The Music City Grand Prix at the Nashville Superspeedway was a fitting finale to the 2024 IndyCar season. Due to the variety of tire compounds, there was plenty of overtaking, which happened 653 times in total. Colton Herta's victory was his first on an oval, and for Andretti Global, their first oval win in exactly 100 races! What else stood out? We summarize the season finale in a series of numbers.

237 - Despite doubts during the warm-up about how well you could overtake on the Nashville Superspeedway, there were still 237 registered overtakes during the race. In total, there were 653 overtakes when lapping backmarkers is also counted, setting a record at this circuit.

165 - The fastest lap of the race was set by Pato O'Ward. The Mexican driver clocked a lap in the 165th round with an average speed of 197.143 mph (317.203 km/h).

159.207 - The 206-lap Music City Grand Prix at the Nashville Superspeedway was completed with an average speed of 159.207 mph (256.164 km/h). This makes it the third fastest race at this circuit, following the IndyCar races in 2007 and 2008.

100 - The last time an Andretti Global car won an oval race was in 2018 with Alexander Rossi at Pocono Raceway (then still Andretti Autosport) – exactly 100 races ago!

19 - Finishing 18th and only two laps down was still an impressive achievement for Nolan Siegel. After crashing in practice, he had only completed 19 laps before the race!

13 - With a gain of 13 positions, Scott McLaughlin was the driver who made the most progress from his starting position. After a grid penalty, the Penske driver started 18th and finished 5th.

8 - Linus Lundqvist finished in 8th place, making him the highest-placed rookie. He nicely underscored his Rookie of the Year title with this result.

6 - Six different drivers led the race: Kyle Kirkwood (67 laps), Josef Newgarden (54 laps), Alexander Rossi (32 laps), Colton Herta (24 laps), Pato O'Ward (21 laps), and David Malukas (8 laps).

4 - The optimal pit stop strategy turned out to be a four-stop strategy. Marcus Armstrong finished 7th and was the highest-placed driver with only three stops. A five-stop strategy wasn’t recommended, as Rinus VeeKay was the only driver with five stops who finished in the top 20 (12th).

3 - Race control had a relatively quiet race, handing out only three penalties. Santino Ferrucci was penalized two positions for crossing the yellow line with his left wheels, while Kyle Kirkwood was dropped one position for the same offense. The harshest penalty was given to Marcus Ericsson, who made a pit stop in a closed pit lane and received a drive-through penalty. However, this didn’t affect him much; he had already hit the wall before that stop and wouldn’t exit the pits again.

2 - It was a strong race weekend for Andretti Global: in addition to Colton Herta’s victory, Kyle Kirkwood claimed his second career IndyCar pole position – his first on an oval.

2 - With his victory, Colton Herta made a big move in the championship standings. He was in fourth place before the race but ended up finishing second overall! This improves on his previous best result from 2020 when he finished third in the championship.

1 - In the Entrant Points Championship, a single point made a $1 million difference. The #30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing car (Pietro Fittipaldi) scored 186 points, securing a spot in the Leader Circle program, while the #41 AJ Foyt Racing car (Sting Ray Robb) scored 185 points.

1 - While this was Colton Herta’s ninth IndyCar win, the victory in Nashville was his very first on an oval.