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After a delayed start due to lightning in the area, John Hunter Nemechek took the green flag in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the 19th position.

Kevin Harvick won his fourth race of the season and 53rd of his Cup career by winning today’s race.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 ALLY CAMARO ZL1 1LE, met with media via teleconference and discussed that he and his wife, Chandra, tested positive for COVID-19, his emotional and mental outlook, his activities over the past week or so, the concerns over his daughters, missing Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and more.

Two rising stars from the Big Machine Label Group will honor America and add to the pre-race pageantry for national TV audiences by singing the national anthem before the two NASCAR events this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 ALLY CAMARO ZL1 1LE, met with media via teleconference to discuss his upcoming IndyCar test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, how he’s preparing for the test, his thoughts going into the race weekend at the track, and more. Transcript:

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has created several date & location changes to the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) schedule, the Brickyard remains on its original date this season. Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) will host the Big Machine Hand Sanitizer 400 on Sunday, July 5th, the first since 1994 to be held on Independence Day weekend.

Oscar Mayer – a three-year veteran partner of Roush Fenway, and iconic brand celebrated across America – will return to Ryan Newman’s No. 6 Ford Mustang this weekend, as the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a special Independence Day celebration.

Richard Childress Racing at the Brickyard ... In 71 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has earned three wins with drivers Dale Earnhardt (1995), Kevin Harvick (2003), and Paul Menard (2011) at the famed Brickyard. The Welcome, North Carolina-based organization also has one NASCAR Xfinity Series win with Ty Dillion in 2014. This weekend will mark the Xfinity Series debut at the track's road course.

Matt DiBenedetto and the No. 21 Red Kap/Menards Mustang will be a part of an historic weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as NASCAR’s Cup Series will run a double header with the NTT IndyCar Series.

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend for the 16th race of the 2020 season. Overall, Indy will host three series across two days including the IndyCar Series, with the first time in history both IndyCar and the NCS will run at the same track in the same weekend.