
Emotions run high after Brickyard 400 as NASCAR enters a rare break
Kyle Larson left Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday night with a new trophy and a major contribution to his NASCAR Cup Series championship legacy.
Kyle Larson left Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday night with a new trophy and a major contribution to his NASCAR Cup Series championship legacy.
Kyle Larson stood triumphantly on the yard of bricks that marks the start-finish line at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday, basking in the adulation of the fans after clinching the NASCAR Cup series Brickyard 400.
It may have been a strong run for Bubba Wallace at Indy, putting him in reach of the Playoff cutline, but the driver of the No. 23 is critical of anything short of a win.
The aggression ramped up in the middle of the pack as the Brickyard 400 approached halfway, and it was William Byron who got the short end of the stick when it all went wrong.
With this week’s Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG at Indianapolis Motor Speedway marking the last race before a two-week sporting layoff during the Summer Olympics, most of the NASCAR Cup Series competitors can now fully concede, it is officially “go time” to secure one of the 16 Playoff positions.
0-26. That’s the season stat Denny Hamlin sees the most. Hamlin went winless in NASCAR’s regular season and in fact his last win in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series came at Darlington on Labor Day weekend last season.
The American flag flew down the frontstretch for the second week in a row as Brad Keselowski put another jewel in his crown Monday.
Dale Jarrett won his first Brickyard 400 in 1996 and his second during his 1999 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship season in 1999.
The winner of last year’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Brickyard 400 will not be defending his race win this weekend.
Much of Jimmie Johnson’s playoff insurance depends upon Sunday’s Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard.