Wilson County’s Home Race: The Music City Grand Prix Roars Back to Nashville Superspeedway July 18-19
Nashville may lend the race its name, but the Music City Grand Prix is, in every practical sense, Wilson County's home race. When the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix presented by OnlyBulls returns to Nashville Superspeedway the weekend of July 18 and 19, the fastest cars in North American open-wheel racing will be thundering around an oval just a short drive from Mt. Juliet — no downtown traffic, no long haul, just a quick trip up the road to one of the biggest sporting spectacles the region hosts all year.
That proximity is the whole appeal for local families. Nashville Superspeedway sits near Lebanon in Wilson County, the same county Mt. Juliet calls home, which means residents here get a front-row seat to a national event without ever leaving the county line. For a community that has watched its population and profile grow year after year, having a marquee IndyCar weekend in the backyard is a genuine point of pride.
The racing itself has become a spectacle worthy of the drive. The Superspeedway is a 1.33-mile concrete oval with banked corners, and since the event moved to the venue it has produced exactly the kind of door-to-door, lead-swapping action that ovals do best, with cars topping 200 miles per hour. Last year's edition was decided in a thriller full of lead changes, won by Team Penske's Josef Newgarden — himself a product of the greater Nashville area — in front of a roaring home-state crowd. This year raises the stakes again: Sunday's NTT IndyCar Series race, the featured event, runs under the lights in prime time on FOX, following the FIFA World Cup Final, while the Indy NXT by Firestone series takes to the track on Saturday.
The weekend is built to be more than a race, too. Electronic music superstar deadmau5 headlines the concert lineup, and live music and family activities run throughout both days, keeping the energy high between track sessions. It's the music-meets-motorsports formula that has defined the Music City Grand Prix from the start, now planted firmly in Wilson County soil.
Best of all, it is built for families. Since the move to the oval, organizers have leaned into an accessible, tailgate-and-camp atmosphere, with kids twelve and under admitted for a nominal price across the full weekend when accompanied by an adult, plus on-site parking, camping, and lawn options that make a full day at the track easy on the wallet. For Mt. Juliet parents looking for a summer outing that delivers genuine wow-factor, few things beat the sound of an IndyCar field screaming past at full song.
Tickets for all three days — practice and qualifying, race day, and full weekend packages — are available through our sister site. Grab your seats for the Grand Prix race weekend and see why the whole county circles this one on the calendar. We'll see you under the lights.
