Indianapolis Event Info:
Date: Sunday, July 21
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET
Series: NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Location: Speedway, Indiana
Format: 160 Laps, 400 Miles, Stages: 30-65-65
TV: NBC
Radio: SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90)
Weekend Schedule:
Friday: 2:30 p.m. ET, Practice (NBC Sports App, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Saturday: 1 p.m. ET, Qualifying (USA, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Sunday: 2:30 p.m. ET, Race (NBC, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Pace Laps:
- For the first time since the 2020 season, NASCAR will run on the 2.5-mile oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The last three seasons, the sport has competed on the infield road course.
- Brad Keselowski is a former champion of the Brickyard, and has the fifth-best average finish of any driver at Indy entering the weekend (12.9).
6 Team Info:
Crew Chief: Matt McCall
Partner: BodyGuard
17 Team Info:
Crew Chief: Scott Graves
Partner: Castrol Edge
Keselowski at Indy
Starts: 11
Wins: 1 (2018)
Top-10s: 6
Poles: —
- Keselowski enters the weekend as a prior winner at the Brickyard, having won the 2018 Brickyard 400. Otherwise he has six top-10s overall including three finishes of fourth or better, all of which came in the last four races on the oval.
- The 2012 Cup Champion has led laps in seven events at Indy with a 12.9 average finish dating back to 2010.
- Despite no pole at the Brickyard, Keselowski has six top-10 starts, including a career-best third in 2014.
- Keselowski won the Xfinity Series event at Indy back in 2012, leading 33 laps in the No. 22 car.
Buescher at Indy
Starts: 5
Wins: —
Top-10s: 1
Poles: —
- This weekend marks Buescher’s sixth start on the oval track at Indy. He carries a 18.8 average finish into the weekend with a career-best ninth back in 2017.
- Buescher’s best qualifying effort at Indy came in 2019 (16th).
- Buescher also ran a pair of Xfinity events at Indy back in 2014-15, earning finishes of 11th and 16th, respectively.
RFK Historically at Indy
Cup Wins: —
- Chasing History: Indianapolis is one of just three active NCS tracks that RFK has not visited Victory Lane at, along with Chicagoland Speedway and Kentucky Speedway. Despite not earning a victory, RFK has finished in the second position on four separate occasions (1998, 2003, 2006 and 2008) with drivers Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards.
- Ragan’s Row: Former RFK driver David Ragan earned the organization’s first pole position at the famed 2.5-mile speedway in the 2011 running of this event. Overall, RFK has had one of its Fords on the front row at the hallowed speedway four times.
- Tale of the Tape: RFK has made 99 starts in the NCS at Indianapolis dating back to 1994. In that span, RFK has 16 top-five and 31 top-10 finishes, with an average finish of 18.6.
Last Time Out & Where They Stand
Pocono: Both RFK Fords led laps Sunday at Pocono (39 combined) as Keselowski earned stage points in each of the first two stages, before finishing seventh. Buescher finished 11th.
Points Standings (6: 9th, 17: 12th): Keselowski continues the points shuffle, now back to ninth, while Buescher is again up a position to 12th with now five races remaining in the 2024 regular season.
