The 2026 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

     One of the most famous tracks in America, hosting NASCAR, IndyCar, and even F1. This is Indianapolis. We come here today for the Brickyard 400, one of the crown jewels in the NASCAR cup series, which is also the host of the end of the In-Season Challenge. Which is Todd Gilliand vs Ryan Blaney. You'll just have to wait and see who will win the $1,000,000. Or if your lazy you could just scroll to the end of this article. Whatever floats your boat.

     Carson Hocevar started on the pole and quickly got a strong lead. Nothing much happened in the first stage until green flag pit stops occurred, when Corey Heim got lead on lap 44 but still had to pit. The cycle got mixed up on lap 45 when Kyle Larson blew a tire and made hard contact with the outside barrier, ending his day after he was running in second. It was then a one lap shootout to the end of the stage, which would be won by Ty Gibbs.

     The 54 maintained a steady lead over Michael McDowell in stage two, but while they were up front, the 9 of Chase Elliott went to the garage with a broken toe link. Green flag pit stops began on lap 74, with Suarez pitting. Later on, Heim kept holding up Hocevar, because Heim wanted to be in front of him after he pitted. When the 67 car did pit (that joke is long over) the 77 of Hocevar came down on him and gave him the finger. That's what you like to see in NASCAR, heated rivalries. Ryan Preece was in the lead on lap 96, but on the next lap the 78 of Daniel Dye did the same thing that Kyle Larson did and spun into the outside wall. Unlike Larson, he didn't have a tire go down. Preece pitted before the caution, so Chastain went to the lead and went on to win the stage.

     Ty Gibbs lead the field to green for the third and final stage, but the first run didn't last long as on lap 115 there was a yellow for debris. Heim led on the restart, but once again on lap 120 there was a big crash in turn 3, involving In-Season Challenge contender Ryan Blaney, which let Todd Gilliland get ahead of the 12. Hamlin led on the third restart of the stage, although he was quickly passed by Corey Heim. Christopher Bell caught up to Heim, and so did Joey Logano, but none of them could make the move before the checkered.

     So, another win for Heim. This kid's going to be a threat next year. Oh, also, Todd Gilliland won a million bucks. I guess when they said "Gilli for a milli" they weren't wrong.