Bubba Wallace wins Brickyard 400
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SPEEDWAY, Ind.—Mother Nature wasn’t going to deprive Bubba Wallace of the most important win of his career, not on this Sunday afternoon.
Unsure of the amount of fuel left in his No. 23 Toyota, Wallace survived a rain shower and two overtime restarts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to win the Brickyard 400 presented by PPG in two overtimes he punched his ticket to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
Wallace was comfortably ahead of runner-up Kyle Larson with four laps left in regulation, but the sudden shower forced NASCAR to call the fifth caution of the afternoon.
The rain was gone almost as quickly as it appeared, and after a short stoppage to dry the track, Wallace pulled ahead of Larson on the first overtime restart. A five-car accident on the backstretch, however, sent the race to a second extra period.
Wallace stayed on track for the next restart—hoping his fuel would last—again pulled away from Larson and this time took the white flag without incident. After one more circuit, he crossed the finish line 0.222 seconds ahead of Larson to claim the trophy in the Crown Jewel event.
The third victory of Wallace’s career ended a 100-race dry spell dating to Sept. 11, 2022 at Kansas Speedway. He led 30 laps, including the last 26, as the race went eight circuits beyond the scheduled 160.
“Oh, my gosh, I’m just so proud of this team,” Wallace said. “That adrenaline rush is crazy, ‘cause I’m coming off that right now—and I’m worn out.”
After pausing to hug wife Amanda and hold his 10-month-old son Becks aloft in front of the cheering crowd in the grandstands, Wallace continued.
“It’s unbelievable,” he said. “To win here at the Brickyard, knowing how big this race is, knowing all the noise that’s going on in the background, to set that all aside is a testament to these people here on this 23 team. It’s been getting old right around the cut line (for the Playoffs).”
Wallace, who started on the front row beside pole winner Chase Briscoe, ran consistently in the top five but didn’t take control of the race until after he pitted on Lap 119 during a cycle of green-flag stops early in the final stage.
He took the lead for good when Ryan Blaney pitted on Lap 142 and enjoyed an advantage of more than five seconds after the stops cycled out. Though Larson made inroads into Wallace’s advantage, he wasn’t in position to challenge for the victory until the rain came.
After the shower, Wallace prevailed on the restarts against one of the top drivers in motorsports.
“There’s nothing you can do here to pass, so, no, I don’t really think there was anything I could do differently,” said Larson, the defending Brickyard 400 winner. “I was second gear on the first restart, and honestly, that one worked out a little bit better, but he almost got clear of me down the frontstretch.
“And then on the second restart, he brought the pace down a little bit slower, so I needed to be first gear. It was kind of the same thing with me last year—he had the preferred lane on the inside, and it’s really hard to beat that.”
Denny Hamlin, who co-owns Wallace’s 23XI Racing car with former NBA superstar Michael Jordan, finished third after crashing in Turn 2 during qualifying and starting the race from the rear in a backup car.
In the finals of the NASCAR Cup Series In-Season Challenge, Ty Gibbs claimed the $1-million prize by finishing 21st to Ty Dillon’s 28th. The battle wasn’t as close as the respective finishing positions might suggest.
Dillon went a lap down to then-leader Austin Cindric on Lap 78, sustained damage to the nose of this No. 10 Chevrolet during a restart and finished three laps in arrears.
“One million is a lot of money, so I’m going to donate $10,000 to whichever charity Ty Dillon wants to give to,” Gibbs said. “It’s his choice.”
“But we had a fast SAIA LTL Freight Toyota Camry. Didn’t end up where we wanted to in the end. We just lost track position and (were out of the running) to win the race.”
Ryan Preece finished fourth on Sunday but remains 42 points below the current elimination line for the Playoffs with four races left in the regular season. Brad Keselowski was fifth, posting his third top-five result of the season.
Todd Gilliland, Blaney, Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman and Carson Hocevar completed the top 10.
Cindric led a race-high 40 laps to 34 for Briscoe.
William Byron saw his bid to retake the series lead from Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott fall apart on the final lap. Byron took the green flag for the final overtime restart in third but ran out of fuel and fell to 16th at the finish.
Byron trails Elliott by four points in the chase for the regular-season championship. Larson is 15 points back in third.
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 22
Race Results for the Brickyard 400 - Sunday, July 27, 2025
Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, IN - 2.5 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 168 Laps - 420. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sunday, 7/27/2025 @ 07:32 PM Eastern
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 2 23 * Bubba Wallace Chumba Casino Toyota 168 2 10 50 Running 2 30 5
2 13 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Hendrick 1100 Chevrolet 168 8 2 47 Running 2 19
3 39 11 Denny Hamlin Progressive Toyota 168 3 43 Running 1 1
4 23 60 Ryan Preece Castrol The Engine Ford 168 33 Running 1 12
5 14 6 Brad Keselowski Body Guard Ford 168 5 38 Running
6 19 34 * Todd Gilliland gener8tor Ford 168 31 Running
7 24 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Delta Ford 168 1 40 Running 2 14 1
8 16 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota 168 29 Running
9 21 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 168 6 33 Running 1 2
10 8 77 Carson Hocevar Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 168 7 7 35 Running
11 28 7 Justin Haley Gainbridge/TED Sports Indy Chevrolet 168 26 Running 1 15
12 36 42 John Hunter Nemechek Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota 168 25 Running 1 1
13 30 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 168 24 Running
14 7 17 Chris Buescher Kroger/Diet Cherry Coke Ford 168 5 9 31 Running
15 10 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford 168 22 Running 2 40
16 6 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 168 3 4 36 Running
17 38 78 * Katherine Legge Droplight Chevrolet 168 20 Running
18 1 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota 168 1 29 Running 3 34 1
19 11 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # WeatherTech Chevrolet 168 18 Running
20 29 41 Cole Custer Haas/Autodesk Ford 168 17 Running
21 5 54 Ty Gibbs SAIA LTL Freight Toyota 168 16 Running
22 17 21 Josh Berry PPG Ford 168 15 Running
23 9 16 AJ Allmendinger Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet 167 10 15 Running
24 35 62 * Jesse Love(i) C4 Ultimate Energy Chevrolet 167 0 Running
25 12 8 Kyle Busch zone Chevrolet 166 6 17 Running
26 25 35 * Riley Herbst # Monster Energy Toyota 166 11 Running
27 31 99 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet 165 10 Running
28 26 10 Ty Dillon Sea Best Chevrolet 165 9 Running
29 4 45 * Tyler Reddick Xfinity Mobile Toyota 163 4 15 Accident
30 22 71 Michael McDowell Delaware Life Chevrolet 162 7 Running
31 27 38 * Zane Smith Aaron's Rent To Own Ford 161 6 Accident
32 15 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 160 8 8 Accident
33 18 4 * Noah Gragson Rush Truck Centers Ford 153 4 Running
34 37 66 * Josh Bilicki(i) Sherfick Companies Ford 125 0 Electrical
35 32 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Rate Chevrolet 101 2 Running
36 3 43 Erik Jones Dollar Tree Toyota 89 1 Accident
37 34 51 Cody Ware Arby's Ford 58 1 Fatigue
38 20 3 Austin Dillon Get Bioethanol Chevrolet 56 9 3 Accident
39 33 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Lime Chevrolet 17 1 Accident
Fastest Lap Bonus: # lap 168 / 49.741
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Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 22 Mins, 15 Secs. Average Speed: 124.598 MPH Margin of Victory: .222 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 19, 23, 24, 45, 17, 8, 77, 5, 3, 16
Stage 2 Top 10: 12, 5, 11, 24, 6, 48, 77, 22, 17, 23
Race Comments: Bubba Wallace has won the Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG, his third career victory in the NASCAR Cup Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason indicated: Nos. 71, 42, 38 & 62 (unapproved adjustments).and No. 11 (Backup car)
Failed to Qualify: None.
Caution Flags: 6 for 28 laps; Laps: 19-22 (Incident No. 1 Turn 3 [None]); 52-55 (Stage 1 Conclusion [66]); 91-96 (Incident No. 43 Turn 3 [34]); 102-105 (Stage 2
Conclusion [2]); 156-161 (Weather - Precipitation [Red Flag: 18:12] [78]); 163-166 (Incident No. 38, 20, 45, 22 & 62 Backstretch [41]).
Lead Changes: 15 among 10 drivers; C. Briscoe 0; C. Briscoe 1-19; A. Cindric 20-41; C. Briscoe 42-51; R. Preece 52-63; A. Bowman 64-65; A. Cindric 66-83; *. Wallace 84-87; C. Briscoe 88-92; R. Blaney 93-100; K. Larson 101-104; D. Hamlin 105; K. Larson 106-120; J. Nemechek 121; J. Haley 122-136; R. Blaney 137-142; *. Wallace 143-168.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: August 3, 2025 - Iowa Speedway
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1 Denny Hamlin 4 WINS 24
2 Kyle Larson 3 WINS 23
3 Christopher Bell 3 WINS 17
4 Shane van Gisbergen 3 WINS
5 Chase Elliott 1 WIN 6
6 William Byron 1 WIN 12
7 Ryan Blaney 1 WIN 10
8 Chase Briscoe 1 WIN 7
9 Bubba Wallace 1 WIN 7
10 Joey Logano 1 WIN 7
11 Ross Chastain 1 WIN 6
12 Austin Cindric 1 WIN 8
13 Josh Berry 1 WIN 6
14 Tyler Reddick +138 ahead of playoff cutline
15 Alex Bowman +63
16 Chris Buescher +42
On The Bubble
17 Ryan Preece -42 behind 16th
18 Kyle Busch -81
19 Ty Gibbs -95
20 AJ Allmendinger -124
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UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sunday, 7/27/2025 @ 06:33 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL
Rank Driver Car Starts GL Points Ldr Nxt Race Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1. Chase Elliott 9 22 0 726 0 0 1 1 6
2. William Byron 24 22 0 722 -4 4 1 7 12
3. Kyle Larson 5 22 0 711 -15 11 3 8 23
4. Denny Hamlin 11 21 0 706 -20 5 4 4 24
5. Christopher Bell 20 22 -1 664 -62 42 3 2 17
6. * Tyler Reddick 45 22 1 655 -71 9 0 1 1
7. Ryan Blaney 12 22 0 616 -110 39 1 5 10
8. Chase Briscoe 19 22 0 599 -127 17 1 2 7
9. Alex Bowman 48 22 0 580 -146 19 0 0 0
10. Chris Buescher 17 22 0 559 -167 21 0 1 -4
11. * Bubba Wallace 23 22 -2 550 -176 9 1 2 7
12. Joey Logano 22 22 1 532 -194 18 1 2 7
13. Ross Chastain 1 22 1 518 -208 14 1 1 6
14. Ryan Preece 60 22 0 517 -209 1 0 2 2
15. Kyle Busch 8 22 0 478 -248 39 0 0 0
16. Ty Gibbs 54 22 0 464 -262 14 0 0 0
17. Austin Cindric 2 22 -2 439 -287 25 1 3 8
18. AJ Allmendinger 16 22 0 435 -291 4 0 0 0
19. Michael McDowell 71 22 2 430 -296 5 0 1 1
20. John Hunter Nemechek 42 22 -1 425 -301 5 0 0 0
21. Josh Berry 21 22 -1 414 -312 11 1 1 6
22. Erik Jones 43 22 2 412 -314 2 0 0 0
23. Carson Hocevar 77 22 -2 410 -316 2 0 0 0
24. Brad Keselowski 6 22 -3 398 -328 12 0 0 0
25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 22 2 394 -332 4 0 0 0
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