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2024 Brickyard 400
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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 2.5-mile (4.0 km) 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.[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.
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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 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.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
- (W) denotes past winner of event
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Practice
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]
Practice results
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Qualifying
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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]
Qualifying results
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Race
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Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 50
Stage Two Laps: 50
Final Stage results
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
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: 119.77 miles per hour (192.75 km/h)
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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.[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.
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.
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Standings after the race
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References
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