2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix
The 2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville Street Circuit. The eleventh edition of INDYCAR in Nashville consisted of 80 laps and was won by Kyle Kirkwood.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 13th round of the 2023 IndyCar season | |
Layout of the Nashville Street Circuit | |
| Date | August 6, 2023 |
| Official name | Big Machine Music City Grand Prix |
| Location | Nashville Street Circuit, Nashville, Tennessee |
| Course | Temporary street circuit 2.100 mi / 3.380 km |
| Distance | 80 laps 168.00 mi / 270.37 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) |
| Time | 01:14.6099 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Linus Lundqvist (Meyer Shank Racing) |
| Time | 01:16.7115 (on lap 57 of 80) |
| Podium | |
| First | Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Autosport) |
| Second | Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) |
| Third | Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
The race was accompanied by the Wesley Mortgage Freedom Friday Tribute Concert, on Friday, August 4, featuring Brian Kelley (from Florida Georgia Line), Chris Janson, Vince Neil (from Mötley Crüe), Gavin DeGraw, Sixwire, and others. Concerts by Frank Ray, Dillon Carmichael, and Flo Rida were also announced. On Sunday, August 6, Jay DeMarcus, Jason Crabb, and others performed, presented by Red Street Records.
On February 14, 2024, it was announced because of construction issues with the new Tennessee Titans stadium and the Broadway region issues with closing streets for the race, the Nashville Street Circuit race will be discontinued. It will be replaced by Gladeville's Nashville Superspeedway for the first time since 2008.