The 2024 Brickyard 400 presented by PPG 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 oval, it was the 22nd race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. It was the 31st annual running of NASCAR at Indianapolis, and first oval race here since 2020, making it the 28th running of the Brickyard 400 event. 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.
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Background
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 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 , nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four turns, two straightaways between the fourth and first turns and the second and third turns, and two 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.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. (W) denotes past winner of event
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski (W) RFK Racing Ford 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch (W) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 33 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 B. J. McLeod (i) Power Source Ford 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 84 Jimmie Johnson (W) Legacy Motor Club Toyota 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 49.293 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 49.293 182.582 2 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 49.470 181.928 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.570 181.561 Official practice results
Qualifying Tyler Reddick scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.469 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 49.278 49.469 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.535 49.504 3 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.334 49.504 4 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.786 49.957 5 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.552 49.642 6 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.549 49.988 7 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 49.709 50.042 8 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 49.549 50.308 9 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 49.690 51.766 10 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 49.828 50.431 11 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.748 — 12 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 49.925 — 13 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.785 — 14 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.979 — 15 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 49.822 — 16 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 50.015 — 17 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 49.836 — 18 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.067 — 19 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 49.868 — 20 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.074 — 21 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 49.956 — 22 33 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.092 — 23 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 49.993 — 24 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.103 — 25 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 50.233 — 26 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 50.252 — 27 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 50.290 — 28 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 50.287 — 29 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 50.331 — 30 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 50.434 — 31 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.360 — 32 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 50.458 — 33 84 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Toyota 50.435 — 34 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.466 — 35 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 50.702 — 36 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 50.923 — 37 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.969 — 38 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 55.869 — 39 66 B. J. McLeod (i) Power Source Ford 53.012 —Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 50
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 84 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 66 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 57 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 210 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 50
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 102 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 75 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 66 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 57 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
On the overtime restart, leader Brad Keselowski ran out of fuel and had to pit. 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.
Stage Three Laps: 60
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 5 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 167 492 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 167 463 7 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 167 494 18 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 167 355 17 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 167 426 24 38 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 167 317 38 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 167 308 25 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 167 299 21 10 Noah Gragson Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 167 2910 3 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 167 3611 9 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 167 3212 30 77 Carson Hocevar (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 167 2513 11 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 167 2414 19 7 Corey LaJoie Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 167 2315 28 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 167 2216 8 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 167 2617 27 71 Zane Smith (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 167 2018 36 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 167 1919 22 33 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 167 020 35 51 Justin Haley Rick Ware Racing Ford 167 1721 26 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 167 1622 23 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 167 1523 6 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 167 1724 20 14 Chase Briscoe Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 167 1425 34 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 166 1226 31 41 Ryan Preece Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 165 1127 14 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 165 1328 29 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 165 929 10 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 161 1430 32 31 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 161 731 13 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 161 1032 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 161 2333 33 84 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Toyota 110 434 12 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 109 335 37 4 Josh Berry (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 104 236 16 21 Harrison Burton Wood Brothers Racing Ford 74 137 15 16 A. J. Allmendinger (i) Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 74 038 4 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 73 839 39 66 B. J. McLeod (i) Power Source Ford 15 0Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 18 among 13 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 10 for 32 laps Red flags: 1 for 17 minutes and 8 seconds Time of race: 3 hours, 29 minutes, and 9 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television 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. 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.
NBCBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsKim CoonMarty Snider
Radio 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.
PRN/IMS RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark JaynesAnnouncer: Jeff Hammond Turn 1: Nick Yeoman Turn 2: Michael Young Turn 3: Doug TurnbullTurn 4: Chris Denari Rob BlackmanBrett McMillanRich NyeLeslie Gudel
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings