NASCAR 2019 Race 26: Indy "Brickyard" 400

[dara]

Big Machine Vodka 400

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race #26 of 36

Sunday, September 8, 2019
Scheduled Green Flag (approx): 2:18pm/et
Laps/Stages: 167 laps total. Stages end on laps: 50/100/160

TELEVISION / RADIO / STREAMING

Television Coverage: Time 2:00pm/et, NBCSN and streamed at NBC Sports Live (available with participating TV provider login)
Radio Coverage (over the air and streaming): IMS Radio Network / SiriusXM Satellite NASCAR (available with subscription)

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

On track schedule

Practices:
Saturday, September 7, 11:05-11:55am/et, TV-NBCSN;
Saturday, September 7, 1:30-2:20pm/et, TV-NBCSN.

Qualifying: Sunday, September 8 at 10:35am/et, TV-NBCSN.

Complete Event Schedule (times local to the track)

Friday, September 6
8:00 PM-10:00 PM MENCS HAULERS ENTER (EQUIPMENT UNLOAD)

Saturday, September 7
8:00 AM-8:30 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
10:00 AM MENCS ROOKIE MEETING & RANDOM DRAWING
11:05 AM-11:55 AM MENCS 1ST PRACTICE
1:30 PM-2:20 PM MENCS FINAL PRACTICE

Sunday, September 8
8:30 AM MENCS GARAGE OPENS
10:35 AM MENCS QUALIFYING IMPOUND (SINGLE VEHICLE / ONE LAP ALL POSITIONS)

12:00 PM MENCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING
1:20 PM MENCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
2:00 PM MENCS RACE (STAGES 50/100/160 LAPS = 400 MILES )

Track Facts:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Indianapolis_Oval.svg/220px-Indianapolis_Oval.svg.png

Distance 400 miles (640 km)
Laps 160

Stage 1: Lap 50
Stage 2: Lap 100
Stage 3: Lap 160+

Track Facts:

Track Specs:
Superspeedway: 2.5 mile quad-oval
Banking: turns: 9 degrees, 12 minutes
Straights: Front/Back - 3300 feet, Short Chute (between turns 1 and 2/3 and 4) - 660 feet
Seats: 235,000 was 257,325 before 2013
Capacity: ~350,000

Track Records & Stats

2018 Race Winner: #2-Brad Keselowski, 128.629 mph, started 6th
Race Record: Bobby Labonte, August 2000, 155.912mph
Slowest Race Record: Jimmie Johnson, July 2008, 115.117mph
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Jeff Gordon, August 2001, started 27th
Oldest Race Winner: Bill Elliott, 46 years, 9 months, 27 days, 8/4/2002
Youngest Race Winner: Jeff Gordon, 23 years, 2 days, 8/6/1994

2018 Pole Winner: None. Kyle Busch awarded pole on as points leader, finished 8th.
Track Qualifying Record: Kevin Harvick, July 2014, 188.889mph (1st round qualifying)
Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 50 years, 197 days, 7/25/2009
Youngest Pole Winner: Reed Sorenson, 21 years, 5 months, 24 days, 7/29/2007

Most Wins: 5 - Jeff Gordon; 4 - Jimmie Johnson
Most Poles: 3 - Jeff Gordon
Most Top 5s: 12 - Jeff Gordon
Most Top 10s: 17 - Jeff Gordon

Most Lead Changes: 26 - 7/27/2008
Fewest Lead Changes: 4 - 7/24/2016
Most Leaders: 16 - 7/27/2008
Fewest Leaders: 3 - 7/24/2016

Most Cautions: 14 - 7/23/2017
Fewest Cautions: 1 - 8/5/1995
Most Caution Laps: 55, 7/23/2017
Few Caution Laps: 4, 5/8/1995

Most Finishers on a lead lap: 36, 7/27/2008
Fewest Finishers on a lead lap: 14, 8/5/2000

Most Running at the Finish: 43 (whole field) - 7/28/2013
Fewest Running at the Finish: 27, 8/8/2004

Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 124 [of 160], Jeff Gordon, 8/8/2004
Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 149 [of 170], Kyle Busch, 7/24/2016
Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 11, Dale Jarrett, 8/3/1996

Most Wins by Manufacturer: Chevy, 17; Ford, 3; Toyota, 2; Dodge, 1; Pontiac, 1

[4me2c]

1)...Kyle Larson
2)...Joey Logano
3)...Chase Elliott
4)...Ryan Newman

Woooooooo Local NBC...! (OTA)...! :cool:

[Ryu]

Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr

[82harley]

Kyle Busch ***
Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin
Martin Truex Jr.

[Marley]

Kyle busch &&&&
Brad Keselowski
kevin harvick
Kyle Larson

[ranagee]

Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano

[Orziz]

Chase Elliot
Brad Keselowski *
Kyle Larson
Kevin Harvick

[dara]

Qualifications start 10:35a Eastern Time, Green Flag projected 2:05p Eastern. Hamlin already will start at rear, due to car change.

WEATHER: There could be a few showers in the early afternoon, but the Weather Channel is calling for cloudy skies and temperatures in the los 70s for the green flag. There will be a 25% chance of precipitation for the remainder of the race.

On the bubble:
Clint Bowyer (above +8)
Daniel Suarez (above)
Ryan Newman (below)
Jimmie Johnson (below -18)

--

NASCAR moved start time up...

[dara]

Kevin Harvick ***
Paul Menard
Joey Logano
Kyle Busch

[TimeKeeper]

Brad Keselowski ****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Jimmie Johnson

[dishuser]

Brad Keselowski ***
Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick
Kurt Busch

[dara]

Starting order posted here... Harvick on the Pole


https://www.nascar.com/results/race_center/2019/monster-energy-nascar-cup-series/big-machine-vodka-400-at-the-brickyard/stn/qualifying/

NASCAR at Indianapolis starting lineup
Starting Driver Number
No. 1 Kevin Harvick 4
No. 2 Paul Menard 21
No. 3 Clint Bowyer 14
No. 4 Joey Logano 22
No. 5 Jimmie Johnson 48
No. 6 Brad Keselowski 2
No. 7 Kyle Busch 18
No. 8 Kurt Busch 1
No. 9 Ryan Blaney 12
No. 10 Aric Almirola 10
No. 11 Daniel Hemric 8
No. 12 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17
No. 13 Alex Bowman 88
No. 14 Erik Jones 20
No. 15 Bubba Wallace 43
No. 16 Chris Buescher 37
No. 17 David Ragan 38
No. 18 Austin Dillon 3
No. 19 Kyle Larson 42
No. 20 Daniel Suarez 41
No. 21 Michael McDowell 34
No. 22 Ryan Newman 6
No. 23 Ryan Preece 47
No. 24 Chase Elliott 9
No. 25 Ty Dillon 13
No. 26 Matt DiBenedetto 95
No. 27 Martin Truex Jr. 19
No. 28 Matt Tifft 36
No. 29 William Byron 24
No. 30 Corey LaJoie 32
No. 31 Landon Cassill 00
No. 32 Parker Kligerman 96
No. 33 Denny Hamlin 11
No. 34 Ross Chastain 15
No. 35 B.J. McLeod 51
No. 36 Ryan Sieg 27
No. 37 Reed Sorenson 77
No. 38 Garrett Smithley 52
No. 39 Josh Bilicki 53
No. 40 J.J. Yeley 54

Kevin Harvick captured the pole for the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard in an unusual Sunday qualifying session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Harvick's 185.766 mph lap withstood a surprising late challenge from Paul Menard (185.724 mph), who will start alongside him on the front row.

"(Clean air) is going to be huge … handling is going to come into play," Harvick told NBCSN after earning his third pole of the year — and 30th of his career.

"There's a number of things that have to come into play, and hopefully we can finish today where we start."

The race at Indianapolis marks the final event of NASCAR's regular season, and two of the drivers on the playoff bubble really helped themselves in qualifying, with Clint Bowyer qualifying third and Jimmie Johnson posting the fifth-fastest time. Bubble drivers Daniel Suarez, who qualified 20th, and Ryan Newman (22nd) will start well back in the pack.

The green-flag time for Sunday's race has been moved up to 2:05 p.m. ET.

[stilled]

Kevin Harvick
Kyle Bush
Jimmie Johnson
Joey Logano ****

[bigstar]

Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick *
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch

[superbox]

Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano*
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch

[dara]

Green Flag! 1/2 of first stage is 25 laps


1)...Kyle Larson
2)...Joey Logano
3)...Chase Elliott
4)...Ryan Newman

Woooooooo Local NBC...! (OTA)...! :cool:


Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr


Kyle Busch ***
Kevin Harvick
Denny Hamlin
Martin Truex Jr.


Kyle busch &&&&
Brad Keselowski
kevin harvick
Kyle Larson


Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano


Chase Elliot
Brad Keselowski *
Kyle Larson
Kevin Harvick


Kevin Harvick ***
Paul Menard
Joey Logano
Kyle Busch


Brad Keselowski ****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Jimmie Johnson


Brad Keselowski ***
Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick
Kurt Busch


Kevin Harvick
Kyle Bush
Jimmie Johnson
Joey Logano ****


Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick *
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch


Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano*
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch

[minitor]

Brad Keselowski*....................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .............
Kevin Harvick........................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............
Joey Logano............................................ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...............
Kyle Busch

[dara]

25 Laps.
Favorites by driver:

Ky Busch: Ryu, 82harley, Marley
Harvick: dara, bigstar
Keselowski: minitor*, dishuser, TimeKeeper, orziz
Larson: 4me2c
Logano: stilled, superbox
Truex: ranagee

Other drivers:
Kurt Busch
Elliott
Johnson
Menard
Newman

*No bonus points for 1st stage, 1/2 pts for 3rd pick

[dara]

Caution before the stage end, with a bad crash by Brad. Logano will win the stage, 10 pts for stilled and superbox.

[TimeKeeper]

wow!!!!!what a hit

[dara]

Glad that BK was able to walk away from that one, as well as the earlier one by Cassill.

[TimeKeeper]

no sh!t! bk was my pic!! lol can i change lol these boys are racing today

[dara]

Kyle Busch blows his engine. Done for the day

[dara]

Kevin Harvick wins stage 2 under caution. 10 pts to dara and bigstar

[dara]

Well, a big one.

Jimmie Johnson is defintely out of the playoffs now.

[dara]

Bowman out now, along with Larson earlier

[dara]

might be repairable on Bowman

[dara]

Tifft crashes. Yellow with about 11 laps left.

[dara]

Kevin Harvick wins at Indy and will kiss the bricks. Followed by Joey Logano and Bubba Wallace. Suarez misses the playoffs.

50 bonus points to dara and bigstar.

[dara]

dara had the high score of 197.

https://i.imgur.com/tqlygjf.png

[dara]

Podium:
dara 3611
stilled 3559
superbox 3491

Complete standings will be in the rules thread. Next week is the start of the playoffs in Vegas.

[dishuser]

congrats dara

[4me2c]

well, Well, WELL...! Harvick Wins when I don't even have Him in My 4 Picks...! Congratz dara on the WIN...! :cool:

[dara]

thanks guys. Make sure you see the rules thread for the non-podium Diecast contest.

[Marley]

congrats dara