NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kyle Kirkwood simply held off Scott McLaughlin over a ultimate four-lap shootout and received the Music Metropolis Grand Prix on Sunday for his second profession victory.

The 24-year-old from Jupiter, Florida, began eighth and led a race-high 34 laps. He appeared poised to race to the end for Andretti Autosport after a warning with 10 laps remaining ensured he had sufficient gasoline.

A four-car crash off the restart pressured a pink flag stoppage.

On the inexperienced flag, Kirkwood managed to drive by means of the rubber particles on the two.1-mile course across the streets of Nashville so as to add his second victory in his second IndyCar Collection season to his first at Lengthy Seashore, California, in April.

McLaughlin completed second in the same ultimate shootout right here a yr in the past. He received the pole in his Chevrolet for Staff Penske, led the primary 24 laps earlier than his first pit cease. However he could not chase down Kirkwood.

Alex Palou, the sequence factors chief, completed third. Josef Newgarden had his greatest end but in his hometown race at fourth. Scott Dixon, who received right here a yr in the past, was fifth.

For a race already being referred to as “Crashville” after 17 mixed cautions over the previous two years, the primary yellow got here out on Lap 13 when a bit of a rear wing got here off David Malukas’ Honda a few laps after a pit cease, ending his race after 11 laps.

With solely 5 cautions and eight laps underneath yellow, that left the streets stuffed with rubber chunks.

DIXON TIES KANAAN

Dixon began twelfth, and the person who received his 53rd profession race right here a yr in the past tied Tony Kanaan’s IndyCar report along with his 318th consecutive begin. The 43-year-old New Zealander can break the tie Saturday in Indianapolis.

PRERACE SCRAMBLE

Will Energy needed to scramble earlier than the race began to seize some communication gear. He needed to run to seize the gear, then put the piece on earlier than climbing into his automobile. He began seventh and completed tenth.

ROOKIE DEBUT

Linus Lundberg, the reigning Indy Lights champ, made his IndyCar debut driving Meyer Shank Racing’s No. 60 for Simon Pagenaud, who hasn’t raced since a July 1 crash in apply at Mid-Ohio. Lundberg was the highest-qualifying rookie and began eleventh.

He crashed the precise entrance of the automobile into the wall after having run within the high 10 a lot of the race. That introduced out the ultimate warning with 10 laps remaining.

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