IndyCar News: Penske forced to take over promotion in Nashville

After Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Music City GP promotions team did not find it economically feasible to continue being the race promotor for the Nashville IndyCar race, Penske Entertainment had no choice but to step in and take over the race promotion themselves this year.

Borchetta will stay involved as sponsor of the event and hold another downtown Nashville event launch for the Aug. 30-31 race, which is held 30 minutes east at the 1.33-mile Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tenn.

Penske Entertainment is now the race promoter for almost half the IndyCar races:

The Long Beach Grand Prix
The Indianapolis GP
The Indianapolis 500
The Detroit Grand Prix
The Iowa Speedway doubleheader
The Milwaukee Mile
Nashville
The upcoming Arlington Grand Prix for 2026
A street race in Denver if it ever materializes