Indy Road Course NASCAR Green Flag Speed Rankings (Post-Race Analysis)

The NASCAR Cup Series ran the Verizon 200 at The Brickyard (Indianapolis Road Course) on Sunday afternoon, and it was Michael McDowell who dominated the event and locked himself into the Playoffs field. When it came to Green Flag Speed, Daniel Suarez topped the speed chart, but a very slow pit stop by his crew […]

Chris Buescher's Top-10 Streak Ends At Indy Road Course

Coming into Sunday's Verizon 200 at The Brickyard, Chris Buescher had a streak of eight straight top-10 finishes at road courses. That came to an end on Sunday, though, as Buescher's No. 17 Ford crossed the finish line in 11th-place. While it was still a strong run for this team, Buescher admitted it wasn't quite […]

Austin Dillon Wants To Surprise People At Indy Road Course

Heading into the final three races of the regular season, Austin Dillon is in 29th place in the points standings and needs a win if he wants to make the playoffs. There is no chance that he's going to point his way into the postseason, and the driver of the No. 3 Chevrolet knows that. […]

Indy Road Course DraftKings NASCAR Lineup Picks & Projections (Premium Content)

All other NASCAR Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. Race #24 of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season is this weekend, as the Verizon 200 at The Brickyard is set to take place at the Indianapolis Road Course on Sunday afternoon. This will be just the third-ever Cup Series race at this […]

Indianapolis Road Course NASCAR Algorithm-Predicted Finishing Order (Premium Content)

All other NASCAR Premium Tools can be accessed on the premium dashboard. We're on to race number 24 of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, as the Verizon 200 at The Brickyard is set to take place at the Indianapolis Road Course on Sunday afternoon. The Indy Road Course has seen some chaotic races over […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. a Great DFS Play at Indy Road Course

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. used to have a reputation for being an awful road course driver, but the JTG Daugherty Racing driver has really turned things around recently. Over the last seven races on this track type, this year's Daytona 500 winner has finished between 7th- and 19th-place in six of those events. This weekend for […]

Todd Gilliland Shows Good Speed in Practice at Indy Road Course

Todd Gilliland is excited for Sunday's Verizon 200 at The Brickyard. This is the site of his career-best finish in the NASCAR Cup Series (a 4th-place result in last year's event) and he showed great speed during Saturday's practice session. Gilliland posted the 3rd-fastest lap during practice on Saturday, only slower than Michael McDowell, who […]

Can Harrison Burton Find Magical Top 10 At Indy Road Course Again?

Harrison Burton is by no means a road course ace but he does have one good finish to his record on this track type: a 3rd-place finish here at the Indy Road Course last season. This happened due to a mix of attrition and a bit of luck, but nonetheless is still noteworthy. Now the […]

AJ Allmendinger ‘Close To Where He Needs To Be’ for Indy Road Course

AJ Allmendinger, the inaugural winner of the Cup Series race at the Indy Road Course two years ago, is looking for his third straight top-10 finish at the track this weekend. He followed up his win in 2021 with a 7th-place finish in last year's race. This time around, Allmendinger will have some work to […]

Indy Road Course NASCAR Practice Speeds, Notes, and Lap Averages

The NASCAR Cup Series ran a single practice session at the Indianapolis Road Course on Saturday afternoon in preparation for the Verizon 200 at The Brickyard race on Sunday afternoon. The field was split into two groups for this practice session. The second group had the faster lap times, as more rubber was laid down […]

Indy Road Course NASCAR Qualifying Results and Starting Lineup

On Saturday afternoon, the NASCAR Cup Series held the qualifying session for Sunday's Verizon 200 at The Brickyard (Indianapolis Road Course). This qualifying session consisted of two rounds and the drivers were split into two groups. The top five fastest drivers from each group advanced to the second round. The five fastest drivers that advanced […]

Chris Buescher Has Been Top-10 Lock at Road Courses

Since the NextGen car debuted at the start of the 2022 season, Chris Buescher has been one of the best at road courses. In the nine races ran on this track type over that span, Buescher has finished inside the top-10 in eight of them, with top-five finishes at both Sonoma races over the two […]

William Byron in Big Hole at Indy Road Course Due to Penalty

When the No. 24 Chevrolet went through pre-race inspection at the Indy Road Course, NASCAR didn't like what it saw the first time through. Or the second time. Or the third time. Byron's car finally passed inspection on the fourth time, but he will now have to deal with the consequences. The biggest penalties for […]

Kamui Kobayashi Concerned About Lack of Track Time Before First Start

Kamui Kobayashi will be making his first-ever NASCAR Cup Series start this weekend in the Verizon 200 at The Brickyard. He will be driving the No. 67 Toyota for 23XI Racing, which should be capable of creating plenty of speed if the driver can get there. In practice on Saturday, Kobayashi was 31st-fastest, and then […]

Brodie Kostecki Will Forfeit 11th-Place Starting Spot at Indy Road Course

Brodie Kostecki is making his NASCAR Cup Series debut this weekend at the Indianapolis Road Course, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. During practice, Kostecki struggled to find speed, but he found it in qualifying, posting the 11th-fastest lap. However, at the end of the session, the No. 33 Chevrolet wrecked and […]

Shane van Gisbergen Qualifies 8th Despite Potential Engine Issue

Shane van Gisbergen took the NASCAR world by storm earlier this season by getting the win at the Chicago Street Course in his first-ever Cup Series start. Now he's back and trying to do it again at the Indianapolis Road Course in the Verizon 200 at The Brickyard on Sunday. SVG was 12th-fastest during the […]

Mike Rockenfeller Has Long Way To Go To Be Competitive

Mike Rockenfeller is driving the No. 42 Chevrolet for Legacy Motor Club this weekend at Indy Road Course after the organization and Noah Gragson parted ways earlier this week. Just like Gragson all season long, though, Rockenfeller struggled to find speed on Saturday. In practice, he was the slowest car between the two sessions, nearly […]

Playoff Contender Michael McDowell Earns Extension

Michael McDowell is currently in the thick of the playoff hunt, as he's just three points below the cutoff line with three races remaining in the regular season. And if that wasn't enough pressure on his shoulders, the looming question about where he will race next season has been there, too, until Wednesday. Front Row […]

Impressive Sophomore Season Earns Todd Gilliland Extension At FRM

Coming into the 2023 season, the confidence that Front Row Motorsports had in Todd Gilliland seemed to be on shaky ground. Despite having a rookie season in 2022 where Gilliland captured two top-10 finishes and had an impressive 23.2 average finish, Front Row Motorsports decided to let Zane Smith replace Gilliland in six races during […]

Noah Gragson's Season Is Over At Legacy Motor Club

Noah Gragson and Legacy Motor Club have officially parted ways. After Gragson was suspended last weekend by the Cup Series organization--as well as NASCAR itself--for liking a controversial meme on Instagram, sources have told The Athletic that Gragson will not compete in the No. 42 Chevrolet again for the remained of the 2023 season. Mike […]

Michigan NASCAR Green Flag Speed Rankings (Post-Race Analysis)

The NASCAR Cup Series ran the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday and Monday afternoons, and it was Chris Buescher who got his second win a row by holding off a late-charging Martin Truex, Jr. When it came to Green Flag Speed, several drivers who exited the race early are at the […]

'Too Little Too Late' For Denny Hamlin At Michigan After Stalling On Pit Road

Denny Hamlin had one of the fastest cars in the field at Michigan International Speedway during Monday's FireKeepers Casino 400, but a problem on pit road combined with running out of time late in the race forced Hamlin into a third-place finish when it was all said and done. During a caution break during the […]

Erik Jones Continues Hot Streak At Michigan With Top-10 Finish

This summer has been kind to Erik Jones and the No. 43 Legacy Motor Club team, as they grabbed their fifth top-10 finish of the season at Michigan on Monday afternoon. That makes it four results of 11th-place or better over the last five Cup Series races for this team, and the second top-10 finish […]

Michigan NASCAR Average Running Position Rankings (Post-Race Analysis)

The FireKeepers Casino 400 was ran at Michigan International Speedway this past Sunday and Monday, and it was Chris Buescher who ended up in victory lane, grabbing his second win this season and his second in a row in the NASCAR Cup Series. Buescher had the 2nd-best Average Running Position during the race (8.05) behind […]

Tyler Reddick Unhappy With His Pit Crew After Another Big Mistake

Tyler Reddick has had plenty of speed to compete for race wins this season, but the driver of the No. 45 Toyota seems to always find an issue that prevents him from getting up there. The same thing happened at Michigan International Speedway on Monday afternoon. After the last round of pit stops, Reddick came […]

William Byron's Struggles Continue At Michigan With Rare DNF

William Byron has been a great example of consistency this season, as the driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet has been running at the finish in 20 of the first 22 races this year. It is now 20 of the first 23 after Byron's wreck at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, which relegated him to […]

Martin Truex Jr. Has Fastest Car At Michigan But Finishes Runner-Up

Martin Truex Jr. is still winless at Michigan International Speedway, but the points leader had another strong race at the two-mile oval on Sunday and Monday. It was clear that Truex's No. 19 Toyota was the fastest car at Michigan this weekend, but a little bit of pit strategy by race-winner Chris Buescher kept Truex […]

Chase Elliott Now In Must-Win Situation Following Michigan Wreck

Although it wasn't very likely, there was still a small chance that Chase Elliott would've been able to point his way into the Playoffs this year over the final four races of the regular season. Unfortunately, thanks to a wreck and a subsequent 36th-place finish, Elliott will now almost certainly be in a must-win situation […]

Chris Buescher's Win Is Another Massive Payday For Bettors

Last weekend at Richmond Raceway, it was longshot Chris Buescher who got the win despite being listed at 80-to-1 odds by sportsbooks during the race. This weekend at Michigan, it was very similar, as Buescher went to victory lane at Michigan International Speedway by holding off a charging Martin Truex, Jr. late. Buescher was offered […]

Ty Gibbs Ahead Of Playoff Cutline After 11th-Place Finish At Michigan

Heading into the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan, Ty Gibbs was 18 points behind Michael McDowell and the playoff cutline, but with an 11th-place finish for Gibbs and a 24th-place finish for McDowell, it is now Gibbs who is in the cat bird's seat with three races to go until the playoff field is set. […]