The 2025 Brickyard 400 presented by PPG was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 27, 2025, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested over 168 laps, extended from 160 laps due to an overtime finish, on the oval, it was the 22nd race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the fifth and final race of the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge.
Bubba Wallace won the race, his first win since the 2022 Hollywood Casino 400. Kyle Larson finished 2nd, and Denny Hamlin finished 3rd. Ryan Preece and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top five, and Todd Gilliland, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman, and Carson Hocevar 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.
The track also holds races on its infield road course, formerly the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard, from 2021 to 2023 and currently the Sonsio Grand Prix.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team 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. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 62 Jesse Love (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 66 Josh Bilicki (i) Garage 66 Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 49.440 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.440 182.038 2 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 49.510 181.781 3 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 49.640 181.305Official practice results
Qualifying Chase Briscoe scored the pole for the race with a time of 49.136 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.136 183.165 2 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 49.149 183.117 3 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 49.248 182.749 4 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 49.267 182.678 5 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.330 182.445 6 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.442 182.031 7 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 49.447 182.013 8 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 49.495 181.837 9 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 49.499 181.822 10 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 49.586 181.503 11 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 49.591 181.485 12 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.595 181.470 13 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.617 181.389 14 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 49.629 181.346 15 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 49.693 181.112 16 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.795 180.741 17 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 49.830 180.614 18 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 49.894 180.382 19 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 49.941 180.213 20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.949 180.184 21 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.967 180.119 22 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 49.974 180.094 23 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 49.979 180.076 24 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 49.992 180.029 25 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 50.012 179.957 26 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 50.051 179.817 27 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.061 179.781 28 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 50.067 179.759 29 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 50.088 179.684 30 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.114 179.591 31 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 50.201 179.279 32 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 50.310 178.891 33 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 50.333 178.809 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 50.588 177.908 35 62 Jesse Love (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 50.801 177.162 36 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 50.989 176.509 37 66 Josh Bilicki (i) Garage 66 Ford 54.565 164.941 38 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 56.963 157.997 39 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0.000 0.000 Official qualifying results
Race Stage 1 Everyone played nice on the first trip into turn 1 as Chase Briscoe drove off into the lead and most of the rest of the field fell into line on the preferred groove at the bottom of the track. Passing is a challenge, Denny Hamlin only advanced six positions in the first 15 laps after starting at the rear of the field in a back-up car.
The first incident of the afternoon featured Ross Chastain checking up, to hard on the brakes, after a block was thrown by Michael McDowell. Chastain spun and hit the outside wall in turn three with severe damage to the right rear of his race car. He drove the car back to pit road but his crew directed him to go behind the wall.
When the pits opened most of the field came to pit road for new right side Goodyear tires. The Ford Mustangs of Austin Cindric, Joey Logano, and Josh Berry stayed out to improve their track position.
On the restart the front of the field reshuffled as drivers were more inclined to go two wide for a couple of laps. Cindric took the lead, Logano dropped in behind his teammate, Briscoe moved up to third, Bubba Wallace ran fourth, and Berry slipped to the fifth spot. By lap 32, Hamlin was up to the 24th position.
As the laps in Stage One wound down, several drivers opted to come to pit road before it was closed with two laps to go. Briscoe stayed on the track to grab the Stage win and the bonus playoff point that goes with it. Hamlin finished the Stage in 18th.
Stage 2 Carson Hocevar was the first driver off pit road, but he only took two tires, everyone else took four. Briscoe followed. They lined up behind Ryan Preece, Alex Bowman, Justin Haley, Cindric, Berry, Logano, and Erik Jones. All who pitted early to improve track position.
Preece and Bowman lined up and drive away. Three and four wide racing developed quickly on the straightaways closing down to two-wide in the corners. With position battles settled the long line of cars developed as individual battles settled into one position at a time contests.
Drivers were warned that weather was present in the area and conditions were good for pop-up showers to develop. However, radar showed everything current was passing below the Speedway. At 80 laps the race becomes official and crews were already planning pit strategies for the possibility of rain around the end of the Stage.
Bowman, Preece, and Haley pitted early as soon as the fuel window for 50 laps opened.
More drivers pitted around the 80 lap mark. On lap 83, the leader Austin Cindric, shredded a right rear tires and had to limp all the way around the track to get to pit road. That incident raised concern among crew chiefs and led to more teams calling their drivers to pit road. Cindric lost almost two laps in the process of getting fresh rubber.
Out front, Wallace, Briscoe, Jones, Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney were the top five. On lap 88, Erik Jones pitted and his crew failed to get the right front wheel tight. Upon returning to the track, the wheel came loose and lodged between the hub and right front fender, causing Jones to veer into the outside wall bringing out the caution.
A number of drivers were a lap down and had to rely on the “wave around” to get back on the lead lap. Including Ty Dillon who was now a lap behind his In-Season Challenge competitor, Ty Gibbs.
Blaney and Brad Keselowski sat on the front row for the restart. Teammates Byron and Bowman follow as the race goes back to green with five laps to go in the stage. Denny Hamlin restarted in the sixth position.
Blaney pulled away, but was a mad scramble behind him. Kyle Larson moved to second with Hamlin in third as they come to the green and white checkered flag.
Final stage Larson, Hamlin, Byron, Hocevar, and Logano line up at the front for the restart. Nobody in the top five jump out of line into turn run. Behind them, three wide racing is back on. 24 cars remain on the lead lap as the race to the finish begins in earnest.
Josh Berry was the first to pit with 44 laps to go, taking right side tires with a full tank of fuel. Logano followed a lap later, with Byron another lap after that. With the leaders employing this early pit strategy, many will follow. While some drivers may choose to gamble hoping for multiple cautions or praying for rain.
Joey Logano had a right rear tire go down with 23 laps to go, forcing him to pit road. To make matters worse his car lost power trying to exit his pit stall.
Ryan Blaney and Katherine Legge were the last two drivers to employ the long run strategy as they remained on the track with 20 laps to go.
The Finish With 15 laps to go, all the pit stops had cycled through and Bubba Wallace had migrated to the lead. Larson, Reddick, Byron and Hamlin were the top five. If Wallace can hold on it will jumble the playoff standings entering another winner into those locked into the post season.
Wallace holds a 4.5-second lead over Larson with 10 laps to go. Reddick is another 4-seconds back in third.
William Byron passed Reddick with eight laps to go, but trailed the leader by 10 seconds.
With six laps to go, a lone cloud began to sprinkle rain drops in turn one. If NASCAR brings out the red flag and the race extends into overtime several cars will be in danger of running out of fuel. Including the leader, Bubba Wallace.