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INDIANAPOLIS — The Brickyard 400 is back for its second year following its three-year hiatus on the road course.
Indiana native Chase Briscoe won the pole in what was a top-five lockout of the front row by Toyota. Ty Gibbs and Ty Dillon will be battling for the NASCAR In-Season Challenge crown in which the winner takes home $1 million.
The stages today are 50-50-60.
Keep it here all afternoon long for live updates.
POST-RACE
6:02 p.m. — Ty Gibbs, by virtue of finishing 21st, wins the $1 million for winning the NASCAR In-Season challenge.
RACE
Final Stage
Lap 168 — Bubba Wallace has won his first Brickyard 400 after holding off Kyle Larson and saving enough fuel.
Lap 167 — Bubba Wallace takes the white flag!
Lap 166 — Overtime attempt No. 2 is green! Larson wiggles in Turn 1 and Bubba Wallace leads onto the backstretch.
Lap 165 — At the choose cone, Bubba Wallace elects to restart on the inside. Chase Briscoe opts to pit from P7.
Lap 164 — Only Ty Gibbs pits during this caution. Everyone else is going to try to stay out and make it on fuel.
Lap 161 — The green flag waves and NASCAR overtime is underway. Wallace and Larson race side-by-side through the south chute but Wallace comes away with the lead. However, Zane Smith spins on the backstretch! Tyler Reddick t-bones Gilliland and the caution is out. There will be another NASCAR overtime restart.
Lap 159 — Bubba Wallace’s crew chief says they have enough fuel for one overtime attempt, but not two.
5:26 p.m. — The red flag has been lifted and it will be NASCAR overtime when the green flag flies.
Lap 156 — It appears as though Bubba Wallace won’t have enough fuel to finish the race if the race goes into overtime. The cars are brought down pit road and the race is red flagged for rain.
Lap 155 — CAUTION! Rain is reported and that evaporates Bubba Wallace’s lead over Kyle Larson. Katherine Legge receives the free pass and gets her lap back.
Lap 152 — Tyler Reddick slides up the track in Turn 1 and allows William Byron to pass him for third. Denny Hamlin and Josh Berry then pass Reddick in Turns 3 and 4. Reddick falls to 6th.
Lap 150 — With just 10 laps to go, Kyle Larson has closed withing 4 seconds of Bubba Wallace.
Lap 147 — Larson is setting fast lap times, but has only made up a half a second on race leader Bubba Wallace. Chase Briscoe is reporting a vibration on his No. 19 Toyota.
Lap 142 — Kyle Larson passes Tyler Reddick for second place. He’s got a 5.5 second gap to make up if he wants to catch Bubba Wallace for the lead.
Lap 141 — And now Ryan Blaney hits pit road with 18 laps to go. Four tires and fuel for Blaney as Bubba Wallace now inherits the lead.
Lap 138 — Bubba Wallace passes second place Katherine Legge. Ryan Blaney is trying to stretch his fuel as far as he can, but he will have to go 57 laps on a single tank of fuel.
Lap 135 — Race leaders Justin Haley and Brad Keselowski finally hit pit road. Ryan Blaney, who last stopped on Lap 103, now takes over the lead.
Lap 133 — Now Logano can’t get the car refired! He’s stalled in the middle of pit road.
Lap 132 — DISASTER for the net-race leader Joey Logano! He’s blown a right rear tire just like his teammate Austin Cindric did earlier in the race! Logano hits pit road and now Bubba Wallace inherits the net-race lead. The green flag stays out.
Lap 128 — Bubba Wallace is under one second behind Logano and has two-lap fresher tires than the three-time Cup champ.
Lap 127 — Justin Haley leads Brad Keselowski, Todd Gilliland, Ryan Blaney and Katherine Legge. However, all those drivers will need to make at least one more pit stop. Joey Logano sits P6 in the net-race lead.
Lap 123 — Joey Logano inherits the net-race lead, but runs in 7th at the moment.
Lap 121 — Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin both pit from the first and second positions. Larson takes four tires and fuel. Larson beats Hamlin and Carson Hocevar off pit road. Larson manages to come off pit road ahead of teammate William Byron.
Lap 120 — Bubba Wallace hits pit road for right side tires and fuel. Austin Cindric joins Wallace in pitting.
Lap 119 — William Byron now peels off to pit from P3. Denny Hamlin is starting to close the gap on Kyle Larson.
Lap 118 — Now Joey Logano hits pit road for two tires and fuel.
Lap 117 — Josh Berry pits from P16 for four tires and fuel.
Lap 115 — Looking at the In-Season challenge, Ty Gibbs is in position to win the $1 million as he sits in P18 while Ty Dillon is P29.
Lap 110 — Larson leads Denny Hamlin by about a half a second with just 50 laps to go.
Lap 109 — The fastest lap of the race so far is set by Kyle Larson.
Lap 105 — Kyle Larson leads the field into Turn 1 as the final stage is underway!
Lap 103 — Ryan Blaney hits pit road as soon as the pits reopen. Austin Cindric gets the free pass and will get a lap back. Ty Gibbs, Alex Bowman, Todd Gilliland and Katherine Legge all pit during this caution flag.
Stage 2
Lap 100 — Ryan Blaney wins stage 2 followed by Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Carson Hocevar, Joey Logano, Chris Buescher and Bubba Wallace.
Lap 99 — Ryan Blaney is fighting to hold off Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin with just two laps left in the second stage.
Lap 97 — The green flag comes back out on Lap 97. Ryan Blaney leads the pack into Turn 1.
Lap 94 — On the restart, Ryan Blaney is the leader followed by Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logan, Carson Hocevar, Chris Buescher and Bubba Wallace.
Lap 90 — Erik Jones, who was running in the top-five early in the race, has hit the wall in the north chute. There’s heavy damage to his No. 43 Toyota. After a replay, it appears that Jones might have had a loose wheel.
Lap 89 — Bubba Wallace now ducks onto pit road, giving the lead back to Chase Briscoe.
Lap 87 — With 14 laps to go in the second stage, Bubba Wallace now holds a 4 second lead over Chase Briscoe.
Lap 84 — The leader Austin Cindric blows a right rear tire heading into Turn 1! Cindric is slow on the backstretch as his tire completely shreds. Cindric manages to get into the warmup lane in the north chute, but his race is essentially ruined. This allows teammate Joey Logano to hit pit road.
Lap 82 — Josh Berry hits the pit lane for four tires and fuel followed by Chase Elliott and Kyle Busch.
Lap 80 — At halfway, Kyle Larson hits pit road followed by Carson Hocevar. Austin Cindric continues to lead Joey Logano and Bubba Wallace.
Lap 79 — Byron finishes his pit stop just as Custer arrives on pit road. No caution was thrown for Custer’s tire.
Lap 78 — Cole Custer has a right rear tire down and is slow on the back stretch. William Byron ducks onto pit road anticipating a yellow flag for Custer.
Lap 73 — Some drivers are beginning to report rain drops falling. Kyle Busch appears to have damage to his front nose.
Lap 67 — Alex Bowman hits the pit lane for four tires and fuel. Austin Cindric leads William Byron and Carson Hocevar.
Lap 65 — Green flag pit stops are underway. Ryan Preece is on pit road, but has a problem with the jack and Preece has a slow stop.
Lap 62 — Some crew chiefs are informing their drivers about potential weather that could arrive by lap 100. As a result, drivers appear to be pushing harder and making more aggressive moves.
Lap 57 — NASCAR says the restart is under review. It appears many drivers ducked out of line on the restart, a violation of NASCAR’s rules.
Lap 55 — Stage 2 is underway! And there’s contact back in the pack as the green flag flies. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has some damage and is slow on the track. It appears as though Ty Dillon might have made contact with Stenhouse on the restart. Dillon’s front nose has damage.
Lap 54 — As drivers line up for the choose cone, Ryan Preece leads Alex Bowman followed by Justin Haley, Austin Cindric, Josh Berry, Joey Logano, Erik Jones, Carson Hocevar, Chase Briscoe and William Byron.
Lap 53 — Pit road is a busy place as most of the leaders pit at the end of the stage. Chase Briscoe wins the race off pit road over Bubba Wallace, William Byron and Tyler Reddick. Ryan Preece, Alex Bowman and Justin Haley stay out.
Stage 1
Lap 50 — Chase Briscoe wins stage 1 over Bubba Wallace, William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, Carson Hocevar, Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon and A.J. Allmendinger.
Lap 49 — The pit road is now closed as there are two laps remaining in the stage. Chase Briscoe holds a 1.5 second lead over Bubba Wallace in second place.
Lap 47 — Erik Jones has opted to pit with just four laps to go in the stage. He’ll take on four tires and fuel.
Lap 46 — Erik Jones attempts to pass Bubba Wallace for P2, but Bubba takes the air off Jones’ front nose allowing William Byron to take the third position.
Lap 44 — Josh Berry, the final car yet to pit, now hits the pit lane for four tires and fuel. Of the three cars that pitted recently, Cindric leads Berry and Logano. Chase Briscoe has inherited the lead.
Lap 43 — Race leader Austin Cindric now hits pit road. He’ll also take four tires and fuel.
Lap 42 — Joey Logano hits the pit lane with 9 laps to go in the first stage. He’ll take four tires and fuel. Meanwhile, Ross Chastain has been officially listed as retired from the race and has been seen and released from the infield medical center.
Lap 40 — Bubba Wallace is trying to hold off Erik Jones for the fifth position. Wallace is weaving across the track in an attempt to break the draft.
Lap 36 — With 15 laps to go in the first stage, Austin Cindric leads Joey Logano, followed by Chase Briscoe, Bubba Wallace, Josh Berry, Erik Jones, William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Chris Buescher and Kyle Busch. Cindric, Logano and Berry have yet to pit. Everyone else stopped on lap 19 during the first caution period.
Lap 31 — Austin Cindrick has pulled out to nearly a two-second lead over teammate Joey Logano. Chase Briscoe trails Logano by about 1.5 seconds in third.
Lap 26 — Michael McDowell has cut a right front tire and is going slow on the warmup lane in the south chute. The green flag stays out.
Lap 23 — The green flag waves once again. Austin Cindric beats teammate Joey Logano into Turn 1. Chase Briscoe and Bubba Wallace quickly pass Josh Berry.
Lap 22 — The pace car gets the 1-to-go signal. The drivers approach the choose cone and select their lanes. Austin Cindric, Joey Logano and Josh Berry did not pit, so they now occupy the top-3 on the restart.
Lap 20 — Almost everyone in the field hits the pit lane. Chase Briscoe wins the race off pit road and will hold onto the lead. Bubba Wallace beats teammate Tyler Reddick off pit road to move into P2.
Lap 19 — Chastain managed to get his car refired and drove it to a closed pit road.
Lap 18 — The first caution flag of the race has flown. Ross Chastain has spun from the 34th position in Turn 3. Chastain appeared to have contact with Michael McDowell.
Lap 15 — Tire degradation appears to have begun as the race pace has slowed. Drivers are starting to conserve their tires for later in the run. The top-10 is separated by about four seconds.
Lap 10 — Tyler Reddick has passed teammate Bubba Wallace for second place and is now chasing down leader Chase Briscoe.
Lap 8 — Michael McDowell, the winner of the 2023 race on the road course, has dropped 13 places to 35th after starting 22nd.
Lap 4 — Denny Hamlin has moved up into the 30th position after starting 39th.
Lap 1 — Chase Briscoe takes the lead over Bubba Wallace into Turn 1. Briscoe leads the opening lap.
2:05 p.m. — Pace laps have begun!
