2023 Big Machine Music City GP at Nashville - Full Qualifying Results

Full results from qualifying at Nashville, where DRIVER earned pole position for the race.

06 Aug 2023

Scott McLaughlin, Team Penske at Nashville

2023 Big Machine Music City GP at Nashville - Qualifying Results
Pos	Driver	Team	Engine
1	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
2	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
3	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	Honda
4	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
5	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
6	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda
7	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet
8	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda
9	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
10	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
11	Linus Lundqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
12	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
13	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
14	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
16	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
17	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
18	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
19	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
20	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
21	Santino Ferrucci	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
22	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
23	Agustin Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
24	Sting Ray Robb	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
25	Benjamin Pedersen	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
26	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Autosport	Honda
27	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet

Scott McLaughlin backed up his pole from Nashville last season with a monster lap in the final round today. It is the first pole of the season for McLaughlin, who was the only Team Penske driver to make the Firestone Fast Six. Pato O'Ward will start alongside McLaughlin on the front row. Colton Herta and championship points leader Alex Palou share Row 2 and David Malukas and Romain Grosjean start from Row 3 on Sunday.

Will Power just missed out on the Firestone Fast Six, but will start alongside Kyle Kirkwood in Row 4. Nashville native Josef Newgarden will start his home race in Row 5 next to Alexander Rossi. Linus Lundqvist is making his IndyCar debut, filling in for the injured Simon Pagenaud in the No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda. The rookie did a tremendous job in his first outing, qualifying in 11th position.

Defending race winner Scott Dixon crashed in the second round of qualifying and will start 12th tomorrow. The six-time series champion is still searching for his first win this season, as he looks to extend his record of consecutive seasons (18) with at least one victory. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver will tie Tony Kanan for the most consecutive starts (318) when he takes the green flag tomorrow.

Christian Lundgaard and Felix Rosenqvist each just missed out on advancing out of the first round and will start from Row 7 tomorrow. Graham Rahal rounded out the top 15 in qualifying and will line up directly behind his teammate. The only real surprise from qualifying was 2021 race winner Marcus Ericsson, who struggled to find pace and will start 20th tomorrow.

Previous Nashville winners

2022: Scott Dixon

2021: Marcus Ericsson