2025 Brickyard 400 outcomes: Bubba Wallace turns into first Black driver to win at Indy, snaps winless streak

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — In a dramatic end after a rain bathe created a pressure-packed additional time interval, Bubba Wallace managed to save lots of sufficient gas and maintain off Kyle Larson to win the Brickyard 400 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, ending a 100-race winless streak and incomes the third victory of his NASCAR Cup Sequence profession. Wallace’s win is his first since Kansas within the fall of 2022, and it additionally makes him the primary Black driver to win a race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

After a blown tire suffered by Joey Logano allowed him to cycle to the race lead as soon as all methods performed out after the ultimate spherical of inexperienced flag pit stops, Wallace had a cushty lead over Larson and was nicely on his method to victory when a passing rain bathe introduced out the warning after which the purple flag with six laps to go. That arrange an additional time end and compelled Wallace to carry off Larson and the remainder of the sector whereas aggressively saving gas to make sure he may make it to the end line with out operating out of fuel. 

Wallace’s gas scenario was questionable heading into the primary additional time, and issues turned much more precarious after a multi-car crash on the finish of the backstretch arrange double additional time. Wallace executed on each counts, because the gas he had was sufficient to race previous Larson on the ultimate restart and beat him again to the checkered flag by a number of carlengths for his first win in one in all NASCAR’s crown jewel races.

“I am wore out,” Wallace informed TNT Sports activities. “I thought of each which method to Sunday moreover driving a race automobile below that purple flag … Simply so pleased with this staff. That adrenaline rush is loopy, as a result of I am coming off that proper now and I’m wore out.

“… To beat a lot and to place these individuals right here in Victory Lane, that is what it is about. It is about these those who proceed to push me, consider in me, and simply so proud.”

The victory marked one thing of a coming of age win for Wallace, an emotional and considerably mercurial driver, because it got here via overcoming adversity and rising to the event below strain which will have felled him prior to now. It additionally marked the primary time that Wallace, a brand new father within the final yr, obtained to carry his toddler son Becks aloft in triumph as a race winner.

“Welcome to Victory Lane, Becks,” Wallace stated. “That is fairly cool.”

Larson in second, Denny Hamlin in third, Ryan Preece in fourth and Brad Keselowski in fifth made up the remainder of the highest 5. The rest of the highest 10 was Todd Gilliland in sixth, Ryan Blaney seventh, Christopher Bell eighth, Alex Bowman ninth and Carson Hocevar tenth.

Wallace wasn’t the one winner on Sunday, as Ty Gibbs would win NASCAR’s inaugural In-Season Problem with a Twenty first-place end. Gibbs prevailed in his championship matchup with Ty Dillon, who completed three laps down in twenty eighth after he was one in all a number of vehicles to endure main nostril harm in a stackup on a restart. 

With their win within the first in-season match of its variety, Gibbs and the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing staff earned a $1 million midseason bonus.

Brickyard 400 outcomes

1. #23 – Bubba Wallace
2. #5 – Kyle Larson
3. #11 – Denny Hamlin
4. #60 – Ryan Preece
5. #6 – Brad Keselowski
6. #34 – Todd Gilliland
7. #12 – Ryan Blaney
8. #20 – Christopher Bell
9. #48 – Alex Bowman
10. #77 – Carson Hocevar
11. #7 – Justin Haley
12. #42 – John Hunter Nemechek
13. #9 – Chase Elliott
14. #17 – Chris Buescher
15. #2 – Austin Cindric
16. #24 – William Byron
17. #78 – Katherine Legge
18. #19 – Chase Briscoe
19. #88 – Shane van Gisbergen (R)
20. #41 – Cole Custer
21. #54 – Ty Gibbs
22. #21 – Josh Berry
23. #16 – A.J. Allmendinger
24. #62 – Jesse Love
25. #8 – Kyle Busch
26. #35 – Riley Herbst (R)
27. #99 – Daniel Suarez
28. #10 – Ty Dillon
29. #45 – Tyler Reddick
30. #71 – Michael McDowell
31. #38 – Zane Smith
32. #22 – Joey Logano
33. #4 – Noah Gragson
34. #66 – Josh Bilicki
35. #47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
36. #43 – Erik Jones
37. #51 – Cody Ware
38. #3 – Austin Dillon
39. #1 – Ross Chastain