Consistency is why Ryan Blaney did not have to worry about making the Playoffs. The No. 12 team had no wins coming into the Indy race but had seven top fives and 11 top-10 finishes.
Kevin Harvick won the 26th annual Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday. He dominated the race leading all but 42 laps en route to his second victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the 48th of his career.
Jimmie Johnson was a long shot coming into the Brickyard hoping to make the NASCAR Playoffs. And the No. 48 crew was below the cut line most of the race.
Kevin Harvick qualified on the pole position for the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard on Sunday with a lap of 48.44 seconds and 185.766 mph. This was Harvick's third pole position at The Brickyard.
Justin Allgaier came oh so close of scoring two consecutive wins at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The JR Motorsports No. 7 driver qualified eighth and had a strong car all day long, finishing second.
Kyle Busch held off Justin Allgaier on the final restart with four laps to go to win Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series Indiana 250 race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This was Busch's fourth victory of the season and his 96th of his career.
The 24-year-old Riggs from Bahama, North Carolina, led a race-high 21 of 53 over-scheduled laps and capitalized in overtime to win the Truck Series' inaugural event at San Diego's Naval Coronado Base.
The 22-year-old Honeycutt from Willow Park, Texas, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 90.813 mph in 134.782 seconds to claim the inaugural Truck Series pole position in San Diego, California.