IndyCar Series at Nashville results: Colton Herta wins race, Alex Palou his third championship

Colton Herta wins the IndyCar Series season finale, earning his first career oval victory by 1.8 seconds over Pato O'Ward. Josef Newgarden finishes third.

Alex Palou wins his third IndyCar points championship in four seasons after an 11th-place finish. An early seat-belt failure dooms Will Power's championship hopes as he finishes 24th.

Palou also won titles in 2021 and '23.

Herta's race win propels him to second in the points.

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IndyCar results at Nashville Music City Grand Prix

1. Colton Herta
2. Pato O'Ward
3. Josef Newgarden
4. Kyle Kirkwood
5. Scott McLaughlin
6. Santino Ferrucci
7. Marcus Armstrong
8. Linus Lundqvist
9. David Malukas
10. Conor Daly
11. Alex Palou
12. Rinus VeeKay
13. Jack Harvey
14. Christian Rasmussen
15. Alexander Rossi
16. Romain Grosjean
17. Scott Dixon
18. Nolan Siegel
19. Christian Lundgaard
20. Sting Ray Robb
21. Pietro Fittipaldi
22. Kyffin Simpson
23. Graham Rahal
24. Will Power
25. Marcus Ericsson
26. Katherine Legge
27. Felix Rosenqvist

IndyCar points standings

(Full season)

1. Alex Palou 544
2. Colton Herta -31
3. Scott McLaughlin -39
4. Will Power -46
5. Pato O'Ward -84
6. Scott Dixon -88
7. Kyle Kirkwood -124
8. Josef Newgarden -143
9. Santino Ferrucci -177
10. Alexander Rossi -178

IndyCar Leaders Circle results

The top 22 entrants in the IndyCar points get a $1 million-plus bonus for the 2025 season. Here's the race at the bottom of that list

19. No. 66 of Meyer Shank Racing, 210 points

20. No. 78 of Juncos Hollinger Racing, 209

21. No. 20 of Ed Carpenter Racing, 190

22. No. 30 of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, 186

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23. No. 41 of A.J. Foyt Racing, 185

24. No. 51 of Dale Coyne Racing, 165

25. No. 18 of Dale Coyne Racing, 154

IndyCar Nashville Music City Grand Prix race updates

Lap 163: Pato O'Ward pits, and Colton Herta leads David Malukas by almost 7 seconds, and Kyle Kirkwood is 3rd.

Lap 151: Colton Herta passes David Malukas and is in a strong position to win.

Lap 146 restart: Pato O'Ward leads David Malukas and Colton Herta. O'Ward has been out longer than Malukas and Herta and will likely need another pit stop.

Lap 135: Marcus Ericsson is in the wall. Caution. Josef Newgarden leads Colton Herta by about one-half second. Both have one more pit stop to take. Alex Palou is in 12th place, Will Power 24th.

Lap 99 restart: Alexander Rossi leads Josef Newgarden and everyone makes it through despite some jostling a bit back in the field.

Lap 89: Katherine Legge is off track. Caution.

Lap 68 restart: Josef Newgarden leads over Colton Herta and David Malukas. Kyle Kirkwood is 10th.

Lap 58: Felix Rosenqvist loses tire pressure and hits the wall. Caution.

Lap 50: Kyle Kirkwood leads Josef Newgarden.

Lap 13: Will Power is the first driver to pit. A crewman reaches into the cockpit to try to fix something, costing Power laps.

Lap 5: Alex Palou has moved up 7 places to 17th.

Lap 3: Josef Newgarden gets by Kyle Kirkwood for the lead.

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IndyCar Nashville TV schedule, start time for Music City Grand Prix

Green Flag Time: Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET

Track: Nashville Superspeedway

Length: 206 laps, 273.98 miles

TV coverage: NBC (Watch FREE on Fubo)

Radio: IndyCar Radio, Sirius XM Channel 218

Streaming: Peacock (subscription required)

Music City Grand Prix at Nashville Superspeedway starting lineup

*-Penalized 9 starting spots for an unapproved engine change

Row 1

1. Kyle Kirkwood, No. 27 Andretti Global Honda

2.  Josef Newgarden, No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet

Row 2

3. Felix Rosenqvist, No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda

4. Will Power, No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet

Row 3

5. David Malukas, No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda

6. Conor Daly, No. 78 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet

Row 4

7. Pato O'Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

8. Linus Lundqvist, No. 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

Row 5

9. Colton Herta, No. 26 Andretti Global Honda

10. Rinus VeeKay, No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet

Row 6

11. Scott Dixon, No. 9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

12. Marcus Armstrong, No. 11 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

Row 7

13. Romain Grosjean, No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet

*-14. Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet

Row 8

15. Christian Rasmussen, No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet

16. Marcus Ericsson, No. 28 Andretti Global Honda

Row 9

17. Pietro Fittipaldi, No. 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda

18. Scott McLaughlin, No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet

Row 10

19. Kyffin Simpson, No. 4 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

20. Graham Rahal, No. 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda

Row 11

21. Jack Harvey, No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing Hond

22. Christian Lundgaard, No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda

Row 12

23. Katherine Legge, No. 51 Dale Coyne Racing Honda

*-24. Alex Palou, No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda

Row 13

25. Sting Ray Robb, No. 41 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet

26. Alexander Rossi, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet

Row 14

*-27. Nolan Siegel, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet