The 2024 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix was the seventeenth and final round of the 2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on September 15, 2024, in Lebanon, Tennessee at the Nashville Superspeedway. Due to the construction of New Nissan Stadium, the race was moved from Nashville Street Circuit to Nashville Superspeedway.[1] This was the last IndyCar race aired on NBC. From 2025 onwards, the IndyCar series will be televised by Fox.
Following the race, Álex Palou would win the 2024 season championship.
| Key | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie | ||
| Past winner |
| align=center | ! | Driver | Team | Engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chevrolet | |||
| 3 | Chevrolet | |||
| 4 | Kyffin Simpson | Honda | ||
| 5 | Chevrolet | |||
| 6 |  Nolan Siegel | Chevrolet | ||
| 7 | Chevrolet | |||
| 8 |  Linus Lundqvist | Honda | ||
| 9 |  Scott Dixon | Honda | ||
| 10 | Honda | |||
| 11 | Honda | |||
| 12 | Chevrolet | |||
| 14 | Chevrolet | |||
| 15 | Honda | |||
| 18 | Honda | |||
| 20 | Christian Rasmussen | Chevrolet | ||
| 21 | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | ||
| 26 | Honda | |||
| 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | Honda | ||
| 28 | Marcus Ericsson | Honda | ||
| 30 | Honda | |||
| 41 | Chevrolet | |||
| 45 | Honda | |||
| 51 | Honda | |||
| 60 | Honda | |||
| 66 | Honda | |||
| 77 | Chevrolet | |||
| 78 | Chevrolet | |||
| Source:[2] | ||||
| + Top Practice Speeds | ||||||
| Driver | Team | Engine | Lap Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |  Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 00:23.9565 | |
| 2 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Honda | 00:23.9583 | ||
| 3 | 26 | Colton Herta | Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 00:23.9776 | |
| Source:[3] | ||||||
| Driver | Team | Engine | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laps | ||||||||
| Lap 1 | Lap 2 | |||||||
| 1 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Global | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.7487 | 23.7702 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.7518 | 23.8066 | 2 |
| 3 | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.8360 | 23.8828 | 3 |
| 4 | 12 |  Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.8372 | 23.8929 | 4 |
| 5 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.8550 | 23.9062 | 5 |
| 6 | 66 | David Malukas | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.8596 | 23.9061 | 6 |
| 7 | 78 | Conor Daly | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.8745 | 23.9117 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 |  Pato O'Ward | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.8392 | 23.9705 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.9057 | 23.9193 | 9 |
| 10 | 8 | Linus Lundqvist | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.8819 | 23.9567 | 10 |
| 11 | 26 | Colton Herta | Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.9008 | 23.9543 | 11 |
| 12 | 21 | Rinus Veekay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.9679 | 23.9809 | 12 |
| 13 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.9694 | 23.9985 | 13 |
| 14 | 11 | Marcus Armstrong | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.9441 | 24.0337 | 14 |
| 15 | 10 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.8800 | 24.1124 | 15 |
| 16 | 77 |  Romain Grosjean | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 23.9928 | 24.0141 | 16 |
| 17 | 20 | Christian Rasmussen | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 24.0293 | 24.0560 | 17 |
| 18 | 28 | Marcus Ericsson | Andretti Global | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 24.0914 | 24.0541 | 18 |
| 19 | 30 |  Pietro Fittipaldi | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 24.0633 | 24.0852 | 19 |
| 20 | 7 | Alexander Rossi | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 24.1128 | 24.2361 | 20 |
| 21 | 4 | Kyffin Simpson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 24.3394 | 24.1915 | 21 |
| 22 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 24.3788 | 24.4241 | 22 |
| 23 | 18 |  Jack Harvey | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 24.5266 | 24.4538 | 23 |
| 24 | 45 | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 24.4946 | 24.4952 | 24 |
| 25 | 51 | Katherine Legge | Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing | Honda | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | 24.9094 | 24.6864 | 25 |
| 26 | 41 | Sting Ray Robb | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | No time | No time | 26 |
| 27 | 6 | Nolan Siegel | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet | data-sort-value="13" align="center" | No time | No time | 27 |
| Source:[4] | ||||||||
Coming into the race, 3 drivers were mathematically eligible to win the championship, Alex Palou, Will Power, and Scott McLaughlin. However, McLaughlin was eliminated from contention upon race start since Palou started the race. Early in the race, Will Power came to pit road after his seatbelts came loose, in essence eliminating him from the title fight. On lap 55, Felix Rosenqvist ran high out of Turn 2, hitting the wall and bringing out the first caution. He was eliminated from the race. On lap 85, Katherine Legge hit the wall coming out of Turn 4, bringing out the second caution and eliminating her from the race. On lap 137, the third and final caution of the race came out after Marcus Ericsson hit the wall in Turn 4, taking him out of the race.
At the end of the race, Colton Herta fought off a hard-charging Pato O'Ward, who was on a different strategy, to take the win. This was his first win on an oval track.
Points leader Alex Palou finished 11th, securing his 3rd IndyCar championship. Colton Herta would finish 2nd in the standings (–31), and Scott McLaughlin came 3rd (–39).