:23.8362 Source:

Qualifying Qualifying was held on July 18, 2026, at 2:00p.m. CT. Due to FOX's broadcasting of the FIFA World Cup third place game, the TV broadcast skipped the first four drivers.

Qualifying classification Driver Team Engine Time 1 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 00:47.5485 1 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 47.5993 2 3 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 47.7339 3 4 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 47.7429 4 5 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 47.8034 5 6 20 Alexander Rossi ECR Chevrolet 47.8371 6 7 21 Christian Rasmussen ECR Chevrolet 47.8565 7 8 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Honda 47.8581 8 9 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 47.8933 9 10 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 47.9045 10 11 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 47.9183 11 12 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 47.9622 12 13 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 48.0131 13 14 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 48.0421 14 15 4 Caio Collet A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet 48.0426 15 16 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 48.0457 16 17 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 48.0472 17 18 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 48.1594 18 19 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 48.2260 24 20 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Chevrolet 48.2275 19 21 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 48.3982 20 22 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 48.6018 22 23 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 48.6936 22 24 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet No Time 25 25 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda No Time 23 Official Results Notes Bold text indicates fastest time.

Post-qualifying practice There was a practice session using the high-line. Pole-sitter Kyle Kirkwood led the session.

Final practice + Top Practice Speeds Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 00:24.1529 2 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 00:24.1880 3 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Honda 00:24.2080 Source:

Race The race was scheduled to be held on July 19, 2026, after the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, at around 4:30p.m. CT but due to failed track drying attempts and heavy rainfall, the race would be postponed until Monday, July 20 at 2:00p.m. CT. Originally scheduled to be contested of 300 laps, the race will be contested of 225 laps due to extreme heat conditions.

Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 10 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 225 1:51:38.7603 4 4 97 53 2 2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 225 +0.8731 4 2 - 40 3 12 David Malukas Team Penske Chevrolet 225 +1.2198 3 25 59 36 4 3 Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 225 +5.4435 4 3 32 33 5 60 Felix Rosenqvist Meyer Shank Racing Honda 225 +6.0746 4 17 1 31 6 28 Marcus Ericsson Andretti Global Honda 225 +6.9916 4 10 - 28 7 5 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 225 +7.9795 4 12 - 26 8 47 Mick Schumacher Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 225 +8.7447 4 16 - 24 9 8 Kyffin Simpson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 225 +9.3648 5 18 - 22 10 27 Kyle Kirkwood Andretti Global Honda 225 +10.1497 4 1 24 22 11 6 Nolan Siegel Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 225 +11.1337 4 13 - 19 12 76 Rinus VeeKay Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 225 +11.7236 4 9 - 18 13 14 Santino Ferrucci A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 225 +13.0012 4 11 - 17 14 18 Romain Grosjean Dale Coyne Racing Honda 225 +16.6682 4 21 - 16 15 77 Sting Ray Robb Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 225 +19.0542 4 20 - 15 16 7 Christian Lundgaard Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 225 +23.8636 4 24 - 14 17 45 Louis Foster Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 223 +2 Laps 5 19 10 14 18 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 218 +6 Laps 7 5 - 12 19 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 209 Retired 9 23 - 11 20 26 Will Power Andretti Global Honda 209 +16 Laps 6 14 2 11 21 19 Dennis Hauger Dale Coyne Racing Honda 178 Contact 4 22 - 9 22 21 Christian Rasmussen Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 127 Retired 3 7 - 8 23 20 Alexander Rossi Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 121 Contact 2 6 - 7 24 66 Marcus Armstrong Meyer Shank Racing Honda 104 Mechanical 2 8 - 6 25 4 Caio Collet A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 17 Contact 0 15 - 5Fastest lap: Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) - 24.1178 (Lap 207) Official Results

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Álex Palou 45722 David Malukas 374 (–83)13 Kyle Kirkwood 370 (–87)14 Christian Lundgaard 353 (–104)5 Pato O'Ward 336 (–121) Source:

Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 983 2 Chevrolet 938 (–45)

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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