Results: 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis

Results: 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Brickard 400 at Indianapolis

Brickyard 400 Race Results

Time of Race: 3:08:21
Average Speed: 127.422 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.287 sec.
Cautions: 5
Caution Laps: 27
Lead Changes: 15
Leaders: 11
Fastest Lap Bonus: Corey Heim, Lap 128, 49.554 seconds

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Diff	Status	Points
1	7	67*	Corey Heim(i)	23XI Racing	Toyota	160	--	Running	0
2	23	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	160	0.287	Running	35
3	19	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	160	0.972	Running	34
4	11	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	160	5.720	Running	36
5	5	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	160	6.120	Running	44
6	16	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	160	6.805	Running	31
7	26	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	160	7.513	Running	30
8	34	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Ford	160	8.471	Running	33
9	1	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	9.072	Running	40
10	3	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	160	10.338	Running	28
11	15	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	160	10.971	Running	28
12	4	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	160	11.556	Running	43
13	12	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	160	14.406	Running	24
14	35	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	160	16.675	Running	23
15	30	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	160	17.451	Running	22
16	25	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	160	17.834	Running	21
17	2	7	Daniel Suarez	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	18.123	Running	25
18	6	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	18.479	Running	30
19	8	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	19.404	Running	18
20	24	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	HYAK Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	19.761	Running	17
21	21	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	20.271	Running	22
22	33	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	160	21.619	Running	15
23	22	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	160	24.072	Running	24
24	36	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	160	24.296	Running	22
25	9	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	160	24.499	Running	12
26	13	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	160	24.846	Running	11
27	14	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	160	25.156	Running	12
28	29	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	160	25.699	Running	9
29	20	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	160	26.562	Running	8
30	28	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	160	36.563	Running	7
31	37	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	160	37.097	Running	6
32	17	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	158	2 laps	Running	5
33	32	33	Austin Hill(i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	125	35 laps	Accident	0
34	31	88	Connor Zilisch #	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	122	38 laps	Accident	3
35	38	62*	Casey Mears	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	121	39 laps	Accident	2
36	18	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Toyota	120	40 laps	Accident	1
37	27	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	119	41 laps	Running	1
38	39	78*	Daniel Dye(i)	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	93	67 laps	Accident	0
39	10	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	43	117 laps	Accident	1

Stage 1 Top-10 Finishers

Fin	Car	Driver	Stage Points
1	54	Ty Gibbs	10
2	67	Corey Heim	--
3	71	Michael McDowell	8
4	77	Carson Hocevar	7
5	24	William Byron	6
6	11	Denny Hamlin	5
7	7	Daniel Suarez	4
8	19	Chase Briscoe	3
9	17	Chris Buescher	2
10	45	Tyler Reddick	1

Stage 2 Top-10 Finishers

Fin	Car	Driver	Stage Points
1	1	Ross Chastain	10
2	34	Todd Gilliland	9
3	54	Ty Gibbs	8
4	11	Denny Hamlin	7
5	67	Corey Heim	--
6	77	Carson Hocevar	5
7	60	Ryan Preece	4
8	71	Michael McDowell	3
9	43	Erik Jones	2
10	7	Daniel Suarez	1

Cautions

Caution	From Lap	To Lap	Total Laps	Reason	Free Pass
1	46	49	4	Kyle Larson incident Turn 3	#3 - Dillon
2	52	55	4	End of Stage 1	#10 - Dillon
3	97	104	8	Daniel Dye incident Turn 3 / End of Stage 2	#4 - Gragson
4	115	119	5	Debris	#62 - Mears
5	121	126	6	Ross Chastain, Ryan Blaney, AJ Allmendinger, Austin Hill, Riley Herbst, Zane Smith, John Hunter Nemechek, Casey Mears, Connor Zilisch incident Turn 3	#51 - Ware

Lead Changes

Lead Change	Car	Driver	From Lap	To Lap	Total Laps
Pole	77	Carson Hocevar	1	31	31
1	7	Daniel Suarez	32	32	1
2	11	Denny Hamlin	33	39	7
3	45	Tyler Reddick	40	40	1
4	67	Corey Heim	41	44	4
5	54	Ty Gibbs	45	74	30
6	67	Corey Heim	75	91	17
7	42	John Hunter Nemechek	92	92	1
8	21	Josh Berry	93	93	1
9	19	Chase Briscoe	94	94	1
10	60	Ryan Preece	95	95	1
11	1	Ross Chastain	96	100	5
12	54	Ty Gibbs	101	116	16
13	67	Corey Heim	117	118	2
14	11	Denny Hamlin	119	125	7
15	67	Corey Heim	126	160	35

Official Brickyard 400 Starting Lineup

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Lap time	Diff	Speed
1	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.232	0.000	186.598
2	7	Daniel Suarez	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.288	0.056	186.382
3	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	48.367	0.135	186.077
4	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	48.396	0.164	185.966
5	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	48.430	0.198	185.835
6	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.449	0.217	185.762
7	67*	Corey Heim(i)	23XI Racing	Toyota	48.529	0.297	185.456
8	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.552	0.320	185.368
9	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	48.558	0.326	185.345
10	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.566	0.334	185.315
11	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	48.578	0.346	185.269
12	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	48.579	0.347	185.265
13	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	48.597	0.365	185.197
14	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	48.633	0.401	185.060
15	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	48.651	0.419	184.991
16	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	48.676	0.444	184.896
17	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	48.681	0.449	184.877
18	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Toyota	48.706	0.474	184.782
19	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	48.728	0.496	184.699
20	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	48.728	0.496	184.699
21	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.761	0.529	184.574
22	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	48.770	0.538	184.540
23	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	48.837	0.605	184.287
24	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	HYAK Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.848	0.616	184.245
25	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	48.850	0.618	184.237
26	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	48.879	0.647	184.128
27	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	48.943	0.711	183.887
28	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	48.948	0.716	183.869
29	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	48.950	0.718	183.861
30	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	49.048	0.816	183.494
31	88	Connor Zilisch #	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	49.145	0.913	183.132
32	33	Austin Hill(i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	49.158	0.926	183.083
33	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	49.183	0.951	182.990
34	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Ford	49.238	1.006	182.786
35	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	49.254	1.022	182.726
36	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	49.326	1.094	182.460
37	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	49.431	1.199	182.072
38	62*	Casey Mears	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.133	1.901	179.522
39	78*	Daniel Dye(i)	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	50.290	2.058	178.962

Qualifying Order

Order	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Metric Score
1	62*	Casey Mears	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	41.900
2	78*	Daniel Dye(i)	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	40.700
3	67*	Corey Heim(i)	23XI Racing	Toyota	39.800
4	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	35.400
5	88	Connor Zilisch #	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	32.900
6	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	32.500
7	33	Austin Hill(i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	32.100
8	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	HYAK Motorsports	Chevrolet	31.900
9	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	31.100
10	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	29.500
11	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	29.500
12	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	27.100
13	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	26.900
14	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	25.200
15	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	24.500
16	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	22.800
17	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	22.600
18	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	21.600
19	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	20.500
20	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Toyota	20.100
21	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	20.100
22	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	16.700
23	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	16.300
24	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	14.600
25	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	13.400
26	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	12.500
27	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	12.300
28	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Ford	12.100
29	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	12.000
30	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	11.200
31	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	10.600
32	7	Daniel Suarez	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	9.600
33	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	8.600
34	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	8.100
35	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	7.700
36	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	5.200
37	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	4.500
38	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	4.000
39	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	1.700

Rank	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Lap time	Diff	Speed	Laps	Best Lap
1	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	49.043	0.000	183.512	27	19
2	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	49.132	0.089	183.180	28	28
3	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	49.153	0.110	183.102	30	14
4	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	49.226	0.183	182.830	27	27
5	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	49.262	0.219	182.697	26	26
6	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.279	0.236	182.634	36	12
7	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.281	0.238	182.626	29	25
8	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota	49.285	0.242	182.611	26	12
9	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	49.308	0.265	182.526	24	22
10	7	Daniel Suarez	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.384	0.341	182.245	32	17
11	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.425	0.382	182.094	35	11
12	67*	Corey Heim(i)	23XI Racing	Toyota	49.428	0.385	182.083	27	23
13	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	49.513	0.470	181.770	31	24
14	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford	49.525	0.482	181.726	38	17
15	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	49.547	0.504	181.646	17	17
16	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	49.578	0.535	181.532	35	29
17	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Toyota	49.606	0.563	181.430	31	29
18	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford	49.614	0.571	181.400	20	12
19	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	HYAK Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.618	0.575	181.386	27	14
20	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota	49.619	0.576	181.382	18	16
21	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.652	0.609	181.262	36	16
22	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	49.681	0.638	181.156	39	31
23	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	49.703	0.660	181.076	27	12
24	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.710	0.667	181.050	30	21
25	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	49.717	0.674	181.025	25	21
26	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	49.727	0.684	180.988	21	19
27	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Ford	49.795	0.752	180.741	21	15
28	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	49.803	0.760	180.712	17	17
29	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	49.832	0.789	180.607	30	17
30	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	49.893	0.850	180.386	26	21
31	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	49.903	0.860	180.350	30	21
32	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	49.974	0.931	180.094	29	28
33	88	Connor Zilisch #	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	50.009	0.966	179.968	30	20
34	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	50.162	1.119	179.419	28	13
35	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50.166	1.123	179.404	26	14
36	33	Austin Hill(i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50.194	1.151	179.304	24	21
37	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	50.269	1.226	179.037	30	12
38	62*	Casey Mears	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	51.201	2.158	175.778	19	15
39	78*	Daniel Dye(i)	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet	51.849	2.806	173.581	5	4

Car	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Make	Crew Chief
1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Busch Light	Chevrolet	Brandon McSwain
2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Discount Tire	Ford	Brian Wilson
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	BREZTRI	Chevrolet	Richard Boswell II
4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Rush Truck Centers/Cummins	Ford	Grant Hutchens
5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	HendrickCars.com	Chevrolet	Cliff Daniels
6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Body Guard by Fastenal	Ford	Jeremy Bullins
7	Daniel Suarez	Spire Motorsports	Freeway Insurance	Chevrolet	Ryan Sparks
9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Alan Gustafson
10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	BREZTRI	Chevrolet	Andrew Dickeson
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	National Debt Relief	Toyota	Chris Gayle
12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Menards/Delta	Ford	Jonathan Hassler
16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Grizzly Nicotine Pouches	Chevrolet	Trent Owens
17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Kroger/Minute Rice	Ford	Scott Graves
19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Mobil 1	Toyota	James Small
20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Rheem	Toyota	Adam Stevens
21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	PPG	Ford	Samuel Stanley
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Shell Pennzoil	Ford	Paul Wolfe
23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Chumba Casino	Toyota	Charles Denike
24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Liberty University	Chevrolet	Rudy Fugle
33	Austin Hill(i)	Richard Childress Racing	FICO	Chevrolet	Andy Street
34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Grillo's Pickles	Ford	Chris Lawson
35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Monster Energy	Toyota	Davin Restivo
38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Losi RC Cars	Ford	Ryan Bergenty
41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Haas/Standard Nuclear	Chevrolet	Aaron Kramer
42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	Pye-Barker Fire & Safety	Toyota	Travis Mack
43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Dollar Tree	Toyota	Justin Alexander
45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Xfinity	Toyota	Billy Scott
47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	HYAK Motorsports	Brazier Lumber Company	Chevrolet	Mike Kelley
48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Ally	Chevrolet	Blake Harris
51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Sky Fund Aviation	Chevrolet	Billy Plourde
54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	SAIA Freight + Logistics	Toyota	Tyler Allen
60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Thornton's	Ford	Derrick Finley
62*	Casey Mears	Beard Motorsports	The Gracie Foundation	Chevrolet	Darren Shaw
67*	Corey Heim(i)	23XI Racing	Field & Stream	Toyota	Robert Barker
71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	NEFCO	Chevrolet	Travis Peterson
77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Zeigler Auto Group	Chevrolet	Lucas Lambert
78*	Daniel Dye(i)	Live Fast Motorsports	Champion Container Corporation	Chevrolet	George Ingram
88	Connor Zilisch #	Trackhouse Racing	Red Bull	Chevrolet	Randall Burnett
97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	Wendy's	Chevrolet	Stephen Doran