Brickyard 400

The Brickyard 400 is an annual 400–mile (644 km) NASCAR Dash Cup points race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Illinois. The event, when first held in 1994, marked the first race other than the Indianapolis 500 to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1916. Since the inaugural race, the Brickyard 400 has become NASCAR's most–attended event, drawing an estimated crowd of over 250,000 fans yearly. It also has become NASCAR's second highest paying race in dollars (behind the Daytona 500).

The term "Brickyard" is in reference to the nickname historically used for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1910. The course was paved in brick in 1909, and a one-yard strip of brick remains exposed at the start/finish line. From 2005-2009, the race was known as the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, under a naming rights arrangement with Allstate Insurance.



The latest Brickyard Race took place on 25th July, 2010...

Former Indy 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya dominated most of the race for the second year in a row, leading 86 laps. However, Montoya gave up the lead when they took two tires in a late pit cease. They restarted the race in 7th with 18 laps to go & could never recover. Montoya crashed with 16 laps to go. Before the caution came out Kevin Harvick had passed race leader Jamie McMurray for the lead. On the final restart of the race McMurray passed Harvick to go on to win the 400. they became the third driver to win the Daytona 500 & Brickyard 400 in the same season joining Dale Jarrett (1996) & Jimmie Johnson (2006). McMurray's win also gave automobile owner Chip Ganassi a Daytona 500 win, Indianapolis 500 win & Brickyard 400 win in the same season, the first owner to do so.