PHOTOS: 2024 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix at Nashville SS
LEBANON, TENN. — Sunday’s Big Machine Music City Grand Prix saw Colton Herta earn his first oval NTT INDYCAR Series win while Alex Palou earned his third title in four years.
Championship competitor Will Power’s seatbelt came undone on lap 9 of 206, causing him to pit and lose multiple laps, giving Palou an easy path to the 2024 championship.
Power wasn’t the only one who struggled. Felix Rosenqvist crashed with a flat tire on the frontstretch on lap 56, Katherine Legge spun off of turn two on lap 89 and Marcus Ericsson crashed in turn four on lap 135.
In the end, it was Colton Herta who emerged ahead, making a daring three-wide pass around a lap car on Pato O’Ward for the lead with five laps to go. The win was his second on the season and vaulted him to second in points behind Palou.
FINAL 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES DRIVER STANDINGS
21 drivers ran the full 2024 schedule. Here is how they fared in points:
- Alex Palou 544 points (two wins)
- Colton Herta -31 (two wins)
- Scott McLaughlin -39 (three wins)
- Will Power -46 (three wins)
- Pato O’Ward -84 (three wins)
- Scott Dixon -88 (two wins)
- Kyle Kirkwood -124
- Josef Newgarden -143 (two wins)
- Santino Ferrucci -177
- Alexander Rossi -178 (16 starts)
- Christian Lundgaard -232
- Felix Rosenqvist -238
- Rinus VeeKay -244
- Marcus Armstrong -246
- Marcus Ericsson -247
- Linus Lundqvist -265
- Romain Grosjean -284
- Graham Rahal -293
- Pietro Fittipaldi -358
- Sting Ray Robb -359
- Kyffin Simpson -362
INDYCAR AT NASHVILLE SUPERSPEEDWAY RESULTS
- Colton Herta (Led 24 laps)
- Pato O’Ward (Led 21 laps)
- Josef Newgarden (Led 54 laps)
- Kyle Kirkwood (Led 67 laps)
- Scott McLaughlin
- Santino Ferrucci
- Marcus Armstrong
- Linus Lundqvist
- David Malukas (Led 8 laps)
- Conor Daly (-1 lap)
- Alex Palou (-1)
- Rinus VeeKay (-1)
- Jack Harvey (-1)
- Christian Rasmussen (-1)
- Alexander Rossi (-1; Led 32 Laps)
- Romain Grosjean (-2)
- Scott Dixon (-2)
- Nolan Siegel (-2)
- Christian Lundgaard (-2)
- Sting Ray Robb (-2)
- Pietro Fittipaldi (-2)
- Kyffin Simpson (-4)
- Graham Rahal (-4)
- Will Power (-8)
- Marcus Ericsson (OUT)
- Katherine Legge (OUT)
- Felix Rosenqvist (OUT)
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com