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Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard


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Sun 9th September 2018 (UTC)

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00:00:00 UTC

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League
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Season
2018

Round
26

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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The Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard is an annual 400-mile (640 km) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The inaugural race was held in 1994, and the 400 was the first race other than the Indianapolis 500 to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1916. In its inaugural season, the Brickyard 400 became NASCAR's most-attended event, drawing an estimated crowd of more than 250,000 spectators in 1994. It also pays NASCAR's second-highest purse, second only to the Daytona 500. As of 2018, the Brickyard 400 is the final race of NASCAR's "regular season", Following the race, the top 16 drivers in points standings advance to the ten-race Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

It’s been a historic two weeks for Brad Keselowski. The No. 2 Ford driver executed a hard-nosed pass of Denny Hamlin with two laps remaining in Monday’s rain-delayed Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard to win his first race at prestigious Indianapolis Motor Speedway, one week after visiting Victory Lane in the crown-jewel Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
The 34-year-old Michigan native finished runner-up in this race last year and positioned himself to one-up the effort thanks to a late-race pit strategy call by his crew chief Paul Wolfe. On a restart with three laps remaining, the 2012 Cup champion muscled by Hamlin on fresher tires. He beat runner-up Erik Jones – who later maneuvered around Hamlin – to the start-finish line by 0.904 seconds.
Hamlin finished third, while Kevin Harvick and Clint Bowyer rounded out the top five. Hamlin and Bowyer – who raced for the lead much of the final stage – each led a race-high 37 laps.

The race marked the end of the regular season with points leader Kyle Busch – who finished eighth Monday – officially collecting the regular-season championship. He and seven-race winner Harvick top the points standings as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series begins its 10-week playoff run this Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway


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Result Description
Position/Driver/manufacturer/Laps/LapsLed/Points/PlayoffPoints

1/BradKeselowski/Ford/160/9/49/5
2/ErikJones/Toyota/160/0/44/0
3/DennyHamlin/Toyota/160/37/42/0
4/KevinHarvick/Ford/160/22/33/0
5/ClintBowyer/Ford/160/37/42/1
6/KurtBusch/Ford/160/19/46/0
7/JamieMcMurray/Chevrolet/160/0/30/0
8/KyleBusch/Toyota/160/27/35/0
9/PaulMenard/Ford/160/0/31/0
10/RyanNewman/Chevrolet/160/0/29/0


Drivers' Championship standings
at the end of regular season

1/ Kyle Busch
2/ Kevin Harvick
3/ Martin Truex Jr.
4/ Brad Keselowski
5/ Clint Bowyer
6/ Joey Logano
7/ Kurt Busch
8/ Chase Elliott
9/Ryan Blaney
10/ Erik Jones
11/Austin Dillon
12/Kyle Larson
13/Denny Hamlin
14/Aric Almirola
15/Jimmie Johnson
16/Alex Bowman


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