2022 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix

The 2022 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2022 IndyCar season. The race was held on August 7, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee at the Nashville Street Circuit. The race consisted of 80 laps and was won by Scott Dixon of Chip Ganassi Racing.

United States 2022 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix
Race details
14th round of the 2022 IndyCar season
DateAugust 7, 2022
Official nameBig Machine Music City Grand Prix
LocationNashville Street Circuit, Nashville, Tennessee
CourseTemporary street circuit
2.170 mi / 3.492 km
Distance80 laps
173.600 mi / 279.360 km
Pole position
DriverNew Zealand Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske)
Time01:14.5555
Fastest lap
DriverNew Zealand Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske)
Time01:15.7491 (on lap 48 of 80)
Podium
FirstNew Zealand Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
SecondNew Zealand Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske)
ThirdSpain Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)

Entry list

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Key Meaning
 R  Rookie
 W  Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine
2   Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet
3   Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet
4   Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
5   Patricio O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
06   Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda
7   Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
8   Marcus Ericsson  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10   Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
12   Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet
14   Kyle Kirkwood  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
15   Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
16   Simona de Silvestro Paretta Autosport Chevrolet
18   David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda
20   Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21   Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
26   Colton Herta Andretti Autosport Honda
27   Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda
28   Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda
29   Devlin DeFrancesco  R  Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda
30   Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
45   Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
48   Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
51   Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda
60   Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda
77   Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet
Source:[1]

Practice

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Practice 1

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 30   Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:15.9659
2 7   Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 01:16.2050
3 18   David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:16.2366
Source:[2]

Practice 2

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 3   Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:15.4609
2 2   Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:15.7554
3 12   Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 01:15.8415
Source:[3]

Qualifying

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Qualifying classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Time Final
grid
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Group 1 Group 2
1 3   Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:14.7742 01:14.6788 01:14.5555 1
2 28   Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:15.1382 01:14.7679 01:14.6975 2
3 30   Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:14.8331 01:14.8086 01:14.7149 3
4 10   Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:15.9983 N/A 01:14.6437 01:14.9087 4
5 5   Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet N/A 01:15.1494 01:14.9373 01:14.9261 5
6 2   Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 01:16.7541 N/A 01:14.8284 01:15.1461 6
7 18   David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 01:16.6882 N/A 01:14.9616 N/A 7
8 12   Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:14.7460 01:14.9818 N/A 8
9 15   Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:15.2383 01:15.3112 N/A 9
10 21   Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:17.7101 N/A 01:15.3897 N/A 10
11 45   Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:16.6324 N/A 01:15.9758 N/A 11
12 4   Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:17.7521 N/A 01:16.5600 N/A 12
13 60   Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 01:19.4039 N/A N/A N/A 13
14 9   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:15.3179 N/A N/A 14
15 7   Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 01:21.1784 N/A N/A N/A 15
16 14   Kyle Kirkwood  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 01:15.4382 N/A N/A 16
17 27   Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 01:21.4579 N/A N/A N/A 17
18 8   Marcus Ericsson  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:15.4501 N/A N/A 18
19 77   Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 01:57.6982 N/A N/A N/A 19
20 51   Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda N/A 01:15.5935 N/A N/A 20
21 16   Simona de Silvestro Paretta Autosport Chevrolet No Time N/A N/A N/A 21
22 20   Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:16.3955 N/A N/A 22
23 26   Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda No Time N/A N/A N/A 23
24 06   Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:16.5898 N/A N/A 26[a]
25 29   Devlin DeFrancesco  R  Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda No Time N/A N/A N/A 24
26 48   Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:17.5888 N/A N/A 25
Source:[5]
Notes
  • Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.

Warmup

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Top Practice Speeds
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time
1 9   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:15.6050
2 26   Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:15.6760
3 3   Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 01:16.0134
Source:[6]

Race

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The race was scheduled to start at 3:30 PM ET on August 7, 2022. However, lightning in the surrounding area caused a lightning hold to be initiated which delayed the start until 5:13 PM ET.[7]

During the race, Marcus Ericsson was forced to give up three spots for getting out of formation and passing prior to the start of the race. On lap 3, Colton Herta bumped the wall while attempting to pass Dalton Kellett on the outside of turn 4. Herta was able to make it back to the pits where his car's nose was replaced. However the time this took put him a lap down. On lap 8, shortly after pitting, the rear wheels of Alexander Rossi's car locked going into turn 10. This stalled the engine and led to the first full course caution of the race. The track crew were able to re-fire Rossi's car, but he went a lap down while waiting to get restarted.[8]

On lap 22, Helio Castroneves spun coming out of turn 3 but did not hit the wall. This brought out the second full course caution. Many teams opted to pit during this caution period. Álex Palou had pitted just prior to the caution period and therefore did not pit again. Pole sitter Scott McLaughlin had led the race to this point, but when he and many other drivers pitted, it gave the lead to Palou. On lap 26, shortly after the restart, there was a pileup as cars slowed heading through turns 6 and 7. This led to Graham Rahal hitting the back of Pato O'Ward who in turn tapped Will Power. The contact apparently broke O'Ward's gearbox and he was unable to continue. Rahal limped back to the pits, brushing the wall on his way. Further behind them, Callum Ilott stalled while Dalton Kellett and Simona De Silvestro received damage, ending their races. Scott Dixon was hit from behind but was able to continue.

After the restart, there were two separate incidents on lap 33. Alexander Rossi and Callum Ilott ended up in the turn 9 runoff area but were able to continue. Just beyond this in turn 10, Devlin DeFrancesco and Takuma Sato ended up in the wall, ending their race. These incidents brought out yet another full course caution, the forth of the race. On lap 52, Graham Rahal hit the wall in turn 4. Rinus VeeKay was unable to avoid Rahal and ran into the back of his car. Will Power and Jimmie Johnson—who were immediately behind—narrowly managed to miss the wreckage. VeeKay was able to limp back to the pits with front wing damage. Álex Palou had continued to lead the race until this point but pitted during the ensuing caution period. This gave the lead to Josef Newgarden on the restart. He was followed by Scott Dixon who had pitted twelve laps more recently than Newgarden.

On lap 64, Kyle Kirkwood attempted a late pass of David Malukas on the inside of turn 9. When Malukas turned into the corner, he sandwiched Kirkwood between himself and the inside wall. This resulted in both cars sliding into the outside wall, ending their races. During the caution, Newgarden pitted which gave the lead to Scott Dixon. The race resumed with 11 laps to go. Four laps later with just 7 laps to go, Jimmy Johnson spun toward the end of the straight heading toward turn 4 and hit the wall. This brought out the seventh full course caution. On the restart two laps later, Josef Newgarden attempted to pass several cars on the inside of turn 9 (the first corner after the restart line). He pushed Romain Grosjean into the outside wall, ending his race. IndyCar officials decided to red flag the race out of a desire to end the race under green. The race resumed with two laps to go with Scott Dixon still leading, a lead which he held on to until the end of the race.[9][10] This win was Dixon's 53rd, placing him second in all time American open-wheeled race wins, winning more than any driver besides A.J. Foyt.

Race classification

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Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit
Stops
Grid Laps
Led
Pts.
1 9   Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 02:06:24.2439 7 14 15 51
2 3   Scott McLaughlin Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +0.1067 3 1 22 42
3 10   Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 80 +0.6100 3 4 31 38
4 27   Alexander Rossi Andretti Autosport Honda 80 +0.9412 5 17 32
5 26   Colton Herta Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 80 +1.3942 4 23 30
6 2   Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +2.1828 4 6 12 29
7 7   Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 80 +2.8426 4 15 26
8 30   Christian Lundgaard  R  Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80 +3.2724 3 3 24
9 60   Simon Pagenaud Meyer Shank Racing Honda 80 +4.4000 3 13 22
10 45   Jack Harvey Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 80 +5.1560 5 11 20
11 12   Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 80 +6.7843 3 8 19
12 21   Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 79 +1 Lap 5 10 18
13 06   Hélio Castroneves Meyer Shank Racing Honda 79 +1 Lap 9 26 17
14 8   Marcus Ericsson  W  Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 76 Gearbox 3 18 16
15 77   Callum Ilott  R  Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 76 +4 Laps 8 19 15
16 28   Romain Grosjean Andretti Autosport Honda 75 Contact 2 2 14
17 20   Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 74 +6 Laps 4 22 13
18 48   Jimmie Johnson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 72 Contact 3 25 12
19 14   Kyle Kirkwood  R  A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 63 Contact 2 16 11
20 18   David Malukas  R  Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 63 Contact 2 7 10
21 51   Takuma Sato Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 32 Contact 1 20 9
22 29   Devlin DeFrancesco  R  Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 32 Contact 2 24 8
23 15   Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 29 Contact 2 9 7
24 5   Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet 25 Contact 1 5 6
25 4   Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 25 Contact 1 12 5
26 16   Simona de Silvestro Paretta Autosport Chevrolet 25 Contact 1 21 5
Fastest lap:   Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) – 01:15.7491 (lap 48)
Source:[11]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Hélio Castroneves received a six-place grid penalty due to an unapproved engine change.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Big Machine Music City Grand Prix entry list" (PDF). August 1, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. August 6, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Castroneves to suffer grid penalty in Nashville". motorsport.com. August 6, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "Qualifications - Postings" (PDF). indycar.com. August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  6. ^ "Practice - Results" (PDF). indycar.com. August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "IndyCar in Nashville under way after delay for lightning hold at Music City Grand Prix". motorsports.nbcsports.com. August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  8. ^ IndyCar Series: Music City Grand Prix | EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | 8/7/22 | Motorsports on NBC, retrieved 2022-08-08
  9. ^ Spears, Joseph. "Crashes pile up at 2022 IndyCar Grand Prix in Nashville: Here's what happened in each wreck". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  10. ^ 2022 RACE HIGHLIGHTS // BIG MACHINE MUSIC CITY GRAND PRIX, retrieved 2022-08-08
  11. ^ a b "Race - Results (11inch) - Final" (PDF). indycar.com. August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  12. ^ "Points - Indycar Engine" (PDF). motorsports.nbcsports.com. August 7, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.


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