What time is IndyCar's Nashville race today (August 31)? See starting order, TV channel, and streaming details for Music City GP

IndyCar will hold its 2025 season finale, the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, at the Nashville Superspeedway today (August 31). Arrow McLaren driver Pato O'Ward, who earned pole position in qualifying on Saturday, will lead the 27-car grid to green for the last time this season.

There is no championship battle going into the season finale, with Alex Palou having wrapped it up at Portland. Behind him is O'Ward, who has secured P2 in the 2025 standings. However, the battle for P3 is on between Scott Dixon (qualified in P5), Christian Lundgaard (qualified in P3), and Kyle Kirkwood (qualified in P11).

Team Penske had an underwhelming qualifying session at the Nashville Superspeedway. Home hero Josef Newgarden was Penske's quickest driver (P6) despite having an unusual gearshift problem. Teammates Scott McLaughlin and Will Power fared worse, qualifying in P8 and P12, respectively.

Conor Daly's performance was a shocker. The oval specialist could only put up a two-lap average of 198.187 mph, placing him in a lowly 25th on the starting grid.

Let's take a look at the full starting order for the Nashville season finale.

Starting order for the 2025 IndyCar Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix

The starting order for IndyCar's 2025 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix will be slightly different than the qualifying results. Three drivers - Arrow McLaren's Nolan Siegel, PREMA Racing's Callum Ilott, and Ed Carpenter Racing's Christian Rasmussen, who won at Milwaukee last week - have nine-place grid penalties each for unapproved engine changes.

Here's what the 27-driver grid looks like after accounting for those penalties:

Pato O'Ward
David Malukas
Christian Lundgaard
Alex Palou
Scott Dixon
Josef Newgarden
Scott McLaughlin
Kyffin Simpson
Felix Rosenqvist
Will Power
Kyle Kirkwood
Santino Ferrucci
Colton Herta
Marcus Armstrong
Marcus Ericsson
Nolan Siegel
Robert Shwartzman
Callum Ilott
Alexander Rossi
Sting Ray Robb
Graham Rahal
Devlin DeFrancesco
Louis Foster
Conor Daly
Christian Rasmussen
Rinus Veekay
Jacob Abel

Another key storyline to watch out for is the Rookie of the Year battle between Louis Foster and Robert Shwartzman. The former is eight points ahead of his PREMA Racing rival in the standings, but starts in P23 compared to Shwartzman's P17.

Start time and TV Channel details for IndyCar's 2025 season finale in Nashville

Pato O'Ward at the 2025 IndyCar Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix - Source: Getty

Coverage of the Borchetta Bourbon Music City GP will begin at 2 pm ET, which US viewers can watch on FOX. The race will go green at 2:45 pm ET, with a longer pre-race show to mark the end of the season.

For non-US viewers, here's a country-wise list of international IndyCar broadcasters:

Australia: Stan Sport
United Kingdom: Sky Sports F1
Spain: Movistar+
France: Canal+
Germany: Sky Sport
Belgium: VOO Sport World
Brazil: ESPN, TV Cultura
Netherlands: Ziggo Sport
Italy: Sky Sport
Portugal: Sport TV
Japan: Gaora Sports
Hungary: Arena 4
Turkey: S Sport

Fans can also stream the race on the series' official streaming platform, indycarlive.com, which requires a paid subscription.

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Edited by Yash Kotak