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JR Motorsports Teaming Up With Red Bull

What’s Happening? JR Motorsports and Red Bull will field two cars for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Chicago Street race on July 5. We’re adding a little friendly competition to Chi-Town 🙂‍↕️ The No. 9 of Shane van Gisbergen and the No. 88 of Connor Zilisch will go head-to-head in co-branded Weathertech and Red Bull Chevrolets […]

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JR Motorsports and Red Bull will field two cars for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Chicago Street race on July 5.

  • Red Bull returned to NASCAR this year with Trackhouse Racing drivers Shane van Gisbergen and Connor Zilisch. Prior to their return to NASCAR, the brand had not appeared in the sport since 2011; this will be their first Xfinity Series race since they sponsored Cole Whitt in 2011.
  • Red Bull had a short but impactful history in NASCAR prior to their return. With Red Bull Racing, the team scored two NASCAR Cup Series wins. But, the real impact the team made on the sport was their flashy paint schemes, which turned into still highly sod after die-cast.
  • As part of the brand’s return, both drivers have received die-cast for their Cup Series rides, and Lionel Racing is selling a special 1:64 die-cast two-pack for their return to the Xfinity Series.
  • SVG is a long-time partner with Red Bull, racing for the energy drink brand in the Australian Supercars. This year, he has one win in the Cup Series, but has not made an Xfinity Series start. He is racing the No. 9 in three races this season, with back to back efforts in Chicago and Sonoma. Last year, in the Xfinity Series with Kaulig Racing, van Gisbergen won three races, including the races in Chicago and Sonoma.
  • On the other hand, this race will be Zilisch’s first in Chicago. Despite his inexperience, the road course prodigy may be the heavy favorite to win next to his Trackhouse Racing and JRM teammate. So far this year, in his rookie campaign, the 18-year-old has two wins and has sat on the pole for both the series and two road course races.

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Bubba Wallace overcomes Brickyard 400 field and his own doubts, snapping 100-race winless streak

INDIANAPOLIS — Bubba Wallace was filled with doubt during the last 20 laps of the Brickyard 400, haunted by the mental demons of low confidence and a 100-race winless drought. “I kept telling myself ‘I’m not going to be able to do it,’” he said. As it turned out, Wallace was wrong. Wallace drove to […]

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INDIANAPOLIS — Bubba Wallace was filled with doubt during the last 20 laps of the Brickyard 400, haunted by the mental demons of low confidence and a 100-race winless drought.

“I kept telling myself ‘I’m not going to be able to do it,’” he said.

As it turned out, Wallace was wrong.

Wallace drove to a surprising victory in one of NASCAR’s “majors” on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, putting himself and his Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing team into victory lane — and back into NASCAR’s playoffs.

It was the first win for Wallace since 2022, a stretch that eroded his self-belief and had left him searching for a mental reset.

He found it this year through being a first-time father, getting a new crew chief — nine-year U.S. Army veteran Charles Denike — and reading Ryan Holliday’s “The Daily Stoic.”

So while Wallace was fighting the other competitors for the win on Sunday, he was also fighting himself — except this time, he won on both accounts.

“We’re all human and we’re all super hard on ourselves,” Wallace said. “You guys know how hard I (can be) on myself. … It’s still working out those kinks and growing as a person.”

However, Wallace said he wasn’t at all thinking negatively on two crucial overtime restarts — where he twice outdueled NASCAR’s best driver, Kyle Larson. There was no questioning how Wallace had to earn this one.

Wallace got out of the car, stood on the roof, flexed his muscles and then made a hush sign at the crowd — who booed him during the pre-race driver introductions.

An emotional Wallace then greeted his infant son, Becks, and held him up to the crowd like Simba in “The Lion King.”

“To win here at the Brickyard, knowing how big this race is, knowing all the noise that’s going on in the background — to set that all aside is a testament to these people here on this No. 23 team,” Wallace said.

The “noise” refers to 23XI Racing’s federal antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, which resulted in the team losing its chartered status two weeks ago after its appeals were exhausted and a temporary restraining order was denied.

However, even running as an “Open” car, Wallace won in NASCAR’s regular season for the first time in his career. His previous NASCAR Cup Series wins, at Talladega and Kansas, came during the playoffs while he was competing as a non-playoff driver.

Now he’s into the 16-driver postseason with four races remaining and doesn’t have to worry about the points bubble.

“It’s been getting old running on the cutline,” Wallace said.

To win his first NASCAR major — the others are the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 and Southern 500 — Wallace had to survive two overtime restarts against NASCAR champion Larson.

Earlier, Wallace was cruising en route to a 4.5-second victory, but a caution suddenly flew for light rain with six laps remaining, erasing his lead.

“It’s fine, it’s fine!” he protested, obviously upset to see a yellow flag. Still, indeed, there was enough rain for NASCAR to dry the track.

When the race restarted in the first attempt at overtime, Wallace and Larson raced side-by-side through Turns 1 and 2, and Wallace ended up clearing for the lead. But just when Wallace was a half-lap from the white flag, a crash in the middle of the field with Zane Smith and Tyler Reddick brought out another caution flag and triggered a second overtime.

With all of the leaders close on fuel, Wallace, Larson and others decided to stay out and gamble again. This time, Wallace got an even better restart, cleared Larson and sailed to the biggest victory of his life.

“To overcome so much and put these people here in victory lane, that’s what it’s about,” Wallace said. “It’s about these people who continue to push me and believe in me.”

Wallace had a good car from the start. He qualified second on Saturday, barely missing the pole position, then finished second in Stage 1 and 10th in Stage 2. He was able to cycle to the race lead after the final set of pit stops, with an assist from a blown Joey Logano tire after it looked like Logano was in control of the race.

On the cooldown lap, many of the drivers raced up alongside Wallace and stuck a thumbs up or waved out the window to congratulate him, with some giving a celebratory door rub. Wallace may not be beloved by some NASCAR fans, but he is popular inside the garage.

“Wish it could have been one spot better, but congrats to Bubba,” Larson said. “That’s so cool. This is a big race, and he’s a good dude.”

“If we couldn’t do it, obviously, he was the one guy I wish could do it. And it’s awesome he did,” said Wallace’s best friend Ryan Blaney, who finished seventh. “It’s cool he was able to finish it, especially at such a big place like this. It’s been a tough year for him and for him to step up today and get it done, that’s got to feel pretty f—ing good.”

Now, as 23XI continues to battle NASCAR in the courts, it is poised to have two of its drivers in the playoffs. Reddick is currently the top driver in the standings who has not already qualified, and should make the field unless there are three new winners in the next four races.

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Beard Motorsports: Jesse Love Jr. Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Race Recap

BEARD MOTORSPORTSBrickyard 400Date: July 27, 2025Event: Brickyard 400Series: NASCAR Cup SeriesLocation: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-mile rectangular oval)Format: 160 laps, broken into three stages (50 laps/50 laps/60 laps)Note: Race extended eight laps past its scheduled 160-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish. Race Winner: Bubba Wallace of 23XI Racing (Toyota)Stage 1 Winner: Chase Briscoe of Joe […]

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Brickyard 400
Date: July 27, 2025
Event: Brickyard 400
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-mile rectangular oval)
Format: 160 laps, broken into three stages (50 laps/50 laps/60 laps)
Note: Race extended eight laps past its scheduled 160-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish.

Race Winner: Bubba Wallace of 23XI Racing (Toyota)
Stage 1 Winner: Chase Briscoe of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
Stage 2 Winner: Ryan Blaney of Team Penske (Ford)

Beard Motorsports Finish:

● Jesse Love Jr. (Started 35th, Finished 24th / Running, completed 167 of 168)

Notes:

● Love made his fourth career Cup Series start and second with Beard Motorsports from 35th on the grid. He held that relative position over the opening green-flag run of the race, which ended on lap 19 when the spinning car of Ross Chastain brought out the first caution flag of the day. Love reported being a little tight in traffic during the opening run but overall felt pretty happy with the handling of the No. 62 C4 Ultimate Energy Chevrolet. He pitted for four tires and fuel before restarting 32nd on lap 23.

● After dropping a pair of positions on the ensuing restart, Love climbed to 27th by the end of Stage 1 on lap 50, reporting that as more and more rubber was laid down on the racing surface, he felt the track was “coming to us.” Love pitted for four tires and fuel during the stage break, again reporting he was happy with the car’s balance.

● Stage 2 went green with Love in the 32nd spot, from where he advanced steadily to 19th by the time he pitted under green for four tires and fuel on lap 80, 20 laps ahead of the second stage break. He rejoined the race in 31st, one lap down, with the top 16 cars yet to make their green-flag stops. Love reported still being a tad tight in traffic but also still feeling good with the overall handling of the No. 62 Chevrolet.

● The caution flag flew on lap 90, 10 laps ahead of the stage break, with Love running 25th. He found himself in 24th, the first car a lap down, as cars throughout the field employed varying pit strategies during the caution. The No. 62 team opted to stay out on track as it was in position to earn the “lucky dog” free pass back onto the lead lap if Love could hold his spot over the final laps of the stage. The race returned to green on lap 96, with four laps to go in the stage, and from there Love couldn’t hold off a handful of cars that did pit and restarted on fresh tires. He finished Stage 2 in 27th, one lap down.

● Love started the final stage 27th, the third car one lap down, and drove up to 25th when he came down pit road for a two-tire, green-flag stop on lap 140. Rain that wetted a portion of the track brought out the red flag with four laps to go in regulation. When the race went back to green for the first attempt at a green-white-checkered finish on lap 161, Love restarted 25th and emerged from multicar mayhem on that lap with slight front-end damage and was able to continue. He restarted 23rd for the second attempt at a green-white-checkered finish on lap 166 and took the checkered flag in 24th, his best finish in four career Cup Series starts, all this season.

Race Notes:

● Bubba Wallace won the Brickyard 400 to score his third career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his first of the season and his first at Indianapolis. His margin of victory over second-place Kyle Larson was .222 of a second.

● There were six caution periods for a total of 30 laps.

● Only 22 of the 39 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.

● Chase Elliott remains the championship leader after Indianapolis with a four-point advantage over second-place William Byron.

Jesse Love Jr., driver of the No. 62 C4 Ultimate Energy Chevrolet:

“It absolutely smoked us getting trapped a lap down pretty early. We short-pitted trying to gain some track position under caution. But unfortunately a caution came out right before the stage break and that knocked us a lap down. Yeah, super unfortunate that happened but I felt like we could have somehow battled back into the top-20. We had a good bit of speed and I felt like we had the right strategy after that. Just a bummer that happened early on, but still a really cool day in the Cup car and we felt competitive.”

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Beard Motorsports is scheduled to make its next appearance at the Aug. 23 Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Driver and sponsor information are to be announced.



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Wallace wins double-overtime Brickyard 400 thriller

Mother Nature wasn’t going to deprive Bubba Wallace of the most important win of his career, not on this Sunday afternoon.  Unsure of the amount of fuel left in his No. 23 Toyota, Wallace survived a rain shower and two overtime restarts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to win the Brickyard 400 presented by PPG in […]

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Mother Nature wasn’t going to deprive Bubba Wallace of the most important win of his career, not on this Sunday afternoon. 

Unsure of the amount of fuel left in his No. 23 Toyota, Wallace survived a rain shower and two overtime restarts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to win the Brickyard 400 presented by PPG in two overtimes he punched his ticket to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

Wallace was comfortably ahead of runner-up Kyle Larson with four laps left in regulation, but the sudden shower forced NASCAR to call the fifth caution of the afternoon.  

The rain was gone almost as quickly as it appeared, and after a short stoppage to dry the track, Wallace pulled ahead of Larson on the first overtime restart. A five-car accident on the backstretch, however, sent the race to a second extra period.

Wallace stayed on track for the next restart – hoping his fuel would last – again pulled away from Larson and this time took the white flag without incident. After one more circuit, he crossed the finish line 0.222s ahead of Larson to claim the trophy in the Crown Jewel event.

The third victory of Wallace’s career ended a 100-race dry spell dating to Sept. 11, 2022 at Kansas Speedway. He led 30 laps, including the last 26, as the race went eight circuits beyond the scheduled 160.

“Oh, my gosh, I’m just so proud of this team,” Wallace said. “That adrenaline rush is crazy, ‘cause I’m coming off that right now, and I’m worn out.”

After pausing to hug wife Amanda and hold his 10-month-old son Becks aloft in front of the cheering crowd in the grandstands, Wallace continued.

“It’s unbelievable,” he said. “To win here at the Brickyard, knowing how big this race is, knowing all the noise that’s going on in the background, to set that all aside is a testament to these people here on this No. 23 team. It’s been getting old right around the cut line (for the Playoffs).”

Wallace, who started on the front row beside pole winner Chase Briscoe, ran consistently in the top five but didn’t take control of the race until after he pitted on lap 119 during a cycle of green-flag stops early in the final stage.

He took the lead for good when Ryan Blaney pitted on lap 142 and enjoyed an advantage of more than 5s after the stops cycled out. Though Larson made inroads into Wallace’s advantage, he wasn’t in position to challenge for the victory until the rain came.

After the shower, Wallace prevailed on the restarts against one of the top drivers in motorsports.

“There’s nothing you can do here to pass, so, no, I don’t really think there was anything I could do differently,” said Larson, the defending Brickyard 400 winner. “I was second gear on the first restart, and honestly, that one worked out a little bit better, but he almost got clear of me down the frontstretch.

“And then on the second restart, he brought the pace down a little bit slower, so I needed to be first gear. It was kind of the same thing with me last year – he had the preferred lane on the inside, and it’s really hard to beat that.”

Denny Hamlin, who co-owns Wallace’s 23XI Racing car with former NBA superstar Michael Jordan, finished third after crashing in Turn 2 during qualifying and starting the race from the rear in a backup car.

In the finals of the NASCAR Cup Series In-Season Challenge, Ty Gibbs claimed the $1-million prize by finishing 21st to Ty Dillon’s 28th. The battle wasn’t as close as the respective finishing positions might suggest.

Dillon went a lap down to then-leader Austin Cindric on lap 78, sustained damage to the nose of this No. 10 Chevrolet during a restart and finished three laps in arrears.

“One million is a lot of money, so I’m going to donate $10,000 to whichever charity Ty Dillon wants to give to,” Gibbs said. “It’s his choice.”

“But we had a fast SAIA LTL Freight Toyota Camry. Didn’t end up where we wanted to in the end. We just lost track position and [were out of the running] to win the race.” 

Ryan Preece finished fourth on Sunday but remains 42 points below the current elimination line for the Playoffs with four races left in the regular season. Brad Keselowski was fifth, posting his third top-five result of the season.

Todd Gilliland, Blaney, Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman and Carson Hocevar completed the top 10.

Cindric led a race-high 40 laps to 34 for Briscoe.

William Byron saw his bid to retake the series lead from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott fall apart on the final lap. Byron took the green flag for the final overtime restart in third but ran out of fuel and fell to 16th at the finish.

Byron trails Elliott by four points in the chase for the regular-season championship. Larson is 15 points back in third.

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NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis: Live updates, highlights, leaderboard

The NASCAR Cup Series returns to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27 for the Brickyard 400 at the 2.5-mile track. Chase Briscoe is on the pole, leading a group of Toyotas at the top of the leaderboard. It is officially playoff picture time with five races remaining in the regular season, as Alex […]

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The NASCAR Cup Series returns to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27 for the Brickyard 400 at the 2.5-mile track.

Chase Briscoe is on the pole, leading a group of Toyotas at the top of the leaderboard.

It is officially playoff picture time with five races remaining in the regular season, as Alex Bowman, Chris Buescher, Bubba Wallace and Ryan Preece are all near the cutline.

Can a driver outside the playoff picture, like Ty Gibbs or Brad Keselowski, upset the playoff picture with a win on Sunday?

Denny Hamlin crashed in qualifying and will start last with a backup car.

Additionally, the in-season tournament concludes with the final matchup between Gibbs and Ty Dillon. The former will start fifth, while the latter is once more the underdog as the No. 32 overall seed.

Follow along with the Tennessean’s race updates below, with the green flag set for just after 1 p.m. CT on Sunday:

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LIVE LEADERBOARD: Full field leaderboard of NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400

Recap | Results | Points standings | Winners and losers | In-season tournament final results

Chase Briscoe pits for fuel from the top 10 as the field gets the 1-to-go. Bubba Wallace will start on the inside again with Kyle Larson on his outside. Wallace is told to flip the switch for fuel reserves heading to the green flag.

Wallace clears Larson through turns 1 and 2, and he is going away from the No. 5.

Wallace takes the white flag. Larson is four car lengths behind.

Wallace defends through turns 3 and 4, and he’s going to win. Bubba Wallace, Brickyard 400 winner.

“This is why they make trophy cases: to fill them,” Wallace says on the radio.

Kyle Larson is on the outside, with Bubba Wallace on the inside. Wallace is the control car. He is told to flip the fuel switch for the reserve coming to the white flag.

Bubba Wallace clears Kyle Larson off of turn 2, but there is a multi-car crash behind them on the backstretch. Zane Smith is turned into the outside wall by Christopher Bell, and Tyler Reddick hits him. Joey Logano is also involved.

Cliff Daniels tells Kyle Larson he should be OK on fuel for another attempt. Not a lot of optimism on Bubba Wallace’s radio, but they are staying out. “Save for your life,” Wallace is told.

The red flag has been lifted, and the caution flag is back out. A green-white-checkered finish is upcoming.

Tyler Reddick pits, but the rest of the leaders stay out. Bubba Wallace was told he will have enough for one green-white-checkered attempt.

The cars are stopped down pit road, and the red flag has been displayed. The track has been lost in turn 1, but it is not raining all the way around the track.

Should be about 5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT or so for a resumption.

Caution is out for rain through turn 1 and now into turn 3, per the NASCAR officials radio chatter. Bubba Wallace is told to save.

Bubba Wallace is the new leader as Ryan Blaney pits from the lead. Wallace leads Tyler Reddick by about five seconds, so it’s Wallace’s race to lose barring a caution or a fuel miscalculation in the No. 23 pits.

Joey Logano cuts his right-rear tire down, similar to teammate Austin Cindric, and is coming down pit road. He’ll be at least one lap down.

Now it’s only Ryan Blaney and Katherine Legge who need to pit ahead of Bubba Wallace. It could be a 23XI Racing battle to the win, barring a Blaney fuel mileage gamble (miracle?) in the final laps.

Joey Logano leads among those who have pitted so far, and he should inherit the lead once the cycle completes ahead of Bubba Wallace. Logano short-pitted with two tires and fuel. Kyle Larson is fourth among those that have pitted.

Kyle Larson controls the top spot after Ryan Blaney pits during the stage break, just ahead of Denny Hamlin. More stops are coming soon.

Ryan Blaney gets the playoff point via a win in Stage 2.

The top 10:

  1. Ryan Blaney
  2. Kyle Larson
  3. Denny Hamlin
  4. William Byron
  5. Brad Keselowski
  6. Alex Bowman
  7. Carson Hocevar
  8. Joey Logano
  9. Chris Buescher
  10. Bubba Wallace

Ryan Blaney gets the jump, with Kyle Larson rooting and gauging to get to second. Brad Keselowski slips back to fifth.

Ryan Blaney, who has not pitted since the Stage 1 break, stayed out and will be the leader at the restart. Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson make up the rest of the top five. Chase Elliott, in 12th, was the final car that was on the lead lap and had pitted under green earlier in the stage. The next 11 cars pitted under caution just now, with 23 cars on the lead lap.

Chase Briscoe and a host of others pitted and will restart outside the top 10. Their issue, from a track position standpoint, is a lot of the drivers ahead of them should not have to pit during the end of Stage 2. Those who pitted at around Lap 93 will have less fuel to put in the car, but that’s only so much track position given that those stops will happen 15 or so laps into a run in Stage 3. That being said, cautions change everything.

Erik Jones, who had a fast race car, loses a wheel and pounds the wall in the corner after just pitting. Caution is out.

That is a wild sight, no matter how many times it happens.

Austin Cindric’s chances to win may now be over. Cindric cuts down a right-rear tire from the lead down the frontstretch and slowly makes his way around back to pit road. He is a lap down now, and that’ll be a tough one to take for the No. 2 Team Penske group.

Cole Custer has a tire come apart in turns 3 and 4, and leader William Byron dives down pit road to benefit from a potential caution. No caution, but Byron should only need one more stop today.

The trio that stayed out during the Stage 1 end have pitted, with Ryan Preece and Justin Haley falling a lap down. Preece had a slow stop with the jack falling off on the left side.

Austin Cindric leads William Byron, Carson Hocevar, Bubba Wallace and Joey Logano.

Austin Dillon needs a new radiator after the restart stack up, and he’s behind the wall. Cody Ware also drives to the garage area.

William Byron, with four fresh tires, drives into the top five. Chase Briscoe has slipped back to 13th. Tyler Reddick is about to 16th with damage from the stacked-up restart.

Denny Hamlin is up to 14th, while Chase Elliott is 18th. They are steadily moving up as halfway approaches.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. gets turned as the field gets stacked up on the outside on the restart, and he has significant damage. No caution, but Stenhouse is going behind the wall.

Ryan Preece leads Alex Bowman and Justin Haley, with none of the others penetrating the top three who stayed out. Welcome to the Brickyard 400, where car quality and tire wear matters less than fuel strategy and clean air.

Alex Bowman and Ryan Preece are among a few drivers who stay out along with the Fords and Erik Jones. Carson Hocevar takes two tires while the leaders almost all take four tires.

Noah Gragson is going to the garage after complaining about an issue with his race car.

Chase Briscoe wins Stage 1, and if you like fuel strategy and last lap pit numbers, this is the race for you.

The top 10:

  1. Chase Briscoe
  2. Bubba Wallace
  3. William Byron
  4. Tyler Reddick
  5. Chris Buescher
  6. Kyle Busch
  7. Carson Hocevar
  8. Kyle Larson
  9. Austin Dillon
  10. AJ Allmendinger

Erik Jones pits ahead of the stage end from fourth, and he comes out just ahead of Chase Briscoe to remain on the lead lap. So Jones joins the Fords on that strategy.

Joey Logano pits first, with Austin Cindric pitting on the next lap. Josh Berry is coming on the next lap, and all stops were clean.

Chase Briscoe regains the lead.

Austin Cindric continues to lead, but he, Joey Logano and Josh Berry will need to pit just before the end of the stage. Berry, by the way, passed Bubba Wallace for fourth with a 20-lap difference in tires. Logano is told that by his team and is told that tire wear means little today.

Austin Cindric had the preferred inside line and bests Joey Logano through turns 1 and 2. Josh Berry gets split by Chase Briscoe and Bubba Wallace. Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell nearly crash on the straightaway with the darting and blocking.

Austin Cindric, Joey Logano and Josh Berry stayed out during the caution, and they will be ahead of previous leader Chase Briscoe.

Track position is going to matter so much today. Surprised more did not stay out. With that caution timing, one can short pit the stage end and be on a reasonable strategy.

Ross Chastain crashes in turn 3, with heavy damage all around his No. 1 Chevrolet. Caution is out. Chastain blocked the entry of Michael McDowell into the corner while racing in 34th, and McDowell made contact with Chastain in the rear.

Chastain does drive away, but visible suspension damage apparent. McDowell’s team is concerned about the No. 71’a splitter.

Not much happening in the first 15 laps or so once the field got strung out, with most discussion on radios up front about taking care of equipment and maximizing fuel mileage.

Tyler Reddick passes teammate Bubba Wallace for second, and Reddick is the fastest among the top five right now.

Chase Briscoe goes, and not everyone else does behind him on the inside. Not a good jump for Erik Jones.

Briscoe leads an orderly start, with Bubba Wallace in second. We’ll keep tabs on Denny Hamlin (39th) and Chase Elliott (30th) as they come from the back of the field.

The 39-car field is moving along the 2.5-mile track for pace laps. Green flag upcoming.

Among those starting at the rear today:

  • Denny Hamlin (backup car)
  • Michael McDowell (unapproved adjustments)
  • John Hunter Nemechek (unapproved adjustments)
  • Zane Smith (unapproved adjustments)
  • Jesse Love (unapproved adjustments)

Chase Briscoe will lead four other Toyotas at the front to the green flag on Sunday.

The top 10:

  1. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
  2. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
  3. Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
  4. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
  5. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
  6. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
  7. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
  8. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
  9. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
  10. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

Find the full starting lineup here.

The Brickyard 400 will be aired on the radio by the IMS Radio Network. IMS Radio has affiliates all across the country, and their feed can also be streamed on NASCAR.com as well as the NASCAR app. The race can also be heard on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, channel 90.

  • Green Flag Time:  Approx. 1:15 p.m. CT on Sunday, July 27
  • Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.5-mile rectangular oval) in Speedway, Indiana
  • Length:  160 laps, 400 miles
  • Stages:  50 laps, 50 laps, 60 laps
  • TV coverage: TNT
  • Radio:  IMS Radio
  • Streaming: Watch FREE on Fubo;; MAX app for in-car cameras (subscription required); NASCAR.com and SiriusXM on Channel 90 for audio (subscription required)

The Brickyard 400 will be broadcast nationally on TNT. Other streaming options for the race include MAX for in-car cameras for each driver.

  • 2024: Kyle Larson
  • 2020: Kevin Harvick
  • 2019: Kevin Harvick
  • 2018: Brad Keselowski



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NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis

Larson finished second, followed by Denny Hamlin, Ryan Preece and Brad Keselowski. The next stop for the NASCAR Cup Series is Iowa Speedway for the Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol. Coverage of the event on Sunday, August 3 will be on USA, the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio at 3:30 p.m. ET. […]

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Larson finished second, followed by Denny Hamlin, Ryan Preece and Brad Keselowski.

The next stop for the NASCAR Cup Series is Iowa Speedway for the Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol. Coverage of the event on Sunday, August 3 will be on USA, the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio at 3:30 p.m. ET.

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