July 15, 2026
Lebanon, TN
Sunday, July 19, 2025 4:30 PM CT / 5:30 PM ET
Live on Fox
What to Watch for at Nashville Superspeedway
- Taking Aim at Alex: Everyone is chasing Alex Palou, yet again, in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship fight. Palou is the reigning and four-time series champion—having taken the crown in 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Palou leads the championship this year by 56 points at this point in the season, with four wins to his name—St. Pete, Barber, the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach and in the HRC-branded ‘Honda Honda’ at the Detroit Grand Prix. Palou is hoping for his fifth title in six years, all before the age of 30.
- The World Cup Bump: Sunday’s NTT INDYCAR SERIES race from Nashville Superspeedway will immediately follow the completion of the World Cup final. IndyCar has seen a fantastic bump in audience viewership from World Cup lead-ins and lead-outs on Fox so far this season. Road America drew an average of 1.8 million viewers, and a peak of 2.9 million viewers, following a Spain Group Stage match. While Mid-Ohio saw viewership averages of 1.3 million, and a peak of 1.5 million, in a race that preceded the Norway vs. Brazil match. IndyCar viewership is up 18% compared to 2025—a season which already saw record audience growth for the series.
- Ten Top 10s: Kyle Kirkwood has reclaimed second place in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship following his first-career road course podium finish at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio last time out. The Andretti Global driver has scored 10 top 10 finishes in 11 races so far this season, a remarkably consistent string of results that has put him solidly in the championship discussion in the second half of the season.
- Music City Madness: 2024 marked IndyCar’s return to Nashville Superspeedway for the first time since 2008, however the series raced on a downtown temporary street circuit from 2021-2023. Marcus Ericsson won the inaugural Nashville Music City Grand Prix in spectacular fashion—recovering from an airborne accident to take the checkered flag. Ericsson’s then-Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon took the win in 2022, while his current teammate at Andretti Global, Kyle Kirkwood, found victory lane in 2023. Andretti Global’s Colton Herta was victorious at the first race on the Nashville Superspeedway oval at the 2024 season finale. Herta’s win kicked off an 11-race winning streak for Honda—the last race of 2024 and the first 10 races of 2025.
2026 Honda IndyCar Lineup
| Andretti Global | #26 Will Power (C) (I) (W) #27 Kyle Kirkwood (W) #28 Marcus Ericsson (I) (W) |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | # 8 Kyffin Simpson # 9 Scott Dixon (C) (I) (W) #10 Alex Palou (C) (I) (W) |
| Dale Coyne Racing | #18 Romain Grosjean #19 Dennis Hauger (R) |
| Meyer Shank Racing | #60 Felix Rosenqvist (I) (W) #66 Marcus Armstrong |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | #15 Graham Rahal (W) #45 Louis Foster #47 Mick Schumacher (R) |
C—Series Champion I—Indianapolis 500 winner W—Race Winner R—Series Rookie
Where to Watch the Music City Grand Prix
Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix Honda Message Points
July 15, 2026
Lebanon, TN
Sunday, July 19, 2025 4:30 PM CT / 5:30 PM ET
Live on Fox
What to Watch for at Nashville Superspeedway
- Taking Aim at Alex: Everyone is chasing Alex Palou, yet again, in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship fight. Palou is the reigning and four-time series champion—having taken the crown in 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Palou leads the championship this year by 56 points at this point in the season, with four wins to his name—St. Pete, Barber, the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach and in the HRC-branded ‘Honda Honda’ at the Detroit Grand Prix. Palou is hoping for his fifth title in six years, all before the age of 30.
- The World Cup Bump: Sunday’s NTT INDYCAR SERIES race from Nashville Superspeedway will immediately follow the completion of the World Cup final. IndyCar has seen a fantastic bump in audience viewership from World Cup lead-ins and lead-outs on Fox so far this season. Road America drew an average of 1.8 million viewers, and a peak of 2.9 million viewers, following a Spain Group Stage match. While Mid-Ohio saw viewership averages of 1.3 million, and a peak of 1.5 million, in a race that preceded the Norway vs. Brazil match. IndyCar viewership is up 18% compared to 2025—a season which already saw record audience growth for the series.
- Ten Top 10s: Kyle Kirkwood has reclaimed second place in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship following his first-career road course podium finish at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio last time out. The Andretti Global driver has scored 10 top 10 finishes in 11 races so far this season, a remarkably consistent string of results that has put him solidly in the championship discussion in the second half of the season.
- Music City Madness: 2024 marked IndyCar’s return to Nashville Superspeedway for the first time since 2008, however the series raced on a downtown temporary street circuit from 2021-2023. Marcus Ericsson won the inaugural Nashville Music City Grand Prix in spectacular fashion—recovering from an airborne accident to take the checkered flag. Ericsson’s then-Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon took the win in 2022, while his current teammate at Andretti Global, Kyle Kirkwood, found victory lane in 2023. Andretti Global’s Colton Herta was victorious at the first race on the Nashville Superspeedway oval at the 2024 season finale. Herta’s win kicked off an 11-race winning streak for Honda—the last race of 2024 and the first 10 races of 2025.
2026 Honda IndyCar Lineup
| Andretti Global | #26 Will Power (C) (I) (W) #27 Kyle Kirkwood (W) #28 Marcus Ericsson (I) (W) |
| Chip Ganassi Racing | # 8 Kyffin Simpson # 9 Scott Dixon (C) (I) (W) #10 Alex Palou (C) (I) (W) |
| Dale Coyne Racing | #18 Romain Grosjean #19 Dennis Hauger (R) |
| Meyer Shank Racing | #60 Felix Rosenqvist (I) (W) #66 Marcus Armstrong |
| Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | #15 Graham Rahal (W) #45 Louis Foster #47 Mick Schumacher (R) |
C—Series Champion I—Indianapolis 500 winner W—Race Winner R—Series Rookie
Where to Watch the Music City Grand Prix
- Television coverage of Sunday’s Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix will air at 4:30 PM CT / 5:30 PM ET on Fox, following the completion of the World Cup final. Complete, flag-to-flag race coverage also will be available on the INDYCAR Radio Network, and SiriusXM INDYCAR Nation (Channel 160).
- Saturday’s first practice and Sunday’s warm up show will air on FS1. Saturday’s final practice will air on FS2, and NTT INDYCAR SERIES qualifying on Saturday will air on Fox at 3 PM ET.