2024 Brickyard 400

2024 Brickyard 400

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 22 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	July 21, 2024 (2024-07-21)
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance	167 laps, 417.5 mi (668 km)
Scheduled Distance	160 laps, 400 mi (640 km)
Average speed	119.77 miles per hour (192.75 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing
Time	49.469
Most laps led
Driver	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing
Laps	41
Winner
No. 5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	NBC/USA
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Nielsen Ratings	2.1 (3.63 million)
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN/IMS Radio
Booth Announcers	Doug Rice, Mark Jaynes and Jeff Hammond
Turn Announcers	Nick Yeoman (Turn 1), Michael Young (Turn 2), Pat Patterson (Turn 3) and Chris Denari (Turn 4)

The 2024 Brickyard 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 21, 2024, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested over 167 laps -- extended from 160 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) oval, it was the 22nd race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. It was the 31st running of NASCAR at Indianapolis, and first oval race here since 2020.^[10] Kyle Larson won the race. Tyler Reddick finished 2nd, and Ryan Blaney finished 3rd. Christopher Bell and Bubba Wallace rounded out the top five, and Todd Gilliland, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suárez, Noah Gragson, and Chase Elliott rounded out the top ten.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis.

Constructed in 1909, it is the original speedway, the first racing facility so named. It has a permanent seating capacity estimated at 235,000 with infield seating raising capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.

Considered relatively flat by American standards, the track is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km), nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four 0.25-mile (0.40 km) turns, two 0.625-mile long (1.006 km) straightaways between the fourth and first turns and the second and third turns, and two .125-mile (0.201 km) short straightaways – termed "short chutes" – between the first and second, and third and fourth turns.

This was the first NASCAR race on the oval layout since 2020, as the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard was held on the GP layout from 2021 to 2023.

Following this race, NASCAR took a 2 week break, due to NBC's coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 49.293 seconds and a speed of 182.582 mph (293.837 km/h).^[11]

Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.469 and a speed of 181.932 mph (292.791 km/h).^[12]

Stage One Laps: 50

Stage Two Laps: 50

On the overtime restart, leader Brad Keselowski ran out of fuel and had to pit road. As a result, Ryan Blaney (now designated as the restart's control car) and Kyle Larson led the overtime restart. On the restart, Larson immediately outpaced Blaney to the lead; although NASCAR ruled Larson did not jump the restart, allegations continued to propel that Larson did so. Further restart controversy continued when race officials did not throw a caution for Ryan Preece's stalled car following another overtime restart.^[13]

Stage Three Laps: 60

• Lead changes: 18 among 13 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 10 for 32
• Red flags: 1 for 17 minutes and 8 seconds
• Time of race: 3 hours, 29 minutes, and 9 seconds
• Average speed: 119.77 miles per hour (192.75 km/h)

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. The first few laps of the race was switched to USA due to the withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 US presidential election but returned to NBC.^[14] Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and the Performance Racing Network jointly co-produce the radio broadcast for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio, and aired on IMS or PRN stations, depending on contractual obligations. The lead announcers and two pit reporters were PRN staff, while the turns announcers and two pit reporters are from IMS.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Kyle Larson 749 1 2 Chase Elliott 739 (–10) 3 Tyler Reddick 734 (–15) 4 Denny Hamlin 706 (–43) 2 5 Ryan Blaney 676 (–73) 1 6 William Byron 654 (–95) 1 7 Martin Truex Jr. 653 (–96) 8 Christopher Bell 651 (–98) 9 Brad Keselowski 615 (–134) 10 Alex Bowman 606 (–143) 11 Ty Gibbs 587 (–162) 12 Chris Buescher 562 (–187) 13 Ross Chastain 552 (–197) 1 14 Bubba Wallace 545 (–204) 1 15 Joey Logano 525 (–224) 16 Chase Briscoe 469 (–280) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 799 2 Toyota 786 (–13) 3 Ford 770 (–29) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.