NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Top Story News Schedule Race Update/Results Statistics Point Standings Starting Grid Race Preview Driver Info Team Info Track Info Season Chart All-Time Wins Odds Weather NASCAR - Sprint Cup - Brickyard 400 Preview From The Sports Network   DATE: Sunday, July 25th SITE: Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1909) -- Indianapolis, Indiana TRACK: 2.5-mile oval - 3,330 feet (Frontstretch); 3,300 feet (Backstretch) ANNUAL: 18th CAPACITY: 350,000 (257,325 Grandstand Seating) TELEVISION: ESPN ANNOUNCERS: Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree RADIO: IMS Radio Network/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio START TIME: 1 p.m. (et)/Green Flag: 1:19 p.m. (et) DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jamie McMurray RUNNER-UP: Kevin Harvick POLE WINNER: Juan Pablo Montoya (Finished 32nd) LAPS: 160 MILES: 400 QUALIFYING RECORD: Casey Mears, 2004 (186.293 m.p.h.) RACE RECORD: Bobby Labonte, 2000 (155.912 m.p.h.) TOTAL PURSE: $9,165,503 (2010 figures) PAYOUTS: 1st Place - $438,877; 2nd Place - $352,424; 3rd Place - $300,000 2010 Finish Finish Driver Start Finish Driver Start 1 Jamie McMurray 4 6 Jeff Burton 10 2 Kevin Harvick 9 7 Carl Edwards 19 3 Greg Biffle 7 8 Kyle Busch 23 4 Clint Bowyer 6 9 Joey Logano 34 5 Tony Stewart 15 10 Kurt Busch 14 2010 Brickyard 400 Facts and Figures AVERAGE SPEED: 136.054 m.p.h. TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 56 minutes, 24 seconds MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.391 seconds CAUTION FLAGS: 6 for 25 laps LEAD CHANGES: 14 among 10 drivers POLE WINNER: Juan Pablo Montoya (182.128 m.p.h.) Past Brickyard 400 Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed 2010 -- Jamie McMurray (4th) -- Chevrolet -- 136.054 m.p.h. 2009 -- Jimmie Johnson (16th) -- Chevrolet -- 145.882 m.p.h. 2008 -- Jimmie Johnson (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 115.117 m.p.h. 2007 -- Tony Stewart (14th) -- Chevrolet -- 117.379 m.p.h. 2006 -- Jimmie Johnson (5th) -- Chevrolet -- 137.182 m.p.h. 2005 -- Tony Stewart (22nd) -- Chevrolet -- 118.782 m.p.h. 2004 -- Jeff Gordon (11th) -- Chevrolet -- 115.037 m.p.h. 2003 -- Kevin Harvick (1st) -- Chevrolet -- 134.554 m.p.h. 2002 -- Bill Elliott (2nd) -- Dodge -- 125.033 m.p.h. 2001 -- Jeff Gordon (27th) -- Chevrolet -- 130.79 m.p.h. 2000 -- Bobby Labonte (3rd) -- Pontiac -- 155.912 m.p.h. (race record) 1999 -- Dale Jarrett (4th) -- Ford -- 148.194 m.p.h. 1998 -- Jeff Gordon (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 126.772 m.p.h. 1997 -- Ricky Rudd (7th) -- Ford -- 130.814 m.p.h. 1996 -- Dale Jarrett (24th) -- Ford -- (139.508 m.p.h. 1995 -- Dale Earnhardt (13th) -- Chevrolet -- 155.206 m.p.h. 1994 -- Jeff Gordon (3rd) -- Chevrolet -- 131.977 m.p.h. NOTE: Formerly called Brickyard 400 (1994-2004), Allstate 400 at the Brickyard 400 (2005-09). Past Brickyard 400 Pole Winners (Finish) 2010 -- Juan Pablo Montoya -- 32nd 2009 -- Mark Martin -- 2nd 2008 -- Jimmie Johnson -- 1st 2007 -- Reed Sorenson -- 5th 2006 -- Jeff Burton -- 15th 2005 -- Elliott Sadler -- 32nd 2004 -- Casey Mears -- 26th 2003 -- Kevin Harvick -- 1st 2002 -- Tony Stewart -- 12th 2001 -- Jimmy Spencer -- 13th 2000 -- Ricky Rudd -- 21st 1999 -- Jeff Gordon -- 3rd 1998 -- Ernie Irvan -- 6th 1997 -- Ernie Irvan -- 10th 1996 -- Jeff Gordon -- 37th 1995 -- Jeff Gordon -- 6th 1994 -- Rick Mast -- 22nd Last Race Results RACE: Lenox Industrial Tools 301 (July 17th) SITE: New Hampshire Motor Speedway -- Loudon, New Hampshire LAPS: 301 MILES: 318.458 WINNER: Ryan Newman RUNNER-UP: Tony Stewart THIRD: Denny Hamlin FOURTH: Joey Logano FIFTH: Jimmie Johnson POLE WINNER: Ryan Newman (Finished 1st) TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 3 minutes, 33 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 104.100 m.p.h. MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.773 second CAUTION FLAGS: 10 for 44 laps LAP LEADERS: R. Newman 1-5; T. Stewart 6-30; R. Newman 31; J. McMurray 32-37; R. Newman 38-40; Kurt Busch 41-60; R. Newman 61; M. Martin 62-64; R. Newman 65-101; J. Johnson 102-120; K. Kahne 121-125; J. Gordon 126-144; G. Biffle 145; A. Lally 146-147; Kurt Busch 148-193; T. Stewart 194-216; C. Edwards 217; J. Logano 218-221; M. Ambrose 222-225; J. Logano 226; C. Bowyer 227-229; R. Newman 230-301. Brickyard 400 Entry List Car Driver, Hometown Car/Name 00 David Reutimann (Zephyrhills, FL) Toyota/Aaron's Dream Machine 1 * Jamie McMurray (Joplin, MO) Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops 2 Brad Keselowski (Rochester Hills, MI) Dodge/Miller Lite 4 Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, WA) Toyota/Red Bull 5 Mark Martin (Batesville, AR) Chevrolet/GoDaddy/Quaker State 6 David Ragan (Unadilla, GA) Ford/UPS 7 Robby Gordon (Orange, CA) Dodge/Speed Energy 9 Marcos Ambrose (Launceston, Australia) Ford/Stanley 11 Denny Hamlin (Chesterfield, VA) Toyota/FedEx Express 13 Casey Mears (Bakersfield, CA) Toyota/GEICO 14 Tony Stewart (Columbus, IN) Chevrolet/Mobil 1/Office Depot 16 Greg Biffle (Vancouver, WA) Ford/Red Cross 17 Matt Kenseth (Cambridge, WI) Ford/Crown Royal 18 Kyle Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Toyota/M&M's 20 Joey Logano (Middletown, CT) Toyota/Home Depot 21 Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) Ford/Motorcraft/Quick Lane 22 Kurt Busch (Las Vegas, NV) Dodge/Shell/Pennzoil 23 Terry Labonte (Corpus Christi, TX) Ford/FAS Lane Racing 24 Jeff Gordon (Vallejo, CA) Chevrolet/Drive to End Hunger 27 Paul Menard (Eau Claire, WI) Chevrolet/Menards/Nibco 29 Kevin Harvick (Bakersfield, CA) Chevrolet/Jimmy John's 30 David Stremme (South Bend, IN) Chevrolet/TBA 31 Jeff Burton (South Boston, VA) Chevrolet/TBA 32 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Ford/U.S. Chrome 33 Clint Bowyer (Emporia, KS) Chevrolet/Cheerios/Hamb. Helper 34 David Gilliland (Riverside, CA) Ford/TBA 36 Dave Blaney (Hartford, OH) Chevrolet/Big Red 37 Tony Raines (Manteca, CA) Ford/TBA 38 Travis Kvapil (Janesville, WI) Ford/Long John Silver's 39 Ryan Newman (South Bend, IN) Chevrolet/Haas Automation 42 Juan Pablo Montoya (Bogota, Colombia) Chevrolet/Target 43 A.J. Allmendinger (Los Gatos, CA) Ford/Best Buy 46 Erik Darnell (Beach Park, IL) Chevrolet/Red Line 47 Bobby Labonte (Corpus Christi, TX) Toyota/Huggies 48 Jimmie Johnson (El Cajon, CA) Chevrolet/Lowe's/Kobalt Tools 50 T.J. Bell (Reno, VA) Toyota/Green Smoke 51 Landon Cassill (Cedar Rapids, IA) Chevrolet/Security Benefits 55 J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ) Ford/TBA 56 Martin Truex Jr. (Mayetta, NJ) Toyota/NAPA Platinum Filter 60 Mike Skinner (Susanville, CA) Toyota/Big Red 66 Michael McDowell (Glendale, AZ) Toyota/Standard Publishing 71 Andy Lally (Northport, NY) Ford/Interstate Moving Services 77 Scott Wimmer (Wausau, WI) Dodge/Speed Energy 78 Regan Smith (Cato, NY) Chevrolet/Furniture Row Racing 83 Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) Toyota/Red Bull 87 Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL) Toyota/NEMCO Motorsports 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Kannapolis, NC) Chevrolet/Amp Energy/Nat'l Guard 99 Carl Edwards (Columbia, MO) Ford/Scotts Ortho * - defending champion. Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years) Driver 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Jamie McMurray --- 3rd 7th 17th 26th 33rd 6th 21st Won Kevin Harvick 5th Won 8th 19th 3rd 7th 37th 6th 2nd Greg Biffle --- 21st 6th 21st 33rd 15th 8th 4th 3rd Clint Bowyer --- --- --- --- 4th 13th 19th 18th 4th Tony Stewart 12th 12th 5th Won 8th Won 23rd 3rd 5th Jeff Burton 29th 27th 12th 20th 15th 8th 9th 25th 6th Carl Edwards --- --- --- 12th 9th 18th 2nd 15th 7th Kyle Busch --- --- --- 10th 7th 4th 15th 38th 8th Joey Logano --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 12th 9th Kurt Busch 41st 7th 10th 18th 12th 11th 40th 27th 10th Mark Martin 28th 9th 25th 7th 5th 6th 11th 2nd 11th Matt Kenseth 3rd 2nd 16th 5th 2nd 10th 38th 10th 12th Kasey Kahne --- --- 4th 2nd 36th 40th 7th 7th 13th Paul Menard --- --- --- --- --- 20th 41st 29th 14th Denny Hamlin --- --- --- --- 10th 22nd 3rd 34th 15th Ryan Newman 4th 11th 31st 34th 13th 42nd 13th 14th 17th Brad Keselowski --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 19th David Ragan --- --- --- --- --- 16th 14th 24th 20th Jimmie Johnson 10th 18th 36th 38th Won 39th Won Won 22nd Jeff Gordon 6th 4th Won 8th 16th 3rd 5th 9th 23rd Martin Truex Jr --- --- --- 42nd 19th 12th 24th 17th 26th Dale Earnhardt Jr 22nd 14th 27th 43rd 6th 34th 12th 36th 27th David Reutimann --- --- --- --- --- 38th 30th 8th 28th Juan Pablo Montoya --- --- --- --- --- 2nd 39th 11th 32nd Brian Vickers --- --- 29th 3rd 17th 21st 42nd 5th --- Trevor Bayne --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Mover of the Week Jimmie Johnson - Started in the 28th position and finished 5th Sports Network Selections Pick to Win - Jimmie Johnson Darkhorse - Greg Biffle Last Week's Pick to Win (Kurt Busch) - Finished 10th Last Week's Darkhorse (David Ragan) - Finished 14th NOTES: Jamie McMurray made racing history for team owner Chip Ganassi last year by winning the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. McMurray gave Ganassi the "triple crown" of American oval racing, as Ganassi became the only owner to win the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same season. Dario Franchitti took Chip Ganassi Racing into victory lane for the May 30, 2010 Indy 500, while McMurray won the Daytona 500 that year in his first start with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing. After the final restart with 11 laps remaining, McMurray passed Kevin Harvick and took the lead for good. He finished 1.4 seconds ahead of Harvick to become the third driver to win the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same season. Dale Jarrett first accomplished the feat in 1996, followed by Jimmie Johnson in 2006. Johnson led the final 24 laps to defeat pole sitter Mark Martin by less than a second in 2009. Juan Pablo Montoya had the car to beat at Indy, as he led 116 of 160 laps. But Montoya was caught speeding on pit road and had to serve a pass-through penalty. That allowed Martin, the pole sitter, to reclaim the lead. A caution for Dale Earnhardt Jr's blown engine set up a double-file restart with 24 laps to go. Just after the restart, Johnson moved around Martin to take the lead for the first time. Johnson beat Martin to the finish line by four-tenths of a second for his third victory in the last four races at Indy. Johnson became just the second pole sitter to capture this race in 2008, as he defeated Carl Edwards by less than a second for his 35th career Sprint Cup title. Johnson, who now totals 54 wins, led eight times for a race-high 71 laps. Mark Martin seeks his first win at IMS. Martin, who sat on the pole in 2009, will race for the 18th time at "The Brickyard." Martin has recorded ten top-10s, but has led just 67 laps in his 17 appearances there. His best finish was second in 1998 and 2009. This is one of five current tracks that Martin has never won on. Pocono (0-for-49), Homestead (0-for-12), Indianapolis (0-for-17), Kentucky (0-for-1) and Daytona (0-for-53). Tony Stewart returned to the Victory Lane at IMS in 2007, as he posted a 2.982-second victory over Juan Pablo Montoya for his 31st career Sprint Cup title. Stewart, who now totals 39 career wins, led seven times for a race- high 65 laps. Pole sitter Reed Sorenson led the first 16 laps and placed fifth. The race was a see-saw battle among six drivers, but it was Stewart who reclaimed the lead on the 151st lap from Kevin Harvick to secure the win. Harvick finished seventh. In 2006, Johnson completed a rare double with his win in both the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400. The No.48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet took the checkered flag ahead of Matt Kenseth as a caution flag flew. Johnson also won the prestigious Daytona 500 in February of 2006, a feat which had only been done once before - by Dale Jarrett in 1996. Pole sitter Jeff Burton led six times for a race-high 87 laps, but finished 15th. Stewart crossed the finish line 0.794 of a second ahead of Kasey Kahne in 2005 for his 23rd Sprint Cup win. Stewart, who won five times in 2005, started from the 22nd position and took the lead for the first time on lap 100. Stewart traded Scott Wimmer and Kahne for the lead until lap 150, where he took over for good. Stewart led for a total of 44 laps, while pole sitter Elliott Sadler led for 39 laps, but finished 32nd. Eight of the 17 winners of this race have come from a top-four starting position. Three of the last eight have been won from the front row: Bill Elliott (second in 2002), Kevin Harvick (pole in 2003) and Johnson (pole in 2008). Overall, the race has been won from a top-10 starting position 10 of the 17 races. The furthest back a race winner has started was 27th by Jeff Gordon in 2001. Chevrolet has won this race 12 times, including eight straight, Ford three, Pontiac once and Dodge once. Gordon is a four-time winner of this race. In fact, in his 17 appearances, Gordon has 13 top-10 finishes, has led 440 laps and has an average finish of 9.471. Gordon is a three-time pole sitter, but has not started first since 1999. Since it began in 1994, only four drivers have run in all 17 Brickyard 400s, Gordon, Bobby Labonte, Martin and Jeff Burton. The winner of the Indianapolis race has won the championship in the same year eight times in the 17 years the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has raced there: 2009: Jimmie Johnson; 2008: Jimmie Johnson; 2006: Jimmie Johnson; 2005: Tony Stewart; 2001: Jeff Gordon; 2000: Bobby Labonte; 1999: Dale Jarrett; 1998: Jeff Gordon. 14 of the 17 races have been won by a past, reigning or future NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. The only three that were not: Ricky Rudd in 1997, Kevin Harvick in 2003 and Jamie McMurray in 2010. The next Sprint Cup Series race is the August 7 Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono Raceway. Greg Biffle is the defending race winner. 07/26 21:07:14 ET As of July 26, 2011, at 09:07 PM ET