Kyle Kirkwood claimed a second IndyCar win of the season in a late five-lap sprint to the flag in the 2023 Music City Grand Prix.
A red flag for a three-car incident in the closing stages negated fuel worries for the field, with championship leader Alex Palou set to make an emergency splash 'n' dash to make it to the flag, before the red was deployed.
On the restart, Andretti's Kirkwood gapped Scott McLaughlin in the Penske #3 machine as Palou held off the attention of Josef Newgarden to extend his points lead heading into the next event on the Indianapolis road course.
Defending race winner Scott Dixon finished fifth for Chip Ganassi while Romain Grosjean managed to pip fellow ex-Formula 1 driver Marcus Ericsson to sixth.
Full results from 2023 IndyCar Music City Grand Prix
| Position | Driver | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Autosport |
| 2nd | Scott McLaughlin | Penske |
| 3rd | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi |
| 4th | Josef Newgarden | Penske |
| 5th | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi |
| 6th | Romain Grosjean | Andretti Autosport |
| 7th | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi |
| 8th | Pato O'Ward | McLaren |
| 9th | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 10th | Will Power | Penske |
| 11th | Helio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing |
| 12th | Callum Ilott | Juncos Hollinger Racing |
| 13th | Marcus Armstrong | Chip Ganassi |
| 14th | Rinus Veekay | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 15th | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 16th | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 17th | Sting Ray Robb | Dale Coyne with Rick Ware Racing |
| 18th | Santino Ferrucci | A.J Foyt Racing |
| 19th | Alexander Rossi | McLaren |
| 20th | Augustin Canapino | Juncos Hollinger Racing |
| 21st | Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport |
| 22nd | Benjamin Pedersen | A.J Foyt Racing |
| 23rd | Felix Rosenqvist | McLaren |
| 24th | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 25th | Linus Lundqvist | Meyer Shank Racing |
| 26th | Devlin DeFrancesco | Andretti Steinbrenner |
| 27th | David Malukas | Dale Coyne Racing |
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