RACE REPORT: Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix

• Taking the green as the highest Andretti INDYCAR starter, Kyle Kirkwood rolled off from 11th aiming to work the Sam’s Club Honda through the field.
• Kirkwood broke into the top 10 on the opening lap and broke into the top five by Lap 6.
• Running a four-stop strategy, he got caught up high and lost momentum before making his final stop on Lap 182 with hopes of regaining track position.
• By Lap 205, Kirkwood had climbed to sixth as the No. 20 pitted under yellow, but unfortunately couldn’t break back into the top five and ultimately took the checkered in sixth.
• Today’s finish marks Kirkwood’s 31st career top-five result and a career-best fourth-place finish in the INDYCAR Championship Standings.

“It was a good day after kind of a cold end of the season. We came out and had a really good shot here today and should have gotten a podium, but we had one thing that went wrong, and we got sixth. I’m still happy with our overall performance after qualifying 13th, driving through the field, getting up front, running things right and having good pit stops. Ultimately, we didn’t have everything for a win, but it was pretty close. So, we’re very happy with today. Finishing fourth in the Championship is also a huge positive, so we’ll take that and move on to the offseason. There are a lot of positives that came from this season and from this race. I’m looking forward to the 2026 season.”