Colton Herta Car 26 won the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix Presented by Gainbridge for his 9th Series win. This is Colton Herta’s 1st win on an oval. 2nd Place Pato O’Ward Car 5 followed by 3rd place Josef Newgarden Car 2.
4th Place Kyle Kirkwood Car 27 followed by 5th place Scott McLaughlin Car 3. 6th Place Santino Ferrucci Car 14 followed by 7th place Marcus Armstrong Car 11. 8th Place Linus Lundqvist Car 8 followed by 9th place David Malukas Car 66. Lastly in the Top 10was Conor Daly Car 78. This win gives Chip Ganassi 16 series titles.
Talk about bad luck Will Power Car 12 was leading the championship going into the race. Power’s seat belt came loose forcing a pit stop & was down 5 laps which he could not come back from. Alex Palou Car 10 was able to win his 2nd back to back Championship, 3rd in total with a finish 11 place.
The race had 3 Cautions for Laps 31: 1st Caution on lap 56 for Contact: Car 60 in Turn 2. 2nd Caution on lap 89 for Contact: Car 51 in Turn 4. 3rd Caution on lap 135 for Contact: Car 28 in Turn 4.
The race had 8 Lead Changes among 6 drivers. Lead Change Summary: 1 27 Kirkwood, Kyle, 54 2 Newgarden, Josef, 92 7 Rossi, Alexander, 124 2 Newgarden, Josef, 140 5 O’Ward, Pato, 161 26 Herta, Colton, 180 27 Kirkwood, Kyle, 194 66 Malukas, David, 202 26 Herta, Colton. Leader Summary: 27 Kirkwood, Kyle 67, 2 Newgarden, Josef 54, 7 Rossi, Alexander 32, 26 Herta, Colton 24, 5 O’Ward, Pato 21, 66 Malukas, David 8.
Big Machine Music City Grand Prix Race
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Position Driver Car No. Laps Status
1. Colton Herta Car 26 206 Running
2. Pato O’Ward Car 5 206 Running
3. Josef Newgarden Car 2 206 Running
4. Kyle Kirkwood Car 27 206 Running
5. Scott McLaughlin Car 3 206 Running
6. Santino Ferrucci Car 14 206 Running
7. Marcus Armstrong Car 11 206 Running
8. Linus Lundqvist Car 8 206 Running
9. David Malukas Car 66 206 Running
10. Conor Daly Car 78 205 Running
11. Alex Palou Car 10 205 Running
12. Rinus VeeKay Car 21 205 Running
13. Jack Harvey Car 18 205 Running
14. Christian Rasmussen Car 20 Running
15. Alexander Rossi Car 7 205 Running
16. Romain Grosjean Car 77 204 Running
17. Scott Dixon Car 9 204 Running
18. Nolan Siegel Car 6 204 Running
19. Christian Lundgaard Car 45 204 Running
20. Sting Ray Robb Car 41 204 Running
21. Pietro Fittipaldi Car 30 204 Running
22. Kyffin Simpson Car 4 202 Running
23. Graham Rahal Car 15 202 Running
24. Will Power Car 12 198 Running
25. Marcus Ericsson Car 28 137 Contact
26. Katherine Legge Car 51 85 Contact
27. Felix Rosenqvist Car 60 55 Contact
Race Stats:
End of Lap 206: Time of Race: 01:43:15.2534 Avg Speed: 159.207 Lead Changes: 8 Caution Laps: 31
Fastest Lap: 197.143 mph ( 24.2869 sec) on lap 165 by 5 – Pato O’Ward
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