NASCAR News: Bubba Wallace outduels Kyle Larson in Brickyard 400
Bubba Wallace (pictured) outdueled Kyle Larson through two late restarts to win the 2025 NASCAR Cup Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The 23XI Toyota was just too fast for Larson and his #5 Hendrick Chevy who came up 0.222s short.
After losing control and crashing out of the Indy 500 two years in a row at the Indy Speedway, Larson was hoping to repair his tarnished image in the Brickyard 400, but it was not to be.
Denny Hamlin brought the #11 JGR Toyota home in third, 1.2s behind Wallace.
Ryan Preece came home 4th in his #60 Ford, 2.9s behind after the green-white-checkered finish.
Brad Keselowski rounded out the top-5 in his #6 Ford, 3.9s behind Wallace, who took his third career NASCAr Cup victory.
Ty Gibbs finished 21st, seven positions ahead of Ty Dillon, to claim the $1 million prize in the final round of the inaugural In-Season Challenge tournament.
The race was halted by a brief rain shower with four laps left in the originally scheduled 160-lap distance. That stoppage erased a lead of multiple seconds for Wallace, pushing the event into overtime.
More to follow…….
2025 Brickyard 400 Results
Fin | Str | No. | Driver | Team | Laps Led | Laps | Status |
1 | 2 | 23 | * Bubba Wallace | Chumba Casino Toyota | 23 | 168 | Running |
2 | 13 | 5 | Kyle Larson | HendrickCars.com Hendrick 1100 Chevrolet | 19 | 168 | Running |
3 | 39 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Progressive Toyota | 1 | 168 | Running |
4 | 23 | 60 | Ryan Preece | Castrol The Engine Ford | 12 | 168 | Running |
5 | 14 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Body Guard Ford | 0 | 168 | Running |
6 | 19 | 34 | * Todd Gilliland | gener8tor Ford | 0 | 168 | Running |
7 | 24 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Menards/Delta Ford | 14 | 168 | Running |
8 | 16 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Rheem Toyota | 0 | 168 | Running |
9 | 21 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Ally Chevrolet | 2 | 168 | Running |
10 | 8 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet | 0 | 168 | Running |
11 | 28 | 7 | Justin Haley | Gainbridge/TED Sports Indy Chevrolet | 15 | 168 | Running |
12 | 36 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota | 1 | 168 | Running |
13 | 30 | 9 | Chase Elliott | NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | 0 | 168 | Running |
14 | 7 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Kroger/Diet Cherry Coke Ford | 0 | 168 | Running |
15 | 10 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Discount Tire Ford | 40 | 168 | Running |
16 | 6 | 24 | William Byron | Liberty University Chevrolet | 0 | 168 | Running |
17 | 38 | 78 | * Katherine Legge | Droplight Chevrolet | 0 | 168 | Running |
18 | 1 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Bass Pro Shops Toyota | 34 | 168 | Running |
19 | 11 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen # | WeatherTech Chevrolet | 0 | 168 | Running |
20 | 29 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas/Autodesk Ford | 0 | 168 | Running |
21 | 5 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | SAIA LTL Freight Toyota | 0 | 168 | Running |
22 | 17 | 21 | Josh Berry | PPG Ford | 0 | 168 | Running |
23 | 9 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet | 0 | 167 | Running |
24 | 35 | 62 | * Jesse Love(i) | C4 Ultimate Energy Chevrolet | 0 | 167 | Running |
25 | 12 | 8 | Kyle Busch | zone Chevrolet | 0 | 166 | Running |
26 | 25 | 35 | * Riley Herbst # | Monster Energy Toyota | 0 | 166 | Running |
27 | 31 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Freeway Insurance Chevrolet | 0 | 165 | Running |
28 | 26 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Sea Best Chevrolet | 0 | 165 | Running |
29 | 4 | 45 | * Tyler Reddick | Xfinity Mobile Toyota | 0 | 163 | Accident |
30 | 22 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Delaware Life Chevrolet | 0 | 162 | Running |
31 | 27 | 38 | * Zane Smith | Aaron’s Rent To Own Ford | 0 | 161 | Accident |
32 | 15 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell Pennzoil Ford | 0 | 160 | Accident |
33 | 18 | 4 | * Noah Gragson | Rush Truck Centers Ford | 0 | 153 | Running |
34 | 37 | 66 | * Josh Bilicki(i) | Sherfick Companies Ford | 0 | 125 | Electrical |
35 | 32 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Rate Chevrolet | 0 | 101 | Running |
36 | 3 | 43 | Erik Jones | Dollar Tree Toyota | 0 | 89 | Accident |
37 | 34 | 51 | Cody Ware | Arby’s Ford | 0 | 58 | Fatigue |
38 | 20 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Get Bioethanol Chevrolet | 0 | 56 | Accident |
39 | 33 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Busch Light Lime Chevrolet | 0 | 17 | Accident |