Kyle Kirkwood holds the trophy winning the Music City Grand Prix auto race Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) ...

Kirkwood won in Portland in the Indy NXT series in 2021. The NTT IndyCar Series will be in Portland August 7, 8, and 9 for the Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland presented by AskROI.

It should not be a surprise that Kirkwood had the best lap of the session. He won the previous two street races this season (the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach and the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix ...

May 10 — Sonsio Grand Prix (Alex Palou) May 25 — 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 (Alex Palou) June 1 — Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (Kyle Kirkwood) ...

Aug. 31 — Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, Lebanon, Tenn.