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NASCAR Brickyard 400 live: Updates, highlights, results from Cup race at Indianapolis

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NASCAR returns to the famed oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday after taking a three-year detour to race the IMS road course from 2021 through 2023.

The NASCAR Cup Series first raced at the legendary speedway in 1994 when Jeff Gordon won the first Brickyard 400. Since Gordon’s victory, the Brickyard has been the playground of NASCAR champions. Of the 27 races that have been held on the IMS oval, only five have by won by drivers who did win a Cup Series title at some point in their career.

Will a champion once again kiss the bricks in Indy? Follow along as USA TODAY Sports provides all the latest news, updates, highlights and results from Sunday’s race.

NASCAR Cup Series drivers have taken the green flag for the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin were on the front row. Reddick surged ahead to lead the opening lap.

Martin Truex Jr., who qualified 14th, will drop to the rear before the green flag and will also have to serve a pass-through penalty after the opening lap because the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing team made an adjustment that NASCAR did not approve of following yesterday’s tech technical inspection. Truex’s car chief was also ejected.

Austin Cindric will also drop to the rear, though he had qualified 38th so was already starting on the last row. The No. 2 Team Pense team repaired Cindric’s car after he hit the wall on Saturday.

The Brickyard 400 is 160 laps around the 2.5-mile track for a total of 400 miles. The race will feature three segments (laps per stage) – Stage 1: 50 laps; Stage 2: 50 laps; Stage 3: 60 laps. 

According to AccuWeather, there will be periods of clouds and sunshine around Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday; a nice afternoon for the race. High temperature will be around 83 degrees. 

Tyler Reddick will start on the pole for the Brickyard 400 after the 23XI Racing driver qualified first on Saturday. Reddick earned his second pole of the season and the eighth of his Cup Series career. Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin, who qualified second, will also start on the front row. 

(Car number in parentheses) 

  • 1. (45) Tyler Reddick, Toyota 
  • 2. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota 
  • 3. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet 
  • 4. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet 
  • 5. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet 
  • 6. (54) Ty Gibbs, Toyota 
  • 7. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford 
  • 8. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford 
  • 9. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet 
  • 10. (42) John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota 
  • 11. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet 
  • 12. (22) Joey Logano, Ford 
  • 13. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet 
  • 14. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota 
  • 15. (16) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet 
  • 16. (21) Harrison Burton, Ford 
  • 17. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota 
  • 18. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota 
  • 19. (7) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet 
  • 20. (14) Chase Briscoe, Ford 
  • 21. (10) Noah Gragson, Ford 
  • 22. (33) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet 
  • 23. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford 
  • 24. (38) Todd Gilliland, Ford 
  • 25. (99) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet 
  • 26. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford 
  • 27. (71) Zane Smith, Chevrolet 
  • 28. (1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet 
  • 29. (43) Erik Jones, Toyota 
  • 30. (77) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet 
  • 31. (41) Ryan Preece, Ford 
  • 32. (31) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet 
  • 33. (84) Jimmie Johnson, Toyota 
  • 34. (8) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet 
  • 35. (51) Justin Haley, Ford 
  • 36. (15) Cody Ware, Ford 
  • 37. (4) Josh Berry, Ford 
  • 38. (2) Austin Cindric, Ford 
  • 39. (66) BJ McLeod, Ford 

In just a few short months, Caitlin Clark has already become synonymous with Indiana. Now, the basketball superstar will be riding around the state’s most iconic venue. 

The Indiana Fever rookie, who has already taken the WNBA by storm, is coming to NASCAR for Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and she will have her own car. 

Well, sort of. 

Clark’s image from her record-breaking college basketball career at Iowa will be featured on the hood of driver Josh Berry’s Stewart-Haas Racing No. 4 Ford in Sunday’s Brickyard 400. 

Read the full story here. 

Kevin Harvick won back-to-back Brickyard 400s in 2019 and 2020, the last time the Cup Series raced on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. In 2020, Harvick won in a green-white-checkered overtime finish, edging Matt Kenseth by 0.743 seconds after leading 68 of 161 laps. 

On the road course, AJ Allmendinger won in 2021, Tyler Reddick in 2022 and Michael McDowell in 2023. 

Fifteen drivers have won at least one NASCAR Cup Series race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval since the first race in 1994, but only two are still active: Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski. Winners of the Brickyard 400 in order of most victories:

5: Jeff Gordon (1994, ’98, 2001, ’04, ‘14).

4: Jimmie Johnson (2006, ’08. ’09, ‘12).

3: Kevin Harvick (2003, ’19, ‘20).

2: Kyle Busch (2015, ‘16); Dale Jarrett (1996, ‘99); Tony Stewart (2005, ’07).

1: Dale Earnhardt (1995); Bill Elliott (2002); Kasey Kahne (2017); Brad Keselowski (2018); Bobby Labonte (2000); Jamie McMurray (2010); Paul Menard (2011); Ryan Newman (2013); Ricky Rudd (1997).

Following Sunday’s race, NASCAR will take two weekends off during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here are the four races that conclude the regular season (all times PM and ET):

  • Sunday, Aug. 11: At Richmond Raceway, 6 (USA)
  • Sunday, Aug. 18: At Michigan International Speedway, 2:30 (USA)
  • Saturday, Aug. 24: At Daytona International Speedway, 7:30 (NBC)
  • Sunday, Sept. 1: At Darlington Raceway, 6 (USA)

Five races remain in the regular season, including Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, before the 16-driver NASCAR Cup Series playoffs begin on Sept. 8 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. A regular-season win virtually locks up a playoff berth, but the possibility still remains that there could be more race winners than available playoff spots since 12 drivers have at least one victory this season.

2024 winners (points in parentheses): Kyle Larson 3 (700); Denny Hamlin 3 (683); William Byron 3 (646); Christopher Bell 3 (616); Ryan Blaney 2 (627); Chase Elliott 1 (703); Tyler Reddick 1 (688); Brad Keselowski 1 (599); Alex Bowman 1 (596); Joey Logano 1 (522); Daniel Suarez 1 (431); Austin Cindric 1 (408).

What time does the NASCAR Cup race at Indianapolis start?

The Brickyard 400 starts at 2:30 p.m. ET Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

What TV channel is the NASCAR Cup race at Indianapolis on?

The Brickyard 400 is being broadcast nationally by NBC.

Will there be a live stream of the NASCAR Cup race at Indianapolis?

The Brickyard 400 can be live streamed on the NBCSports website and the NBC Sports app. The race is also available to stream on Fubo.

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