The 2026 Brickyard 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 26, 2026, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested over 160 laps on the oval, it was the 22nd race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the fifth and final race of the 2026 NASCAR In-Season Challenge.
Corey Heim won the race. Christopher Bell finished 2nd, and Joey Logano finished 3rd. Chase Briscoe and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five, and Brad Keselowski, Josh Berry, Ryan Preece, Carson Hocevar, and Tyler Reddick rounded out the top ten.
Ty Gibbs officially clinched his spot in The Chase.
With a 24th-place finish, Todd Gilliland won the In-Season Challenge along with the US$1 million cash prize. His opponent, Ryan Blaney, ended up in 26th place following a late-race incident with John Hunter Nemechek.
Report
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 of IndyCar Series and the Brickyard 400 of the NASCAR Cup Series. 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 held races on its infield road course, formerly the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard, from 2021 to 2023 in the Cup Series, the Pennzoil 150, in the O'Reilly Series, and currently the Sonsio Grand Prix in IndyCar.
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 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports 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 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst 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 Casey Mears Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Daniel Dye (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Christopher Bell was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 49.043 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.043 183.512 2 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 49.132 183.180 3 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.153 183.102Official practice results
Qualifying Carson Hocevar scored the pole for the race with a time of 48.232 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 48.232 186.598 2 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 48.288 186.382 3 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 48.367 186.077 4 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48.396 185.966 5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48.430 185.835 6 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 48.449 185.762 7 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 48.529 185.456 8 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48.552 185.368 9 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 48.558 185.345 10 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48.566 185.315 11 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48.578 185.269 12 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 48.579 185.265 13 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48.597 185.197 14 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 48.633 185.060 15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 48.651 184.991 16 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 48.676 184.896 17 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 48.681 184.877 18 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 48.706 184.782 19 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 48.728 184.699 20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 48.728 184.699 21 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48.761 184.574 22 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 48.770 184.540 23 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48.837 184.287 24 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48.848 184.245 25 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 48.850 184.237 26 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 48.879 184.128 27 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48.943 183.887 28 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 48.948 183.869 29 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 48.950 183.861 30 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 49.048 183.494 31 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 49.145 183.132 32 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.158 183.083 33 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 49.183 182.990 34 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 49.238 182.786 35 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 49.254 182.726 36 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 49.326 182.460 37 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 49.431 182.072 38 62 Casey Mears Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 50.133 179.522 39 78 Daniel Dye (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 50.290 178.962Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 50
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 03 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 84 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 75 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 48 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 210 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1
Stage Two Laps: 100
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 102 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 93 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 06 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 57 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 48 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 39 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 210 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 160
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 7 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 160 0 2 23 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 35 3 19 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 160 344 11 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 36 5 5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 446 16 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 160 31 7 26 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 160 30 8 34 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 160 33 9 1 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 160 40 10 3 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 160 2811 15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 160 2812 4 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 43 13 12 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 160 2414 35 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 160 2315 30 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 160 2216 25 97 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 160 2117 2 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 160 2518 6 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 160 3019 8 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 18 20 24 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 160 17 21 21 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 2222 33 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 160 15 23 22 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 160 2424 36 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 160 22 25 9 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 160 1226 13 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 160 11 27 14 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 160 1228 29 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 160 9 29 20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 160 830 28 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 160 7 31 37 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 160 6 32 17 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 158 5 33 32 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 125 0 34 31 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 122 3 35 38 62 Casey Mears Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 121 236 18 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 120 137 27 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 119 1 38 39 78 Daniel Dye (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 93 0 39 10 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 43 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 15 among 11 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 5 for 27 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 8 minutes and 21 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television TNT covered the race on the television side. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Marty Snider, Shannon Spake, Danielle Trotta and Mamba Smith handled pit road for the television side.
TNTBooth announcersPit reportersLap-by-lap: Adam AlexanderColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr.Color-commentator: Steve Letarte Marty SniderShannon SpakeDanielle TrottaMamba Smith
Radio Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. For the first time, members of the Motor Racing Network were part of the network crew, along with IMS Radio and Performance Racing Network personnel.
IMS RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad GillieAnnouncer: Nick Yeoman Turn 1: Mark Jaynes Turn 2: Michael Young Turn 3: Jake QueryTurn 4: Chris Wilner Brett McMillanRich NyeJason ToyJonathan Grace
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Denny Hamlin 886 2 Tyler Reddick 802 (–84) 3 Ryan Blaney 766 (–120) 4 Ty Gibbs 751 (–135) 2 5 Carson Hocevar 638 (–248) 1 6 Chase Elliott 635 (–251) 1 7 Chase Briscoe 623 (–263) 2 8 Kyle Larson 617 (–269) 9 Chris Buescher 613 (–273) 10 Christopher Bell 609 (–277) 11 Daniel Suárez 583 (–303) 12 William Byron 568 (–318) 2 13 Joey Logano 545 (–341) 1 14 Bubba Wallace 540 (–346) 1 15 Shane van Gisbergen 537 (–349) 16 Austin Cindric 518 (–368)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 1,017 2 Chevrolet 866 (–151) 3 Ford 766 (–251)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
NASCAR In-Season Challenge bracket
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