2024 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix

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).

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Total Time	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	26	Colton Herta	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	206	01:43:15.2534	4	9	24	51
2	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	206	01:43:17.0640	4	7	21	41
3	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet	206	01:43:17.2145	4	2	54	36
4	27	Kyle Kirkwood  W	Andretti Global	Honda	206	01:43:19.9709	3	1	67	36
5	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	206	01:43:23.0371	4	18	0	30
6	14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	206	01:43:24.4870	4	14	0	28
7	11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	206	01:43:29.6404	3	12	0	26
8	8	Linus Lundqvist  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	206	01:43:29.9053	4	8	0	24
9	66	David Malukas	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	206	01:43:30.5260	3	5	8	23
10	78	Conor Daly	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	205	+1 Lap	3	6	0	20
11	10	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	205	+1 Lap	4	24	0	19
12	21	Rinus Veekay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	205	+1 Lap	4	10	0	18
13	18	Jack Harvey	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	205	+1 Lap	3	20	0	17
14	20	Christian Rasmussen  R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	205	+1 Lap	3	20	0	16
15	7	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	205	+1 Lap	4	26	32	16
16	77	Romain Grosjean	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	204	+2 Laps	4	13	0	14
17	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	204	+2 Laps	3	11	0	13
18	6	Nolan Siegel  R	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	204	+2 Laps	4	27	0	12
19	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	204	+2 Laps	4	21	0	11
20	41	Sting Ray Robb	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	204	+2 Laps	3	23	0	10
21	30	Pietro Fittipaldi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	204	+2 Laps	5	18	0	9
22	4	Kyffin Simpson  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	202	+4 Laps	5	19	0	8
23	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	202	+4 Laps	4	19	0	7
24	12	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	198	+8 Laps	6	4	0	6
25	28	Marcus Ericsson  W	Andretti Global	Honda	137	Contact	3	15	0	5
26	51	Katherine Legge	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	85	Contact	2	22	0	5
27	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	55	Contact	0	3	0	5
Fastest lap: Pato O'Ward (Arrow McLaren) – 24.2869 (lap 165)
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