In his first visit to Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Roush Fenway Racing's Bubba Wallace suffered a flat tire early in his No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Mustang. The team was unable to overcome the lost lap, ultimately finishing the day in 23rd.
In his second NASCAR XFINITY Series start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Chris Buescher battled a No. 60 Zest Ford Mustang that started too loose and ended too tight to finish 16th. With the finish, Buescher maintains his lead in the driver point standings.
Roush Fenway Racing’s Elliott Sadler finished fifth during Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Sadler qualified sixth on Saturday morning for the 100 lap, 250 mile event at the historical race track. Not long after the green flag dropped, Sadler radioed to the team the car is extremely tight. Cautions on Lap 12 and on Lap 22 allowed for the No. 1 OneMain Financial crew to make critical adjustments on Sadler’s car. Running well, Sadler pitted under green on Lap 67, which turned out to be his last pit stop of the day. Sadler managed his fuel in the final 30 laps and the pit strategy worked out perfectly. Sadler crossed the line fifth and the No. 1 OneMain Financial team was able to bring home a great top-5 finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Paul Menard finished fourth and was the highest finishing Richard Childress Racing driver in the Lily Diabetes 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ty Dillon finished ninth, Brian Scott 11th and Brendan Gaughan 13th.
Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed and the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes American Diabetes Association team finished 20th on Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Lilly Diabetes 250.
If Toyota and Ford are to break the Chevrolet stranglehold on Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the two manufacturers took a positive step in that direction during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series time trials on Saturday.
RYAN BLANEY – No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – “It’s my fault, obviously. You saw it. I screwed up. This team doesn’t deserve that. I dropped the ball for them today and I take full responsibility. It’s all my fault.”
Two-time Brickyard 400 winner and Indiana native, Tony Stewart, turned a lap of 49.228 seconds/182.82 mph in his No. 14 Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet SS to earn a fourth-place starting spot in Sunday’s Crown Royal presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 178.241 mph in 30.296 seconds for his 52nd Cup career pole and fourth of 2026 in Joliet, Illinois.
Enzo Fittipaldi completed a dominant Saturday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, leading all 35 laps from the pole to earn his third career INDY NXT by Firestone victory and cap a historic day for HMD Motorsports.
