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Music City Grand Prix

IndyCar Series
Venue	Nashville Superspeedway
First race	2001
Distance	266.6 miles (429.051 km)
Laps	206
Previous names	Harrah's Indy 200 (2001) Firestone Indy 200 (2002-2008) Music City Grand Prix (2024–present)
Most wins (driver)	Scott Dixon (3)
Most wins (team)	Chip Ganassi Racing (3) Andretti Global (3)

The Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee has hosted American open-wheel car racing racing events dating back to 2001. The 2001 event marked the first American open-wheel event in the Nashville area. During some years events were held on Saturday nights. The 2007 event was postponed until Sunday after a series of rain showers at the track.

Following the 2008 event, Indy Racing League officials decided to end their association with Nashville Superspeedway. The event was removed from the 2009 schedule, and afterwards the facility shuttered for several years. Subsequently renamed as the IndyCar Series, the series returned to the Nashville area in 2021 with the Music City Grand Prix on a downtown street circuit. Due to construction downtown, the 2024 Music City Grand Prix was moved to the Nashville Superspeedway.

Past winners

As is a Nashville-area racing tradition, from 2001 through 2008 the winner received a hand-made and painted Gibson Les Paul guitar.

Season	Date	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report	Refs
						Laps	Miles (km)
2001	July 21	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:44:44	144.809	Report
2002	July 20	Alex Barron	Blair Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	200	266.6 (429.051)	2:01:53	127.997	Report
2003	July 19	Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:53:18	137.679	Report
2004	July 17	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:55:35	134.975	Report
2005	July 16	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:57:13	133.089	Report
2006	July 15	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:36:46	161.205	Report
2007	July 15*	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	200	266.6 (429.051)	1:35:06	164.03	Report
2008	July 12	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	171*	227.943 (366.838)	1:30:05	148.072	Report
2009 – 2023	Not held
2024	September 14	Colton Herta	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Dallara	Honda	206	273.9 (440.8)			Report

• 2007: Race postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain.
• 2008: Race shortened due to rain.

Indy Lights winners
2002	July 20	Cory Witherill
2003	July 18	Mark Taylor
2004	July 17	Thiago Medeiros
2005	July 16	Jaime Camara
2006	July 15	Jay Howard
2007	July 14	Robbie Pecorari
2008	July 12	Ana Beatriz
2009 – 2023	Not held
Indy NXT
2024	September 15	Louis Foster

References

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26. "Event - Summary" (PDF). IndyCar. Retrieved September 18, 2024.

External links

• champcarstats.com

• Firestone Indy 200
• Motorsport in Nashville, Tennessee
• Recurring sporting events established in 2001
• Recurring events disestablished in 2008