Nashville IndyCar: Event on hold for lightning in area

Nearby lightning strikes have prompted IndyCar officials to push back this afternoon’s Big Machine Music City Grand Prix on the streets of Nashville.

Health and safety regulations state that action cannot commence, nor spectators be allowed in grandstands, until there have been no lightning strikes within an eight-mile radius for at least 30 minutes. This is because of the potential perils of spectators in wet, metal grandstands, as well as tall masts all along pitlane and in the TV compound.

Unfortunately, soon after the Indy Lights race ended, the inclement weather moved in to the Nashville area, the rain bringing thunder and lightning too.

Understandably, IndyCar is remaining cagey on when track activity may resume, since a second storm cell is approaching the Nashville area.

If IndyCar declares it a wet race, entries are not obliged to run both types of Firestone dry tire compound even if the track dries up. However, should track activity resume in dry conditions, the grid line-up and stint 1 tire choice will be as follows:

P	Driver	Team	Stint 1 tires
1	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske-Chevrolet	Alternate
2	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport-Honda	Alternate
3	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda	Alternate
4	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda	Alternate
5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet	Alternate
6	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske-Chevrolet	Primary
7	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing w/ HMD-Honda	Alternate
8	Will Power	Team Penske-Chevrolet	Primary
9	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda	Primary
10	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet	Primary
11	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan-Honda	Primary
12	Dalton Kellett	AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet	Alternate
13	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing-Honda	Alternate
14	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda	Primary
15	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet	Primary
16	Kyle Kirkwood	AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet	Alternate
17	Alexander Rossi	Andretti Autosport-Honda	Alternate
18	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda	Primary
19	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing-Chevrolet	Alternate
20	Takuma Sato	Dale Coyne Racing w/ RWR-Honda	Primary
21	Simona De Silvestro	Paretta Autosport-Chevrolet	Alternate
22	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet	Alternate
23	Colton Herta	Andretti Herta Autosport-Honda	Alternate
24	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport-Honda	Alternate
25	Jimmie Johnson	Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda	Alternate
26	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing-Honda	Alternate