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Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Casey Shepherd (Motorsports Today, 2026) The right strategy at the right time. After running outside the podium places for the first half of the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, Alex Palou caught a caution to assume the lead and led 97 laps en route to his first career victory at Nashville Superspeedway. “I'm so happy. I knew we had a great car. It's one of those tracks that we've been struggling in the past. I know last year we w

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle (Motorsports Today, 2026) After a promising weekend with top-ten pace, a hard hit in the opening laps of the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix sends rookie Caio Collet out of the race. The incident marked his third DNF in four oval races. Collet saw his day end in the Turn 4 wall after losing the front end of his car and hitting the wall at a 45-degree angle into the barrier. Even after the hard hit, he exited the car and

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Casey Shepherd (Motorsports Today, 2025) Even the World Cup buildup couldn’t stop the rain from delaying the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix from its prime-time slot. NTT INDYCAR SERIES officials have moved the race to Monday, July 19th, at 3:00 pm EST on FOX. With the time change, drivers will have to deal with record temperatures and an excessive heat index of over 100 degrees. For the safety of the drivers, the race will revert

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle (Motorsports Today, 2026) Kyle Kirkwood continues hot streak at Nashville Superspeedway with second career Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix pole. He nearly tops every timing sheet en route to an almost-perfect Saturday. “Quick in practice. Quick again in qualifying there,” Kirkwood said. “Happy that our pace has stayed true over the past three years that we've run around this place.” Although Kirkwood made noise in all t

Jeffrey Hrunka - INDYCAR Contributor Riley Ogle (Motorsports Today, 2026) Consistently in the conversation. Like clockwork, Rinus Veekay finds himself up front when INDYCAR takes to the oval. He continued his recent hot streak with a ninth-place qualifying effort ahead of the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix. "Felt good. I think we got the car balanced very well from this morning, where it was a reasonable temperature to an absolute desert,” Veekay said. “I think we ba