Andretti Autosport’s Kyle Kirkwood took his second IndyCar victory of the season on the streets of Nashville as series leader Alex Palou extended his advantage over Josef Newgarden 🏁 Here's the full report of a race that saw the usual drama aplenty ⬇️
Andretti Autosport’s Kyle Kirkwood took his second IndyCar victory of the season on the streets of Nashville as series leader Alex Palou extended his advantage over Josef Newgarden with third.Kirkwood finished 0.7633s ahead of Team Penske’s polewinner Scott McLaughlin and series dominator Palou . The race was red-flagged in the closing stages for a multi-car pileup, but Kirkwood kept his cool for his second win of the season after breaking his duck at Long Beach.
The race went green again on lap 16, with O’Ward getting into the back of McLaughlin in a messy restart in which Herta got shuffled wide into the wall. Herta tumbled to sixth, having been hit by Kirkwood and Power, then pitted for new primaries, reporting damage over the radio. He rejoined in 25McLaughlin pulled clear at the front by 4s, as O’Ward fought a rearguard action with Grosjean and Kirkwood on his tail. Power ran fifth, ahead of early pitter Rinus VeeKay .
Palou hit the front for real on lap 33, 1.5s clear of Kirkwood. Series debutant Linus Lunqvist, who qualified an impressive 11for Meyer Shank Racing, had followed Palou’s strategy route and jumped up to third. Grosjean and McLaughlin demoted him to fifth just before half distance, Lundqvist’s drive even more impressive given his mandatory cockpit airscoop had fallen off.
Kirkwood pitted on lap 51, handing the lead to McLaughlin, but crucially rejoined ahead of Palou. McLaughlin stopped a tour later, rejoining between Kirkwood and Palou. Grosjean then pitted from the lead, for a run to the finish in alternates, but the poor end to his stint put him behind Newgarden, Dixon, O’Ward and Power.
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